St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-30
A KICK IN CURLING.
Winnipeg Wins the Jobbers'
Union Trophy in an Easy
Walk.
Play Begun for the Merriam
Medal and Ended I'm
finished.
The Victorious GRANTEES Get
Tired and Forfeit Their
Position,
Winnipeg and Portage to
Play Out the Match This
Eorning.

MOIIIIuSs
The banner of the Winnipeg curriers'
was carried to victory yesterday III the
third DAVIS contest of the curling
matches. In the morning the various
members of the clubs gathered at the
club house on RASPBERRY island, and
discussed with great enthusiasm the
games which had been played. 1t is
remarkable fact that the game OF curl
Ing is productive of great good fellow
ship, though at times opposing Kinks
will argue in very excited tones
the merits of the games played,
but one thing is never lost
sight of, and that is good temper.
Promptly at 8 the draws were made in
the fourth series of the jobberS' union
contest, which had occupied the pre-
vious day. 1t seemed fOregone con-
clusion that Winnipeg would carry Oft
the trophy. for not alone are the Kinks
from Canada exceptionally strong, but
they had two Kinks to compete against
one rink from Portage and one from
Cambria. The ice in the club house
was not in very guod condition when
play was called, and the draw was OH
nOunced as follows:
Club skip. Club. Skip.
Portage, lockwood VS.. Winnipeg, Mcdonald
Winnipeg, Fortune, VS.. Cambria, McConachle
The play was in favor of the Winni-
pegs, and before The game was half
over it was seen that they were in the
lead, and, barring bad luck, were bound
to win. a few minutes before II the
seventeen heads were finished with
heavy lead Tor Winnipeg. The score
stood:
lockwood Portage), 5; Mcdonald win
Fortune Winnipeg). IS; McConachie.
(Cambria), II.
This leaves the two Kinks from Win
nipeg. both belonging to the Granite
club. to play the final game for the job
bers' union trophy. The skips-Aic-
Donald and FUrtune-aSked permission
FROM the home club to be allowed to
play the final game at Winnipeg, which
was granted.
After dinner the rink at the foot of
jackson street was cleared of the heavy
SHOW, ana the first series of games was
played for the Merriam gold medal.
The draw resulted in two Kinks from
each club being entered from st. Paul,
Winnipeg, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and
Portage. the byes being drawn by
Chicago. The ice was i'll very
rough condition. and the play
ers longed for heavy frost
which would give them keen ice. a
Iatge nur Der of visitors were present,
including some lady members Of the
Agnes Huntington company, and it was
very amusing to hear some of the curl
I.ai, tn II lnI 70 nf
the game. One Draw Scot, who welded
his Bosom like a veteran, explained the
art Of 'chipping the winner" to little
blue-eyed beauty III the following
terms: well, din ye see see, We ding
yer stanp, but nae hog it; We mauna
1leg OF jinkin, aye We send it showing
anang tina CARDS, till We chip the win
ner and land OH the vera tee"
The young lady said, "fhank you
sir. VoHr explanation has taught me the
art" and the Draw Scott carried himself
M.,u pTiue uGrng The rest of the game.
BY half past six the first draw was
finished, st. Paul being hopelesslv de-
teated. The result was as follows:
n G710 E as,R w faG MELON aS;
Milwaukee, Robert aid :....;:..,.. =. 16
son...............1SiW Winnipeg, Fortune II
ST. Paul, McCullOch. s Winnipeg, McDair-
Minneapolis, last mold. ~
ingS. .............15iPO Forage, Jones .... 25
Minneapolis, Brooks10t Portage, Wells. 80. 10
After the curriers' had taken supper
and were about to make the second
draw, a surprise was sprung by the
Winnipeg Granite clubs OF Mcdonald,
and Fortune. The skips announced
that that their men were very tired
and did not feel like playing, asked that
the contest be put off until this morn
ing. This raised storm of protest
from the opposing clubs, and eventual
~ it was announced that the play
should go on, and any rink not appear
ing would lose by default. The mem
beers of Winnipeg clubs had made very
good scores. and it was genuine when
they announced that they would not
MAY during the evening. The result
was the Granite club, of Winnipeg. for
1eited to their opponents in the first
draw, leaving the two Kinks of the This
tie club, of Winnipeg, to Go battle. The
evening play was perhaps the best of
the bOnSpel, as the thermometer grad
ually dropped and the ice became very
keen, and the skill Of the game was first
witnessed by the spectators who ven
tured onto the ice of the river despite
the cold. The second draw was as fol-
lows:
Wood, Chicago VS.. Robertson. Milwaukee.
HILL Chicago. VS.. Dryden. Milwaukee.
Jameson, Winnipeg, VS.. Wells, Portage.
McDairmord Winnipeg, VS.. Jones, Portage
The games were confined to Chicago
against Milwaukee, the winner to play
the victor in the contest between Win
nipeg and Portage. which takes place
this morning. The Chicago Milwaukee
contest finished after midnight as
follows:
Wood, Chicago. 49, 20IRobertson, Mirkee 10
Hill, Chicago. .......1lI Dryden, Milwaukee 10
Total. .......31 Total. ...... ... 20
This morning the Kinks of Winnipeg
and Portage will play off the final for
the Merriam medal, the winner to play
the final with Chicago. The Grand
rules of the Manitoba Branch of the
Royal Caledonian club, Will be started
and finished during the day.
In the evening at a special match
will take place for trophy offered by
William Rodger. The contest will be
between the United States and Mani
toba, represented as fellows:
United States. Manitoba.
T. G. Hand, j. johnson.
William Rodger, Mark Fortune,
W. Mckenzie. Tom Kelly,
d. Mcmillan, skip. j. Mcdonald, Skip.
Judge Cory will act as referee, and
W. W. Lorimer, of st. Paul, and J..
Rourke, of Winnepeg, will be time
keepers.
A meeting will be held in the club
house at l to-day'to take steps to organ
ize Northwestern association of curl
ing,
SOMEWHAT SPIRITUAL.
Singular Situation Which Pre-
ceded Prominent Death.
The late Judge Edison. of Glencoe, was
quite well known in st. Paul, and was