The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-27
RE[S RINK LANDS
MERRIAM MEDAL
Billy Stewards Slump Is the
Feature of the Day at
the Bonspiel

Evan Rees' rink of Nushka curriers' cap
tured the Merriam medal in the bonspiel
yesterday by defeating the D. c.. Murray
rink from the same club, the score being
III to 5. AS this medal carries with it the
state championship as well as four hand
Some scarf pins, it was much sought after
and its capture is an honor for the young
fellows on the Rees rink
The game of the day that attracted the
most attention was the one between Rees
and Griggs. 1t was the third time that
the two have met and the second time
during the bonspiel, Rees winning last
Saturday, 16 to 10, and Griggs on Mon
day, II to 10.
Yesterdays game broke UP the tie.
Rees winning easily. Is to T. Rees won
out in the first end but Griggs tied in the
second. Rees scored for two in the third
and again Griggs pulled up for tie, but
In the fifth and sixth ends Rees scored
Two and three respectively and although
Gr1ggs got two in the seventh he was UNI
apie 10 catch his young opponent, who
gained steadily after that.
This put Rees into the finals of the
Ia ;dst1aI 500 trophy event with W. II.
of Minneapolis, 15 to II yesterday after
noon. Rees and Griggs will come together
Tor the fourth time this morning in the
fight for the international trophy and a
good scrap is expected.
Billy Stewards Slump
Billy Stewart, who has the grand
average just about cinched has surprised
every one by losing three straight games
a1ter winning seven straight. The Stewart
punch was started on it's downward career
by Griegs, who showed them under in the
fnals for the Duluth Jobbers' Wednesday
night Sam Hastings kept up the good
work when they met yesterday morning
IN the semi-flnals of the Canadian 500
and Myron put another banana peel under
Inem In the afternoon, doing him up II to
Stewart has habit of scrapping hard,
heMever, and had both Hastings and
all the time: In his game with Hastings
In the morning he allowed the Flour City
man to get a lead of on him in the first
IN the second, l in the third and 2 in
the fourth, knotting the score. Hastings
got e INTO INTO the game =, again and made in
the score again in the seventh by scor-
Ing and the game stood all, but dur
ing the next five ends Stewart only broke
into the score column for /, while Hast
1ngs jotted down 6.
Myron Finishes Strong
Then it was Myron's turn, but at first
It looked as if he was going to be merci-
1anl. as stewart started off with in the
him and he went after it and got It, He
got L more in the fourth, and tied the
score by getting another in the fifth, but
didn't stop there, making it to In his
favor in the sixth. Stewart broke in with
another in the seventh. evening the score
in and piled up lead of points in the
next three ends. That did not look q bit
gccd to Stewart. and he made in the
eleventh, and came within an ace of maxi
Ing the. that would have been required
TO tie the score in the last end, but fall
ed, scoring twice and giving the game
to Myron by point.
Late in the afternoon Recs added an
otner scalp to the little collection he has
been gathering for the past four days by
doing up Murray again, IL to g. The
scores follow: