Baltimore PBA Open

$20,400 BALTIMORE PBA OPEN
Unitas Colt Lanes, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 5-8, 1963
Ray Rides At Baltimore

Lewis Ray of Fort Worth, Tex. won 14 of his 16 match games in the finals to win the $20,400 Johnny Unitas Baltimore Open by 112 pins. This was Ray's first PBA tournament victory.

The Baltimore test was the first in which the PBA used its new scoring system. The pins from the 24-game qualifier were carried over into the 16-game finals and each victory in the finals was worth 50 pins.

Ray qualified in the 13th spot and then proceeded to "tear foes up" by winning nine straight matches in the finals, before losing two and then going the rest of the way.

Baltimore's Harry Smith finished in the runnerup hole, Ray Bluth of St. Louis was third and Bill Bunetta of Fresno, Calif. was fourth.

Highlights of the finals was the match between Smith and Bluth. Smith spared in the first frame and then strung 11 straight strikes to win, 289-279. Bluth spared in his first two tries and then struck out.

40 GAMES

	Name, City/State	Pins	+	Tot	Amt

1	Lewis Ray, Ft. Worth, Tex.	8384	700	9084	3000.00
2	Harry Smith, Baltimore, Md.	8472	500	8972	1500.00
3	Ray Bluth, St. Louis, Mo.	8526	400	8926	1200.00
4	Bill Bunetta, Fresno, Calif.	8493	400	8893	1100.00
5	Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif.	8464	400	8864	1000.00
6	Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga.	8338	450	8788	950.00
7	George Howard, Detroit, Mich.	8285	500	8785	900.00
8	Teata Semiz, Riveredge, N.J.	8257	500	8757	850.00
9	Monroe Moore, Pontiac, Mich.	8199	450	8749	800.00
10	Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif.	8214	400	8614	750.00
11	Jack Biondolillo, Houston. Tex.	8307	300	8607	700.00
12	Billy Welu, St. Louis, Mo.	8206	325	8531	650.00
13	Roger Helle, Detroit, Mich.	8166	350	8516	600.00
14	Dick Downey, Bloomfield, N.J.	8103	325	8428	550.00
15	Earl Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn.	8195	100	8295	525.00
16	Dan Spada, Cherry Hill, N.J.	7931	300	8231	500.00

24 GAMES

Pos.	Name, City/State	Total	Amount

17	Bob Strampe	4880	$400.00
18	Bob Kwolek	4879	295.00
19	Robbie Robinson	4866	290.00
20	Vince Lucci	4856	285.00
21	Bill Anderson	4845	280.00
22	Carl Babb	4843	280.00
23	Joel Vick	4821	280.00
24	Ed Lubanski	4814	137.50
	Charlie Butera	4814	137.50

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