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KThe forehaus lay a canny stane,
Atween' the hog and tee,
The itherg strive a shot to gain,
Or gar the guards to flee.
It's 'What d'ye see 'o that my man?
The hale o't'—'Chap an' lie!'
■He's on him!'—'Gie him a' ye can!'
'He's off him!—' Let him dee!'
The cheers arise and rend the skies,
On high the brooms are wliirlin',
Now 'Strake his hand!' each gallant
cries.
And that's what I ca' curlin'!
So here to a' our Scottish weans,
In ringin' frosty weather,
Wha whirl their brooms and hurl their
sU.nes.
And yell like deils thegither!"
With the arrival of the first cold
blast the canny Scot hears the
"scruntch" of the boot heel grinding
into the crisp dry snow and his fingers
itch for the "stane" and the broom. He
can hear the "soop 'er up!" and if you
meet him then he is willing to tell
you of the curling days that used to
be in St. Paul.
True, St. Paul still has its cracks in
the curling line and this winter will
find Bob Dunbar, Lem Defiel, Frank
McCarthy and others whipping rinks
into form for the bonspiels, but St.
Paul is not in the curling world today
as it was back ten years ago when
the city received the curlers from oth
er parts of the country who came to
attend the international curling bon
spiel.
The curling game is traced back to
almost every European country where
civilization has entered. It drifted
fibout from clime to clime until at last
it found a home in Scotland and is
now recognized as the Scotchman's
game.
Mention of the sport in some form or
other is found far back, but in 1838
the game is officially recognized and
though minor changes have been made
in the rules from time to time, the
REDFERN'S RAPID RISE
CRACK JOCKEY STARTS RIDING
AT THE AGE OF 14 YEARS
Is Given a Chance as an Exercise
Boy and His Good Judgment on
Horses Is Soon Noted —Hired by H.
E. Rowell to Accept Mounts at $50
a Month.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 27.—There is
an interesting story in Jockey Red
fern's jump from a salary of $50 a
month to a salary of $29,000 a year.
The young boy first intimated that he
had a liking to ride the fast thorough
breds at the age of fourteen years.
It was during a meeting at one of
the California courses that he went to
a stable of one of the horsemen there
and accepted mounts as an exercise
boy.
A year passed by with Arthur gal
loping the fast runners around the
couvse.
In his exercising of the horses it was
seen that the boy seemed to be a good
judge of pace, and winter before last
"Doc" H. E. Rowell, well known to St.
Louis turfites, who was racing a string
of horses at the coast at that time,
secured the services of Redfern to ac
cept mounts at $50. a month.
Redfern rode horses for Rowell in
many races, but little was thought ol
the rider at that time.
Rowell, in addition to having the
services of Redfern, had another boy
"nder contract, and to the latter the
i?t mounts were given.
During Redfern's riding on the coast
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game today is practically the game of
1838.
First Regular Games.
In that years was organized the
Grand Caledonian club, of Scotland.
Regular games were played and the>
curlers worked to win the prizes that
had to be captured for several years
before they became the property of any
one club.
In 1843 her majesty helped- the game
along by ordering the word "royal"
to precede the name of the club. Since
that time a number of the members of
the royal family have served as presi
dent of the organization.
In the other countries the game has
had its ups and downs. It was intro
duced into Ireland by Scottish adven
turers, but had practically disappeared
when the Belfast club was organized in
1839.
In Canada curling is one of the fa
vorite winter sports. There are now
nineteen clubs in Quebec province
alone. In 1874 the game had made
such progress that Ontario province
organized a Separate club.
In the United States curling is traced
back to 1867, and since that time the
Americans have organized a national
club, with headquarters in New York.
The latest figures show 40 clubs and
800 players in the United States.
