St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-31
SOOP 'ER UP, LADS.
The Great Curling BOnspiel to
Bcgin on the Grounds To-Day.

The Great Curling Bonspiel to
Begin on the Grounds To-Day.
The Carnival curling contest between
the East and the West for the silver
trophy and the four gold medals zone for
each member of the winning rink will
occur to-day, commencing at Q a. IN.
From now on curling will be the big
feature of the Carnival. The prizes have
already been mentioned at length.
Tomorrow the great Carnival bon
spiel for the two silver trophies
and the gold medals will commence, and
afterward there will be a point contest
to be played for individually. The ice
Is i'll fair condition, it having been
cleaned off yesterday.
Curling is now pretty well understood
in America. There are at present H.
900 curriers' III Canada. In Scot
land. where the game origi-
to see l 800 men playing in one contest.
1t is II slippery game and requires great
skill and engineering. Each rink four
players is controlled by skip, who is
the captain. The ice is marked out
with two tees at each end, hog
score and sweeping score. The
Grand National rules control.
The GLOBE has frequently published
diagrams of the ice and referred to the
rules of the game so that the technical
ties of drawing. guarding, inwicking,
outwicking, i'll and out turning, chap
and lie and chip the winner are well
understood; Each player plays two
stones. The agateS are mostly
of imported Scotch granite,
from Ailsa Craig. the Red Horn and the
-
factured III this country, but they are
inferior. Some clubs play with iron
stones. The stones are round, fiat, with
concave top and bottom.
The committee on curling during the
Carnival will consist of President John
McCulloch. c. c. II. Smith. John e.
Hinkle, w. W. Lorimer and Joseph G.
Henry. all of the st. Paul Curling club.
-Four of the Kinks of the st. Paul
club have already been given in the
GLOBE. Neal Smiths rink, the old
rink. is as follows: ID. c. Murray, w.
T. Myrou. Mathew Taylor and Neal
Smith, skip. The curriers' who have al
ready arrived are:
Portage La Prairie (Granite. j. A.
X. Drummond, 5. Il. Marlatt, Robert g.
Mcdonald, Alex Mcdonald, l.. DOucet.
Waupaca. Wis. = III. w. Williams,
L ldIlh w IlDplC- dul DIOWuc, n. d.
Holly, jeff WOodwOrth, Ed Sellack, Gus
Bronson. 5. S. Chandler, Jr.. II. NJ. Lea,
Z. Coolidge, A. q. Nelson, E. B. Jeffers.
l.. Stain.
Chicago-Dave Hogg, j. Ralston, E.
W. kibble.
Milwaukee-G. H. Norris, Andrew
JoySe, +. +. Adams, Ill. I'll. West, James
A. BOyden, John Johnson, G. B. Rob-
erts. John A. butcher, James Graham.
Portage. Wis.,. IL. Well, S. E. Ora
ham. W. f. Turner.
The Thistle club, Thomas Hastings,
skip, wore the carnival trophy the first
year, and FraZer'S rink of the Granite
club, of Winnipeg, got it last year. In
last years contest between the East and
West. PatterSon's rink, of Winnipeg,
won the prize. Allan Brown will play
in the st. Paul club. He is agood, clean
player.
Six rinks from Winnipeg are expected
to arrive to-day. Among the boys are
W. q. Frazer, Ii. III. Smith and Sam
Harston. Two Kinks are expected from
Stonewall. K. G.. Mcdonald, of the
Granite club of Winnipeg, was the win
ner of the Baker medal this year. There
will be banquet to visiting curriers' at
the Merchants tonight.