The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-23
CARRIED OFF TE,>aSPEL
HONORS, wins TWO OF LEADING Prizes
Splendid Affair Was Brought to Close Last Night
With Banquet at Which There Were
Forty-Two Guests

splendid entertainment, spinning
some yarns in his usual fascinating
style.
Dr. C. H. Nerbovig made a few
brief remarks. Ed Nyquist told a
Swede story with the art of pro-
fessional dialectician. Stories were
told by George Owen. Brief address
es were made by AL Quimby, G. A.
Lewis and ]. r. Snow, all being call
ed upon for impromptu remarks.
John Sharp of Winnebago spoke of
the excellent entertainment that the
visiting curriers' had received at the
hands of their Mankato hosts. He
praised the Mankato Caledonian
Curling club for their successful
management of the whole affair.
Remarks BY President Nyquist.
John Nyquist, as president of the
club, gave the final speech of the
evening. In his Enthusiastically
humorous style, he said he wanted it
to be recognized that he was the
president of the Mankato Caledonian
Curling club; that he di. net expect
to be president next year: that he
wanted to tell the presiaent who
that as soon as the fair association
was ready for the use of the curl
ing clubs building, the president of
the curling club would have to put
in the stalls, and would have to see
that everything vas taken care of
after the fair was over; that he
would have to go out to the grounds
at the prGTer time and see that the
ice was il;,Ge, and would have to be
general utility nan all round
The number at the banquet was
fortytwo. Many of the players from
the other cities had gone home.
About half those that attended
were Mankato people and about half
were outsiders. ...
1t was decided late yesterday aft
ernoon to hold the banquet, which
had previously been given up. At a
| late hour it was taken up and was
carried through successfully. Notice
vae sent to all of the boys who
ccp.u be reached. 1t was unfortu-
tie that quite a number were out of
reach and could not be r",ified in
| time.
Fourth Event + ... F.
Not until after the f" +" event
is played off, will it be h,-own who
gets the prizes for the high and low
scores of the bonspiel. The prize
for the high score consists of four
jars of Tuxedo donated by William
Colburn, American Tobacco com
pany. The low score prize is four
boxes Of hosiery, given by he George
E. Brett company. AS far as the
bonspiel has gone the high score
rink is that of William Mcdonald OF
Winnebago and the low score rink
is that of DR.. Louis Dodds of Man
kato. Both of these, however, with
drew before the bonspiel was over,
and it is up to the committee to de-
eide whether such withdrawals
mean forfeiture of high and low
score prizes.
A drawing has already been made
for the fourth event. Only Mankato
Kinks remain in this contest now. 1t
is probable that this event will be
played out on evenings next week.
The Kinks in this event now stand
as follows:
Taylor has forfeited to Lewis, An
mis- to Ner5ovig, Mcdonald to Snow,
Will Morrow to Laurisch, Sharp to
Owen, and Streeter to o. F. Morrow.
Otto is to play Nyquist in the pre-
liminary. Ferguson has already de-
feated McCullum, 9 to Z.