The Washington times., 1915-02-01
VIII! Be Potent Factors in Tri-
angular Set With Baltimore
and Roanoke Teams.
MANY STARS on CLUB
Competitions With MilIer's All.
Stars. and Pittsburgh Are
Under Consideration.
BY KIRK C. MILLER.


Those Gandils, who are to engage
IN q triangular duckpin competition
with Baltimore and Roanoke have
strengthened their team to the ex-
tent Of adding "Pop' HALEY and
HaSry Krauss to their 1ine-up-and
by 80 doing Washington's chances to
register a cleanup" are enhanced
100 per cent. With the addition of
these two rollers, whose fame as
small pin artists are bounded only
by the city limits, the Gandils pre-
sent one Of the strongest aggrega-
tions which will ever have travelled
out Of Washington and with the
present personnel, some big things
can be expected Of them.
Receiving no end of encourage
ment from the successful invasion of
Baltimore lost week, "Chic" Gandil's
crew of pinners are enjoying all of
the fame due the victors of an inter-
city match and are today looking for
further fields to conquer. This quest
is not prompted by any feeling of
haughtiness, but merely the feeling
that capable band Of bowlers has
been assembled-one that is effective
enough to defend Washington's rep
utation against the attack of any
city which rolls the same brand of
duckpins that is prevalent here and
with which our rollers are familiar.
Besides Pop" HALEY and Harry
krauss. the team boasts Of such stars
as Charley Wright. Johnny Baum,
%Noisy' Watson, Bill Moore and Grant
Goodman. The latter Ave proved their
prowess on the alleys beyond peradven-
and the annexation of krauss and Hal
ley Is admitted to have naught but q
strengthening influence on the old COM
binatton.
Besides the Baltimore Roanoke
match. the Gandils have two other
competitions on hand which should
develop no end Of interest here. as
we'll as in the other cities concerned.
Pittsburgh Is considering a challenge
from the Arcade crew, and Miller's ALI
Stars are awaiting the acceptance Of a
def which was issued more than two
weeks ago.
An alibi which was proffered in a
Sunday morning paper regarding the
lost by four pins, is the result of idle
thoughts by persons who did not see
the Martins burg end Of the set The
excuse that the Washington rollers
that they were defeated by 80 pins
instead of rolling at a very close mar
gin did not emanate from any member
of the team or from any Washington
ian present Had Martinsburg been
1000 pins ahead. there is no member Of
the Palace quint who would have laid
down or slowed up" for a second. and
the excuse, which was unasked, had it
been we'll founded, Is not a kindly re-
hection Of the sportsmauship Of the
competing rollers.
Hour by hour. the local rollers are
awakening from the spell which a
gentleman who the Capitolians pleased
to refer to as Herr Getz." cast over
Washington on his visit here last week.
As a matter of fact this unheralded
parsonage who made such show Of
himself at the Palace and Arcade alleys
Is named Hoffman. He poses as a Ger
man count and has for his travelling
companion his wife. whom he insisted
could speak, no English and to whom
the local rollers talked sign language
probably much to the amusement Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman. for the latter is
a Chicago girl and makes the rounds Of
the United States with her husband who
is famous in New York, Newark. Bos-
ton, and other cities. We can only say
that the count has a unique manner Of
earning livelihood and he evidently
operates under the influence of an an
cient saying, There is a sucker born
every minute"
Pete Maloney's Southeast alleys will
be the center Of bowling interest to-
morrow night when the Miller All-Stars
take on the Center Market team. This
match has attracted wide attention and
Is one Of the most important Of the
many intersectonal matches which
have been scheduled here this season
AS usual. Maloney is making great
preparations for the entertainment of
his patrons.
The Palace team has margin of five
games on the runner-up in the National
Capital Duckpin League. The leaders
have won thirty-fve games and lost ten
t,n Wnnie the y; M, c. A.. in second posi-
tion, mas taken twenty and dropped
thirty-fve. The leaders have been hold
time. e
The rolling, in the league as whole
has been brilliant. Fifty bowlers have
averages of more than a hundred, a rec
ord that Is perhaps equaled by no other
organization in the country which work
under the same conditions that govern
the game here.
TWO teams are tied for the leadership
ana TWO for third place in the National
hnanneas PAM aSa ErSa League; The Washington
uonal Bank of Washington are on even
terms for first place. and the Second
Nstional Bank and the National Metro
Pontan Bank are fighting for the third
position. The two teams battling for
third place, though. are far behind tho
other pair The two leaders have won
twenty.nlne each and lost only ten,
games and dropped twenty-one.
Robertson: of the Washington Loan
and Trust company. has an average OF
shshtiE over 100. the only one in the
ORGANIZATION which