The Washington times., 1928-10-25
KING PINS
SAVED BY
VETERAN
By Z. b. Thonas

BY 4. D. Thomas
A man old enough to be the
daddy Of nine-tenths of Wash
ingtons bowling stars is get
ting the glad hand from King
Pin rooters today for having
saved his team from utter
humiIiation- in battle with
its prime District League foe,
the champion Convention Hall
crew.
But for Arthur Logan. 81 years
old. Convention Hall would have
scored a clean sweep and wiped out
the King Pins lead in the pennant
race of the Capitals flashiest duck
pin loop.
IN the last box of the second
game, when Convention Hall ap-
peared to have the victory locked
up, Logan made a smashing strike.
In rolling it off he struck again,
and with his final ball he counted
seven.
This make it an even game
and put the issue squarely up
To the anchor men. Howard
Campbell for the King Pin and
Glenn WOlstenilolme for the
champs. And both did all that
could be expected Of star fin
isIers: Each spared. But
Campbell got 4 few more pins
Il
King Pins won by q margin of
TIVE. 5S3 to 58I Tt was \
thrilling incident to 4 crowd
that ianmed the King Pin es-
fablishmenf.
With Glenn wolstenhoIme leading
the attack, Convention Hall won
two out of three. taking the first
game, sol to SIS. losing the second.
5a3 to 5s1 and winning the odd
game. 569 TO $50. With a clean
sweep the Hall experts would have
deadlocked the King Pins for first
place. the latter now having won
IL games and lost four.
Wolstenholme not ONLY tied the
league record for high set for this
season with a total Of 405, but
crawled up close to even with Pierce
Elicit. OF Stanford Paper Company,
who leads in the individual cham
pionship race with an average of
122. Glenn's games were 1S9. 53
and lis. He had much the better
OF it in competition with his
formidable rival, Campbell.
Glenn's kid brother, shooting his
first big match with Convention
Hall, totaIed a mere 332, but it
was enough to prove the young
fellah's mettle.
As Capt. Harry Burtner re-
marked after the trial was over:
with a little more experience
under that sort of fire. he'll do
plenty" At Convention Hall
they believe that no mistake
has been made in selecting
young Jack, who Is still in his
teens. to take the place Of Red
Megaw. who left the champion
ship lineup to take fat job in
Richmond.
1t fs said that bowling has all
but the billiard promoters out of
business in this city, but packed
house is expected at the Arcadia
for the remainder of this week
when Ralph sGFeenleaf plays a series
with Ed TindeH ard Joe McCann.
TindelL at the age of 90. is the
District champion. McCann. how
ever. in the better player at this
tfme. having just defeated Tindell,
300 10 12S in an exhibition match.
Greenleaf is playing Tindell this
afternoon. action starting at 2:30
O'clock At 8 tonight he will meet
McCann. The world pchampion will
to eoneede each a 50-ball
handicap in a Hotpoint match. The
same program. "a fterno0n. and night,
will be followed tomorrow and Sat
urday.
Beyond question Greenleaf is the
greatest pocket hiIIiardist OF all
time. Except for few months
lapse here and there he has held
the world title for 10 years. He
pockets balls as easily as an ordi-
nary PLAYER would point 10 the
target. He's the astest PLAYER
among the big timers.
One OF fine most phenomenal
records IN sport is GreenleaI'S
run of 265, made in an exhibi-
fien at Stockton. Calf. When
better than average player
clicks off rack rs ballSl he
feels fair to middlin' satisfied.
They racIxed 'em 18 times for
CsreenIeaf during that powerful
run. He missed on the elev-
enth shot oi the eighteenth
set.Up. He has run 191 balls
I'm championship play. which is
another worlds record.
Excepting possibly Jay Gould in
sauash racquets. Greenleaf is the
most outstanding figure in anv
sport. The boy is genius, and
make no mistake about It, His
talent is not confined 10 billiard
technique. He's an expert show.
man. His repertoire OF trick shots
Is amazing.
The first doubles league in the
history Of bowling here will start
q week from Saturday at the
Arcadia. with Miss Billie Williams
at the helm. 1t will be the second
time that Miss Williams has been
.. pioneer. Fifteen years ago she
organized the first women's duck
0in team of Washington.
Mrs. Irene Mischou is vice presi
dent of the new league, which was
o,ea uiZed last night af fba rcadjs