St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
SPORTS ON THE ice.
Clubs That Are in for All
Legitimate Sports Upon
the Ice.
Sons of Old Scotland Who
Throw the Great Curling
Stones.
Organizations Formed to
Weld the Festive Polo
Stick on Skates.
Skating and CoaSting Clubs,
and Clubs That Take
in All.
THE ST. PAUL CURLING CLUB.
Sons of Bonnie Scotland Who Use
the Stone and Broom

and that is the sentiment of the game of
curling, which is becoming so popular.
No matter how close the contest may
be, curriers' always recollect that ''Auld
Scotia'S sons and the bra laddieS" of
America are ''britherS." Curling was
started in Scotland about a century ago,
and 1t Is fast spreading its way over the
world, finding patrons everywhere.
Among IFS noted patrons in America
are MeSSrS. Morgan. Dalrymple and
Gordon. These gentlemen have all
given medals to be played for under the
rules of the Grand National Curling
club, in which the st. Paul Curling club
is represented by two or three Stalwart
Kinks invariably. Curling is a good
clean game in which the poor and rich
may play alike. and clergymen may vie
with lawyers and sinners.
The st. Paul Curling club was organ
lied Nov. Is. 1885. 1t adopted the dis
tinguiShing uniform of a Scotch Glen
garry bonnet. Its first officers were:
President, Archibald MacLean, who SUI
perintended the ice at the first Carnival
bOnSpiel; vice president, 5. f. Dana;
treasurer. John Summers, and Secre-
tary, Robert l.. McGill. The rink SkipS
then were \. MacLean, :. f. Dana, w.
w. Lorimer w. Fleming and James
Brodie. The first challenge was issued
Jan. IS, 1856, 10 the Thistle club, of
Minneapolis.
The officers of the st. Paul Curling
club now are: President, John Nc
CullOch: vice president. John q. Hinkle;
secretary and treasurer. James BrOdie;
chaplain. Rev. DR.. Christie. of the
House of Hope church; executive COM
mittee. William ROdger, L. A. Abbott,
Z. c. ii. Smith and Frank Horn.
and the committee on management
and arrangements for the coming
Carnival bOnSpiel consists of MeSsrs.
John McCullOch, w. W. Lorimer, J. G.
Hinkle, c. c. H. Smith and Joseph c.
Henry. When the club first started it
included such noted curriers' as w. w.
Lorimer, William Rodger, Joseph c.
). l.. Dana, Archie MacLean, Frank
Horn, NJ. G.. Craig, William Todd, Mat
thew Taylor. James Brodie and X. l..
McGill, and ii was not long in muster
ing about fifty of as ''guid men wiz
Stane an bruno as can be found in the
country anywhere, as the record of the
st. Paul club in the recent contest with
Chicago, Milwaukee and the Columbia
county boys at Portage, witnesseth. In
fact, the club has been far
more successful in its games
several famous occasions than was an
ticipated. 1t was beaten at the wind
up by Frazer, of Winnipeg, a celebrated
skip, by only one point last year. 1t lost
the district medal in the pit against
Minneapolis, by only one point last
year, ana it must be remembered that
the Thistles were the winners of the
punch bowl of the first Carnival bon
spiel. The manner in which it was de-
prived of its laurelS at Portage was very
questionable, but the club has no time
TO kick, while there is the very immedi-
ate possibility of it coming out with the
biggest score i'll the coming grand con-
test, when the best curriers' of both East
and West, and Manitoba also, will be on
hand upon the Carnival Kinks. The
badge of the club is a combination of
cross breOmS, stone and thistle. The
boys play with the finest imported gran
lite stones, and adhere strictly to the
rules of the grand national club. Fol-
lowing are the
ACTIVE MEMBERS.
William ROdger, w. W. Lorimer. Alex
a. Robertson, John Summers, John
Neil Smith, Charles c. II. Smith, w. A
Van Slylle, Milford c. Wilson, Robert
Wellisch. j. c. Henry, ID. II. Moon,
James Baxter, E. Warner, Alexander
McCulloch, John McCulloch. Duncan
Cornell, c. l.. Fortier. Walter lie,
Charles G. Fairchild, John D..
Nevin, Clarence Smith, George Nettle-
ton, John G. Henkle, James Brodie,
L. A. Abbott. Rev. Robert Christie, d.
D.; W. p. Abbott. Alex Adams. DR.. E.
K. Ames. Allan Brown, Allan Black,
nj. G. Craig, Hugh Campbell, III. Nj.
Cook, Manly B. Curry. James B. Darl-
NJ ipIo
Frank Horn, w. f. Myron. James Muir,
ID. c. Murray, j. II. Allen, Z. S. Nor
ton. William Fleming, Gordon Craig.
w. c. Wilson, w. III. Adams.
ON THE RINK.
William Rodger was the winner of
the rink medal, and Joseph G. Henry of
the point medal last year-the first time
they We're played for. Mr.. Rodger halls
from the Isle of Islay, in the Hebrides,
and Mr.. Henry is native of Dumfries-
shire.
Dumfriesshire. Scotland, is pretty
well represented in the club. James
BrOdie, w. w. Lorimer, NJ. Henry,
John Nevin, and John Summers, all be-
ing natives of that county.
W. w. LOrimer plays the surest game
of anybody. He curled in his native
land before he was fourteen years old.
He left home when he was seventeen,
and he embarked for America in 1869
Mr.. ROdger is very keen player and
he threw his first stone in RenfrewShire,
Scotland.
The first year the club was organized
it selected Will I'll. Adams, who, by the
way, was the captain of the original
WakOuta club, as its representative lin
the Grand National Curling club. Mr..
Adams was promptly made first vice
president of the Grand National club
big compliment for st. Paul and its
then infant club.
Joe Henry is very much interested in
curling, and the prOudest event of his
life was when he imported the stones
from Scotland.
The two McCulIochs, John, the presi-
dent of the club, and Alex, his younger
brother, are natives of Ayrshire, the
land of Burns. Matthew Taylor also
halls from the same county. President
McCulloch is good clean player.
Frank Horn came from Inverness
shire; William Fleming, from Lanark !:
James G. Myron and w. G. Myron, from
RoSS-Shire; X. l.. McGill and Allan
Brown, from Glasgow, and Allan Black,
from Edinburgh.
C. l.. Fortier is an old Milwaukee
player.
James Baxter is solid little mar
Will d DIodu lcceuli anu ne played q
good game in Perth long before he ever
saw America.
The Myrons and Mr. McGill are fine
singers. They have held offices of honor
in the st. Andrews society.
Rev. DR.: Christie is very fond of the
game. His birthplace was within q
stones throw of the castle of Sterling
James Hutchinson, of Montreal, the
famous ice palace builder, who put ur
the first ice palace of this city, is also 4
member of the club, and he played in q
good rink while he was here.
The ST PauI and Thistle ol,I,, ,,r