The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-16
BEST BONSPIEL OF YEARS
WHICH THE CURRIERS' HERE
ABOUT MANIFEST.
PRoGRAMME FOR THE TEN DAYS
ASSURES Some Fine Sport for Those
Who Love This King of Ice
Games.

Wnen the COnIenQlng FORCES In the an
7nual bonspiel of the Northwestern
Curling association line up in battle
array. The whole ten days sport will
be a test of both skill and endurance
sand none CT the contests will fail to
teNcite interest, both among the devotees
i1of the historic Scotch game and the
1pUblic who generally turn out in large
anumbers to witness the contest, as the
Manitobans, who constitute the major
Lportion of the fifty contesting Kinks,
tplay the real old Scotch game, and
dplay it we'll. too. If the efforts of the
/ st. Paul men, who are to contest with
many lusty Scots" from foreign climes.
are to be successful in defending the
trophies now in their possession and in
contesting for new laurels, they will
& have to secure several gross of new
/ brooms, and take other precautions to
. insure them victory, as kilograms
We're received yesterday from some of
: the crack Kinks of Manitoba saying
. they would arrive in st. Paul tomor-
row morning.
There was a sprinkling of curriers'
around the hotels last evening, but the
bulk of the visitors will not arrive I'M
III this evening, and many will not be
mere until tomorrow morning. 1t is eX-
pccted that between 200 and 300 curriers'
will be present during the spiel"
When the sturdy Canadians arrive in
st. Paul with their brooms and
stanes," they will be entertained by
the st. Paul Curling club Many of
the prominent st. Paul Scotchmen will
. open their homes, as quite a number
OF the Winnipeg people are well known
among st. Paul curriers', having met in
a number of bonspiels during the past
few years. Those who come to the city
strangers will be entertained at the
hotels. One of the pleasantest func-
tiOns of the week will be the reception
given by the st. Paul Commercial club
10 the curriers' attending the bonspiel
Thursday evening,
DR.. A. B. Medium, chaplain of the
st. Paul Curling club, will deliver a
sermon to curriers' at the Central Pres
byterian church this morning at 1880
a m.
As the visitors arrive today. they
will be received by members of the st.
Paul club who will see that they are
pleasantly located. kilograms were re-
ceiyed from Winnipeg stating that ten
Kinks would start for the bonsDiel
kilograms were also received from a
number of places assuring large at
tendance the first day Messages were
received from Beansejom and Killar-
ney. Manitoba, saying that they would
send representations. These towns are
remote, and have never before par
ticipated in a bonspiel at st. Paul.
The last bonspiel held under the au-
spices of the Northwestern associa-
ton was held three years ago, and was
a. great success. The prizes and tro-
pixies offered for the ten days are val
ued at 81 500.
There haa,1 o,o,o,,rr
local curriers' preparing for the annual
bonspiel, and no pains have been spar
ed to give the visitors a hearty well
come, and make the affair an urquali-
fled success. Yesterday the finishing
touches were put on the twenty-one
sheets of ice situated in the open air
on the river south of the club house.
Poles were put in place for the electric
lights which will be strung Monday.
All contests for point play will take
place within the club house.
Curriers' will attend the contests from
Duluth, Milwaukee, Winnipeg and
many other points in Ontario and
Manitoba.
The first draw will take place Mon
day morning to make up the Kinks, and
to decide which shall play in the club
house. This will be decided by lot. The
play will continue every morning aft
ernoon and evening. 1t is expected
that by Thursday the bulk of the visit
ing curriers' will be ready to go home,
while those who have remained un-
be aten will struggle for supremacy
until well into the following week In
a bonspiel of ten days duration, it is
largely a question of endurance as we'll
as skill. Often the most skillful teams
are beaten by those Of greater physical
endurance. St Paul's representation
in the bonspiel will consist of six crack
Kinks, who have been practicing nearly
every night for weeks and are in good
form to meet their sturdy Canadian
opponents.
The public is invited to witness the
games on Raspberry island. Those in
the club house can be viewed from the
warming room, thus avoiding the in
convenience of standing around in the
cold.
All that the club now need to make
the bonspel big success, is good, raw
ice weather, and present indications
point to a continuance of the present
temperature, which is all that is re-
quired.
The seventh event in the programme
IS a veterans contest, for curriers' of
fifty years of age and over. The men
who have the honor and distinction to
De called the veterans rink are Tom
Scott. skip; Judge Corey, D. C. Murray
and J. P AdamSon. The prizes offer
ed are four red Tam O'Shanters It
has been suggested that the members
of this rink would look sweet in Tam
O'Shanters, and the other members of
the club will do all in their power to
assist them to win the prizes.
The games proper will be started
Monday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. All
Kinks entered in any competition must
go through the match as entered, no
substitutes being allowed. If any of
the competing Kinks are not ready to
play at the time fixed for the match,
one end shall be counted as played for
every ten minutes delay, and the op-
posing rink shall count one point for
each delay Of such period of time. The
conditions of this rule are arbitrary
and cannot be waived, either by the
opposing skips or by the officers Of the
association. The decision of the umpire
shall be final in all matters, all play
being governed by the rules of the
Northwestern Curling association
The old point game will be played Thurs
day afternoon and Friday afternoon and
evening. This is the oldest form of the
curling game known, and as a rule is only
played by the older and more experienced
members of the competing clubs. There are
eight events in all, and a general average
prize which is held by the winner for one
year only and reverts back to the association
The prizes are gold medal and four lapel
buttons
The first event is the St Paul Jobbers'
Union trophy, accompanied by four gold med
ais as first prize; second prize, four gold
medals; third prize, four gold scarf pins:
fourth prize, four silver scarf pins. This
trophy is competed for annually at the
3onspiel of the association. The st. Paul
club won the trophy in '95 and go and the
Arlington club in 49,
The second event is for the Pister trophy,