Sport: Ranked

Last week the U. S. Lawn Tennis Association announced its annual ranking. From that list was dropped—as everyone knew he was going to be—William Tatem Tilden II who for the last ten years has been ranked No. 1 He had formally renounced all claim to ranking last month when he gave up his amateur standing, turned professional. His friend Francis Townsend Hunter, for three years ranked No. 2, was left out for the same reason. Helen Wills Moody, generally acknowledged to be the greatest woman amateur in the world, was also dropped because, married, she preferred domestic life to playing in...