The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-15
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Claus did yeoman duty Tor the
stork and brought q wee bundle
Of humanity to an honest ano
Woodworking German family Of
Philadelphia.
In later years when that un
usual Christmas gift reached man
: hood, it developed into Harry
Francis Krauss, hailed by a host
> Of admirers as the greatest duck
pin bowler Of all times.
The German family moved to
Washington when Harry was eight
years old. They settled at Nine
r teenth and Eye Streets Northwest
where the future great duckp1nner
attended Grant School.
After he completed grammar
school, he became q photographer
and worked under his father, q
q foreman Of a wellknown local
:. print shop Of the day.
However, printing did not appeal
to him. When he reached voting
, age he was hired as manager OF
.. the subway alleys at the historic
Palace plant and few years later
: became general manager OF the
establishment. He continued in
that capacity until 1922, when
Frank Sherman left him and
r George Lewis the billiard parIors
on Fourteenth Street, where Harry
= still holds forth.
Started At IS
Harry became interested in
,. bowling when Is years Of age. 1t
was ten pins, Of course, Tor duck
pins were unknown then.
He rolled with Y. M. c. A
team, which won the washington
City Ten Pin League champion
ship that year. Harry'S first sea-
son average pronounced him a
e star of first magnitude.
T. AS a ten-pin bowler he attracted
: national notice on three coca
: sions. He was the first man to
bowl "a hours without stopping
averaging 1875 for 118 games. He
did this in the spring Of 1907.
He placed his name on the
American Bowling Congress books
u BY winning the national doubles
= crown with, Charlie Speiss, another
: D. C. star. It was the first year
either had bowled in the big test
O. He also annexed the singles
: title Of the National Ten-Pin Bowl
ing Congress which lasted only a
few years. It was as a tenpin
bowler, that he acquired his nick
name "Mose."
Harry was one Of the first tc
see the possibility Of duckpins
when they were first introduced
about 1905. He almost immediate
" established himself as a top
:: notcher at upsetting the little
NAPLES as well as the big ones.
Good Everywhere
Harry was good on every alley
and under all conditions anc
type Of competition, but HI
frowned on the idea Of bowling
for money. 1t was only through
the insistence of friends that HI
bowled Count" Gengler, the
famous trick bowler. Friends
recall that though the Count
beat Harry four out OF five
games, "Ole Moses" five-gam'
total was higher, having swampec
Gengler in the final game.
g When Harry did something N
: did it in a big way. In 1921 8
tournament Of national scope wa.
organized at the Recreation, ther
the National Rifles. and though
stars like Barney Spinella came
from out Of town to participate
in it, he won the singles and all
events and led his team, thu
Royals, to the team champion
ship.
Krauss thrice led the Distric'
League in averages, and never wa!
worse than fourth in the othel
years he bowled in it. finishing
second the year he retired. 1923
He also led the National Capita
League twice.
Harry was president of the w
c. D. A. in 1915. Strangel!
enough he never won the Wash
2 ington City Association singles o.
all-eventS crown. KrauSS, O.
course, was one Of the stars or
r every all-star team Of his day
and invariably was found a
anchor.
Above EN- All
Pop" HALEY, Harry's bosom
friend Of many years, places hin
unreservedly above all other duck.
Primers of past, present and hi
is inclined to even include the
future. Pop" effuseS:
Harry was primarily . sports
man. He played and wanted
= others to play every game clean
and fair. One of the fairest
minded men on earth. He did
more for bowling, through his
high ideals for the game, than
any other man."
Harry makes rare appearance!
on the drives nowadays. bowling
once in a while IN some specia
event. He has taken up golf anc
has done well at it. He also play
q fine game Of billiards.
However, he longs for the OLE
ten-pin days, for he believes tina
the big pin sport is far NOR
scientific and interesting thai
the ducks. Comments his south
paw brother, laconic Lonnie:
Harry was q great ten-pin
and duckpin bowler, = good
billiard player and fair golfer,