Marty Pirano, an unheralded pro from Syracuse, N.Y., was almost a wireto-wire leader in wrapping up the $23,400 Warren Coca-Cola Open. The 5-6 lefthander led the 24-game qualifier and then paced the field through most of the 16-game head-to-head action to bank the $3,000 first prize. Dick Weber was Piraino's chief adversary and it looked as if the St. Louis star might do it when he hung a 269-205 black eye on Piraino in the 15th game. Only three pins separated Piraino and Weber going into the position round. The pair matched spare-strike-spare-strike-strike before a balky seven-pin stopped Weber. Piraino threw three more strikes to wrap it up, 238-216. The new champion, knocked down 8675 pins over the 40-game tournament route and added 550 bonus pins for winning 11 of his 16 matches in the finals. 40 GAMES | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Marty Piraino, Syracuse, N.Y. | | 8675 | | 550 | | 9225 | | 3000.00 | | 2 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8702 | | 450 | | 9152 | | 1500.00 | | 3 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 8461 | | 500 | | 8961 | | 1200.00 | | 4 | | Ray Bluth, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8486 | | 450 | | 8936 | | 1100.00 | | 5 | | Andy Rogoznica, Chicago, Ill. | | 8435 | | 500 | | 8935 | | 1000.00 | | 6 | | Dick Hoover, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8371 | | 550 | | 8921 | | 950.00 | | 7 | | Billy Hardwick, San Mateo, Calif. | | 8548 | | 800 | | 8848 | | 900.00 | | 8 | | Jim St. John, Chicago, Ill. | | 8449 | | 350 | | 8799 | | 860.00 | | 9 | | George Howard, Detroit, Mich. | | 8275 | | 500 | | 8775 | | 775.00 | | | | Bob Strampe, Detroit, Mich. | | 8326 | | 450 | | 8775 | | 775.00 | | 11 | | Allie Clarke, Cleveland, Ohio | | 8251 | | 450 | | 8701 | | 700.00 | | 12 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | | 8268 | | 250 | | 8518 | | 650.00 | | 13 | | Jack Rosencrance, Endicott, N.Y. | | 8085 | | 350 | | 8435 | | 625.00 | | 14 | | Jim Schroeder, N. Tonawanda, N.Y. | | 8128 | | 300 | | 8428 | | 600.00 | | 15 | | Roger Helle, Detroit, Mich. | | 8211 | | 200 | | 8411 | | 575.00 | | 16 | | Dennis Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio | | 8091 | | 250 | | 8341 | | 540.00 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Les Schissler | 4974 | $450.00 | | 18 | | Steve Nagy | 4972 | 345.00 | | 19 | | Lewis Ray | 4963 | 340.00 | | 20 | | Jim Dunston | 4950 | 332.50 | | | | Bob Chase | 4950 | 332.50 | | 22 | | Paul Bobbey | 4925 | 325.00 | | 23 | | Bob Kwolek | 4913 | 320.00 | | 24 | | Ralph Brunt | 4910 | 315.00 | | 25 | | Wayne Zahn | 4907 | 310.00 | | 26 | | Bill Beach | 4894 | 305.00 | | 27 | | Ted Hoffman | 4893 | 300.00 | | 28 | | Ed Lubanski | 4892 | 295.00 | | 29 | | Skip Vigars | 4878 | 287.50 | | | | Ed Bourdase | 4878 | 287.50 | | 31 | | Bud Hodgson | 4866 | 280.00 | | 32 | | Vern Downing | 4864 | 275.00 | |
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