Professional Bowlers Association

Part-time PBA Tour competitor Roger Bowker, Ocala, Fla., survived the championship finals and downed local favorite Purvis Granger, Lafayette, La., 224-189, to emerge with his first PBA title in the $200,000 Don Carter's Greater New Orleans Classic. Bowker collected the $38,000 first prize and earned a trip to the Firestone Tournament of Champions in the PBA's first national tournament return to the New Orleans area since 1978.

"Who Dat?" was the New Orleans Saints rallying cry during the season but could have been applicable to the lack of television finals experience among the championship lineup at Don Carter's All-Star Lanes-Harvey. The matches were not indicative of any "network nervousness" among the players who bested a top notch field over 42 games of qualifying and match play.

Ten-time titlist Pete Weber, Florissant, Mo., was the only veteran among the five and took advantage of his experience in topping hometown pro Scott Monteleone, 256-236, despite the capacity crowd's chants of "Scoot, Scoot" for Monteleone, one of the premier players in the PBA's Southern Region, along with Bowker.

Enter Tony Westlake, Edmond, Okla., who was trying to make It three consecutive triumphs for Richard Altman sponsored players and Westlake gave every indication he would be equally unstoppable as be bounced Weber, 259-227, behind 10 strikes. Granger then halted Westlake's momentum, 248-198, on the strength of six late strikes.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

PLAYOFF RESULTS - Weber defeated Monteleone, 256-236; Westlake defeated Weber, 259-237; Granger defeated Westlake, 248-198; and in the championship game, Bowker defeated Granger, 224-189.

42-GAME TOTALS

		Name, City		Pins		Avg		WLT		+		Tot		Amt
1		Roger Bowker, Ocala, Fla.		9261		220.5		13-11-0		390		9651
2		Purvis Granger, Lafayette, La.		9129		217.4		17-7-0		510		9639
3		Tony Westlake, Edmond, Okla.		9111		216.9		16-8-0		480		9591
4		Scott Monteleone, New Orleans		9095		216.5		15-9-0		450		9545
5		Pete Weber, Florissant, Mo.		9128		217.3		12-12-0		360		9488
6		Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla.		9078		216.1		13-11-0		390		9468		$6,000
7		Walter Ray Williams Jr., Stockton, Calif.		9031		215.0		13-11-0		390		9421		5,500
8		Dave Husted, Milwaukie, Ore.		8890		211.7		14-9-1		435		9325		5,000
9		Corey Groth, La Verne, Calif.		8870		211.2		14-10-0		420		9290		4,500
10		Philip Ringener, Big Spring, Texas		8911		212.2		12-11-1		375		9286		4,000
11		Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif.,		8855		210.8		14-10-0		420		9275		3,600
12		Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore.		8915		212.3		11-13-0		390		9245		3,300
13		Joseph Firpo, Lake Worth, Fla.		8801		209.5		14-10-0		420		9221		3,000
#14		Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind.		8811		209.8		13-11-0		390		9201		2,800
15		Craig Rourke, Santa Clara, Calif.		8766		208.7		14-10-0		420		9186		2,500
		Jim Stefanich, Joliet, III.		8916		212.3		9-15-0		270		9186		2,500
17		Ron Palombi Jr., Erie, Pa.		8741		208.1		14-10-0		420		9161		2,300
18		David Traber, Woodstock, III.		8836		210.4		9-14-1		285		9121		2,200
19		Adam Colton, Coral Springs, Fla.		8853		210.8		8-16-0		240		9093		2,100
20		David Ozio, Vidor, Texas		8638		205.7		9-15-0		270		8908		2,000
21		Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla.		8578		204.2		8-16-0		240		8818		1,900
22		Jeff Bellinger, Columbia, S.C.		8536		203.2		8-15-1		255		8791		1,800
23		John Cofhlin, Jefferson, La.		8423		200.5		8-i6-0		240		8663		1,700
24		Norm Duke, Fort Worth, Texas		8402		200.0		8-16-0		240		8642		1,600

Pos.		Name, City/State	Amount
*25		Nelson Burton Jr., Troy. Mo.	$1,570
26		Don Moser, Santa Clara, Calif.	1,440
27		Dennis Horan Jr., Santa Clara, Calif.	1,430
28		Tom Crites, Tampa, Fla.	1,420
29		Curtis Odom, Winston Salem, N.C.	1,410
30		Mark Baker, Garden Grove, Calif.	1,400
31		Steve Jaros, Bolingbrook, Ill.	1,390
32		John Huffman, Linwood, Kan.	1,370
		Chuck Mogavero, Sun Lakes, Ariz.	1,370
		Brian Voss, Tacoma, Wash.	1,370
35		Mike Taylor, Carlsbad, Calif.	1,350
36		Mark Elicker, York, Pa.	1,340
37		Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y.	1,330
38		Dennis Psaropoulos, W. Palm Beach, Fla.	1,320
39		John Gant, Independence, Ky..	1,305
		Dave Soutar, Leawood, Kan.	1,305
41		Randy Pedersen, Santa Maria, Calif.	1,290
42		Butch Soper, Windsor, Ont., Can.	1,275
		Del Warren, Lake Worth, Fla.	1,275
44		Todd Agee, Akron, Ohio	1,260
45		Henry Gonzalez, Colo. Springs, Colo.	1,250
46		Bob Handley, Pompano Beach, Fla.	1,240
47		Jimmy Keeth,W. Palm Beach, Fla.	1,230
48		Dick Weber, St. Louis	1,220
49		Pete McCordic, Houston	1,210
50		Dale Eagle, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.	1,200
51		Ted Hannahs, Zanesville, Ohio	1,185
		Johnny Petraglia, Manalapan, N.J.	1,185
53		Ryan Boyd, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.	390
		Robert Lawrence, Austin, Texas.	390
		Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas	390