The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-03
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KING PINS .
BY R. d. Thomas

Most of the bowling chatter this
season has been about the rising
young stars, but it required an old
man to put the screws on Al
Gardner's famous Convention Hall
team, which tops the all-star Dis
trict League.
None other than Arthur Logan,
nearly So years of age, was the
big gun when the King Pins con-
quered Gardeners sharpshooters, two
games to one. in a red-hot battle
at Convention Hail.
Logan's 1877 settled the issue in
the first game. $50 to $50, and his
$50 was extremely important in
giving the King Pins the final,
6S4 to SIS, although Dutch Weld.
man was high man with 1876.
Logan, with 107. more than held
his own, comparatively speaking,
when the King Pins dropped the
middle skirmish. $40 to 500.
As a result of their rather
unexpected victory, the King
Pins now are only two games
behind the leading team. 1t
was enormously reported that
Convention Hall, before the
match, had lead of one game.
A set of 366 barely maintained
the 122 average of Jack Whalen,
of Convention Hall, who tops the
District League standings. 1t ap-
peared that Jacks sensational mark
was due for deflation until he
steamed up in the final and gath
cred lao sticks. Happy BURNER,
his captain, ran him race for
high honors with a set of 1858. Logan
was easily the best of the King
Pins, with a total of 374.
Old Arthur's nifty set brought
his average in the District League
up to III and a fraction and
strengthened his hold on third place.
Whalen, with 122 and Freddie
Moore. of Meyer Davis, with 12t,
are the experts he hopes to catch
and there are observers who believe
he will do it before this hectic
campaign is finished.
'For some unaccountable reason,
Logan is having one of his best
seasons in a bowling career that dates
from time when most of his rivals
were ir swaddling clothes.
II got away to a fine start, was
reinfected with the bowling spirit
we had as a youngster and have sim.
ply kept on trying" says Logan.
1--WE seen the time when we
RnnVh chnnf haitian IuunIyWns,re
not much better. The alleys
are better than they used to be,
you know, and that has lot to
do with the fat average we're
carrying. In the old days any
thing from los to 1O9 was plenty
good. You have to do us or
more nowadays to count as
tirst-class bowler.
But there's something else that's
helping my game this year. It's the
King Pin spirit. We have a regular
captain in Charlie Benson and a chap
that can't be beat for a chief in
Bill Wood The boys are all pulling
together and we have a team that's
q lot more thar a mere collection
of good bowlers."
Logan made a record years ago
that the boys still talk about. Com
peting with such stars as Glenn
Wolstenholme, Howard Campbell, AL
Works. Make Rosenberg, and two
or three others who then were
sharpshooters in independent games
at the old Rathskeller. Logan won
every game in ten hours of play.
After that" Works remarked the
other night in discussing Logan's
feats, "the game broke up when
ever Arthur came into the place"
The Veihmeyers have drawn
first blood i'm the resumptiOn of
their feud with the DOnaIdsOns.
The two well-SnOwn teams Of
brothers shot it out in the first
S-game set of series of three
at Convention Hall. and the
Veihmeyers won 76.pin lead,
1874 to 1,468.
With that advantage the Vein.
meyers should have rather easy
sailing, but it seems that the ex.
pected seldom happens in battles
between the Veihmeyers and DON
aldsons. Their scrap last winter
was nip and tuck to the end, the
Donaldsons winning by small mar
gin.
The Donaldsons trotted out seven
brothers for the opening clash of
1927. They were Frank. Melvin,
Will. Wallace. Edwin. Rhelt and
Linwood. On the other side were
six-Hany, Edward, Dan, Frank,
William and Jess.
Dan Veihmeyer had the best game
OF 123 and his brother Hany the
best set, 32S.
The Beeques, named for that
popular pioneer among girl
bOwlers. Bronson Quaites. are
In fair way to repeat their
pennant victory of last season in
the Washington Ladies Duckpin
League. They have a three
game lead over the seCOnd-place
COlumbians and a pin average
that marks them clearly as the
strongest team in the league.
The Beeques have been spilling
an average of 48S naples a game,
which is 10 pins better than their
nearest rivals in that respect, the
Commercials, who are in third
place.