EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, 8 AT TOR DAY, MAftOH 11, 1916 - ii .--.. . : . . ii - i ""," it OFFICIAL RANKING" OF LAWN TENNIS PLAYERS NOT GOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT 10 p HANDICAPPING HELPS LAWN TENNIS AS MUCH AS OFFICIAL RANKING INJURES THE GAME G. T. Adee, New President of United States Lawn Tennis Association, Has Chance to Make a Popular Move THE atorm of protest from many sections of the country when Mnurico EJ. MoLoiiKhlln was ranked above It. Karris Williams, 2d, In 1!I4, and when William Johnston was placed above Williams and McLoimhlln In IMG, Is In itself sufficient proof of the futility of ofllclal ranking by a. committed appointed for that purposo by the United .States Katlonal I.awn Tennis Association, Hut tfcero Is another even greater reason why this foolish ofllclal action should bo stopped It Is absolutely purposeless. If the committee would rank players In groups for the purpose of handi capping them In sanctioned tournaments, there would not otdy ho Justification for It, but it would give lawn tcnnU n far greater Impetus than It hos loeolved in years. Thcfo can bo no adequate reason advanced why writers should not oxpress their opinions of the rclatlvo ability of the country's leading tennis players, nor Is there any reason why newspapers and other periodicals should not nctu nily have them ranked. Hut there is no excuse whatsoever for tho present sys tem of brutally ranking players, thereby engendering hard feeling, for tho solo purposo of printing their names In the ofllclal lawn tennis guide, New Regime Hns Chance to Correct Krrnrs Georgo T. Adee, recently elected president of tho tl. S. K. 1. T. A., to succeed It. V. Wrcnn, now has tho opportunity to do something worth while. Tlnough bis Influence thero Is no doubt that tho association could bo muito to see that official ranking should be sloppntl, In so far as It applies to nothing more than tho mere grading of playeri, and another method substituted which would rank ton or a dozen of tho best raeiplctets with tho heaviest handicap, and so on down. Beforo going Into detail on the benefits that woidd nccruo to players and the game Itself If handicaps were In vogue In all tournaments except the national annual meeting. It is well to look over tho field of sports and see what other branches have done In tho matter of rani: ng. It doesn't take long to see that tennis Is tho only game In which tho participants are tanked without purpn.te Ty Cobb may be considered the best baseball player In the world, Kddle Muhn.i may bo adjudged the peer of football players, .Jerome Travers Is considered by many tho best golfer In the country, Howard Orew tho best sprinter, etc., hut nono of these men has been nor can ho bo officially declared better than his rival. No Official Hanking in Other Sports Wo have champions in h.ueball, golf and other sports, but they are so declared on the actual result of one or more competitive events, and not set on n pedestal by a committee. In tennis tho winner or the national tournament. it is true. Is looked upon as the champion of the United States, and Justly so, but ho should not by any chanco be officially removed from the position he has won on the mero opinion of Walter Merrill Hall, V. C. Intnan and Georgo Adee, or any other group of men, no matter how excellent their Judgment may bo. In short, tho winner of the national tournament should bo tho only officially ranked player In tho country. ecept, as mentioned beforo, for the purpose of handicapping. It would bo Imposslblo to rank more than one player, according to thl3 system, because tho runner-up often gets Into the finals through luck In tho draw. It has been stated in some quarters that the winner of the all-comers is not necessarily the best pHyer In the country; that thero aro some who did not participate in tho tournament that aro better than the national victor. That may bo true, but the only way to have a champion is to hnvo a championship tournament, nnd If there aro good players who are not able to participate, it Is their misfortune and nothing more. Benefits of a Handicap in Lawn Tennis At one time tho Hanking Committee, of tho