Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-24
COLLINS REDEEMS HIMSELF
De eats Hayss, Middle West Champion, in
Special Game for Updike Cup.
CONTEST FAST AND STRENUOUS AFFAIR
Each Play f. Closely Contested and
some of Best Tennis Ever
Seen I'm Omaha IL
Exhibited.

Kreigh Collins has had a reversal OF
fonnsfrom wednesday and again forged to
the front by winning the special match
from Hayes, the present holder Of the title
Of the Middle West champion.
The matches Thursday afternoon were
both hard fought and full Of good tennis.
For this afternoon arrangements have
been made to have the finals in both singles
and doubles played, the doubles to start at
$3.50 between Peters and Collins and Blath-
erwick and Hayes, and the singles at
O'Clock between Sanderson and Gilman.
over a dozen automobiles were used last
night TO take the visitors for a ride around
the city and to the country. Tonight a
banquet has been arranged.
The Collins-Hayes special match at the
tournament was about the fastest tennis
ever seen in Omaha and Collins had en-
opportunity 10 redeem himself for his de-
feat Of the-day before by Sanderson, In
the fourth rbuhd 81 the Middle West cham
pionship. Collins was considerably put out
by his defeat Wednesday and N. B. Updike
conceived the idea OF offering cup to give
Collins a chance at the present holder of
the championship.
An immense gallery was present for the
afternoon matches and IL was well re-
warded for its time and attention. Fletcher
defaulted TO Ssnderson in the semi-finals
of the championship race and that left
but Gilman and Blatherwick TO fight It out
for the honor of playing in the finals Fri
day The addition of the special proved
TO bepthe drawing card Of the day and
such playing was a revelation to many.
Collins IL Determined.
Collins had made I'D his mind that IL he
ever won a tennis match in his life he
would win that match with Hayes, and he
did. Although Hayes is the champion of
this section and Collins comes from Chi
cago. the gallery seemed to be with the
Chicago man. The match consumed long
time In playing. for each point was con-
tested as IL the whole match depended on
that point. Each player had played hard
matches in the morning and the odds
seemed to be in favor OF Hayes on ac-
count OF his known ability to recuperate
and because Collins had weakened under
the hot sun the day before In his match
with Sahderson. W.
The game had more spectacular features
than any played SO far In the four sets
Collins made five points more than his OPP
ponent winning ITO to 106. The back hand
work of Collins was the real feature of the
game. He got seemingly impossible shots
over the net. He had plenty Of opportunity
TO use this back hand stroke as Hayes put
them on his left side repeatedly. Collins
would also use his little cut stroke over the
net, by which he would force Hayes to run
up. and would then put the ball over his
head. During the entire four sets there
were not over a dozen lobs, both players
yolleying most of the time. Collins has
back hand voliey Lawford which is a shot
peculiarly his own. The ball was back
ward and forward all the time, with speed
on its every move. Hayes Is wonder to
run along the back line and covers ground
in a remarkable fashion. How such a
large man can cover the territory he does
was the wonder of sJallIuRr
sos Peters Coaches Collins.
In the fourth set. with the score 40,
In his ear by his partner, Peters, and he
went after Hayes in a fashion which made
the women on the porches and In the ham,
mocks sit UP ana take notice. He speeded
UP his game; and Hayes took a point with
the greatest, difficulty., Neither player took
any chances on going to the net unless a
most excellent opportunity presented itself
TO place the ball. All the play was from
the back lines, with each player striving to
put the ball out OF the, reach of the other.
Collins has great faculty of putting the
ball where the other man isn't, and he
seems to- Judge this by watching his OPP
start. TO the right after the ball, Collins.
by quick switch, would put the ball on
the other side, and by this won many