The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-27
SPOR T $.
EVA MEN To FIGHT
FOR FINAL SPO|LS
Low OverCome-C0llins and Elk
lund Battle Today for
Tennis Honors.

But oh. that handicap.' are the very
words the Honolulu tennis fends end
up with when they try to analyze the
| results of the Hall cup tournament,
which will be concluded this afternoon.
Out at Eva the ruralites read about
what the folks are doing in the Island
| metropolis, and they do the same Of
, course, there are no prying reporters
around to spy on them and pipe it off
| to the community al large when Kid
Ehund puts Il over Lanky Greenfield
with his battling backhand stroke. so
| this Missouri committee that fixed it
| so the country guys would have a show
| had to be shown themselves. ana Messrs.
Collins, Eklund and Greenfield turned
| the trick for the enlightenment OF these
experts who doped out the odds Cap
tain Low died game in the fourth set
of his seminal combat with young Col
Inns. The captain was the last surviv-
ing hope of the citv's forces in the
five days campaign which ends today,
and was one of the oweffteen generals
! of the Honolulu racquet brigade which
| went down one by one before the
mighty swat Of the ruralites, leaving
1t for the invaders to fight it out among
themselves for the final spells. Captain
| Low made a heroic struggle, but the
odds were against him, playing owe if
teen against fifteen handicap, and after
| the gallant capture of the first set b.
a 60 score, he gave way stubbornly
in three successive stands, yielding,
6-4, 81, 6-3, in the steady playing
of the youthful Collins
Low was there to meet the emergen-
cies, and he generally unanswered to
drop the ball to the off side, scoring on
most of the long rallies. His weakness
was chiefly on the easy ones that came
right to him. He touched them up too
gently and they didn't carry. The
handicap seemed to get on his nerves.
If he didn score the first point in
each game he appeared discouraged.
Starting owe fifteen fifteen, if Collins
took the first point it was owe fifteen
thirty, and Collins had only two points
to make, while the captain had to land
one before he could get started. To
win he had TO make five points before
Collins landed three, and to do it he
| couldn t afford to make any sacrifice
| hits. for one little fiuke was liable to
| prove fatal
/ Collins is a young Australian gather
| ing in the fruits OF industry out at
/ Eva. Whether he plays the Australian
stroke or not il certainly Is a hard one.
He preferred the overland even if he
| had TO bite the dust to get under the
missile. He never gave the bah a twist
with a cut Of his racquet, but hit them
all dead straight and tried to reach
| them when he could without shifting
| his position. Standing IN the center of
his side Of the COURT he covered a wide
| circumference. With his feet about
five yards apart he maintained his
| equilibrium and by means Of his reach
| he met the ball most anywhere Low
could put It.
v. \. Eklund another Eva lad who
| sizes up abOU- like Atherton Richards.
| pat his plantation colleague, Green
| field, away in one, two three fashion.
| He played slashing game and it was
| all over By the time Greenfield got to
| going Eklund fought his way to the
finals to the tune Of 6--2. e., Cd,
and will meet ?. D. Collins today for
| the supreme honors.
| EkIund Is youngster about Atherton
| Richards age and Atherton would have
| to play his best to beat him. Tire two
| kids didn t happen TO meet in the
course of the tournament and II was
suggested that a special match be ar
ranged between them. but Eklund said
| he could not stav over long enough for
an extra engagement. He has been
plaving tennis ever since he was big
| enough 10 WELD racquet and he has
the measurements Of the court down
fine. 20 he can fairly slug the balls with