The Jersey City news., 1899-12-14
B0WLERS At The BOWL.
N. J. Bowling Green aaa
Curling Club Dimes, Makes
Speeches and Awards
Medals.

At long table in the dining room Of
the Hotel Washington last night sat
seventy-five men, representing America,
Scotland. England ireland and Hoboken.
They were there to eat the first dinner
of the New Jersey Bowling Green and
Curling Club, hear speeches, sing songs
and witness the presentation of trophies
won In the competitions on the green last
season.
Moo ma freens, piped President D. B.
S. Cockburn, whose small body contains
energy enough for five, I'm pleased tae
see We. There's nae folk like our ain
And, begorra where do the Oirish come
in?' interrupted w. C. O'Shaughnessy, at
the other end Of the table.
WAS is los nit der Faderland?' in
terrupted neighbor c. B. Klein.
''Or Hoboken, for instance" said Frank
Dykes, who halls from that foreign cline.
Bang went the presidents gavel. The
guests were so startled at the sound that
in mistake they drank water and then
looked sorry for it. The president con-
tinued telling themwhat fine, exhilaratins
thing it was to stand on damp green
watching others rolling balls at a little
white jack or shivering to ones marrow
bones on sheet Of ice looking at lot
of enthusiasts pushing huge stones from
one end to another.
" Awheel, but it's a great game he
said and when through with his opening
speech nominated James Thaw as toast
master That gentleman having styled
himself echief blatherskite for the
NIGHT" proceeded to live up to it by i'm
PRODUCING ex-Chief John Young to present
the medals, etc. The grand old man of
the club made a witty speech and then
pinned on Andrew Martins breast the
handsome badge given by Mr.. Young for
bowling on the green ANDY was enthus-
iastically requested to recite Ma First
Bawbee,' and did it well. The Duff medal
won By VIM. Evans of Kearny. on Sep
tember Is, was also presented and Evans
rased a yell when as his speech he
scientifically asked
"WhatH ye hae?"
To Jas. Thaw, skip; w. H. Lee, w. J..
Elliott and ]. w. Green, a team from
the foreign country of Hoboken, was pre-
sented the McAusland medal and Thaw
thanked the club in English. A pair OF
lignum vitae bowls, donated to the club by
c. C. Schepfiin, were won by James
Thaw, who sailed for Hoboken, this morn
ing. Then came some songs and just as
Archie McInnes was warbling about gem
tie winds in the song "Of a. the Arts,
that irrepressible Chieftain Peter McCree
exclaimed
"Pit up the window dinna want to be
blown ootside."
And so the night draye on wi sangs and
chatter and aye the yell was growing bet
ter. VIM. G. Brown, a baritone of un-
questioned merit, sang several Scotch
songs. John Burnside gave sThe Nc
Gregor's Gathering; John Kent My
Nannies Ava .; Jas. c. Whites Loves
Old Sweet Song; Ronald Macintosh,
.sPhe Star O. Robbie Burns" and all these
were admirably accompanied on the piano
by Frank Coghill Speeches were made
by Secretary Fowles of the National Curl
ing Club, John Burnside and Chief Wal
lace of the New York Caledonia Club, and
those who heard all the good things
were:-
d. B. S. Cockburn, G. D. Mackey, ]. H
Duff. w. ]. Elliott, Peter McCree, A. w.
HATFIELD John Young, William Evans
Andrew Martin, RoDt. Macdonald, Thos
Patterson, F. A. Smith. w. H Lee, Will
lam l.. Moore. c. B. Klein, Thos. Potter,
J. F. Madden, William c. O'Shaughnessy,
Chief Andrew Wallace of New York
Caledonian Club; James Thaw, John
Burnside. John Duncan, Alex. Borrie, Al
derman William Barr, ]. w. Greig, R. K.
Appleton, F. Coghill, John Aslie, Alex
f. Dickson John G. Brown, Owen Grif-
fifth. Alex Fraser, William Davis, James
T. Cough, Fred Jurgeson, John Wendell,
Frank Dykes, William Craig, James Glib
son, George Bartholomew, Ronald McIn-
tosh, David Kerr, John Mcdowell, john
Henderson, Thomas Watson, Henry Ram
say. william A. Tolson, David Fouls,
Secretary of National Curling Club; John
Kent. James C. Whites, Henry Kohl,
william Craig. Matthw Rooney. Archie
McInnes. Frank Coghill, M Highley,
Captain Bence of steamship Southwark,
Red Star Line; William Campbell Free
holder Ed. Sargent of Kearny, James All
Ian, James Allan, Jr., and Thomas J.
Wilhelm.