The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-10
SCOTS ON The WAY
Crack Curriers' Will Play Local Ex-
perts at Flour City Club To-
morrow Evening.
Minneapolis Rink Scores Victory at
Winnipeg Great Work by
Griggs of St. Paul.

The team OF Scotch curriers' Which IS
touring America will arrive in Mime
apolis tomorrow morning, and will play
the cream of the local spielers tomorrow
evening at the Kinks Of the Flour City
Curling club Twenty three men will
comprise the Scotch party, which will
have its headquarters at the West hotel
Four matches will be played between
the Scotchmen and the local curriers'. The
Minneapolis Kinks will be made up of the
following men: r. Reedal George Labatt,
Tom Hastings, Sam Hastings, skip; w.
Hall, D. MacKerchar, William Sherman,
James McCutcheon, skip; w. o. Thinner
man, F.. l.. Greenleaf, 7. J. McCrossen,
j. H. Riheldaffer, skip; c.. A. Brown,
Judge Simpson, Charles Sowle, George
Barwise, skip. After the games smoker
will be given the visitors. The Scotch
team consists Of the following players:
Rev. j. Kerr, captain; H. Ballantyne,
Major Bertram, j. McGregor, H. Prain,'
DR.. Kirk, D. Bentley, T. Macmillan, D.
Provan, r. Bramwell, D. Murray, M. San
derson, j. Simpson, J. Scott Davidson,
r. Johnston, w. Henderson, A. e. Camp
bell, E. Gibson, r. Cousin, D. r. Cor
don, R. Husband, G. Deans Ritchie, A. T.
Simpson.
j. H. Riheldaffer, treasurer of the Flour
City club, returned yesterday from Win
nipeg to complete arrangements for the
reception of the visitors. John Mcleod
will skip Riheldaffers rink in the re-
naming games of the bonspiel at Winni-
peg, and Riheldaffer thinks the Flour
City men have a good chance Of winning
at least one trophy.
Kinks skipped by j. P. Adamson of St.
Paul and George Labatt of this city
played tie game at the Flour City club
last night. The score was to s.
All eyes in Winnipeg are turned on
Griggs of St. Paul, who with his crack
rink has been sweeping all before him
in the big bonspiel. Up to the present
time this curler has won no less than
eight straight games and has the scalps
of some of the very best of them dangling
from his belt. The st. Paul men are play
ing in grand form and it is expected that
they will break into the jewelry class
in more than one event. 81,
Riheldaffer's Minneapolis rink, which
yesterday played under the direction Of
p. Smith, lost a game in the morning
in the International, but in the afternoon
created a sensation by knocking out the
unbeaten Greenway rink of Crystal City.
IhlS rink was considered one of the
strongest of the bonspiel and consequent
ly the nillers stock has taken jump.
Bob Dunbar's st. Paul rink, from which
so much was expected, has done nothing
for the last wo days except butt into the
small end of the scores. This much
footed aggregation is now knocked out
OF every open competition.
The Scotch curriers' left Winnipeg for
Minneapolis and St. Paul to-day at noon.
The men from the "old sod have not
secured any prizes as curriers', but they
play cracking game nevertheless, and
are locking forward to some good con-
tests in the twin cities
Considering the number of Kinks en-
gagged, the international match at Winni-
peg was one Of thet closest on record
The Americans lost by ten shots, and as
the match was played with nine Kinks on
each side, the average would be a shade
over one point in each case. The Min
neapolis rink was skipped by r. J. Nc
Leod of Duluth in this event, but the
combination did not hook well under the
zenith city expert and was badly beaten
by Whalen Of Fort William, who scored
l6 to 7. The total score for the match
was: Canada, 102; United States, 90. Two
of the games were ties.