LAWN TENNIS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21323, 16 November 1934, Page 15

LAWN TENNIS

CANTERBURY RANKING LISTS The Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association selectors, Messrs J. Mercer, T. W. Patterson, and J. H. W. Sheppard, have announced the men's and women's ranking lists for Canterbury for the beginning of the new.season. Ranking matches are now open, and for the first matches the even numbers will challenge the odd numbers above them. The lists are as follows:Men 1. C. Angas. 2. T.' Rhodes-Williams. 3. H. A. Barnett. 4. B. A. Barrer. 5. H. Dymond. 6. W. Robinson. 7. A. R. Cant. 8. B. B. Loughnan. 9. D. Johnston. 10. N. G. Munns. 11. J. W. Arnold. 12. E. E. England. 13. L. Armstrong. 14. J. W. D. Fisher. 15. P. McLauchan. 16. R. A. Young. 17. D. Silvester. 18. B. A. Duffield. 19. F. O. Schmidt. 20. I. D. Corich. Women 1.. Miss T. Poole. 2. Miss E. Rudkin. 3. Miss I. Poole. 4. Miss M. Sherris. 5. Mrs D. Macdonald. 6. Miss E. Fleetwood. 7. Miss N. Dick. 8. Miss P.-Wright. 9. Miss J. Senior. 10. Miss D. Dickey. Misses Wake, Bishop, and Gould have retired. AMERICAN DAVIS CUP PLANS DEFECTION OF LOTT AND STOEFEN (rNITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT ELECTBIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received November 15. 9.20 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 14. The defection of G. M. Lott and L. R. Stoefen to professionalism has not upset America's Davis Cup plans or weakened the confidence of Mr W. M. Hall, president" of the Lawn Tennis Association, in the country's chances of giving England a brisk challenge, he said to-day. "For the singles we have a pair of seasoned and reliable international players in Allison and Wood," he said. "It is pretty early to forecast what will happen in June, but for the doubles there are Donald Budge and Gene Mako, oC the Pacific Coast. This pair, I should say, shows promise of surpassing the greatness of Lott and Stoefen as a team."