It took some time coming, but Jim St. John of Chicago finally made the grade . . . He won the $22,000 Rockford Open at the Don Carter Lanes. Jim had been knocking on the championship door for three years before entering with a 9138 pin total for 40 games. This included 600 bonus pins for winning 12 games in the finals. At that, St. John had a rough time with Baltimore's Harry Smith in the final countdown. Smith banged out a 9113 score and won two less games in the finals. This cost the Baltimore Belter 100 bonus pins. A couple real veterans showed their muscles in the Rockford event. Ed Lubanski of Detroit was third with 8956 pins and Buzz Fazio, another Detroiter, was in the No. 4 hole with 8905. St. John was almost a wire-to-wire victor. The ex-sailor led the 24-game qualifier and never was worse than third in the finals. 40 GAMES | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. | | 8638 | | 600 | | 9138 | | 3000.00 | | 2 | | Harry Smith, Baltimore, Md. | | 8613 | | 500 | | 9113 | | 1500.00 | | 3 | | Ed Lubanski, Detroit, Mich. | | 8306 | | 650 | | 8956 | | 1200.00 | | 4 | | Buzz Fazio, Detroit, Mich. | | 8430 | | 475 | | 8905 | | 1100.00 | | 5 | | Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif. | | 8386 | | 450 | | 8835 | | 1000.00 | | 6 | | Jerry Hale, Richmond, Calif. | | 8317 | | 450 | | 8767 | | 950.00 | | 7 | | Tom Hennessey, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8253 | | 450 | | 8703 | | 900.00 | | 8 | | Ray Koehler, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | 8266 | | 400 | | 8666 | | 850.00 | | 9 | | Earl Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn. | | 8183 | | 400 | | 8683 | | 800.00 | | 10 | | Morrie Oppenheim, Chicago, Ill. | | 8249 | | 300 | | 8549 | | 750.00 | | 11 | | Billy Welu, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8179 | | 350 | | 8629 | | 700.00 | | 12 | | Pat Patterson, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8162 | | 325 | | 8487 | | 650.00 | | 13 | | Glen Blakesley, Kansas City, Mo. | | 8168 | | 300 | | 8468 | | 600.00 | | 14 | | Roger Helle, Detroit, Mich. | | 8135 | | 300 | | 8436 | | 575.00 | | 15 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8165 | | 200 | | 8356 | | 650.00 | | 16 | | Monroe Moore, Pontiac, Mich. | | 8102 | | 250 | | 8362 | | 525.00 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Don Carter | 4918 | $435.00 | | 18 | | Ray Bluth | 4905 | 330.00 | | 19 | | Bill Allen | 4884 | 325.00 | | 20 | | J. Wilbert Sims | 4880 | 320.00 | | 21 | | Les Schissler | 4855 | 307.50 | | 22 | | Bob Strampe | 4855 | 307.50 | | 23 | | Glenn Allison | 4852 | 300.00 | | 24 | | Dale Seavoy | 4847 | 295.00 | | 25 | | Chuck Wagner | 4841 | 290.00 | | 26 | | Pete Carter | 4840 | 285.00 | | 27 | | Vern Downing | 4833 | 280.00 | | 28 | | Carmen Salvino | 4829 | 275.00 | |
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