The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-29
BONSPIEL COMES TO
WH|RLN|ND CLOSE
Close Play Marks the Final
Contests of the Northwest
ern Curriers'

The twelfth annual bonspiel Of the
Northwestern Curling association closed
yesterday with some Of the prettiest
games of the entire week. Not one of the
last stone was played, and as they were
all final contests the days play was the
most interesting of the spiel.
The first game was the only one in the
O'Clock draw and was the final contest
for the Novice's cup, between the Nushka
rink. skipped by c. H. Johnston, and the
Flour City rink, skipped by T.. McCros-
sen This event was open only to curriers'
who had not participated in previous
spiel, and although the curriers' were all
new to the game, some very fine games
resulted. For the first five heads in yes
terdays game the Flour City men were
unable to score, but they kept the locals
from scoring more than one point in any
one head, so that at the end of the fifth
Nushka rink. In the sixth the up river
men broke the spell by scoring one and in
the. seventh followed up their advantage
with two more, but Johnston drew away
from them in the eighth by getting two
himself. Once more the Flour City broke
into the score column for two and did 1T
again in the tenth, tieing the score. In
the eleventh they scored for one, making
the score 5 to Z in their favor, but john
ston's rink settled down and landed for
three, winning the game by 10 to 8.
Flour City Wins Trophy
Three games were played for the 8
O'clock draw, which wound up the spiel.
The one for the st. Paul Jobbers' was
considered the most important and was a
fine game from start to finish. Although
Sam Hastings and his rink had been play
the spiel they had been unable to land a
single trophy, and as this was their last
chance they went after it hard, scoring
five times in the first three ends, while
fNS~1cr a 40 f, srrztS 1ra
fourth, when he had two stones nearer
the center than the first one of Hastings.
Hastings scored again in the fifth for
Griggs made It s to A in the next In
the next Hastings again captured the
score card and jotted down three for
himself. making the score II to 4, but
Griggs took it away from him in the
eighth and ninth, and when he handed
it back in the tenth he had three more
points down for himself. Hastings kept
and then let Griggs keep it for the rest
OF the game. but Milton was mot quite fast
enough with his figures. and when the
trophy belonged to the Flour city rink.
IS to IL.
. Johnston, not content with taking the
Novice trophy away from Minneapolis,
came back and got the Meyers trophy
from Ordway, of his own club. at 8
o'clock. but Ordway did not think IL
would be good for him to win twice in
without a hard fight Johnston scored for
six In the first three ends, four in the
second and one in the first and third.
Ordway got three in the fourth, but
Johnston did not let that worry him and
just to, show that he was not nervous
made three himself and followed it with
another in the sixth Ordway and his
rinkmateS began to think it was time
they got busy and jotted down two for
themselves. Johnston followed them with
one and Ordway put down two again.
Again Johnston scored one, but Ordway
was only able to get one himself In the
next. Ordway tried to make UP for lost
time by scoring three in the last and al
though it was enough to make the john
Ston rink take an interest in the game it
was not enough to win the trophy, which
went to Johnston, IL to IL.
Veterans Defeat Champions
The last game to be started and the
last to finish was one between the rink
composed of the only four men living in
the city who played in the first bonspiel
eyer held in st. Paul, that was held in
the ice palace in 1887. James McCutcheon,
challenged W. d. Stewart's championships
rink to ten-end game and Stewart took
him up. 1t was a very pretty game and
She fathers of the sport in this state
showed that If they had lost any of their
former skill they must have been whirl-
winds when they We're in their prime As
far as science and knowledge of the game
went the men of the younger generation
We're not in it with the veterans but the
latter showed their lack of team work at
critical moments. The champions lost,
the game going to the vets 10 to 8.
The veterans made the first score, but
passed them. but could not keep the pace.
and the veterans tied the score in the
fifth and regained the. lead in the sixth,
keeping it to the end.