To the onlooker the game appears
a tiresome, foolish shoving of heavy
stones from one end of a sheet of ice
to the other. The following by James
Mitchell, expert, changes this opinion:
"It will thus be seen that the rink
game is in the hands of a skip or di
rector. The essential qualities of this
worthy is, that he should have a thor
ough knowledge of the game. He
must be a man of humor, delighting
in jokes and jollities. With a couple
of sour skips at the end of the rink
his work was watched by James Han
by, otherwise known as "Busy Jimmy."
Hanby learned that the boy was get
ting- only a nominal salary for the rid
ing- he was doing and.taking an inter
est in the young, rider, sought the boy's
father to get his* release from Rowell.
He told the parent that Arthur could
make more money riding as a free
lance. Rowell did not care to let the
boy go, but after much difficulty the
rider was released.
After Redfern's release his father
took him to ride on the Canadian cir
cuit.
In his mounts at that time he dis
played fine jockeyship, and during his
riding there a contract was signed for
him to ride for James E. Pepper for
two years at a salary of $18,000.
When the contract was signed by
Pepper for the sider's services horse
men who saw the young boy in races,
stated that Pepper had bought a "gold
brick."
However, as Redfern continued to
ride he improved rapidly, with the re
sult that he is now one of the best
jockeys on the turf.
Redfern is but seventeen years old
and can tip the scales at ninety
pounds. The English jockey, "Teddy"
Martin, is the only other rider to earn
a princely sum at such an early age.
COCKING MAIN AT DETROIT.
Game Birds From All Parts of the Coun
try Headed for Michigan Town.
APPLETON. Wis.. Dec. 27.—Dudley H.
Pierce, a breeder of game cocks, leaves
here Saturday evening with twenty-five
for Detroit, where Monday night his
birds will be. pitted against birds from
Buffalo in one of the biggest cocking
mains of recent years. John Mackin, of
Chicago, whose birds have several times
been beaten by those of Pierce, will also
be interested in the main as a backer
of Western birds against those from
Buffalo.
IHE ST. PAUI, GLOBE SUNDAY; DECEMBER 28, - 1002.
all the life goes out of the game. A
skip should be a man of imperturba
ble temper, never put out when a mis
hap occurs, never blaming anybody,
never angry at his men, never blaming
anybody but himself, in the hour of
defeat unmurmuring-, and in the hour
of triumph generous* He must be
just, honest, wise, cool, prudent,watch
ful, brave, courageous and blameless
as a bishop. By the tee, watching
and directing, he should stand. He
should know what each of his team
has to perform, as each has his place
to fill. It is four against four battling
round the tee seeing who first will
take it, and who last will hold it. The
first player, with a pair of heavy
stones, must draw up toward the cov
eted spot. The second must protect
the lead if the enemy has not dislodg
ed him. The third, most likely, has
on angular wick or cannon shot to
play.
"The next important feature of the
sport is the position. In rule 1, distinct
instruction is given as to the place of
the crampit on which the player is to
take his stand. He must fit the tee,
i. c., he must so place himself that
his eye travels along the central line
toward the father tee, while his right
foot rests in the hack, or on the heel
of the crampit. No matter what kijid
of a shot he may be asked to play,
even though the point aimed at may
be several feet to the right or to the
left of the distant tee, the crampit or
hack is immovable, and no advantage
must be taken by changing- to a place
from which the shot could be more
easily taken. A player need never
trouble himself about the awkward
ness of his position if he finds that
he has command of his stone, and can
always do the needful when his skip
gives the word of command.
"The swing- now requires attention.
Hutchinson says that the curling stone
should describe the same figure in its
upward journey as you hope to make
it describe in its descent. As the
stone descends the center of gravity is
JENKINS HAD TO QUIT
WRESTLER TELLS OF HIS BOUT
WITH DAN M'LEOD
Defeated Man's Leg Is in Bad Shape,
and He Expects to Undergo an Op
eration — Regrets the Ending and
Would Like to Have Another Chance
With Him.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The defeat of
Tom Jenkins by Dan McLeod at Wor
cester on Christmas day, and the for
mer's subsequent loss of the American
catch-as-catch-can championship, was
food for discussion among- the follow
ers of the wrestling game today.
Those who saw the struggle are in
clined to believe that McLeod was
lucky, but all unite in saying that he
is a wonderful wrestler for his weight
and size.
Jenkins returned to town today, and
expects to undergo an operation in a
few days on his injured leg-. In speak
ing of the match and his defeat, he
said:
"While I do not care to belittle Mc-
Leod's showing, in justice to myself
and friends I wish to make a state
ment. I was in no condition to go on
with McLeod. I am no quitter, and
never as yet disappointed an audience.
My forfeit was up, and rather than
abandon the bout at the last moment
I consented to go on. In my bout with
Jim Parr, the English champion, at
Buffalo, last week, I received an ugly
kick on the shin of my left leg. A
bruise resulted, and the color from >.
the trunks which I wore ran into my |
blood and I was threatened with blood
poisoning.
"Although I suffered intense pain, I
met Bothner for a full hour. During
that affair the bruise grew worse, and,
despite the warning of my physician, I v
agreed to take McLeod on. In my con«
test with McLeod the twisting, turn
ing and rubbing against the bruise ag
gravated matters to such an extent
that I thought my leg would come off
from sheer pain. After twenty min
utes' work in the third fall I gave up,
not because I was not game, but be
cause I didn't care to jeopardize my
life. I have beaten McLeod on several
occasions and do not wish to be con
strued as having a streak .of yellow in
me. It was an unfortunate ending to
what looked like a sure victory for me.
If McLeod will meet me again I will
agree to make a match for the best
part of $5,000 a side as soon as my
wound heals."
YALE MAY PLAY A
GAME IN THE WEST
FootbaN Officials May Arrange for Con
test With Western Team
in 1903.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 27.—Yale
football officials are discussing a game
with a Western college for next season.
Many favor a contest, but the wJseacres
shake their heads because Yale has cham
pionship games arranged with Harvard
and Princeton, and fears the strain of an
other hard game will prove too much.
Three years ago Yale tried to meet the
University of Wisconsin in the middle
of the season, presenting an- eleven made
up from the scrubs, as is usual in the
practice contests, and, without introduc
ing any complicated formations, Yale was
barely able to win, 6 to 0. Yale has
feught shy of Western games since then.
No game with a Western team can be
arranged by Yale for at least a month,
as no captain or manager has been elected
for next season. THie election of a cap
tain has been deferred until after the
question of Edgar Class' eligibility is set
tled. Until a captain and manager for
next season are picked nothing definite
of next season's policy can be crystallized
from the unofficial undergraduate senti
ment, which now favors a game with the
Western team.
JTale feels especially pleasant towards
Wisconsin because that university has
crosed half the continent to meet Yale
crews or football teams. Yale feels
that a pleasant game with the University
of Michigan might be arranged, because
Keene Fitzpatrlck, the old Yale trainer,
is in charge of that team. Stagg, the
TTniveirslty of Chicago coach, will have
much weight in influencing Yale to ar
range a game with that team because of
advanced, and the left foot must also
be lifted and advanced as a base line
to preserve the stability of the body.
"This saves one from rushing for
ward 'on the ice. The lifting of the
left foot gives freedom in swinging
the body and arm to the right or left,
as the mark to be aimed* at may re
quire, for such movement is necessary
and does not interfere with the duty
of fitting the tee. One of the worst
faults in curling is a clumsy, awk
ward delivery of the stone. By this
the ice alongside the xygmpit is crack
ed and broken up and the curler gives
much annoyance to th& other curlers;
besides, he does himself injury. When
a stone is quietly aid gracefully de
livered it is far mor# effective than a
stone played with double energy, the
force of which is hal£ spent by the
blow it receives as it reaches the ice.
Acme of the'-Art.
"But the most important of all is
the 'twist,' or what has been termed
the acme of the curling art. This is
the accomplishment which gives a
finishing touel* to curing - proficiency
and differentiates the truly scientific
player from all his brethren, however
keen. By putting twist on a stone it
can be made to curl against the bias
altogether, while the stone of the
straight player is helplessly at its
mercy." v., r
For those who \\ ranjf_to know more
of the game a plain 'description may
prove of interest. In the first place ice,
and plenty of it, is needed. Two sides
are formed for the game. Each side is
known as a 'rink." Each rink is in
charge of a skipper. Four men make
a rink.
Each player uses two circular stones,
about nine inches in diameter and four
inches thick. The stones should be
made of granite and" should be pol
ished on the under side. The top
should be fitted with a handle with a
horizontal piece of grasp.
The ncomes the broom. The stones
are used in playing the game, but the
his grand career as Yale's 'varsity pitcher
and end rush. - ",. '. '
Just as soon as the Christmas vacation
is over at Tale Stagg is «kpeeted. to visit
Yale and have a conference with the
football officials to arranga a game with
Yale next season.
BALTIMORE TcFSaVE ;
EASTERN LEAGUE TEAM
Han lon Also Working to Push the Town
Into the National
League.
: BALTIMORE, - Md., Dec. '27.—Ned Han
lon -is - working - out a scheme to • have ' a
National . league i team <in Baltimore next
season. He intimated it today, but re
fused to divulge his plans, which ; are, of
course, ' contingent ■ upon % the peace con-,
ference between the major leagues to.be
held"next;month. "~~ . > "-■
: Should his move be 1, futile, then Balti
more will have an Eastern league team.
Capt.: - Robinson, and Secretary Goldman
of the old Baltimore j club, have been i ne
gotiating ■ for '. an Eastern league • team,
and ■ have i secured a tentative „ franchise
for Baltimore.•• --^ -zxaizz*-, ■.■: -. -=v.-:.,, . -'
The . men at the head of the move- ;
ment are the i best posted^ baseball men in
Baltimore,- but whether people want
Eastern league baseball is a t matter for
.discussion. ■ t'^ -Vi-lV -^
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SPRINGFIELD, 111;, >"l3ec. 16.—Acting
Governor Northcott communicated v/ith
Sheriff Barrett, of Cook county, today
relative to the alleged prize fight to be
pulled' off next Monday night at the Ly
cpum Athletic club in Chicago between
Gardner and "Kid" Carter. Gov. North
cott said tonight that Sheriff Barrett as
sured him he would see the law was not
violated.
Sheriff Will Be There.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—"1 will not stop
fhe Lyceum Athletic club's contests un
less they become brutal," said Sheriff
Thomas E. Barrett last night. "The men
who are billed to take part sn the bouts
are, I am given to understand, well train
ed and in perfect health, and, such be.'ng
the case, they ought to go through a
bout limited to six rounds without-sus
taining any serious injury. .
"I called up the club's officials today
and told them I would be at tne ringside
and note carefully everything that tran
spired and would stop any contest which
I think is too brutal.
"The Lyceum club is a chai'tered or
ganization and has a permit to hold box
ing contests, and I so notified the gov
ernor. I do not believe it was the in
tehtion to single out one club for action,
but if I receive orders to close down box
ing- altogether I shall be com'pslled to do
so, of course."
Long Shot Wins at Ingleside.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 27.—The
sport at Ingleside today was marked by
the victory of Aunt PoHyj a 100 to 1 shot,
in the first race. She was one of a field
of eleven and was not thought to have 'a
chance. The weather was fine, but the
track was in a muddy, condition. Sylvia
Talbot, who took the two-year-old event,
was the only favorite to win.
In ,the mile and sixteenth handicap the
Fretter was a 3 to 2 favorite, but Lord
Badger won at odds of 8 to 1.
Bill Wilson Is Busy.
PEORIA, 111., Dec. 27.;— Manager Wil
son, of the Peoria club, afmounces that he
has released Ball, Craft and Maloney,
and will begin next week to. accumulate
an aggregation whicbj he predicts will
make the leaders of last season look sick.
He went to St. Joseph:, yesterday to con
sult with Magnate Van Bfrunt, whom he
expects to help the Peoria club with a
few choice players. * ,
' CANTILLON SIGNS ANOTHER.
Brewer Manager Adds Ed Gnadlnger to
His Playing List.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 27.—Ed
Gnadinger, a Southern league outfielder,
has been srShed by Manager Cantillon
for the Brewers. Last year Gnadinger
played on the Selma team in the Southern
league, and his batting average was .333,
and in the outfield his percentage was
.928. This year he was with the Baton
Rouge club of the Cotton States league,
but his batting and fielding are not avail
able, as they have not been compiled by
the secretary of the organization.
broom is a necessary implement. The
brooms are commonly known as "be
some." They are used to keep the ice
free from snow and other obstruc
tions.
The Making of the Rink.
The rink is a track of ice about fifty
yards long. The actual length of the
rink should be forty-two yards when
properly marked out. A line is drawn
clear across at .each end of the rink.
This line is known as the "tee." With
in or behind the tee three circles,.about
two feet apart, are drawn around a
central point. The object of the player
is to place the stone by sliding it along
the ice from the other end of the rink
to a point as near the central point as
possible, or to dislodge the stone of an
opponent.
Across the rink, one-sixth of the
length of the rink from the tee, is
drawn another line, which is known as
the "hogg score." If a player fails to
slide his stone past this line the shot
is lost and the stone is pushed out of
the way. It fails to count inthe "end,"
which means the delivering of all the
stones by the players from one end of
the rink to the other.
When the rinks have been selected
the skips decide upon the order in
which the men are to play. Usually
the skip plays last himself, but not
necessarily so. Lots are drawn be
tween the two rinks for first shot, and
the first man on the side winning the
shot throws the first stone and is fol
lowed by the first man on the other
rink. Alternating this way, the rinks
roll through their line-ups,
The endeavor to place the stones as
near as possible to the center behind
the tee is not the only point of the
game. Players must also keep in mind
that when a player on their side makes
a good shot, it is in order to cover the
throw if given an opportunty to pre
vent its being driven away by the op
posing players.
Here the skip asserts his authority,
SPORTING WORLD GOSSIP.
War May Not End.
National and American leagues agreed
to meet and talk over the existing
conditions has been dimmed during the
past week and now the fanatics will
not bs surprised if the vision is blotted
out.
Men like Hermann, Johnson and
Comiskey may be able to save the
day, but with the meeting of the
peace commissioners still one week
away the prospect of An end to the
war looks anything but bright.
If the peace plans are wrecked they
will be wrecked on* the contract jumper
rock. Already magnates are bringing
out old dust covered contracts which
are to be used in proving prior claims
to star ball tossers.
The American is uttering a threat
to take Tommy Leach from Pittsburg
and Dreyfus has announced that he
will hold the third baseman though it
be necessary to sacrifice the chance of
ending the war.
Washington claims Delehanty and
New York ahows a contract with the
star batsman. Rogers, of Philadelphia,
though he should feel interested in the
success oT the Giants, is also declaring
that Delehanty cannot play with New
York.
Then come the Cleveland magnates
with a demand that all the Lajoie liti
gation be dropped. The star is now
barred from Pennsylvania by a con
tempt of court order.
Other magnates have claims on other
players and if these claims are even
considered at the peace conference a
wild squabble will start that can only
end by a decision to- continue the war.
Hermann, Johnson and Comiskey
may be able to avoid all this by follow
ing out the lines that brought the
American association back into the
peace fold of the minor leagues—the
agreement to respect the latest con
tracts signed before the first peace
proposals—and this now looks the only
way out of the difficulty.
About Fake Fighters.
Champion Jim Jeffries and his spar
ringl partner, Bob Fitzsimmons, are
not wasting a single opportunity to
prove that Naughton, of the San
Francisco Examiner, was right in his
claim that the fight for the cham
pionship was a jobbed affair, a fake
that was really coarse.
Jeffries proves himself willing to de
ceive the public in his story of the
Munroe affair at Butte. The big fel
low, anxious to excuse his failure to
stop a plain amateur, tells what he
claims is the truth and in the telling
he helps along the belief that the aver
age fighter looks upon the sporting
public as an easy money collection.
In Butte, according to the cham
pion's own tale of the incident, the
house was crowded with men who had
paid as high as $5 for their seats.
These men sat in on two knockouts
before the champion came on with
Munroe and then Jeffries, fearing that
the spectators would consider the
whole thing a fake, decided to string
out the bout for the four rounds and
forfeit $250. He declares that Munroe
is a dub and that he could have stop
ped him if he had so desired.
Jeffries admits that he is willing to
deceive the public, and in admitting it
he tells a story that should be laughed
at. The interview may ha^ve been writ
ten by the press agent. The cham
pion and Mr. Fitzsimmons should dis
charge the man who wrote it.
In the first bout that night the spec
tators saw two fighters go through two
fast rounds to a knockout. Then Fitz
simmons jolted his man to sleep with
almost the first punch, and still, with
all this Jeffries felt that the paid at
tendance were beginning to believe
that the evening's entertainment was
a programme of fakes.
Jeffries, by admitting that he en
countered a surprise in the person of
Munroe, would have compelled even a
number of the doubting ones to en
tertain the belief^ that perhaps the
champion was a sincere, honest fight
er. Instead, he admits that he went
on that night to "string" the good
sports of Butte along for what he con
sidered was their moneys worth, and
brands himself as a dishonest fighter.
- The Jeffries explanation of the Mun
and, standing behind the tee, he di
rects his men how to deliver their
stones to the best advantage, what
turn or twist to give them, and with
what force to impel them. The other
members of the rink stand on the ice
between the tee and the hogg line and
aid the progress of the slow-going
stones when ordered to "soop her up."
"Soop 'Er, Saundy!"
To soop her up means a brisk work
with the brooms. With the s-low-going
stones the snow is brushed out of the
way. When the throw has been too
strong the broom moves dust and
snow in its path to retard the speed.
On no account must a player touch a
stone with his broom while doing this,
for then the stone is a dead stone, and
is pushed off the rink. The sweepers
must keep on their own side of the
rink, and no sweeper is allowed to
sweep for an opponent's stone until
after it has passed the tee line.
The number of ends in a full game is
twenty-one, but by mutual agreement
this number may be changed. It may
also be changed by the rules regulat
ing a bonspiel. Sometimes a time limit
is named, with the highest score when
time is called winning the match.
St. Paul's great curling year came
in 1893, when the grand international
bonspiel was held on Raspberry island.
At that time the St. Paul Curling club
was more than a name, and though
many of the members are still left and
still throw the stanes, the old 'uns
cannot help thinking of what used to
be.
The bonspiel was held in January,
and brought rinks from Winnipeg,
Portage la Prairie, Rat Portage, Car
berry, Brandon and other points in
Manitoba and Ontario. Also from
Portage, Lodi, Poynette, Cambria, Bar
aboo, Wis.; Chicago, Fargo and other
points.
The rinks to represent St. Paul were
selected at a meeting of the club held
the Sunday before the meeting. The
roe bout will hardly hold water, and
is only valuable as evidence to .prove
Naughton-was not attempting a cheap,
sensation when- he recorded before
hand what was to be the result of that
sorry battle for the championship.
Newspapers Hurt Football.
A former player on the University
of Wisconsin football team answers
the charges made against the game by
Jeremiah Quin and the other Milwau
kee school men with a clever, and, in
the main, an honest defense of the
game.
The Wisconsin man, though conserv
ative, cannot resist the temptation to
"pass the buck along," and he hands
it to the newspapers. Regarding the
accounts of the games printed in the
daily papers, he says:
"There are far more obnoxious and
objectionable elements,, however, in
connection with the game of football
than its apparent roughness and bru
tality, and I believe if the committee
on football rules could eliminate these
dangers it would be the most grateful
and fortunate service bestowed upon
the sport of all- sports.
"What I refer to is the write-ups
of the game in our daily, college and
athletic publications. We can do more
for football by protesting against what
seems to have become conventional for
the descriptions of our football con
tests. The writers, with crude knowl
edge of the game, seem to fill their
columns with incredible and gory gen
eralizations, whose sole justification
and evident origin were in the san
guinary imagination of their ambition.
"Such descriptions of our games are
worse than useless. To those who
know anything about the :game they
would be ludicrous were they less ex
asperating, while to those who know
nothing of the game they convey a
distorted conception of its nature and
give football that uncanny reputation
which it is apt to have in popular im
agination."
With these few remarks the Wis
consin man spoils his entire plea for
the game, for he is not brave enough
to excuse the few accidents without
calling forth the time-worn "you can
not believe what you see in the news
papers" shield.
The average football game furnishes
the newspaper writer an abundance of
material and he hardly finds it neces
sary to call upon his imagination. At
times the accidents —the knockouts and
the unimportant broken legs, ribs or
collar bones—are mentioned in a gen
eral way for the writer knows that a
detailed report of why time was taken
out would prove tiresome to the read
ers.
The Wisconsin man is excused, for
he is but one of the army of college
athletes, managers and members of
athletic boards that is always ready
to forget what the newspapers do for
the game,- and especially for the treas
ury of the college athletic association
the moment the goods have been de
livered.
The college man is ever ready to
resent a mistake made in reporting
any play made during the game, but
he is missing when the opportunity to
save the reporter from these mistakes
is offered.
The committee on rules meets year
after year. The members know that
it is practically impossible for the re
porter to follow the mass plays, and
particularly the plays made by the
visiting team. The committee could
remedy this, but nothing is done.
An announcer, armed with a mega
phone, might be made a part of the
championship games. This man,
knowing the players, and being on the
field, could report each play to the
spectators and to the workers in the
press box. He could explain to the
reporters that the man who was
stretched out on the field while trainers
poured water down his neck, inside
and outside, had merely lost hia breath.
This would save the wear and tear on
the reporter's imagination, but the
committee on rules fails to provide for
all this. .
The Wiscoasin man declares that If
the committee on rules could find a
way to change the methods of the
newspapers the game would be im
proved. The committee on rules to
change .this must first of all separate
from the old fogy ideas long enough
p
rinks named were as follows:
The Rinks Chosen.
Rink No. I—Judge H. W. Cory, J. G.
Hinkel, Alex McCullough, William
Rodger, skip.
Rink No. 2—J. J. Ahem. C. C. H.
Smith, W. A. Cameron, A. P. Cameron,
skip.
Rink No. 3—Allan Brown, W. F. My
ron, James Myron, W- W. Lorimer, skip.
Rink . No. 4.—A. D. Palmer, Duncan
Connell, D. C. Murray, J. McCullough,
skip.
Eink No. 5—J. C. Wall, W. H. Light
ner, L. P. Ordway, G. O. Nettleton, skip.
Rink No. 6— George Hall, T. C. Hand,
W. McKenzie, D. McMillan, skip.
Rink No. 7—B. Finlayson, Dr. Quinn, J.
P. Elmers, Hugh Campbell, skip.
Rink No. B—J. B. West, Charles Fair
child, C. Parmalee, Charles Ferrier, skip.
The programme for the bonspiel in
cludQd the following:
First Event—Champion rink match for
Gordon medal, Tuesday, Jan. 27. First
tie, 9 a. m.
Second Event—North vs. South of
Scotland, for Western Dalrymple medal.
