Word: birk
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...there were some 5,000 more delegates scheduled to perform before the Congress adjourns April 19. Hopeful of witnessing a perfect game, or at least seeing some fancy pin-toppling, 5,000 Chicagoans one night last week braved an April blizzard to watch the kegling of the local Birk Brothers (Superb Beer) quintet, which had won almost every tournament in the Midwest this year. Birk Brothers had won the A.B.C. title once-in 1917, with the same lead-off man, Policeman George Geiser, and the same anchor man, Lawyer Jules Lellinger, both of whom have been bowling for Superb Beer...
After seeing their score posted on the board, the Birk Brothers Brewers quintet adjourned to a bar, entertained a half-dozen friends with $35 worth of beer...