The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-09
Kinks on THE RIVER
THERE WILL BE TWENTY-FIVE
GAMES ON AND AROUND RASP-
BERRY ISLAND
DURING TIE BIG BONSPlEL,
WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN A
WEEK FROM TOMORROW
MORNING.
SIX Kinks OF LOCAL CRACKS
Have Already Entered, and Two
Here at Least Are Being Or
ganized New.

Raspberry island and Whereabouts
will resound with Scotch epithets a
week from tomorrow, when the DRAW
Scots" representing many historic
clans, from the shires among the hills
of divers provinces across the Canadian
border. will line up on the ice and do
q Ierce battle with a number of local
Egentlemen Of Scotch extraction.
The occasion will be the sixth annual
bCnspiel of the Northwestern Curling
association. During the past week the
finance committee of the association
has been busily at work raising the
necessary funds which which to carry
out the programme, which the st. Paul
club has laid out as entertainers of the
Northwestern Curling association.
A large number of prominent bust
ness men Of the city have contributed
literally towards the enterprise. and
the event bids fair to be the largest
and most successful spiel ever held in
/. America The club feels highly elated
! at the prospects of successfully carry
ing through the enterprise, and are
confident that the reception rendered
the visitors from all parts will aud fur
Their evidence of the hospitality of the
city.
The ice committee has laid out and
prepared large sheets of ice on the
river adjoining the club house, where
the majority of the Kinks will be
marked off The committee has made
arrangements for twenty-five sheets Of
&c, and by reason Of the large at
! tendance which is expected it is
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essary, although it is possible that this
number may be insufficient, as more
than twenty-five games are expected
in each Of the first draws. The play
will begin at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing Jan. II, and will continue each
= forenoon, afternoon and evening
throughout the week. Wires are now
being strung for the arc lights which
will illuminate the play during the
evening and, as viewed from the bridge,
the Kinks with their players in tobog
gan suits will present an interesting
sight. Games will also be carried on
during the whole week upon the five
Kinks within the club house on Rasp-
berry island. The whole bonspiel will
be open to the public upon the river
the people of st. Paul are invited by
the club to witness the events.
The prayer for the curriers' will be
for cold, clear weather, from now until
the termination of the bonspieI, and
further predictions by the local wealth
er bureau Of heavy SHOWS, high winds,
billiards. and northeasters will be duly
resented by every loyal curler in town.
-four p ncipal events will be played
during the bonspiel. The first will be
Played for the st. Paul Jobbers' union
4 trophy In addition to the trophy to be
I won, prizes will be given to each mem
bel of the four Kinks standing first in
number of points; that is first, second,
third and fourth prizes will be given.
The first prize will consist Of four
handsome gold medals. The second
prize will be four gold medals, and
the third prize four pieces Of jewelry
containing curling emblems, and like
, wise the fourth prize.
The second event will be played for
the Pfister trophy, and the same num-
Der of medals and prizes will be given
for this event as for the first event
Tho third event will be played for
the Duluth Jobbers' trophy and prizes
similar in character and number with
these of the first two events will be
given.
The fourth event will be played for
the Walker International trophy, with
.. medals and prizes similar in number
ard character to those of the first three
events mentioned
In addition to these four events there
Will also be a fifth event open to mem
berS of the Northwestern Curling as
ISOLATION" only. This is played for d
trophy presented to the association this
year by the st. Paul Curling club and
n h. lYJ0nyEvYo ha Do,
club trophy, formerly known as the
John Johnson trophy. 1t became the
absolute property of the st. Paul Curl
ing club by having been Won by Kinks
- from that club upon three successive
] occasions. The trophy itself is one
of the most valuable and magnificent
ever offered for such events, and the
return of the trophy by the local curl
ing club for competition in the North
western Curling association is consider
ed very generous act in curling cir
cles.
\. Another interesting feature OF the
Anspiel will be what is known as the
: u eterans Match" in which event no
cur!er under fifty years of age will be
allowed to compete. This event is
usually one of great interest, inasmuch
as the veterans constitute the most en-
thusiastic Of the curriers' in nearly ali
of the clubs. The local curling club
VIII present very formidable RINK or
veterans. with Tom Scott. Skip, D. c.
Murray, president of the local club; J.
P. Adamson and Judge H. w. Cory.
On Wednesday, of Bonspiel week. the
point contest will be held, in which
every curler is expected to participate
Winner of point contest will receive
handsome gold medal, presented by
George w. Wooley, manufacturing
jeweler of this city. Second, third,
fourth and fifth prizes, consisting of
medals and articles of jewelry manu-
featured for the occasion, will also be
given.
The final event will consist of play
for the consolation prizes, which is
open only to Kinks which are defeated
Sin the first and second draws, and who
.are thus excluded from any possibility
& of winning prizes in the principal
events.
In addition Grand Average Prize"
VIII be given to the rink winning the
greatest number of games in the first
three of the principal events. The
Grand Average Prize" is a new fea-
ture in the bonspiels of the Northwest
ern Curling association, and was origi-
mated by the st. Paul Curling club upon
3, this occasion. The Grand Average
Prize will have the effect of keeping
all Kinks in competition after possibility
of winning the principle prizes may
have been abandoned. thus doing away
with careless playing, or tendency to
forfeit games to favored Kinks.
The following Kinks have already en-
tered for competition in the bonspiel:
DR.. S. o. Arnold, skip; c. H Taylor,
T. Mcnamara a. 3. Van Bergen: Tom