Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-11
MISS MILLER IS CHAMPION
Wins for Herself Proud Position Of Premier
Ping Pong Player.
TOURNAMENT MAKES GOOD SPORT
.Twenty-Eisht Entries and Twenty
seven starters Keep the Tables
Busy During q Lovely In
dian Summer Day.

Miss Lillian Miller won the final round
and FIRST place in the women's ping pong
tournament Of Friday afternoon after a
solid day Of keen sport and earnest roofing.
Miss Faith Potter was second, working her
way easily to the last round, where Miss
Miller defeated her, 81, Ga, ga. To the
victor goes a handsome sterling silver cup,
to Miss Potter an elaborate piece Of psssa-
menterie,
The champion earned her ~laurels, as
without a luk or a chance for doubt she
demonstrated round after round that she
was the best player among the entries. All
the contestants are unanimous in saying
that there is no woman In Omaha who can
beat her. She won on her absolutely steady
play, her placing being phenomenal. and on
her p~uzzling ''egg-beater" service.
Miss Potter and Miss Warren, the latter
OF Chicago, we're other favorites picked to
win, but each succumbed to the superior
all-around game OF the winner. Miss War
rem met Miss Miller in the semi-nnsls;
meanwhile Miss Potter was defeating Miss
Mercer. Then the last two came together
in the deciding match. which was made a
three set out of Ave AFFAIR.
Although she failed to advance farther
that the semi-Hnals, the play OF Miss War
rem of Chicago was a feature of the tourn-
ament. She shows a style and an agility
in her Jane that very few Omaha women
have yet attained, and withal she is ex-
tremely graceful in action. Her own rae
quet, a long-handied wooden affair brought
from Chicago for the occasion, aroused
much curiosity. It being dubbed a butter
paddle" by her q~uizzing friends.
Twenty-Eight Entered.
Twenty eight women entered the tourna-
ment and twenty-seven OF them were pres
ent for play at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Meanwhile about 1913 more. friends and enc
mics Of the contestants, were gathered about
as spectators, each drawn there by a hope
that somebody would win or lose.
Play began promptly, and the prelim-
mary round was soon a thing Of history.
Then followed the first round in quick order
and one match Of the second round had been
finished when at lis someone finally de-
manded a halt for mess and the entire
crowd scurried out In search of rations.
At 1850 everybody was back and at it
again, watching with a growing interest the
playing Of the last six remaining matches.
From that time on interest waxed hotter
and hotter and during the crucial moments
Of the matches In the semi-hnals and final
rounds the Gate City debutRntes to be and
have been found themselves not infre-
quently bursting into real mems cheers.
A complete summary Of the days play
reads:
Preliminary round: Miss Towle, a bye;
Miss Mercer, a bye; Mrs. Sprague beat Miss
Allen, So, SO; Miss Kennard beat Mrs.
Kountze, ga, SO; Miss Her beat Miss
Lomax. Us, 2-6, 81: Miss Potter beat Miss
M. Warren, 6-1, 6-1: Mrs. wilkins beat Mrs.
Smith, SO, so; Miss Brown beat Mrs. Pat
terson, by default; Miss Stanton beat Mrs.
Rogers ga s-2i Miss RSgers beat Miss
Mark Roher. As, 6-3, SO; Miss Miller beat
Miss McShane, 6-l, 6-3: Miss Warren beat
Mrs. Parker, rs, 40, ga; Miss Preston beat
Miss Holdrege. 60. 4-6, So; Miss Wakefield,
"A bye; Miss Lehman, a bye.
First u Miss Mercer beat Miss
Towle, rs, GA: Miss Kennard beat Mrs.
Sprague, ST., ga, ga; Miss Potter beat Miss
Her, so, so; Mrs. Wilkins beat Miss Brown,
Ga, 60; Miss Stanton beat Miss Rogers, ga,
1l-9; Miss Miller beat Mrs. Nelson, Ga, 81;
Miss Warren beat Miss Preston, GA, AS, Ga;
Miss Lehman beat Miss Wakefield, 6-S, So.
Second round: Miss Mercer beat Miss
Kennard, ell, 6-3; Miss Potter beat Mrs.
Wilkins, Ga, go; Miss Miller beat Miss
Stanton, so, go: Miss Warren beat Miss
Lehman, 6-S, 6-S.
Third round, semi-nnals: Miss Potter beat
Miss Mercer, 6-1, rs; Miss Miller beat Miss
Warren, 6-3, 81.
Fourth round finals: Miss Miller beat
Miss Potter, 6-1, SO, Ga.