St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-14

1892. ---SIXTEEN PAGES.
ada can produce. The st. Paul Kinks
contained several curriers' who are COM
paratiye beginners at the 'warm''game
having been initiated almost within the
present season. If the st. Paul curling
club continues in its present prosperous
condition, year or SO VIII enable it to
produce as strong Kinks as now hail
from Winnipeg and other Canadian
cities. The st. Paul men report most
enjoyable time.
T. j. Price and A. S. Bailey are count
ing up the weeks when they can resume
their favOrite DISTINGUISHING. Both
good fish story as any other two men
In the Northwest, or in the country at
large for that matter. Last season they
did not have a very successful time, and
IN order to keep up their reputation
among their many friends, attempted to
palm Off red herrings for trout.
In the point contest at the Winnipeg
bOnspiel Z. NJ. Griggs. of st. Paul, made
SO points. He was closely followed by
e. D. Nettleton and w. w. Lorrimer,
who had 80 each. These were the high
est scores when they left to catch their
train.
A. b. Wood was nicely foored the
other evening in a handicap billiard
game he played with T. j. Price. They
were evenly matched, and Wood was
confident he could lay low the Kellogg
newspaper man. Price said nothing
Re rarely does when playing billiards.
he plays a quiet game. If he
is losing be appears quite as
Indifferent as if he was winning.
Wood led right along to the end of the
second string. and then he absolutely
collapsed, missing the easiest of carOm
shots. Even then Price remained silent,
but added to his score, and eventually
Wood put up his cue defeated man.
The score was 100 to "a in favor of
Price. Wood went home heartily glad
no one took up his bet of $40 to $40.
Frank l.. BiXby is blossoming into
quite billiard expert. He yesterday
Ibid up'' Dick Steele to the tune of 100
to rs.
There are few better all-round sports
men than j. j. Ahern. He is as good
with the rod and gun as he is with the
curling stones, a game in which Jim
has recently become very proficient.
The Press club does not expect to win
the GLOBE emblem, but they have cOur-
age and will play through the series,
even though they fail to win game. 1t
is the sport and training that comes
with a contest of this sort that attracts
them. The team chosen by the COM
mittee to compete with the more expert
enced players of the star clubs are:
BObleter, Chantler, Hawkes.. Wood,
Gemmel, Smith, Melady and Sargent.
OF course only five will play. but the
others figure as substitutes and are
liable to play in any game.
Sampson is one of the speediest anna
teur bllliardists in the West, and his
friends are willing to match him against
any of 'em. He often runs over so
points at three-ball billiards, and he is
exceptionally strong on close nursing.
Foley has suggested to him that he will
increase his pace by practicing the balk
line game, for the reason that he is
comparatively weak on open table
shots.
the Twin City Amateur Team tourna-
ment fizzled out so ANONYMOUSLY. st.
Paul is in no way blameable for the
failure. FOley'S team has been ready
to inaugurate the series for a month
past, and has only been waiting for
Jules Mayer to come to the scratch.
Now that the latter claims he can only
put in team of three players, and that
Foley is willing to play three against
three, there seems to be no reason for
further representation. If Jules is in
earnest, he should straightway declare
himself. Wilmot, ThaYer and Sampson
would do their city proud as the anna
teur opponents of the ''grand game"
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There is absolutely nothing new in
the local base ball situation. Mr.. Ben
nett is hustling for new grounds and
will doubtless hit upon a location in the
next week. The matter of a schedule
and the drawing for teams will come
up in March. President Williams is
still receiving large number of appli-
cations for places, and will have no
trouble IN making up eight fine teams.
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1t is stated that Walter Wllmot has
refused to sign contract to play in Chi
caso. He has been heard to say that he
would rather pillow than play with An
son. Jack Crooks has already signed
with st. Louis.
Clarke, who made it decidedly inter-
esting for the other candidates recently
in the Foley tournament, is doing sys-
tematic practice. He has pretty
stroke and an excellent idea Of the
technique of the game, but his method
is not always taultless. In other words.
he sometimes chooses the wrong shot
and spreads the balls when the other
shot would have punched them. But
errors of this kind are less and less fire.
quent as he progresses, and it is pre-
dicted that he will become one of the
best gentleman PLAYERS in st. Paul.
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John Ives has taken up the cue again
after rest of several months. He has
a good touch, but he is rather weak on
open playing. However, there is no
question that he has talent. and all he
needs is practice to develop his natural
speed. John is. by the way. jolly
player. and he always makes it pleasant
for any one who engages him.
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Charley Ringwald is somewhat out
of practice. but it is apparent that he
has it in him to play a strong game of
billiards. He has been practicing con-
siderably of late, and it Is remarked
that he progresses every day he plays.
Charley is good on natural angles. and
he has an effective draw shot, while he
is fairly good at nursing.
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Cyrus Wellington plays billiards with
the same spirit that he undertakes any
thing else. He is earnest and studied,
and he never fOrgets an experience.
For illustration, the balls now and then
are found where it is necessary to play
a kiss. Mr.. Wellington may fail the
first time he attempts new shot of this
sort, but when he once gets it learned
he never blunders again.
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There is no truth in the report that
Frank Bixby played billiards the other
evening at the press club for forty min
utes without scoring. The report is
the work of some evil-disposed person
and is away off. Bixby made three