Professional Bowlers Association

Despite having lost to all of the other championship finalists in match play earlier, Ron Williams avenged three of those defeats en route to his first PBA championship in the $150,000 Budweiser Classic at Columbus Square Bowling Palace. Williams, Cahokia, III., upended 1986 Budweiser Classic champ Dave Ferraro, 242-193, for the $27,000 first prize and earned a berth into the 1989 Firestone Tournament of Champions.

Williams started with a triple and Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., fell behind immediately after opening with a spare, strike and converting the 3-10 "baby split." Ferraro then struck again, but opened in his fifth frame after leaving the 4-6-7-9-10 split. Williams put together three straight spares and then tacked on a four-bagger to put matters out of reach for Ferraro.

In the opening game of the NBC Sports-televised finals, Wayne Webb defeated championship round rookie D.J. Hochstein, Farmington Hills, Mich., 248-236. Against Webb, Williams played catch-up until a four-bagger through his first shot in the 10th gave him the edge to advance, 232-228.

Next up was a battle of "Williams" when second-seeded Walter Ray Williams Jr. and Ron matched opening doubles. Their game was close throughout and when Ron finished with a 257, Walter Ray could have moved into the title match-up with a double, but collected only the first strike and bowed, 257-255.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

PLAYOFF RESULTS - Webb defeated Hochstein, 248-236; Williams defeated Webb, 232-228; Williams defeated Williams Jr., 257-255; and in the championship game, Williams defeated Ferraro, 242-193.

42-GAME TOTALS

		Name, City		Pins		Avg		WLT		+		Tot		Amt
1		Dave Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y.		9432		224.6		16-7-1		495		9927
#2		Walter Ray Williams Jr., Stockton, Calif.		9377		223.3		18-6-0		540		9917
3		Ron Williams, Cahokia, III.		9322		222.0		14-19-1		435		9757
4		D.J. Hochstein, Farmington Hills, Mich.		9261		220.5		14-10-0		420		9681
5		Wayne Webb, Beaumont, Texas		9297		221.4		11-13-0		330		9627
6		Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, U.S.A.		9166		218.2		14-10-0		420		9586		$4,500
7		Parker Bohn III, Freehold, N.J.		9146		217.8		13-11-0		390		9536		4,000
8		Butch Soper, Tustin, Calif.		9145		217.7		12-11-1		375		9520		3,600
9		Ted Hannahs, Zanesville, Ohio		9105		216.8		13-11-0		390		9495		3,200
10		Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y.		9057		215.6		13-10-0		405		9462		3,000
11		Tom Laskow, Commack, N.Y.		9041		215.3		13-11-0		390		9431		2,800
12		Tony Marrese, Hilton Head, S.C.		9072		216.0		11-13-0		330		9402		2,550
		Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela		9087		216.4		10-13-1		315		9402		2,550
14		George Branham III, San Diego, Calif.		9050		215.5		11-12-1		345		9395		2,400
15		Phillip Ringener, Big Spring, Texas		9015		214.6		12-12-0		360		9375		2,300
16		Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas		9012		214.6		11-12-1		345		9357		2,200
17		Tony Westlake, Edmond, Okla.		9026		214.9		11-13-0		330		9356		2,100
18		Jimmie Pritts Jr., Manchester, N.H.		8977		213.7		12-12-0		360		9337		2,000
19		Noel Liederbach, Northfield, Ohio		9047		215.4		9-15-0		270		9317		1,900
20		Randy Pedersen, Santa Maria, Calif.		9036		215.1		8-16-0		240		9276		1,800
21		Scott Devers, Centerville, Ind.		8887		211.6		12-12-0		360		9247		1,700
22		James A. Miller, Tempe, Ariz.		8839		210.5		9-13-2		300		9139		1,600
23		James Lang, Indianapolis		8892		211.7		7-16-1		225		9117		1,550
24		David Ozio, Vidor, Texas		8750		208.3		9-15-0		270		9020		1,500

Pos.		Name, City/State	Amount
*25		Leroy Bornhop, St. Charles, Mo.	$1,360
26		Ron Palombi Jr., Erie, Pa.	1,220
27		David Guindon, West Seneca, N.Y..	1,210
28		Mats Karlsson, Sweden	1,200
29		Ron Bell, Akron, Ohio	1,190
30		Steve Jaros, Bolingbrook, Ill.	1,180
31		Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla.	1,170
#32		Chris Warren, Dallas	1,160
33		Bryan Alpert, Las Vegas, Nev.	1,150
34		Tom Milton, St. Petersburg, Fla.	1,140
35		Curtis Odom, Winston Salem, N.C.	1,130
36		Charlie Tapp, Woodbury, Minn.	1,120
37		Dave Husted, Milwaukie, Ore.	1,105
		Mike Taylor, Carlsbad, Calif.	1,105
39		Joe Berardi, Wellington, Fla.	1,090
40		Tom Crites, Tampa, Fla.	1,080
41		Hugh Miller, Everett, Wash.	1,070
42		Rodolfo Monacelli, Venezuela	1,060
43		Steve Wunderlich, St. Louis	1,050
44		Rowdy Morrow, St. Louis	1,040
45		Norm Duke, Fort Worth, Texas	1,030
46		Tom Adcock, Decatur, Ill.	1,020
47		Jimmy Keeth, W. Palm Beach, Fla.	1,005
		Randy Lightfoot, St. Charles, Mo.	1,005
49		Jeff Bellinger, Columbia, S.C.	990
50		Brian Marler, Upper Marlboro, Md.	980
51		Mark Bowers, Aberdeen, Md.	970
52		Todd Thompson, Reno, Nev.	960
53		Paul Ashby, Mentor, Ohio	950