The sun., 1891-07-10
cunLEns rrrcnrra oUo1rs
wisiey won the Annual Tcurnssaest for
the He'll Medal.

wlGiey Won the Annual Tcurnsaess ZOE
the Bell Medal.
The twenty-fourth annual quoting match
OF the Grand National Curling Club OF America
occurred yesterday on the Casino grounds AZ
College Point. This annual competition is ior
the Bell medal huge solid silver auoit'
which u year ago was won by James Ma'coim
OF Toronto. The players began the sport
about o'clock p NJ. and I'LL during the alter.
noon tho quoits flashed in the sunlit air. SUI
the battle ragged, and when the sun sunk from
sight the metal missiles continued to cleasc
The dark mantle Of night descended uEo1
the scene. and siil the quot pitchers attleH
on to 8 o'clock at night when. tile winning shot
was fired; bringing to an end one OF the mos'
GqEs ni Ss ane matches eyer
We wear the Bell medal for d year to come.
aeores &c " Frasisp of lenkSis. or MeLaren p
New hS e a. The
Who WI 'fsns's Is srofessions is an ederly man. has
he showed evidence OF failing ability yesterday.
Se' Re fiY' ieii TV' Victim % 10 Wsiey Currie also
PLAYED surprisingly good game. and.
tSe ay ass s xR ds @ses
which gave MIN /, good. rest while Currie AM and
should should contest With him. ~ This was a deeid.d
disadvantage to Cnrrie who is large ieshy
mi nh apon pna h ins Mo M Frssep
rather to o Hnd he
sport progre, sed. He finally sueeumbed to
the superior staying powers OF Wigey. who
is q comparatively young man. and quite an
John Patterson. President. was umrire.
The first dawlng showed twe,nty,Ionr ,, men en-
and began D business Ines the air was black with
anoiss and re. ound.d with tho shouts Of the
aistahos Of iity.iou fest SO it vii! land close
,ras sHn Will n ss1Ssn oonvn
that tho ingredients that 60 to make n success:
lpl QUOT pitcher are a good eye. muscle, an, and
ful player will oiten send his auoit 30 deity as
10 knock his opponents QUOT of the, pin head
viii at any time throw his duoit more than len
or twelve inches from the peg is looked upon
The contests Of the first tie we're very inter-
estinR. and attracted much attention. The
results Of the preliminary battles are shown in
the following:
s;:; 7o1i 'is s1ly s: T:ssis:s i:sst NV
sr h SsT s:w ySss Sst ~ s Re-: ss. n9rs
Isaiah rr.sle. Yonksrs g; George rrazner. Yon-
George Crawford. New York, 7; Joseph +. brown,
j. +. Comfy. New York. 9; Thomas wiR,sy Yon.
John, Black, New York, II; William Martin. Yon'
John small. YonierI is: Robert Curris, New York.
"A: G Anderson. New York, o; Thomas Henderson.
The winners in the above battles then drew
SUITS
a-orse Walsh 2l: R MeLaren.. .is.
5..Eh uise":en Elonn o T. TlH%as Mo.,.n %.Ei' "
osss Eeesr. fpsrs Fqsrer u H. wsEa GEa:M Marlin n 20
Thomas henderson. .: George henderson 81.
The battle was now narrowing down TO a
WAS was Very Very high when tic players In The third tie
Of j. Nc, L,aren by Thomas. WsIey The Old
matched. desnera,s struagle in this tie was
between George Frazier AMI George Walsh. the
xnnhns III hss psn as TsS oos Tssas
S's;is asI.E:s E:s.; # III 4io$s: sss;ts ss:y -
Then Currie Frazie- and Wigey stepped for
ward TO take numbers out OF a hat for the last
t% Mgsd rS Sd wes ss sSs as ue
went at It. Curre, had everything his oW u way.
ant wSe dsk Sy When wirey and currie went in
80 eoad % Seen IL SO ssr
OF white paper were used to marx their ioes-
,ion: Lanterns were brought out and the play
We, went merrily on; Wisley took % !hs lead from
Cnrrie was close on his heels several times;
A avor HHs 'i%e Wses shs score and was tbs Sst,s
arpeared % to be b~ snybody's. as S eoi4
played 9 strong. steady game. Wieley man.
hole, and rpnarsNntly beaten. Hs made a game
With the score, standing ~ to IS in WiRleys
the as pn e and WSeV Sfis Ws 'ase's one
foot away. Currte's next was about five
INCHES away. and Without clever work, by
WiEley Currie would score two. The Yonkers
man shied his ring right on the pin; and 1t
umpire measured and decided 1t drawn.
On the next trial Currie seemed to lose his
the pin. and Wigley nestled ono right next 10
The mark, GuIrle had one more chance; but
just to show what he could do, he fired sec-
ond shot right on top Of he pin:
81 .s wey 81 sSs
best coachors In the, country. and gets more
eX cited than the pitchers. On good shot by
his man Black would spring into the air and
shout exultantly:
Al er which he would rush forwald and grasp
his man BIZ the hand.
shot and shes Draw ane." when q good
OF blacks that tended to keep ali present in
As whole the tournament Wis Grand sue
cess.
HE rs AFTER SULLITAN ONLE