WAUPACA POST

January 28, 1886

 

The North-west Curling Contest

 

            The Waupaca curlers who went to Portage to take part in the curling contest for the Morgan Medal, the North-wet against Chicago and Milwaukee, report having a good time.  There was 15 rinks on a side, or 120 players altogether, that too, part in the contest.  The positions of the different rinks were assigned by lot, and it fell to Waupaca to play against a rink from Chicago.  The following is score and names of the players of these two rinks:

                                    CHICAGO                                           WAUPACA

                        D. McKay, skip - 12                  H.W. Williams, skip - 17

                        R.C. Harper                              Fred Loomis

                        Wm. Mauson                            Edwin Selleck

                        Jas. Ralston                              John M. Ware

            The Morgan Medal was won by the clubs of the North-west, beating Milwaukee and Chicago 24 points, the score standing 254 for Milwaukee and Chicago to 278 for the North-west.

            In the evening there was a banquet at the Fox House, given by the curlers of Columbia County to their visiting brethren which was a grand success.  The banquet was presided over by A.J. Turner of Portage and was quite informal, but some of the response to the toasts and the singing were immense.

            The Chicago News in referring to the defeat of Chicago and Milwaukee by the North-west has the following:  “Just as we expected, Chicago, after having made a doormat of St. Louis and other aspiring towns that have presumed to meet at her boating, baseball, and general athletics - having made this record, we say, Chicago now suffers herself to be beaten at curling by a pair of rural clubs.”