Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you will be shown a short story with a beginning, two potential middles, and an ending. Your job is to choose the middle statement that makes the story coherent / plausible by writing "1" or "2" in the output. If both sentences are plausible, pick the one that makes most sense.

Beginning: Mary always bragged about how good she was at bowling. Middle 1: Steve challenged her to a bowling clarinet and Mary lost. Middle 2: Steve challenged her to a bowling game and Mary lost. Ending: How was she to know that Steve was a college bowling champion?
2