He reached his third Grand Slam singles final at the U.S. championships in 1929 (where he beat R. Norris Williams, losing in five sets to Bill Tilden). He was ranked World No. 4 in 1929 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and World No. 5 in another Myers list in September the same year."Tilden Ranks Fourth in London Telegraph Rankings", The Toledo News-Bee, September 19, 1929.
