The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
lNTERCITY SPIEL ON
SOME KEEN CONTESTS IN THE
FIRST DAYS CURLING ON
RASPBERRY ISLAND
CHAMPIONS TAKEN INTO CAMP

Rink Defeated, as Well as That
of Sam FulIerton-The Confidence
of Recent Victories Couldn't Save
Contests for the Principal Prizes.
Sam Hastings crack Minneapolis rink,
which won first and two seconds in the
| Milwaukee bonspiel, went down to defeat
last night in one Of the first games Tor
the Commercial club trophy in the Inter
| city bonspiel on the Raspberry island
| sheets. Sam Fullerton, who skipped the
| winning rink at Milwaukee in the St
Paul Jobbers' trophy competition, lost to
! j. H. Riheldaffer, of Minneapolis max
| ing honors even. Both Fullerton and
/ Hastings are out of the competition en-
| tirey.
| The first days play in the bonspiel re-
| suited In several games which opened the
! eyes even of the old hands. The perform
| ance of the new players was unusually
| good, and two unknown names were In
| cluded in w. D. Stewards rink, which, In
! its game with Hastings cracks. made the
best record of the day, If not of the
whole spiel
Play for the Commercial club cup open
! ed yesterday afternoon. H. w. Cory, or
| the ST. Paul Curling club, drew into the
| byes with C. M. Griggs, of the Nushkas.
! The other draws were:
| L. Defiel. ST. Paul Curling club. vs. w.
| FL. Lightner NuShkaS.
| Sam Fullerton, ST. Paul Curling club,
! " w : d. stewart rt Nushkas, vs. Sam Hast
| ngs, Minneapolis.
| George Barwise. Minneapolis. VS.. Will
| lam Rees, Nushkas.
| W. w. Lorrimer. st. Paul Curling club
VS.. j. N Kirby, Nushkas.
| NJ A. Beckman, st. Paul Curling club.
VS.. L. P. Ordway. Nushkas.
The draw for the Merriam gold medal
competition stood:
Sam Hastings. Minneapolis, and w. d.
Stewart Nushkas, byes.
w. II. Lightner vs. j. Ross, st. Paul
Curling club.
l.. P. Ordway. Nushkas, VS.. ]. H. Ri
heldaffer, Minneapolis.
]. N Kirby, Nushkas, VS.. w. w. Lori
mer. st. Paul Curling club.
William Rees Nushkas, VS.. Sam Fuller
ton, ST. Paul Curling club.
C. M Griggs, Nushkas, VS.. l.. Defiel, st.
Paul Curling club.
George Bacwise, Minneapolis, vs.. I'll.
w. Cory, ST. Paul Curling club.
Secretary Mccarthy, Of the st. Paul
Curling club received word from Duluth
yesterday that no Kinks would attend the
spiel, on account Of the approach of the
Royal Caledonian events In Winnipeg, to
which Duluth will send six Kinks. Winona
did not enter and letters were received
from Winnebago and Mapleton. stating
that Kinks could not attend the first days
events. but hoped to come in later.
The finest game of the first days play
was between Hastings Minneapolis men
and w D. Stewards Nushkas. Stewart
skipped a rink in which there were two
men who had never cast stone in
bonspiel, and put up fight which elicit
ed the enthusiastic admiration Of the old
hands. During the first three ends, Hast
ings' men forged ahead steadily, and the
Nushka crowd had nothing but ciphers
to indicate where they got off. Then they
took brace. and in the sixth end stood
2 up. In the eighth end the Minneapolis
men reduced the lead to l up. and in the
tenth end tied the score at 9-9. Honors
were even until the last stone in the
eleventh end, neither side having an ad-
vantage and the stones lying even at tee
Then Stewart drew in with a magnificent
shot, and succeeded in raising a Nushka
stone, winning out, 1919. The Nushka rink
was composed of ]. E. Stryker, M. Doran
Jr., C. B. Gedney and w. D. Stewart. The
Minneapolis rink, John Mcleod. d. Col
quhoun. T. Hastings and Sam Hastings
The score by ends stood:
Stewart -. 30 l / 8 = IL
Hastings ....1 2 5 8 5
The match between Fullerton and RI
heldaffer played even with the Nushkas'
victory for interest, though both Kinks
were composed of seasoned players. t.
C. Murray led for Fullerton, with HI.
Murray second and Tom Pratt third. W.
Zimmerman led for Riheldaffer, with
Charles Soule second and d. A. McDon-
aid third. The game was hard fought
contest from the start, and the result was
| always in doubt until the last end. Full
| lerton tied Riheldaffer in the sixth, but
Riheldaffer gained in the eighth. leaving
! the Curling club men one down. In the
| tenth end the Minneapolis men tied the
| score. 1910. On the following end they
| gained one point, winning lilo The
score by ends stood:
F EHlisGtSp .: 10 10 10 10 Il
| William Rees skipped a winning rink
| for the Nushkas against George Bar
| wise's men. The game was somewhat
| late in starting, but sustained the inter-
| est. Rees won, lie. w. W. Lorrimer,
| of the ST. Paul Curling club, skipped
| losing rink against another Nushka
! combination skipped by ]. N. Kirby, lib.
| The first game of the bonspiel was
played in the afternoon. L. Def1ers Curl
| ing club rink going against w. H. Light,
| ner's Nushka men. Defels rink won
| easily, 22-7 L. P. Ordway won game
! for the Nushkas to offset the defeat,
against NJ A. Beckman's Raspberry ISL
| and rink, 1915. H. w. Cory and c. M.
| Griggs, being in the byes. have one
! game to their credit and will meet the
| winners in the first draw today at 2:3o.
/ The results of play yesterday for the
! Commercials trophy leaves the second
| draw as follows: L. Defel, ST. P. G. c.,
| VS.. J. H. Riheldaffer, Minneapolis: w.
! D. Stewart, Nushkas, vs. William Rees
/ Nushkas; J. N. Kirby VS., L. p. Ordway
! Nushkas; H. w. Cory, st. P. c. c.. vs..
/ C. M Griggs, Nushkas.
The competition for the Merriam medal
will start this afternoon. one game being
| played in order to accommodate the
number Of Kinks to the sheets of ice. The
/ other games will follow this evening. A
point contest is spoken of and has been
favorably considered. The bonspiel will
continue through Monday which Is a le
| gal holiday, and In case there is suffi
cient time the contest will be put on. The
games between Cory and Griggs, Sam
Hastings and w. D. Stewart, in the Mer-
Ram medal contest, and Defiel and RI
heldaffer, in the Commercial club contest.
are booked as the star events for to,
! day.