I. S. K. I.,. T. A. did figure out the handicaps for their ranking p!aers. This, however, has not been done recently. If the committee would cease Its efforts to pick the one best, second best, etc., and chooso them In groups of ten or n. dozen, nft'ixlng proper handi caps and compelling the players to give these handicaps in all sanctioned tourna ments except tho all-comers, untold good would result. One of tho worst features of holding tournaments without handicaps Is that it gives the so-called "Cup Hunters" a chance to keep winning various tro phies year after year. There Is no reason why a player of somewhat less ability should not bo encouraged with victory occasionally, and tho only w.y to accom plish this end Is by the handicap system. For years ono of tho most successful annual international tournaments held was conducted on the Hlvleru by the Nice Lawn Tennis Club. These tourna ments were handicap affairs, nnd for this reason thero was always a large and hlgh-grado entry list, and a lot of enthusiasm among the spectators and fol lowers of tho gamo. Helps in Developing Players' Skill For actual development, too. thero Is nothing better than handicap play. When a champion meets a "dub," both at scratch, tho "dub" Is beaten beforo ho begins and does not always put up tho tight he might inako if ho were given a few points. By tho same token the champion's play is likely to bo very poor, because he knows that his opponent has no chanco when playing with him on even terms. This hurts tho gamo of the expert and fails to help the poorer player, whilo a handicap would keep the former "on his toes" all the time and would Impel the latter to use every ounco of his energy and all of his skill to win. In fine. It Is hoped by hundreds of players and tennis followers that the new XJ. S. K. L. T. A. president. George T, Adee, will attempt to "fire" himself from the Banking Committee and get a position with tho handicappers Instead, Couldn't Play the Movies and Basketball Too Over m Plainileld there Isn't any basketball team at Leal's school. Whilo this is not such a severo blow to Philadelphia cage followers, it is tough on Plalnfleld's faithful rooters. And the worst of It Is that it Is entirely tho fault of the players themselves. Ccach Charley Wardlaw did a little Sherlock Holmes lng on side and discovered that moving pictures were responsible for tho poor "eyework" of his proteges on the basketball floor. "It Just comes down to this," said tho coach to tho young men, "you'll cither have to give up Mary Plekford and Charley Chaplin or basketball. Geraldlne Farrar may be all right in Carmen, but that doesn't win any games for us. Take your choice." The team disbanded. Lon Jourdet'a Stand Is Correct Coach Lon Jourdet, of tho Penn basketball team, has, declared that he will not permit his men to play a post-season scries with the Princeton Tigers to break the tie for the intercollegiate championship. Jourdet is perfectly correct, for the reason that tho officials of the league postponed these games too long. It was ovident come time ago that Princeton might tie Penn. Thnt was tho time for the league to uct. If they had made out n tentative schedule, for the cames to be played in case a tie did result, Penn would not want to abandon the chance to win' tho title from the Tigers. Hut no such action was taken, Penn has been out of training some time and it would not be fair to make them begin again and possibly continue for two or three weeks. As usual, Jourdet wins. Larry Chappelle. one of the biggest baseball failures In the country, will have a trial with the Cleveland Indians. This Is Larry's third attempt to make good In the majors. He had trial3 with the White Sox In 131J and 191S. It may take this time, Writers are deploring the fact that Willard makes more in one fight than Ty Cobb, Hans Wagner and other baseball players make in yeurs. That Is true, but jt is also Just as true that WHIard is not a perennial athletic plant as some cf these diamond stars aro. & It Is sincerely hoped by tho Philadelphia sports followers that the Falr mount Park races will bo resumed. Ko better boost for the Quaker City nor for local sports could be offered than