St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-26
CURRIERS' AT PLAY.
Friendly Games on the River Wi
messed by Interested Crowds.

Friendly Games on the River Wit
messed by Interested Crowds.
Tie st. Paul Curling club is demon
strating the fact that this game is rapid
ly becoming Americanized. at least in
the Northwest. The only thing that
has retarded its progress has been the
mild winters of the last two years, but
the indications point surely to the con-
clusion that in two years more it will
have become as popular a winter sport
as base ball has been in the summer.
With the usual Minnesota winter and
sufficieney of ice every city in the
Northwest will have It's club. and cham
pionship games for prizes will aid sue h
interest as will make curling the
national winter sport. The rink of
the St. Paul Curling club not being
ready for use, the members swept a large
space clear al the upper point of Rasp-
berry island and had two very exciting
games, one in the forenoon and one in
the afternoon. There were several
curriers' present from Winnipeg and
Minneapolis. The Mlnneapoitans were
loud in their pronunciation of the bust
ness men and citizens of the Mill city,
.
est in the establishment and mainte-
nance of curriers' club; and those who
desire to enjoy the sport must come to
ST. Paul and be entertained by the
Sanity city club with no chance of re-
turning the compliment. With proper
interest shown by their own citizens
there could be established between the
Twin Cities two clubs which would be
nucleus around which would be formed
smaller clubs from the neighboring
cities that would give the game such a
boom that ere long there would be inter-
state and international games during
the whole winter, and which would also
be material aid toward furthering
the winter carnival idea. The games
yesterday were purely friendly, hut
We're enjoyed as much as though club
medal depended on the result. The
two Kinks in the forenoon were
composed of the following gentlemen:
First Rink-G. Hall. Charles Parmelee,
Alex Mccullough and William Rodger.
Second Rink--Duncan Cornell. d. C.
Murray, d. Mcmillan and John MeCul-
Tough. The second rink came out vic
torious, 2 to l. In the afternoon the
game was long and exciting, and hun
dredS of skaters, among them many
ladies. who were enjoying themselves
on the river, stopped 10 witness game
which they had probably never seen be-
fore, and which the ladies all declared
to be just too nice, and wondered why
they did not have members from the
gentler sex to do the sweeping, as they
thought il would lend added interest to
thegame and be in harmony with the
eternal fitness of things. In the after
noon game these curriers' struggled for
supremacy: First Rink-John Cameron,
William ii. Ullmer, G. Hall and Nc
Kenzie, of Winnipeg. Second Rink-W.
a. Cameron, John Hinkei, Alex Nc
Cullough and Duncan Cennel1 The
second rink earned the laurels in this
contest amid the cheering and general
good nature of the opposition rink and
spectators. James McCutcheon, of Min
neapohs, gave gratnitous advice and
friendly chaff from the outside, while
w. W: Lorimer, of the st. Paul club,
/ passed around Christmas cigars and
F miniature stove to keep the curriers'
warm and in good spirits and help them
to put the stone on the pot-lid.