The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-16
MANY ENTRIES
| FOR .BONSPlEL
FORTY Kinks EXPECTED TO
CURL HERE NEXT WEEK.
Seven Quartets from Flour City Club
and Half Dozen from St. Paul
Will Compete for the Various Tro-
phies-Famous Skips Coming from
Canada.

phies-Famous Slips Coming from
Canada.
The northwestern bonspiel, which
l opens on the Kinks of the Flour City
! Curling club Monday afternoon, prom
ises to be better attended than any
/ previous spiel held in the northwest.
/ About seven Kinks are expected to
enter from the Flour City club, head
!. ed by Bob Dunbar's crack organiza-
ton. ST. Paul is expected to send five
or six Kinks. altho Secretary George
r.. Labatt has not yet received deti-
mite word In regard to the makeup
OF the sanity city teams. 1t is
thought however, that Griggs Stew
art, w. Reese, Evan Reese, J. c. Ny
ron and Ordway will skip Kinks from
st. Paul in the bonspiel.
dunbar, Rlheldaffer, Mcleod and
John Mccullough of the Flour City
club have already named the Kinks
mer also will probably direct quar-
tet. and two or three other Kinks are
expected to enter, altho it is impos-
slble to tell now just how they will be
made up. At least dozen Kinks are
thus assured from the twin cities.
Many entries have already been re-
ceived from outside towns, and a
number are expected before the en-
tries close. Only one Chicago rink
that skipped by Mat Richmond, has
signified it's intention of entering, and
nothing has yet been heard from the
that several Kinks will enter from each
Of these towns as the Wanderers
club of Chicago, according to dis
patches from that town, intends to
send two or three quartets, while
Milwaukee will undoubtedly be rep
limo ie0 Of u oc,t
popular sports there
From Duluth six Kinks will come,
while West Superior will send one.
Winnipeg will be represented by three
Kinks, so far as known now, while
McDougaps crack bunch. A number
OF other Kinks from various parts of
Canada are expected. Diment, the
:. we'll known skip of Thessalon, Ont.
will bring down a good quartet, and
Mack Rouchon of Fort William. Ont.
country, without whom no bonspiel
is complete, will be here. Letters
from Moose Jaw. Ont, inquiring
about railroad rates, have been re-
! ceived, and two Kinks are expected
from that place. The Canadian 500
! five are expected from the American
500, altho the names of the skips
and players have not yet been re-
ce1Ved. Kinks from a number of
small towns in Wisconsin and Mime
sofa have signifed their intention Of
Kinks which have sent in their names
10 secretary Labatth to date, follows:
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MCCARTHY. Lapatt;; Hastings, Dunbar skip
I1mmerman Harris, Sowe, Riheldaffer skip
Mackerchar. Miller Harding Mcleod, skip. .p
Brown, Meyers, Hall. Pohn Mccullough, skip
! DULUTH. n1.~f p
! 5: II. Jones, A. S. Haig, A. F. Smith, G. f.
Joseph W. Cook. W. F. Richardson, F. \.
George Il. Spencer, VI. TN L. McLennan, H. Hur.
:, Dr. r;. Park, Charles A. Payne, c. F. West, W..
A: 7. McGilvray, (second player lackinc(. F.
a. 9 Brewer Ron Smith, skip.
! s. l.. Reichart, Alex McRae, skip first two
w WEST SUPERIOR.
Cn al Gillett s. E. Sam, L. A. Nichols, j.
WINNIPEG.
John Ingram, George Thompson, J. X. Robson,
| Joseph Lemon, skip.
IL Lenfesty, B. Latimer, E. G. Barrett J.
D; W: Mclean. D, A. Macarthur, Alex Douglas.
~ D.AOen' RUS oN, MAN.
~. GaloWeli, ). Guthrie, A. Wilson, w. II. Nc
/ coo PORTAGE, WIS.
p, neorge Il. Bremmer, Sidney Bloomfield, Ed
!; olooinneld' charles s. lockwood, skip
,,a mli CSC Schqltz, "a e. Waltersdorf, Martin Wild
Cambria, Wis, will send rink skinned nv
II. F. Schlemmer. 0Aippeu W
It is thought that fully forty rinks
Will be present when play begins on
the Flour City club Kinks Monday
aIeerhoon. Inc entries close at noon
MONDAY, and the drawings for the first
event, the Duluth jobbers' trophy,
will be made Immediately afterward'
The drawings for the second event. the
st. Paul jobbers' trophy, will be made
as soon as the first round in the Du-
luth event Is finished. This will give
) Kinks which arrive late an opportunity
to get into the second and third events.
IN spite or the large number Of Kinks
which are expected to enter the three
open events, it is thought that the
program can be finished comfortably
by the last of the week.
The club has eight sheets of ice nm
der one roof, which will save much
time in carrying the stonesabout. The
Ice should be in fine condition if the
temperature drops between to-day and
Monday noon. The committee in
charge of the bonspiel has secured an
unusually fine list of prizes for each
event, in addition to the trophies
themselves.
Trophies and Individual Prizes.
The full list of prizes, which are do
mated BY local business men, follows:
Flour City Curling Club Trophy-First prize
four mantel clocks; value $50: second. four sill
value $50; fourth. four pocket knives value So .
Canadian Sault Trophy-First, four raglan rair
coats, value $50; second. four hats, value $50
third, four ladies' umbrellas, value $50; fourth
four razors, value $40.
j: 3. Meyers Trophy-First, four gold mounted
walking sticks value $40;. second, four batl
robes, value $40; third, four fountain pens
value IS. - .''''e
1 st. Paul Jobbers' Union Trophy-First, foll
suit cases, value $25; second. four barrels OF
-four value $50; third, four boxes cigars, value
$50; fourth. four jardinieres, value SIS.
Duluth Jobbers' Union Trophy-First fou,
i steel fishing rods. value $40: second, four bar
rels of -four value, $50: third. four pairs OF
gold cuff links. value $16; fourth, four pair OF
storm shoes, value So -
International Event-First, four handsome GOLD
q watches, value 5000.
Green Rinks-Ftrst four pearl scarf pins
value $50; second. four pair of cuff buttons
value 500; third. four sacks of -four value $40
: fourth, four ladies' silk stocks
Consola tton-First. four rocking chairs, value
$50; second, four silver match boxes value 500
third, four sweaters value $40; fourth, four NUT
j fers, value IS. ~
Special Prize (for the rink winning the great
, Four handsome gold lockets, value $40
Easy for Dunbar's Rink.
Dunbar's rink defeated McCutch-
cons quartet at the Flour City Curl
ing club last night by the sweeping
score of 10 to 8. A rink skipped by