this great event, which netted Philadelphia charities big sums annually. SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE lhBMterBi''l Tales ofle&j? ' Wayside 7&e (flE : NEWS OF THE BOWLING ALLEYS Wtmtlinm nwtlnurit Its booiI work, ilconllnsc Majestic in throf BtrnlRlit srimos In the tiniMr Cllv l.caKur tonrny Inst night Tly mini" uorn rloan, llif mnritlns Imtnn 1.1 In the nrst. Wi In tlio sitowI nnd ! nln In tho thlnl mimi. Indlililuilly. Nnrk, Ttinli.im nml .Morgan, for tho InirrM. nml llnllrv. Ilrown nml Martin, for Wn.lh.ini. rolled woll M.inrtii, tho rhampton. Inirlnl tho CHanti! nndor throo roxcreos. nllln ui; wy.r J 's in.' I nml loo.! to tho Mhiim' w,i, W nnd lilli nroron. which, orillnnrlli. ouM wlrin itnnio or moro. Hurst loil tho wny with lJlllf" of uin. !mi mui aii, "lino 1"',(,,l;,":,;i nf tho local city niioolntlnn of tho National IkhIv, liimloil n L'.l.l ccoro In til' forohil Wiiio. Mount, for the Olanli", ronolutloil with 11 --1 score. Tho White i:io.hnnt! mnlniRPil In In the mill name from Alnnmiuln. I ho ct-ehnmmoii' totaled moil In their llrt Banie, ..f which Kins rnntrlhulid M7 nnd Cnhtnln 1M (.Irons- Windham rolls won two imiivk from Iho Tic, r llnrtley not a B22 score In hli last Banie. u Idle KhiRlmlli! innnnRxl to knmlc down 11,12 In lili second pa me The two lendlnu teams in tho Knlahts of folumhus I,ofliio won all three (tames last nlKht t'nlumbUH the lendir. mnnnited to mill llirouih 111 the first came aided i o,l!,'nl1e?l",I.nl.,in,;i,eltol0" ','!. '!!!M faro, ..ii j'l "ft nlns In splendid' 'siY'e n8 "J1'1. Vr,l beat l'lnzon three unmet n "ominiiM rocht, of Mnnufattur. rs' Velio,,. 5 Brent session analnst Kiumiet iTO't.1"1! .in mi imm.i oi -on, zu and S2.1 teatir "Va Merlon White was too expert .. . tnmiij tllucs. Mif'nrtcr liaVl the h.f, Union rnmo Prnre. 223, whleh was one Mn flnS nnm of llalloy, ,)r., second Knm. tan. Affihltftintlin pa IVIiIIa . ti . realstorlmf I s triple triumph n,or ,uMJ ' Jin en, which nlso rolled con"lstem0,."l,? The rcspeitlje stores were WhitVi11 b'.'J'PIiiijI nnd 111!', while the Oreens rolle' ' , ""i lT Manufacturers lllue bcstci Harnu.i n 1 In two names, dropping the flnnl b"tnii'Hj 8. Abholt. of Merlon Mnroon i... . I with 2,1.1. while Mitchell, of flnlS.'l' White, henan with 220 l nlon lnj r.irMvn LKMiEn chalked up a. douW. i.. j iver t'omposlllon v aoiion victory By GRANTLAND RICE (M)Ti;. IliN merles will tnlie tin the pl.i.i nf leadlmr Aiiii'rlcnu ntuateur cnlfrrs. It will not he hlintr.iplilriil or stntlstlcill, hut rither In Iho nature of random oh seriiitlnoi on same of tho whin mid nihlru'inenti of mir loaillng itolf Htars.) No. .1 Francis Ouimet HOW did It hnpiien that Krancls Ouimet, who was only an ordinary Bil for up to 1913 cntno forward with siioli amnzini; swiftness? Xot even Oui met himself can explain the sudden rise to fame. In mil he tried to qualify In the amateur championships and failed. In 1312. at Clilc'iprn, he tried afialn and failed . And then suddenly a new star had risen In the Kolflns sky. The first time we ever saw Ouimet was at Harden City, September. 1013, when the ouallfylns lotind of tho ama teur championship was under way. Ho had just holed out on the 18th Kreon when Romo one asked his score. "Seventy five." replied Oulmcl quietly. Which started an outbreak of excitement, as "fi wns then low by neieral strokos. And that this start was no flash was proven two days later when ho led Jerry Travels, then amateur champion, throiiRh tho 27th hole. Two weeks later Ouimet, who had never even thmiRht of the open cham pionship, had beaten Vnrdon and lt.iy in the greatest exhibition of golf ever Riven In America. Heyond the Dope "How did I hnnnen to trot crnlm? ko suddenly?" said Ouimet to our query. "I haven't an Idea All I know Is that In playlntj over my home courso at Wood land my best mark was 78. I average about 81 nr 82, and could rarely beat this Then one day I went out in tho summer nf 1013 and had a 7.1, tho courto record then. After that I rarely Rot above 77. and was Renerally around 71 to 7B. Mv Kame seemed to have come to mo in one day." It has been said frequently that Ouimet Is a Rnlfer without nerves that he Is never upset .VothliiR In