The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
N|N0T CURRIERS'
BRING HOME inter-
NATIONAL TROPHY
Portal and MinOt Together Capture
the Big Cup in the Moose Jaw
BOnspiel.

The Minot curriers' who went to
Moose Jaw, Sask., the first of the
week, returned this afternoon, tired
but supremacy happy, bringing with
them the great silver tankard won in
Yesterdays international event at the
big Bonspiel Two Portal Kinks join
ed three of the Minot Kinks in Win
ming this event and now the event
viii have to be played off between a
Minot and a Portal rink to determine
in which city the cup is to remain.
The cup is an immense affair made
of solid silver and stands AZ inches
high. It's engraving reads:
Grand Challenge Trophy
Presented to
Moose Jaw Curling Club
BY
Real Estate Dealers Of Moose Jaw
The cup was won by Regina in 1911
and by Moose Jaw in 1912, 1913 and
1914.
The beautiful cup is already on dis
play in the window Of the Winters
Jewelry store. It will be guarded just
about as jealousy as Jason did the
golden fleece The North Dakota
curriers' had just about as much trou-
BILE winning the cup, too, as Jason ex-
perienced in getting the fleece, if Ho-
mer told the truth.
Five of the North Dakota Kinks, in
Guiding those skipped by Richmond
and Kemp of Portal and MCDANIEL,
Smallwood and Robinson of Minot,
played five Canadian Kinks made up
from picked players from Weyburn,
Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Milestone
and Outlook Out of the total num-
Der of points, the North Dakotans
won by but two. The results of the
International event might have been
different but for the fact that Mr..
George Spense, of Moose Jaw, who
was compelled to remain in the game,
had not been we'll for three days prior
to the game and who was really too i'll
to play when he did. Rev. Mr.. Rich
mond, the Portal curler, is given con-
siderable credit for winning this event
by his splendid judgment in placing
his guard shots. Minot was shooting
little above the average, it must be
admitted, and the Canadian Kinks had
little hard luck, altho our Canadian
friends did not yell "horseshoes" at
any stage of the game.
This is the first time in the history
of the United States when an Inter-
national Curling event has been won
from Canadian Kinks. In the Inter-
national games, the MCDANIEL, Rob-
inson and Richmond teams won, while
those of Kemp and Smallwood lost by
narrow margins.
Never were curriers' more royalty
entertained than the Minot players
from the time of their arrival in the
wide-awake Canadian city Monday un-
til their departure last evening. They
travelled over the 500 in special
sleeper set aside for them, and arriv-
ed at Moose Jaw Monday at one o.
clock. They were met by committee
at the station and marched to the
Royal George Hotel to the tune of
bagpipes, where they were entertain
ed by the genial host, Harry Mead.
Mr.. Mead was the chairman of the en-
tertainment committee and he was a
dandy. The Minot aggregation might
just as we'll have left their money at
home. 1t appears that the coin of the
realm of the good old U. S. A. is con-
sidered no good at all in Canada any
more. The entertainment which was
lavished upon the visitors was all
free. Everywhere they were met with
hospitality as true and as unbounded
as the broad fertile Canadian prairies
that surround Moose Jaw on every
side. The Moose Jaw hosts appeared
to enjoy themselves when they visit