Interesting and not so interesting lede

1. I found this lede in the Culture section of El Comercio de Quito. It was very interesting because I wanted to know what the core of this news was and read the entire story.

“Last days of World Word II: dictator Adolf Hitler has committed suicide in his bunker, but a fanatic nazi hierarch still wants to destroy the greatest artistic treasure robbed in Europe. A group of miners, not the ‘Monuments men’ that inspire George Clooney´s movie, manage to prevent this from happening.”

The story is told in layers in an artistic format. As the readers continue with the narration, they have access to different layers of data about some topics:

- Konrad Kramar´s recent book

- An artistic issue that took place in Hitler´s time

- The main interest of a group of miners and their relation with the artistic treasure that was robbed

- Historical background

In the lede, not much information is given, but enough information is given for the reader to get interested in the story.

2. In my opinion, this second lede from lahora.com.ec is not so good.

“The concentration and exact direction that the player wants to give the ball are some of billiards’ characteristics, a game that brings friends together, who perform over the table shots to demonstrate who is the best.”

This is an article that talks about billiards. It is not hot news but there is not much information about the sport on the lede, or at least interesting information about billiards that catches the reader. The author could have included some striking element or datum about billiards history in this paragraph. I think that the writer could have taken advantage of the fact that this story isn´t hot news and write it in a more creative and artistic way. I also believe that it is not correctly written.