St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-21
WINNIPEG GETS IT,
The st. Paul Jobbers' Union
Trophy Goes to the
Prairie City.
Dunbar and Patton VIII Play
the Final Draw for 1t
Today.
Nettleton Defeated by Patton
in the Last Stage OF the
Game.
Other Contests Narrowing
Down Toward the Vic
tory Point.

A wear ago. when the international
bonspiel was held in st. Paul, the tro-
phies were carried away by the visit
Ors. This was quite proper. In COM
mon with that spirit of hospitality and
Iiberality. everybody wanted those
coming from afar and breaking
bread with the local athletes to
carry home the palm. so that they might
return again. A repetition is scarcely
necessary, and the local players are
eXerting their utmost prOWeSs. u. -.
Nettleton's famous rink is taking the
lead, but he is pretty closely followed by
w. w. Lorimer and Alexander McCui-
loch. The latter two Kinks are doing
magnificent work.
Il was ideal ice yesterday. despite the
softening of the weather and the marked
rise in the thermometer. 1t was keen
ice, and the play was most eXhllaratng.
"Bill'' ROdger couldn't refrain from aO-
senting himself from the house of rep
Tesentatives to witness the play. HIS
highland blood was all aglOW, and he
stood at tbs 'end" the MAJOR portion of
the afternoon and evening to see the
most spirited contests.
Laurie, of Milwaukee, is perhaps the
greatest enthusiast in the party from
his city. He plays like a veteran, al
though he is styled the kid of the party.
But one should hear him sing. When
Milwaukee is not on the ice he goes up
into the annex and regales his frie nds
with a portfolio of Scottish airs
Archie Middlemist joins in, and sweet
melody is the sequence.
The controversies at the clerks desk
are indeed interesting to the observer.
Clerk Nettieton is supposed 10 be an
encyclopedia Of everything connected
with the bonspiel, and he is constantly
piled with questions of the puZZllng and
reconcile order. Nettleton does his best,
but he is often in default. No man can
keep full book accounts in his head and
be able, moreover, TO give answers on
the spur of the moment.
The annex has become the popular
resort. The visitors are unStinted in
praises of the Inequalities extended by
the local committees.
kings may be bless d, but the boys were glo-
riOus,
Ger all the ills of life victorious.
SO sang luSty and tunetul quartette
late yesterday afternoon. But these cpl
sodes are simple advertisements that en-
courage greater performances on the
ice.
The contests in the several events are
fast narrowing down, as draw after
draw is played. New events, however,
are coming up, and all these must be
played off today and tonight 1t will be
busy scene on Raspberry island as a
result. But yesterday was feature
day Wfthal. There were many eXcit-
ingly close battles, and the results were
often held in the balance until the last
atfar,,,t ,t-a- ,r,oJa tC low
The final was PLAYED during the aft
ernoOn Tor the Gordon trophy, and it
was battle royale. 1t came between
the Kinks skipped by J. b. Hill, the Chi
Cago patriot, and Alex McCullOch, the
ST. Paul star 1t was an event that will
probably never be forgotten either by
The participants nor the witnesses. 1t
was an even fight up to the very last,
and McCullOch carried off the trophy Il
to II.
W. W. Lorimer's rink failed to show
up the grand fern that has character
lied tine play III previous events, and
they lost their show yesterday afternoon
for the Merriam trophy to }. &. Cooper,
OF Portage Ia Prairie, p to Q. Still the
local expert took his defeat phllOSOph-
ically, and he invited everybody to come
over to his place on jackson street and
"See' him.
J, B. Hill, of Chicago, has been given
the sobriquet of the "Red-Headed
Curler from Chicago" and again, the
Rough and Ready" for he is making
things decidedly interesting for the
other clubs despite the fact that he fell
down twice before the imvincible play
of the NetUleton rink.
George NettletOn keeps on at win
ming pace. not at all disconnected be-
cause OF the defeat suffered at the
hands of Nelson Thursday afternoon.
Yesterday NettIeton laid low the
doughty Hinkle rink of St. Paul. And
it was ali event. The play was watched
with unabated interest by concourse
OF enthusiasts from start to flush.