Evening star., 1915-01-31

It is doubtful II the bowling frater-
nifty of Washington has talked OF d
single subject in recent years, or oeeh
more stirred in that time by one nap
pening, than resulted last week from
the visit of stranger who falleo To
give his name after the most remaFh-
able work ever seen on the local alleys
Who he is does not seem to appear u
q certainty in the mind of anybody,
but one thing is sure-he is the most
accomplished pin spiller that mas ever
been seen in these parts
EARLY last week stranger waikeo
in at the Palace alleys and aiter
watching the play awhile, poiiteiy
stated that he would not mind bowling
a little. He said 1t in way that leu
the local stars to believe that ne
thought he could bowl better than ne
really could, and the resolve to sho"
him q few things was soon maoe. ihe
resu1t was astonishing. The stranger
made scores entirely unexpected. ana
defeated two of the best men IN Wasn-
,npton with ease. Be 1t said also thae
there is a rumor the visitor was some
what richer when he left than before.
The phenom had not placed any
name on the score sheet, simply the
letter &C" Somebody yelled G for gets.
and 40 he was known as Herr Getz' ta'e
Of luxembourg. while in this city,
The following night st the Ganoisg aI,,sta. sta.
team. With the team was Henry
Rodier. president of the Commerce.
League. Rodier had very interestin,ss:
talk with the stranger. VINO nappene41
to be at the match ten IN Minutes nn..s' that he
had increased his bank roll on ,tile the
RaItimore alleys by something Hke
5000 after he had rolled two or three
games in which he made scores s,or on
something Ike Is, ;n,,ersstad ~ aad IN % the per
formance Of the greatest duckpin bowl
cr he had ever seen and engaged MIN
In conversation for quite awhile. mere
is a summation Of what the stranger
' Herr Johann Geugler. late of the
Dnchy OF Luxembourg. loyal suo1ece
Of her highness, Marie. Duchess or
Luxsmbours g5adua5le glebe ei trotter nt0ef ad
venturer, all-round athlete. bowler
particularly and duckpin roller ex-
ira ordinary.
Said Herr Gensler to Rodier:
duohy Of Luxembourg, which Is a aus
ttnct though small. country. When the
war broke out my country was Hucn
In the same position as Belgium. put
syInpathize with Germany. and the
German language Is spoken among US
have hi liked a.be eewlins, !. m1ss ST'
a dittersnt re- from what it IS here in Amer
lea. They have many kinds of bowl
Ing alleys. many kinds of balls. and
the pins are of different size. Nine
lowed lowe only one ball. Unless you hit
! the head pin you do not count at all.
Maybe" and his voice took a whimsi-
cal turn. Maybe that is why ! SO
often hit the head pin here in your
II bowled quite. often when at home
and became. frankly. very good per
former with our style Of bowling. But
peGaeusiy"At, ppeioasly been. either. what I was
termed in Washington last week-a
SHARK did not in 1ikf fact fa bn%; bn9T for %haa
little side bet-five dollars. ten dollars,
fifty dollars game. or some such
small sum. If win. very well. If l
lose, very we'll | never play for more
lost enough 1 have lost many times.
In cards, once or twice l played with
some men ! never knew in Paris. They
took mcst all my money. then I stop
do not like cards. You cannot tell
whether you are getting treated as a
gentleman In bowling 1t is differ
eut. There are the alleys, there is the
man alongside you. Win or lose, you
cannot complain that you have not an
equal show:
many times to Monte Carlo. When
went first said. I will never play
But. ach. the money in front of YOU
rolls as long as my cane here" and he
indicated his walking stick. an in
separable part of his outfit. Always
he wears his cane, hung in the side
pocket of his overcoat II played once
and lost. I lost, altogether. on three
occasions 100000 francs-S60.000 in
your money. 1t Is very, very fascinat-
ing.
I'm my university days. at Heidelberg
and at Oxford. ] liked athletics-and l
liked bowling. Always like to bowl.
"Then came the war. My wife-yes.
/ am married; my wife is in New York
Ny wife insisted that We go to Eng
land. She does not speak English we'll
|. II came to New York because my wife
feared ! might have to go to war, and
it was soon after ! landed here that
met my. friend. Mr.. Ware. (The Mr.
Ware is another bowler who travels
with Herr Gengler.) We got to the
Garden (biadison Squared one day and
I told Mr.. Ware l liked bowling very
much. We will bowl. say for small
sum, maybe IS. We go into a place