Evening star., 1918-04-10
kRAUSS SUGGESTS
IDEAS FOR TITLES
Offers Sensible Method of
Maintaining Bowling Cham
pionships Throughout Year.
BY CURLEY.
Sunbeams of Bowling.

Not much of a day for sunbeams,
Looks like we've been slipped back
into March.
Man played nature trick by
slipping the clock forward an hour,
but today it looks like the shoe is
on the other foot.
As "Abe Martin, might say:
"'Bout tn only trouble with Harry
Krauss' idea for decidin' th' bowlin'
champeen is where th' other boyvlers
Eoin' tuh find TIL money tuh keep on
payin' him."
Which would he the least of
Harry's worries.
1t is NIL right for PentaIpha play
ers to follow their lcader and fear
no danger, hut they made n mistake
last night i'm trying to emulate their
leaders duckpin scores, said scores
being 80. IS and IS.
Desiring to retain the friendship
of that leader. we forbear TO men,
tion his name.
The Potomac gang tried to way
IN tne psner MhAonIc
League match. hut old Hiram did n
little biting himself. knocking the
POtomacs 40 cold that they felt like
hiding themselves.
"well." said Pratt ns he clipped
off an eighteen spare, I had to
get that hundred some way.
Anyway, IL they adopt Harry
Krauss' suggestion as to maintain
ing championship duckpin teams,
doubles and singles. there will be
some consolation for defeated
champion-S25 worth.
That ought to be some little bit of
balm to wounded pride.
Harry Krauss has come through wit
one of the best suggestions in bowl
ing line advanced here in a long time
Harry simply proposes to have tn
tournament develop cham
pionship team and also a title holde
in the doubles and singles to hold TO
the coming year. Here is the wa.
Krauss presents his idea:
"One disadvantage of the tournamen
has been that it never has created per
champions. A team gets tn
highest set, a double and singles doe
the same. but that is the last heard o
it, Now. | think it would be a goo
idea to have the team which wins tn
first prize in the tournament declare
champion of the District and have
defend that title throughout the en-
suing year against all challengers. Ais
give any two players the right to chal
lenge for the doubles title and an
individual the same opportunity t
challenge and meet the man who score
the highest set in the singles.
This would work out SO that if tn
Grand Centrals score the highest set il
the tournament the Westons, Royals
Inglesides, Navy Yard No. ., or an,
lenge for a titular match. The sam
thing would be true of the doubles an
singles.
Challenger to Put Up Forfeit.
sTo make the matches of some inter
est I would suggest that the challenging
team, double or single. be forced to pu
up a certain amount of money. in orde
that there would not be flood of chal
lenges to run the thing in the ground
For instance. for a team to challenge tn
team it would have to pu
up say, S35. For 2. double to challeng
it would have to put up san and singl
s25. There would be no betting. as tn
champion would not have anything a
stake except the title. The team chal
longing would simply be taking a chanc
of getting it's money back by becoming
chamnon itse;f and being in turn chal
lenged. Win or lose, the champion woul'
get the money put UP by the challenger.
Undoubtedly this would prove a goo
and certainly is worthy o
by those in charge of tn
Such action would tend I
keen lD interest in the sport and deyeio
an interest in local matches heretofor