St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-06
Two Winnipeg Kinks Are
Now Fighting for the job
bers' Union Tankard.
All Of the Matches Will Be
Finished Sometime Dur
ing Today.


fame and fancy, and the signs were
superlnduced by the thoughts of the
yeoman-like labor they would be forced
TO indulge in ere they reached the top of
the great bridge again. But they forget
all mundane matters when once seated
in the rink, watching the curriers' WELD
ing their besoms and sliding their
stones. The principal game which at
tracted the crowd was the final contest
between the ST. Paul and Winnipeg
Kinks for the handsome silver tankard
trophy offered by the ST. Paul Curling
club. Twenty-Five Kinks had staff in
to battle for this trophy, apd Alec
McCulloch'S and F. l.. Patton's
Kinks we're the only two left
out of that formidable array of curling
talent. The reading public is CONVEX
SAINT with the history of this contest up
to the final game, and the popular senti-
ment was that st. Paufs Evolutionary
good luck and her players science
would hold good to the end, causing the
trophy to remain here. But the adage.
There's many slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip" received an eXemplification
yesterday morning. for Alec McCuI-
lOch's rink was defeated after hard
fought and brilliant game, and WiHni-
peg, the metropolis of the frigid zone,
carried off the prize.
The game was begun at 10 o'clock,
and though other games were in prog
reSS at the time, none commanded the
same attention. There was a valuable
prize and great deal of honor al stake,
so the spectators are to be forgiven for
hcaTr Iraal
when the members of the two Kinks
took their places and began to play they
were given an ovation. and when the
game was finally decided in favor of
Winnipeg, there was round of hand
clapping and generous congratulations.
An old lady, who had been all interested
spectator OF the entire game, remarked
when 1t was over that it had been
Sra Spelled,
and reminded her very much of one
that she had witnessed at Linlithgow,
between the North and South sides of
the Forth. The ice was in pretty fair
condition. though in the afternoon it
became soft, and then hardened up
again by night.
The Winnipeg rink led off with three
points up and in the second end McCul
loch made one. In the third end Patton
made two more, and in the fourth and
fifth McCulloeh scored one and two re-
spectively. In the sixth end Patton's
score was six and in the next McCuIIoch
tied him. forging one ahead in the
eighth. The St. Paul people grew iubi-
liant at this and the cries were:
Moo ye're got him, Mac. Clap a
gard there an we've got anither stone
in"
But the Winnipeg rink braced itself
from that point, and though the contest
throughout vas exciting, st. Paul had
lost her chance to WIN. In the ninth
end Patton piled three stones near the
'tee," and in the tenth the st. Paul
curriers' seemed to have forgotten their
art, for Patton managed to get five
stones in. At the end of the game the
score was: Patton. 10; McCulloch, IL.
In consequence the Winnipeg people
felt I'll excellent humor, and because of
McCulloch'S present defeat forgave
him the conquering of the redoubtable
Mark Fortune the day before. The
trophy will be awarded to the winners
ut the close of the bonspiel. The per-
sonnet OF the two Kinks was as follows
st. Paul Winnipeg
G. F. Hail. F. 5 Peters
Il. W. Cory, Fl. Calf
". Rodger, F. W. Peters.
A. MeCulloch, skip-1l. F. L. Patton, skip-19
The Jobbers' Trophy
Games in the Jobbers' Union contest
were also played during the forenoon,
and in the second draw the S. G.. Har-
stone Winnipeg Granite rink defeated
the Alex Black Winnipeg Thistles rink
by a score of % points to Is. In the
third draw the game resulted as follows:
A. P. Cameron. St Paul. Is, VS.. w. ". Lar
timer, st. Paul, II.
L. K. Mckenzie. Winnipeg Thistles. Q. We
Marx Fortue, Winnipeg GRANTEES. IL
o ". Robinson, Milwaukee, Is, vs.. j. B.
Hill, Chicago, 10.
AS Will lie seen by the scores
the games were close ones, espe-
clally those between the two St. Paul
rInks and the Chicago and Milwaukee
Kinks. In the afternoon the ice became
very wet, and the stones left a trail be-
hind them whenever sent down the
Kinks. 1t was hard work for the sweep
ers' who were forced TO apply an extra
amount of elbow grease in order to do
effective work. When their vigorous
arms set to working the brooms to and
fro miniature fountains were formed
ana the dirty water went squirting on
AL sides and over everything. The
curriers', OF course, did not mind a little
water, but the spectators, who were
lined alongside the walls. failed to an
preciate it. In playing off the second
draw OF the consolation Tom Scott's rsp K
beat {. {. Fairchild'S by IS points tolQ
The games for the Merriam medal were
we'll underway 10y afternoon, and they
VIII continue 10 command considerable
attention Inasmuch as the contesting
links are evenly matched. and there
was some controversy over the selection
OF the two Kinks to represent st. Paul.
seventeen Kinks are being played. The
attendance at the rink was even llrger
than on the day before. and. as the Ice
was in pretty good shape. the games
witnessed were interesting. 1t has got
ten to be quite fad now for the ladies'
TO attend the matches, and of course
with the fair ones come the SWANS.
One young lady. with pair of blue eyes
and nose that pointed skyward, was
heard to remark aiter witnessing an un-
fortunate shot. the stone going clear
through to the wall:
"On, gracious me, wasn't that Just too
lovely! He Went right through every
one OF the stones without touchii q. and
I've seen lots of 'em VINO couldn I help
out nit every time'
ana SO she went on and chartered.
~ Ed HAIRED Old ScOtchman, who
Had PROBABLY played with the ROYAL
Sai , smiled at her simplicity,
and went on watching the game.
The Consolation Contest
In the third draw of the consolation
contest II. Kelly won from Tom Scott
by 81 points to II. l.. p. OrdWav and r
&. Reddel decided to POSTPONE their
game until this morning.
The S. G. HarstOne and John Watson
Kinks played very interesting game in
the third draw of the Jobbers' Union
competition. 1t was nip and tuck to the
last end. when Harstone made two
points and won the game, the score be-
ing Harstone. IA; Watson. 10,
This left the following Kinks TO com-
pete IN the fourth draw: A. P. Cameron
and 5. q. Harstone; j. B. Hill and
Mark Fortune. They were all pIaying
ct midnight, and Cameron and Harstone