The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-12-06


has greatly encouraged local curriers'
and they are having their rink at
the east end of Chestnut street flood
ed now. All the sheets of ice will
soon be in use, and schedule OF
inter-city games with Eveleth rinks
is now being arranged. Kinks will
also be sent to the Duluth bonspiel,
while there are prospects of a range
meet being held in this city, with
Eveleth, Duluth, Superior and Twin
City Kinks as entrants. The Norman
Macdonald cup will again be hotly
contested for between the Eveleth
and Virginia rinks, but the locals
are confident they will retain the
prize for another year. There is
| also some talk of sending rinks to
the Winnipeg and Twin City spiels.
The membership of the local club is
increasing daily and, the officials are
| assured successful season.
Barney Reilley, the loral skee
clubs leading rider. is at Hibbing
anxiously awaiting the seasons open
ing, while Siguard Bergeson and
other Virginia jumpers will again be
in the field. H. Gunderson, Cole
raine, may be induced to represent
the Virginia ulub, and negotiations
are pending with Ole Feiring, the
noted Duluth rider. The local
grounds have been completed, and
the officials are now waiting for Mr..
Weather Man to provide snow for
the initial tournament The officers
believe this season will eclipse last
years record and are relying on
large crowds from the surrounding
cities who will be brought to Vir-
ginia by the new street car line.
stoughton, Wis.,, viii again send
jumpers to the local tournaments as
will Ironwood- and ,aothers Michigan
clubs. With much enthusiasm the
local skee followers expect to win
the 1914 tournament TOR this city,
and will send large delegation and
a band to Ironwood, Mich, in jan
uary to bid for the meet.
The bowlers have started their
season with a rush, and games are
| now being arranged with Gilbert,
Eveleth and surrounding towns
Lusk & Sigels team is practicing
daily and will be in condition to join
| the proposed range league, which
| will doubtless become a reality with
| the advent of the new street car line
City teams are also meeting daily,
| the Butchers making the best record
to date. Principal interest is being
taken in the proposed Mohami-Lusk
& Sigel match.
Work will be started this week on
local skating rinks by the street
commissioner. Many school grounds
will be flooded, while the Roosevelt
and Oliver rinks will be the principal
ones in use. The public rinks will
do away with lake drownings this
year. The high school will again be
represented by hockey seven, while
there is some talk of city team tc
be composed chiefly of old Norton
Hardware players. The hockey sea.
son will be in full swing next month
and the players are now getting into
condition for the annual games.
Many of the local roller-skaters
are using the Biwabik rink recently
built by E. A. Koen, newspaper
man. The local skaters make the
trip to Biwabik Saturdays and Sun.
days and report the Koen building
floor to be in good condition.
With ice forming at Virginia lake
the local horsemen plan to have
their first races sometime the latter
part of this month. Miss Hartford
and other Virginia racers will again
be entered in the events.