Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
GENGLER SCHEDULED TO BOWL
IN A. C.. B. A. TOURNEY TONIGHT
Man Known as Count Getz When He Trim
med Washingtons Best Bowlers Year
Ago Again Here, and Smiling as Ever
by H. c. BYRD.

Johann Gengler, gentleman Of leisure,
self-styled Count of Luxembourg, pol
ished man of the world and bowler
extraordinary and plenipotentiary, is
here The mere fact that plain j. Cen
gler is scheduled to roll in the Atlantic
Coast Bowling Association tournament
tonight in the team, doubles and singles
competition would mean little were it not
that Washington duckpin artists have
pleasant-or shall we say painful-recol
! lections of a previous visit of the gen.
teman. Then he was known Count
Getz of Luxembourg
Last night Gengler appeared at the
| tournament and did not hesitate to talk
about himself, though what he said was
more by inference And in agreement with
statements of others than direct-Gengler
is nothing if not modest. incidentally, 1t
became known through Gengler that he
was entirely innocent of having appeared
here under the name of Getz. Last winter
Il year ago, when he rolled against Buck
Harley and Harry krauSS at the Palace
alleys, he signed himself on the score
sheet with the letter g, the initial of his
real name Then, after he had astonished
everybody by trimming two of the best
pin spilers in Washington, somebody
asked what the name of the prodigy was.
Some wit among the bystanders yelled:
&c stands for GetZ, and he gets 'em, too
SO Getz became the name of the visitor
until it learned few days later who
he really was
AS a matter of fact, Gengler had no
intention of coming to Washington at
that time to bowl against anybody.
for n little consideration" as he was
merely here in company with his
|partner to pay a visit to his sister, who
was playing with theatrical company
THAT week.
There may be match between
IGengler and Poehler the Boston star,
the day after the tournament closes.
Poehler stated last Saturday that he
| would roll against Gengler any time the
Halter wanted the match and for real
bet on the side. Gengler was asked
last night what he thought of a match
with Poehler Here is what he said:
| "Poehler ees YER good bowler. He
beat me. l have no doubt. l hat not
BOWED in long time, many month, and
can bowl not verK much. But l roll
against him. for I care leetle and I roll
for sport. va. Poehler | fear, ecs too
lgood a bowler for me-
| We'll. Poehler wants to bet that he
can beat you. Would you be willing to
| bet on your chances against him." was
another question asked.
Before he replied to that Geng1er took
out his match box. Withdrew Il match,
lighted it and then allowed it to burn
out without ever touching it to his
lcigar. Then he lighted another match,
held out his cigar. burned it's end, and,
after a little puff. answered the ques-
ton directly, all the time with quizzi-
cal little smile playing around the cor
ners of his mouth
L roll for five dollar? No: that ees
too little. For five dollar Poehler will
beat me, but for leetle consideration
SAY, like five hundred dollar-I beat
| foehier He roll not SO well for five
hundred dollar as for five dollar
| a photographer walked up to Gengler
during the conversation, and asked
him to step with him few minutes,
as he would like to take his picture
for the newspapers. Gengler looked at
the photographer in that quiZZical
way which seems so natural to him,
and said:
All, | do not deserve my picture in
the paper. If my picture in the paper
and | fail to bowl well | feel so
ashamed of myself. No, YOU should
put only the pictures of good bowiers
in the paper; good bowiers-ilke
! Poehler
And upon being pressed further to
pose for "A picture GengIer dropped
his smile. hard. set look came into
his face for u brief moment. and one
could hardly recognize the usually
smooth easy speech in the grating
! voice which said:
! DO not waste your time. I
1t was not two minutes after Gengler
had made his utteranceS that they We're
all repeated to Poehler. and the chances
are good that Gengler did not under
estimate in the least the psychological
| effect they might have on the Bos-
i tonian Gengler has seen the pSychol-
osy of bowling in Washington, Chlca-
GO Milwaukee and other cities, where
bowlers thought they knew about all
I there was to the game-till after they
had met him. After ruefully counting
their depleted bankrolls many pin
spillers have suddenly come to the
| realization that there was a whole lot
about the game they might learn.
Not much is known of Genglers his
tory What has been his real life no
| body seems to know. That he is Ger
man or of direct German descent is GER
and his accent. One thing is sure.
though-that he is master of the art
| and science of bowling.
And another thing is Sur~-if Geneler
averages about ITO in tenpinS and about
o., or 81 in duckpns in the sets he is to
roll in the tournament today and to-
morrow and then wants to roll Poehler
| for Il ieetle consideration, say. like
$500 it will be well for Poehler to
| stuff his money far down in his
pocket he can get it-and keep it
there.
Incidentally Gengler spoke very high
~ of Harry Cohn, a member of the Ho
boken tenpin team and his partner in
the doubles. Gcngler stated point
blank that he did not think there was
a better tenpn bowler in the country
than COIN. The Hoboke team, on which
Geugler and Conn roll tonight in ten
pins takes the alleys at 7:l5 o'clock.
Neither did Gensler seem to worry