Sport: Ranked

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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 major U. S. tournaments last summer. The committee protested that on her they had "insufficient data." New No. 1 is John Hope Doeg, blond, pug-faced lefthander who won the national singles and would have been No. 1 even if Tilden had stayed amateur. The new ranking :

Men's Singles Women's Singles

1. John Hope Doeg 1. Mrs. L. A. Harp

2. Francis X. Shiel 2. Miss Marjorie Morrill

3. Wilmer Allison 3. Miss Dorothy Weisel

4. Sidney B. Wood Jr. 4. Miss Virginia Hilleary

5. Clifford Sutter 5. Miss Josephine Cruickshank

6. Gregory S.Mangin 6. Miss Ethel Burkbardt

7. George M. Lott Jr. 7. Mrs. Marjorie Gladman Ryn

8. Ellsworth Vines Jr. 8. Miss Sarah Palfrey

9. John Van Ryn 9. Miss Mary Gree

10. Bryan M. Grant Jr. 10. Miss Edith Cross