The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-17

are composed of seasoned players.
while the st. Paul players are reclkoned
AS some of the best at Scotia's fayorite
game. There is excellent material in
the other Kinks also, and some of them
may be found well up toward the top
notch in the final scores. In the first
days play the Canadians demonstrated
their prowess. however. by winning
five Kinks. The games played were the
preliminaries and the first draw for the
st. Paul Jobbers' union trophy. Twelve
Kinks were entered in the preliminary
games, thirteen ends being played in
each game. The six losers drop out OF
the contest, while the winners play off
with the winners of the first draw. The
games were not particularly close, but
for the first work of the bonspiel are
viewed With satisfaction by the curriers'.
DEFIEL WON EASILY.
President Lem Defiers rink won out
handily in the game with Marriotts
Baraboo, Wis. rink in the first pre-
liminary play The Badgers played
somewhat raggedly. while the local
curriers' were steady and confident after
piling UP four points on the first end
Out Of the thirteen ends BaraboO scored
but in four. The score:
Deffel 49, 430101120 04 20
Marriott -. 40 0 0 0 0 o
MILWAUKEE WON EASILY.
Milwaukee and st. Paul We're pitted
against each other under the respective
leadership of Skip Roberts and Skip
Sam Fullerton. The game was one of
the closest of the preliminary play
both Kinks showing up we'll. Fuller
Load the tenth end when the
Milwaukee players got down to busi-
ness and helped themselves to six
points. winning the game by score
of II to s. Following Is the score:
Roberts . 81 001 0111003 3-11
Fullerton 80. 30 , O011 1 " 5
MINNEAPOLIS A WINNER.
St Paul and Minneapolis We'd for
honors in the game between Tom Cam
as Hastings. the result browning the
Mill City players with victory. The
game was interesting, inasmuch as
Minneapolis scored more regularly
than st. Paul. though the latter secur-
ed more points on it's successful ends.
The final score gave the game to Min
neapolis by Is to 8. The score by ends:
Hastings -. ......2 o l 0 2 2 0-13
Cameron -. 80 0 0 8 0 0 0 30 0 l. 8
GOES TO ASSINIBOINE.
The closest contest in the preliminary
play developed between the Assiniboine
"Canucks," skipped by Patton. and
George Halls local rink. The Kinks scor-
ed almost alternately. but Halls men
failed to top two points on any end,
while twice Patton's rink scored three
points, the extra point on each of these
ends making the total two points by
which the Canadians won the game.
the final score being II to 8. By ends
the score was:
Patton 49,. .........0 o Oil
Hall .... ...1O0 0101O11 IL
MINNEAPOLIS SECOND RINK.
The Twin Cities were at each other
again in the bout between Riheldaffer
and Lorimer AS Minneapolis scored in
all but three ends, when st. Paul sue
oeeded in getting but total of twelve
points, the game went to Riheldaffer's
rink by the score of 20 to II. The end
scores were:
Riheldaffer 80. IL 0 8 3031 . 22O
Lorimer ..... 30 4OOO5 O0OOSO OBJ
GRIGGS FELL DOWN.
The crack Granite clubs rink, of
Winnipeg, skipped by the redoubtable
Harstone, took an easy game from
the ST. Paul rink, skipped by c. M.
Griggs. The Canadians scored In eight
out of the thirteen ends with sufficient
points to offset the locals credit on five
ends by a score of 20 to 8. Following
is the score:
Harstone $50. -. g l l 20
Griggs - ...0O 10000 1s01 o. s
CHICAGO's STRONG PLAY.
The play in the first draw for the
Jobbers' union trophy put the. curriers'
on their mettla and some good games
resulted. Alex McCulloch's rink put
up the star article of curling in a strug-
gle with George Drewery's Rat Portage
rink, winning the game by one point
il; an extra end played to settle a tie
at the conclusion of thirteen ends.
Chicago's only rink in the bonspiel
was matched with John McCulloch's
St Paul rink in the first game of this
series and won out. Skip kibbe played
his curriers' i'll a mastery fashion, Sc
curing a lead at the start and main
tanning the advantage to the end when
the score stood as follows:
Kibbe ...... .......1 2 0 2 0 0-18
j. McCwloch ......O 0 % 0 o. 0O1 r Z
CANADIANS MEET.
Two Canadian Kinks came together
in the second game of the draw, when
the Thistle club rink. of Winnipeg,
skipped by W. F. Payne. and Skip
Smaills Killarney, Ont, link took the
Ice as opponents. The Thistle aggrega-
ton proved too much for the Killarney
rink on the last three ends, when seven
points We're scored by the Winnipegers,
giving them the game handily by the
following score:
Payne 80. .........0 2 0 0 011042 III
Smallis 49,. ......3 0 o. 0 o. s
BARABOO'S CLOSE GAME.
One of the close games was between
the Thistle club players, skipped by
Mckenzie, and the Baraboo curriers',
under the direction of Skip Mould. In
the second and third end the Canadians
got their lead but towards the last
it looked as though the Badgers might
pull out, but the best they could do was
to boost the score by six points on the
thirteenth end, when the score stood in
favor of the Thistles, Is to IA. BY ends
the play was:
Mould -. .........2 10000 1910 % s14
BEAT RAT PORTAGE.
The best game of the day was be-
tween the ST. Paul rink skipped by
Alex McCulloch and Drewery's Rat
Portage men. Both skips are veterans
and played their Kinks with all of their
skill 1t was the Canadians game up
to the last end, when McCulloch Sc
cured the one point that made the tie
and necessitated another ends play The
score stood II to II. In the play off the
locals gained another coveted point.
defeating the Rat Portage curriers',