it. There is no such Rolfer in existence. There never was. Ouimet uenlnst Vardon nnd Ilay wns absolutely cool nnd niunrnnilr in. different. lint two weeks before, against Travels, ho had shown more than one sign of nervousness when Jerry hepan laying thoso full Iron shots dead, and when Francis made his trip abroad in ills first competition he was so nervous ho al most missed the first ball, batting It at right angles on the ground through the crowd. And later on, against Travers, at Kkowanok, when Ouimet became ama teur chnmplon. In hln first 12 holes ho was so nervous ho could hardly sink a putt, missing several short ones and frequent ly taking 3 on the green. Rip; Advantage Xot thnt Ouimet Is a nervous type. He simply has nerves, Just as any other mor tal has when tjdngs are not working right. Dut lie also has this advantage. Ho never lets his temper get the best of him, and you never seo him fretting or worry ing over a bad shot As much as any other golfer we ever saw Ouimet takes the break of the game as It comes to him. He doesn't always expect to get a perfect lie nor to havi all putts go down, so he is well fixed whfcn the tldo turns the other way psychologically. Travis leads all American amateurs in direction. with any club and In l-ylng lung approach putts dead. Travers leads all In drlrlng Iron play and In putting within 10 or 12.feet up to the cup. Ouimet. all In all, Is the best American amateur with the wood that Is, not only off the tee, but In brasslo play through the green. Ho is a wonder at getting up a brasslo shot from a close He when distance Is needed and he must take a chance. He has the knack of taking just a nip of turf with his brassle, and he plays it with a confidence that no one else has this side of the Atlantic divide. Ouimet is ono of the few btar golfers Who Ube the Interlnelclno, ftl,u ,l.n u overlapping grip. In his wooden club nlay ..- .ou a.u.ma tinier away from tne ball than moat others, reaching out for the blow. On short approaching or putting you will find him nearly always beyond the pin, rarely short. Last summer at Petroit he was drawn J against Chick ICvans In tho i:nst-Wcst competition. Chick had the best of It In that battle up to within 20 yards of the gtecn Hut It was notlceablo on thu ma- .jiulty of occasions that where Chick was short on his approaches, and, as a rule, short on ills long putts, Ouimet was prac t'eailv always on past the (lag. He gavo the ball a chance, and through this method won on the first extra hole. Ouimet, wllh Trners and Travis, helps from tho Putting Triumvirate. He Is o wonder on a putt of from 8 to 15 feet, but often has a tendency to miss tho shorter ones the two or three or four footers. Ho probably Isn't quite as steady a putter as either of the other two. But once out Into Ills top strido ho can get moro brilliant than either. Tho exhibi tion, under fire, that ho gavo at Brook line against Vardon nnd I lay, and then later agahibt Travers, will never lie for gotten. A 10 or a 12-foot putt was nothing. Twenty-five Years Left Ouimet Is barely 24 years old. Yet hfl has won tho open and amateur champion ships of his country. Ho still has at least 2T years of competitive golf left, and 1! Inured as a pro for going Into the sport ing goods business the gamo would lose In general Interest more than most peo ple know. Kvcn If Ouimet Is barred this spring, and tanked as a pro., we do not believe tho Judgment will bo allowed to stand, once the majority vote of golf clubs is given a chanco to find out just what American golfers desire. Ho is too lino a sportsman, too good a golfer, and lie has done too much for the golf In tho U. S. A. to be pushed nslde. where others who have committed offenses against amateurism far more flagrant have never been touched. LEAGUE TENNK MATCHES TO BE HELD IN JULY Change in Dates May Re sult in Entry of Nor ris Williams Progress is rife in Philadelphia tennis this season. The Ititcrclub League at Its annual winter meeting proved again that this is the year of development of tho ' game around our city. Several exceedingly Interesting things were dime at the meeting. l-'lrst and most Impoitnnt. a new club was added to the league. C ynwyd Club