Professional Bowlers Association

Excitement reached a fever pitch in the first game and continued until John Mazza's last shot cleared the deck and locked up his victory in the $150,000 Hilton- Hotels Classic at Reno Hilton Lanes.

Mazza's 267-233 victory over Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Stockton, Calff., was nearly overshadowed by Butch Soper's opening 300 game.

Soper, Lake Havasu City, Ariz, was the first to work the capacity crowd Into a frenzy after his 12th ball scattered the pins for only the eighth perfect game in the 33-year history of the Pro Bowlers Tour telecasts comprising more than 5,000 games. Even though Williams knocked off Soper, 228-213, in the second game, Soper's fourth place money of $6,500 was bolstered with a $10,000 bonus from the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA).

Williams defeated former national champion Adam Apo, 244-235, in the semffinal to earn the shot against top-seed Mazza. Williams opened the title match with six strikes in a row and Mazza didn't like his chances. Then things changed.

What Williams did was leave the 2-4-5-8 "bucket" in the seventh and ninth' frames, while Mazza kept striking. Although Williams converted both spares, he fell too far behind and Maze's double In the 10th frame earned the $27,000 top prize for the lefty from Shelby Township, Mich.

The victim of Soper's perfection was Bob Benoit of Topeka, Kan. Benoit now has been on both sides of a televised perfect game having rolled one himself to win the 1986 Quaker State Open in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Williams added second-place money of $14,000 to his total. Apo, from Florrissant, Mo., took home $8,000 for third and Benoit, who good naturedly dabbed sweat from Soper's face after the 300, was consoled with $5,900 for his 236 effort in the face of perfection.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

PLAYOFF RESULTS-Soper defeated Benoit, 300-236; Williams defeated Soper, 228-213; Williams defeated Apo, 244-235; and in the championship game, Mazza defeated Williams, 267-233. **-Soper receives $10,000 bonus from PBA for 300 game.

42 GAME TOTALS

		Name, City		Pins		Avg		WLT		+		Tot		Amt
#1		John Mazza, Shelby Township, MI		10158		241.9		18-6-0		540		10698
2		Adam Apo, Florissant, MO		9776		232.8		18-6-0		540		10316
3		Walter Ray Williams Jr., Stockton, CA		9729		231.6		18-6-0		540		10269
4		Butch Soper, Lake Havasu City, AZ		9766		232.5		13-9-2		420		10186
5		Bob Benoit, Topeka, KS		9728		231.6		15-9-0		450		10178
#6		Mike Scroggins, Amarillo, TX		9786		233.0		12-12-0		360		10146		$4,500
#7		Bob Vespi, Coral Springs, FL		9786		233.0		11-13-0		330		10116		4,300
8		Parker Bohn III, Jackson, NJ		9730		231.7		12-12-0		360		10090		4,100
9		Ricky Ward, North Fort Myers, FL		9664		230.1		12-11-1		375		10039		3,900
10		Bob Markiewicz, San Diego, CA		9679		230.5		10-14-0		300		9979		3,700
11		Scott Devers, Richmond, IN		9507		226.4		14-9-1		435		9942		3,500
12		Wayne Webb, Canandaigua, NY		9433		224.6		15-9-0		450		9883		3,300
#13		Kirk von Krueger, Pensacola, FL		9534		227.0		11-13-0		330		9864		3,100
#14		Bob Belmont, Dunedin, FL		9470		225.5		13-11-0		390		9860		2,950
15		Dennis Jacques, Monmouth Junction, NJ		9524		226.8		10-14-0		300		9824		2,800
16		Dave Arnold, Gilbert, AZ		9473		225.6		10-13-1		315		9788		2,650
17		Joe Salvemini Las Vegas		9472		225.5		9-15-0		270		9742		2,500
18		Dave Wodka, Las Vegas		9464		225.3		9-15-0		270		9734		2,350
#19		Dennis Horan, San Diego, CA		9316		221.8		11-12-1		345		9661		2,200
20		Rick Steelsmith, Wichita, KS		9383		223.4		9-15-0		270		9653		2,050
#21		Ryan Shafer, Elmira NY		9358		222.8		8-16-0		240		9598		1,900
22		Bob Learn Jr., Erie, PA		9295		221.3		10-14-0		300		9595		1,750
23		Brian Voss, Atlanta, GA		9322		222.0		9-15-0		270		9592		1,600
24		Dave Husted, Milwaukie, OR		9255		220.4		8-16-0		240		9495		1,550

Pos.		Name, City/State	Amount
25		George Branham III, Indianapolis	$1,450
26		Mark Turney, Corpus Christi, TX	1,310
27		Michael Dias, Lafayette, CO	1,290
28		Joe Barket, Morro Bay, CA	1,270
29		Tommy Delutz Jr., Jamaica, NY	1,250
30		Bobby Knipple, Long Beach CA	1,230
@31		Felix Fines, Sacramento, CA	1,220
32		Mark Williams, Beaumont, TX	1,210
33		Jess Stayrook, Tempe, AZ	1,200
34		Doug Kent, Canandaigua, NY	1,185
		Billy Young, Tulsa, OK	1,185
36		Justin Hromek, Andover, KS	1,170
37		Roger Haskell, Kent, WA	1,155
		Jim Lee, Riverside, CA	1,155
39		Scott Alexander, Seattle	1,140
40		Don Moser, San Jose, CA	1,130
41		Eric Forkel, Chatsworth, CA	1,120
42		Del Ballard Jr., Richardson, TX	1,110
43		Jay Burgess, Houston, TX	1,100
44		Doug Wallace, Portland, OR	1,090
45		Steve Hoskins, Tarpon Springs, FL	1,080
46		Brett Sterley, Springfield, MO	1,070
47		Brian Davis, Casselberry, FL	1,060
48		Paul Koehler, Stuart, FL	1,050
49		Chris Warren, Dallas	1,040
50		Derek Williams, Groves, TX	1,030
51		Jim Poulos, Pine Grove, CA	1,020
52		Marty Trendel, Elgin, IL	1,010
53		Charlie Standish, Kalamazoo, MI	1,000