The Washington times., 1928-10-26

dMOuH tue 1edulA olui.s1.a Pult
combination moulded by goo
initials gave the team its nar
The Jeds were ever a mighty
factor in the disposition 5of Il the
District and National f'snltaI league
penants. 1t isn't recalled that they
ever finished far down the list.
That was in the day Of the
great Palace, Grand Central
and 7. NJ. c. a. teams, when
stieh as Harry Krauss, Johnny
Vaeth Of the Grand Central,
Raw chaplin, Ed Howser,
Johnny Baum. Harry STAFFORD.
Ruck Harley, Pop HALEY,
gIxinny Carroll and John Meany
were in their prime. The light
az these stars long since has
dimmed to impereeptibility.
Coming along to take their places
were the Campbells, WolstenhoiIns
and BURNERS. They were mighty
DAYS In the bowling racket. albeit
the game had not Its army OF de-
voices 5 now. Most OF the bowling
alley managers of the present Won
their spurs at the old Palace when
Harry Krauss was monarch there.
CONSPICUOUS among them being AL
Gardner. of Convention Hall;
Howard Campbell of the King Pin.
atd Ionnie Kraus OF the Coliseum.
And many's the yarn Pop Hall2y'
now plotting the big Recreation,
could tell Of Palace days He was
3 veteran sven then. SO was Harry
Armiger who succeeded Krauss as
the Palace manager and who now
manages the King Pin No. 2.
a coiorful group they were and
they helped UNNECESSARILY to lay
solid foundation for the great sport
that bowling is today. Small
wonder that the name OF Harry
Krauss Is revered among bowlers.
Elm his DAYS as Palace manager,
Krauss probably was at bis great
est.s AS a STRIPPING he had estab-
Iisl1ed q world endurance REGARD by
rolling tenpins for "a hours with
out halt.
He was the acknowledged
ruler of the fenpin as well as
drcEpin bOwIers during his
palace regime yet he refused
TO take advantage Of his skill
10 fatten his porI1etbOOk. kralIss
was the first star bowler OF
Washineton to pass up gam
bling because he thought Il had
IN evil influence on the game.
Hs VISA an idealist who reckoneu
his particular assignment in
A. kaawmNtWaNv
Nor in carrying out that plan
was he always prompted by bust
ness reasons. In this connection
an interesting story is told by
w. Wood. general director 0f
Never Davis bowling enterprises
and Wood appears TO take delight
In telling It. He's a warm admiFer
OF Krauss.
Harry left the Pelace TO take
charge OF Frank shermsn's alley,
the Royal. He had been there Tor
sometime when Meyer Davis made
his first splurge AZ a bowling pro-
meter. Davis selected A youngster
named Bill Wood to run the new
King Pin. Wood had showed
promise in other lines OF smuse-
T,.ent promotion for Davis and the
big music man had a lot of faith
in hira.
But Bill knew positively moth
ing about the bowling business.
He had never so much az rolled
q game. But "a hours in a day
wasn't too much for Bill in his
effort to learn.
And the chap who gave him an
invaluable start was none other
than rival in business, Harry
franklin Krauss
Taking care Of bowling nj.
legs, the mere conditioning of
them, is almost an art. Young
Bill quickly learned this truth.
But who to turn 10 for tute-
lage?
Somebody told him that Harry
Krauss was one of the foremost
alley authorities in the land 1t
was not exagGerat ton. Harry
looked after his mapleways as
though they were precious jewels
The rookie bowling manager
waived ethics. He hied himself
to 6herman's with the thought in
mind that If Krauss would heir
him surely there would come a
If IT'S