The Washington times., 1935-05-07

young fellow, -
quiet, unaS- Gino siml
suming Maurice Wall, who up
to then had done little more
than listen.
Gust the thing!" chOrused
Dan CrOwell, Frank Mclaughlin,
Jack Kiley, George Beuchert,
Tom Petty, John Kane, Claude
KOOntz and a half dozen others.
When September rolled around
they foregathered as planned and
the daddy of all local fraternal
leagues became a reality.
Mclaughlin was elected pres1-
dent, Jack Kiley, vice president;
Beuchert, secretary, and Petty,
treasurer, and each captainEd one
of the four teams which made up
the loop for the first year. The
season opened at the Rathskeller
alleys on Thursday, November 10,
1910, and continued until May II.
Kiley's No. 4 team won the
first pennant, scoring 43 wins and
% losses, one game better than
McLaughlin's No. 2 outfit. Beuch-
ert's No. 3 crew placed third with
81 wins and IS losses, while
Petty's No. / team brought up
the rear. However, the No. /
team received the Washington
Herald's 500 purse for being
voted as the most popular duck
pin team in the city.
Kane Ace Performer
John j. Kane was the ace per
former with a $50 average for
70 games, 81 strikes and los
spares, all high. Mclaughlin had
second high average, 96-34 and
second high spares, 100, while
Crowen had second high strikes,
20, and third high average, 96-S.
The personnel of the winning
team was, besides Capt. John N.
Kiley, L. T. Delavigne, Owen
Lacey, Edward P. Watson, William
E. McDonough and Maurice j.
Colbert.
The No. 2 team was Frank M.
Mclaughlin, captain; Joseph NC
Cam, Jimmy Hates, Frank Null
lin, William D. WilcoXon and Law.
renee B. Morris. The No. 3 team
was: George H. Beuchert, cap
tain, Daniel j. Crowell, John j.
Kane, James E. Daugherty, Joseph
Quigley and Charles L. Ferry.
Petty's No. 1 team consisted OF
himself, Claude E. Koontz, Thomas
Sullivan, Alonzo C. Neubeck, Will
liam j. Cook and A. F. OFT.
In an intercity match. Balti-
more easily triumphed at Rath-
skeller.
Wall, whose casual suggestion
at the dance, inspired the lorna.
ton of the league, did not bowl
the first year and died q few
months after the 1919 season
started.
The teams took names asso-
ciated with Christopher Columbus
the second year with six teams
stepping onto the drives.
Nina Wins Title
Nina, captained by Crowell, won
the title with 40 wins and 80
losses, nosing out William E. Nc
Donoughs Columbus by one
game. Crowell's lineup included
besides himself L. B. Morris, M. F.
Mccarthy, T. H. Glenn, E. c. Col
ford, j. j. Curtin and Lawrence
Dolan.
Joseph E. Sheehan, of Pinta.
set the individual pace all around
with a 100-59 average for 81
games, 20 strikes and 112 spares.
Mclaughlin, of GenoaS, was Sec
ond In everything.
CroWell'S team, this time the
Trinidads, won the champion
ship in third season, with eight
teams in the field, but had to roll
off with John j. Curtin'S Column
bias, as both teams were tied at
the end Of the season with AZ
wins and 81 losses each. The
Trinidads were made up of Gro
we'll, M. j. Colbert, Lacey, John
Mclean, Frederick Repetti, Petty
and Joseph B. Hart. Carroll
Council turned the table on Balti-
more, IN Baltimore.
Leo Mccarthy Stars
Individual honors went to s.
Leo Mccarthy. of ColumbiaS, with
a 100-41 average for SO games,
with George A. Daddy also OF
Columbus, second, with 98-52,
and Owen Lacey, of the winners,
third, with 1882.
It was during the 1928 sea-
son that the Intercouncil K. C.