Third Event—St. Paul Jobbers' unjon
trophy. Valued at $500. Presented by the
St. Paul Jobbers' union, of St. Paul,
Minn. Open to all rinks affiliating with
the Royal Caledonian or the Grand Na
tional Curling clubs, including four gold
medals t. the members of the winning
rinx. Not less than seventeen ends to
be played on each rink after each suc
cessive draw, until finally decided.
To be competed for annually at St.
Paul, Minn.
Fourth Event—Governor's medal,
valued at $200. Presented by Hon. Wil
liam R. Merria,m, governor of «the state
of Minnesota. To be played for annually
at St Paul, Minn.
Open to all clubs affiliated with the
Royal Caledonian and Grand National
Curling clubs. Two rinks from each clutj
to enter; not less than seventeen enda
to be played on each rink after each
draw until finally decided.
The aggregate score of the two rinks
to count in each contest.
Fifth Event—Grand point contest, open
to all curlers, rules of the Manitoba
branch of the R. C. C. club to govern the
contest.
First prize, gold medal, valued at $60;
second pri-ie. gold medal, valued at $40;
third prize gold medal, valued at $r,Q;
fouFth prize,- gold medal, valued at $15.
to recognize that the newspapers stand
ready to help when it is made possible
for him to do so. —Billy Mac-
DUFFY AND RYAN
ABE MATCHED AGAIN
Fighters to Meet Before the Olympic
Athletic Association of
St. Louis.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Martin Duffy was
matched yesterday to meet Philadelphia
lommy Ryan before the Olympic Ath
letic association of St. Louis.' The boys
will fight at 140 or catch-weights. The
date has not been set, but it may be
pulled off Jan. VI.
Duffy and Ryan were matched to fight
before the West End Athletic club of St.
Louis last spring, but the day before the
fight Ryan was taken ill and sent to a
hospital. This match is the outgrowth of
the former one.
TO FIGHT FOR CHARITY.
Forbes and Neil to Battle Before the Key*
stone Club in 'Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 27.—De
tails of the Forbes-Neil fight for the ban
tamweight championship were settled to
night. The Keystone Athletic club will
pull off the fight Jan. 15, but no war be
tween the fight clubs will be precipitated
because this is to be a charity fight The
club's half of the gate receipts is to be
donated to the striking tanners.
Buchanan Rubs It In.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 27.—Bu
chanan took another fall out of his erst
while employers, Durnell & Herae, when
he landed the Oxnard mare Wealth a
head in front of Golden Rule in the New-
Orleans handicap, worth $1,190 to the win
ner. Federal was a strong favorite at 8
to 5, while Durnell & Herse's pair, Golden
Rule and Nitrate, were always at 5 to 2.
Wealth was backed from 6s to 4s. The
mare had the foot of the party, but Bu
chanan had to hustle her along at the end
to stand off Golden Rule. With the best
of the start Federal was never better
than third, and but for Van Dusen's
jockeyship would have finished outside of
the money. Nitrate was cut oft! early and
was never prominent. Athalana was the
only winning favorite. Playlike was run
up to $1,000 and sold to Ed Trotter. Dur
nell & Herse claimed Ed L. out of the sec
ond race for $1,080 and bought Moor at the
sale for $2,200. Weather clear and cold.
Track fast.
Lajoie on the Sick List.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 27.— Napolecn
Lajoie, the famous baseball player and
captain of the Cleveland club. Is suffering
from a severe attack of pleurisy. He neg
lected to call a physician when first
stricken and as a result his condition be
came quite serious last night. Today,
however, his condition is said to be much
improved.
Two New Ones for Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 27.—Tha
Cleveland club of the American league
made a clean haul in the Pacific North
west league this week. Manager Armour
securing Pitchers Stovall and Hickey, of
the Seattle club. They were the leading
pitchers in the Pacific Northwest league
last summer, and Stovall was one of the
heaviest batsmen in the circuit.
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