The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

curing Club Kinks In Merriam
Medal Contest.
Defiel lost the semi-finals in the Conn
mercial club cup event, in the intercity
bonspiel yesterday afternoon, and Griggs
and his Nushka men won out. The
event was the hardest fought Of the bon
spiel and back of the effort to get into
the finals was a we'll marked rivalry
between the st. Paul Curling club and
the Nushkas. The Nushka men won on
Defieps error, and a more evenly matched
pair of Kinks has not played in the city
for several years. The habit of losing
through errors on the part of the skips
extended also to the Hastings Ordway
match in the semi-finals of the Merriam
medal contest, Hastings fault in the last
head sending Ordway into the finals Yes
terday's games were hard fought, bril-
liant work and poor Judgment alter,
mating. A general unevenness marked
large part OF the work and helped to
lose several contests which appeared to
be cinched. This was especially true of
the work of Defel's st. Paul Curling club
rink and Hastings Minneapolis men. The
finals and semi-finals, partly on account
Of superior work and partly on account
of their opponents f1ukes.
OrdWay and Rees went into the semi
finals of the Commercial club contest
yesterday afternoon, and in the Mer-
RAM medal contest Ordway and Def1el
went into the semi-finals The games
during the morning and afternoon were
Hereby fought and the approach of the
finals in both contests made the events
of more interest than those which pro.
ceeded them.
Stewart and Reese played a game in
the Commercial club contest dur
ing the forenoon, Rees' rink win
ming cut 1911. Stewards rink put up
pretty game, but their work was I'M
equal and ragged in places. The Rees
rink, Nushka men, played a steady game,
maintaining their lead to the finish.
kirby's rink had more bad luck during
the morning, falling to obtain a lead
over Ordway's rind and losing in
the Commercial club event, 4-1S. Ord
ways men clearly outclassed their oppo-
nents and their victory was never In
| doubt after the fourth head. Both were
Nushka Kinks.
The game of the afternoon came off in
the Commercial club match in fight
| between Griggs' Nushka rink, and De-
| fiePs rink from the St. Paul Curling club,
| in the semi-finals. Griggs was support
| ed by T. w. Griggs lead, DR.. Arnold,
| second and A. B. Van Bergen, third.
| Defiers rink consisted of Jack McNa-
mara, lead, George Cunningham, second,
ana Frank Mccarthy, third.
| Jack Mcnamara played the first stone
and from the start to the last end the
| fight was even. So closely matched were
| the Kinks that the old hands who gath
| cred In the spectators gallery were IN
| able to forecast the victory. DefiePs
| rink received set back on the first three
| heads, though more the result of acct
| dent than the fault of the curling club
players. In the fourth head, the NushkaS
| stood one up. In the eighth head they
had increased the lead to three up, but
| were playing cautiously and evidently
| with .aSview of leaving no openings. In
| the ninth head, the Nush]1as lost ground
| leaving the ST. Paul Curling club men
| only one down. Defiel tied the score in
| the tenth head, and chances were even.
! On the eleventh head no advantage was
| gained until the skips went down the
sheet to play the finishing stones.
! Griggs had the only evident advantage
| in playing the last stone. Defiel played.
| clearing the Nushka guards and leaving
only small port for tee shot. Griggs
| then played an out curve, drawing in and
| falling almost exactly upon tee, winning
| out by one point. The score stood:
| Griggs -. ...............1 2 8 9
| Defiel 80. ..............0 341557 So
| Lightner Nushka, and Ordway, Nush-
| ka played an interesting game in the
| elghths of the Merriam medal contest
| during the morning, Ordway winning and
| going into the semi-finals. The game
| stood tie on the first four heads with no
oit
! three UP on the fifth head, four up on the
| sixth. and FIVE up on the seventh. The
| I,ightner rink gained one In the eighth
| and in the tenth were two down On the
| eleventh head they cleared the OrdWay
rink and went two up, leaving the score
12-10. The score:
| Lightner . .......1 l 8 ~
Ordwav .1113367 99 8 10 10
Defel and Cory skipped two st. Paul
Curling club Kinks In con-
test n the Merriam medal contest
Cory losing after an unevenlfui game,
Oh The great game of the afternoon
IN the contest was between Sam Hast
ings' Minneapolis men, and Ordways
Nushka rink in the semi-finals
Hastings lost on his own error. Inc
ersi three heads gave the Minneapolis
man leads on the Nushkas. In the 1ourth
head the Nushkas went up, but Iost on
the fifth when Hastings tied the score
5-5. On the seventh head the Nushka
men stood 4 up. and on the nlnth the
minneapolis men had reduced the lead
ono noint On the tenth head Ordway's
men again secured q lead of two points,
which in the next head they increased one
and tied In the twelfth head, 1913.
The tie resulted from Hastings own
| error. He had the last shot in the last
| end and instead Of drawing into the
| circle where his stone would nave count
| ed one and won the game, made run
| ming shot which carried away two OF ms
| own guards and left the Ordway men one
noint tyfng the score. The Minneapolis
men rallied on the thirteenth head, but
were unable to score. The game by heads
| stood:
Hastings ....2a2 2 3 Z Q 10 10 IL IL
| Ordway 81 1 s II II IL IL Is 10 Ii
| The curriers' decided to let the remaining
| games In both contests go over until Mon
| day. and there was nothing going on al
| the club last night. Play Will begin again
| on Monday morning, continuing through
| the afternoon and evening. Inc ilhais III
| both contests will be played, and seVerai
| games remain in the selni-fnals. The
| decision to allow the bonspiel TO go over
until Monday was reached after consider
| ing the situation, and discovering thdl
| many of the Kinks were worn out by Con-
| slant work and unfit to enter the Hnals
| without rest.
| The Nushka's have decided to send a
| rink composed of 7. w. Griggs, Dr. ..
| o Arnold, A. B. Van Bergen and =. M.
| Griggs. to Winnipeg to enter In the Royal
| CaIedonian bonspiel, which opens there
on the 18th. The players will leave Mon
day evening The St. Paul Curling club
| will be represented, in all probability, by
| Defiers rink, with Jack Mcnamara, lead;
| w. D. Stewart, second, and F. Mccarthy,
| third. Stewart, who is to play third stat