St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02
URE OF ST. PAUL'S WINTER
CARNIVAL.
ANDREWS GREAT JUMPING
ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THE
SKATING CONTEsTs-RECORD
BROKEN.
WINDSOR TROPHY WAS LOST,
But Excellent Contests Were Some
Consolation for the LOss-Hock-
ey, Polo, Etc.

Whatever may have been the car
nival's success it must be admitted
that a big share Of it was due to the
excellence Of the sporting events. In
fact, If there had been nothing else to
the carnival than those features, car
ried out as they were, the manage
ment would have had right to feel
that their work was well done and that
all carnivaliers were satisfied. J. e.
Andrews set the pace the first day by
breaking a. worlds record in jumping,
making a leap Of seventeen feet and
eight inches, and the other participants
followed his example admirably. It
was left to him, however, to do all the
record-breaking, and he did 1t with a
vengeance. His final jump was TWEEN
ty-one feet and three inches, gain of
six feet and one inch over the previous
worlds record. This was really mar
velous feat and Andrews finds himself
the subject of much complimentary
gossip in sporting circles. Unheard Of
before, he has, by his excellent work
at the carnival, achieved a creditable
and not unremunerative notoriety and
stands head and shoulders above any
other person now known among the
class Of skate jumpers. Although An
drews was the only man who succeed
ed in pulling down a recognized record,
there were others whose work was ex-
cellent and who exhibited just as much
skill and cleverness as the record
breaker. For instance, J. K McCul-
loch, the Winnipeg skater at one time
came within a fraction Of a second
Of breaking a record for one mile
against time, unpaced. The official
record as quoted by a recognized au-
thority states that the record was made
on five-lap track. The Aurora park
track Yves q little more than six laps,
so 1t Is not unreasonable to claim that
McCulloch really skated faster than
the man who holds the record Then
Harley Davidson came very near
smashing records In several events.
One time he started out to do two
mile unpaced skate against time, and
had he been able to finish it would un-
doubtedly have been winner. He did
not go more than four laps, however,
before one of his skates became dis
ordered, and he had to stop, but the
time on those first four laps was such
that he would undoubtedly have
broken the record. The work of Nils
son, too was good, and although Nc
Culloch won first in all the events
given under the auspices of the Ma
tional Amateur Skating association.
speed and did work that was creditable
to the carnival. Perhaps no man
proved more of surprise to every one
than George Sudheimer, the winner
Of the one mile championship of ST.
Paul.
He did some skating last winter
that showed the promise Of speeder,
but it was never expected that he
would so soon be able to make a
good showing against such people as
Nilsson, McCulloch and Davidson. He
is still quite young, perhaps the young
est of the entries, and certainly has a
promising future as a fast skater He
took place in many of the events,
and won the championship of ST. Paul
easily. Pannell, McDaniels, ]. David
son and Daniels were those who went
for place in most of the races. They
are all of them good, reliable skaters.
and came dangerously near winning In
several instances. The only man whose
work was not up to its own standard
was Rudd, of Minneapolis. There were
times when this man was looked upon
as one of the fastest skaters in the
Northwest, but during the carnival
he did not even win a place in any Of
the good races, and generally finished
back in the bunch. There were times.
however, when his old-time speed
would come to him, and he would lead
the OtueTS d merry pdc0s out 1t al
ways left him before the finish. In
the f1ve-mile National association race
he took the lead about the end of the
fourth mile and held it for several
laps.
Perhaps after the skating races the
curling bonspiel should come next In
point of interest. The Windsor trophy
contest was the one most hotfy con-
tested, and when the husky Canad-
ians from Portage la Prairie won the
coveted prize it was sorry day for the
other curriers', particularly Lorimer. of
ST. Paul, and his rink. He fully ex-
pected to be the skip whose team
would keep the silver bowl in the
city, and all through the event he put
up great games. It seemed a cinch
when he came to the finals, but at
the time when he needed his skill the
most it failed him, and he allowed
Adams to win the honors by a score
Of 17-12. By this defeat the St. Paul
curriers' not only lost the Windsor
trophy. but the first prize in the first
event as well, the prizes being four
individual gold medals valued at $40
each. The prizes Of the second event
were also holly contested, and 1t was
not until the last stone had been
thrown that the winner was known.