made applica tion and was aece) ted Second, tho dates for the Intcrcluh matches were placed In July this year Instead of May, as usual. This should Insuie the participation of f-eveial prom inent players, possibly It. IC. Williams among them, who otherwise would not compote. Thiid, the Junior interclub series will again be played this year. The manage ment of It will bo In tho Tiands of a com- mltteo of ono senior representative from each club. Tho schedule will shortly bo drawn up nt a special meeting of these represcntntles. The advent of Cynwyd Into the league marks a big step by this progressive lit tle organization and should prove a big benetlt to both tne club and tho league. The I'ynwjrt team will be chosen fiom such men as Wallace V. Johnson, Wil liam T Tllden, 2d. I'. C Osborne, Dr. P. B. Hawk. Harry Martin, C. X. Beard and others. The chances are that Johnson will play No. 1 ; Tllden, No. 2 ; Hawk, No. 3, anu osuorne, ro. 4. This .suiiiuls like a team that oven Phil adelphia and Merlon will have trouble with. The Cynwyd Juniors can boast of our city Indoor champion, .Sering Wilson, young Carl Fischer and several older boys, an ot wuom are good players. Tho competition in both branches of the Interclub League this season should bo very close and the standard of play nign. aienon was last years champion, wun rnuaiioipnui ti close second AMATEURS ARE CLASSIFIED Herrman nnd Cobb Address New "BaGeball Federation CINCINNATI. March 11. At n ineetlnu nf tlu. HutoH Committee of the National Itasehall IVderatlon hero yiHtenliy ri'ciimmonil.itlons Mero decided upon to divide the nm.iteurH Into two ct.tHUcu. It wilt be recommended cIiihh A 1m? composed of nono but thnsa who nre strictly umatcurn. while class It should he composed of thoso who accept mone for pluylm: base ball, but who do not tuko up baseball for a IHellhood. Tho committee will nlso recommend cham pionship series for both classes nnd Intercity series. A huso muss.meetlnff of amateur hnseball players as well ns tho delegates to tho con vention were addressed by August Herrmann, chnlrmnn of tho National nasebnll Commis sion, unil Ty Cobb, of the Detroit Amerlcnns. Cobb lost n uluable diamond rtns en routo South and stopped here. Ho went back oier tho route he had taken when ho lost the rlmr from Iho train, but failed to find It. ' Taft Reelected Captain NI5W HAVEN. Conn . March 11. Charles 1. Taft, second son f ox-President T'ft. has been re-elected captain of nett enr's basket bait team ONE LOOK! THAT'S ALL National A. C. National A. C. TOMCiHT 8:30 SIIAUI' TOMOIIT Joe Azvedo vs. Johnny O'Leary Patsey Cline vs. Eddie Morgan TlIKi::: Other star liuuU KAUFF STARTS SOUTH Accepts Terms and Signs Contract With New York Giants XIJIV YOItlv Alareh 11 ileum- Kimff mir. fttt i ti.ttul liv Cn rnf ii pu Tnlin t fi atnsa !! wuilill ( HJ r- i .. j UUIIII l. I ll'll, Ut 11113 (lluntfl, and .. wlMmv huts. 1h mi mn way 10 .Muruu ioiiii ivuuii nt ui" i rnmo 10 terniH with th Nnv York club nnd hla tontrutt. ulthttimh not iinnnuncnd officially, Is n,ii to he JtlOlH. u X-ur. nllh ii JMMiO bonus. It KuiifY comes up to expectations, he will bo morally trvntert by Ui New York club, hut. Ilko the other pUserH, ho must ko through tim routine oi uovt'iopmtMK una uiHcinnne that tno otniT pluifra nr Huojeet o, iiorore leav ing Kiiuff i xnresseil tilt Pnme conlldent nn. tlmlatlc rimtUleiu f In himself, nntf Hinted that nu wuum Bureij Hurpnau .iijiiukit ju urair, rT VTVTDT AAA UfOJlll &. ItulillirUze VAj l ifil "; Jlnrrt lMwiirili( Mr, I JUJ.M' .uiu o;ou mt.iur Whltey riUirer.ihl ih. FrnnUie l-,rho st.nij;y uirrriirx b. or.(i u'kiknrt (iicoitoi; i.mckui'kn ih, ami; liAiixtori' Ijrril FfTOUM s. KDDIK MOV Denny Leonard vs. Sam Rob!deau AUnn. 35c. IUI- ltf.. 30c. Arena Ucn.. 7.1c. Kl PAICK A. C NOHU1STOMN, MARCH U R I D S 10-Huund Heiul (1-BohhjJ Opener ' S1.00. ipl.AU. ti.UU KUn.trdj, 1 N. Juniper ' McCARRON-BORREL 15 To All Boy Baseball Teams: HERE is an exceptional opportunity to get $1,25 Base balls FREE for your games this season. THOUSANDS OF BRAND NEW BASEBALLS EXACT LY LIKE THOSE USED IN THE BIG LEAGUE GAMES will be given away in the next few months. 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