Quiet Earl Johnson of Minneapolis, who lets his bowling ball do all his talking, knocked off his third PBA tournamentof the year when he beat out Billy Hardwick of San Mateo, Calif. in the $23,600 San Diego Open. Johnson trailed Hardwick by 40 pins going into the position round but left little doubt as to the outcome when he popped 11 strikes in 12 pitches to knock of his 22-year-old foe, 278-234. The 50-pin bonus gave Johnson a final tally of 9348 to Hardwick's 9294 for the 40 games. Johnson won 500 bonus pins for capturing 10 games in the 16-game finals while Hardwick had 575 for winning 11 and tying one. 40 GAMES | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Earl Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn. | | 8848 | | 500 | | 9348 | | 3000.00 | | 2 | | Billy Hardwick, San Mateo, Calif. | | 8719 | | 575 | | 9294 | | 1500.00 | | 3 | | Jack Biondolillo, Houston, Tex. | | 8660 | | 500 | | 9260 | | 1200.00 | | 4 | | J. B. Blaylock, El Paso, Tex. | | 8689 | | 475 | | 9164 | | 1100.00 | | 6 | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8677 | | 450 | | 9127 | | 1000.00 | | 6 | | Foy Belches, Glendale, Calif. | | 8606 | | 475 | | 9081 | | 950.00 | | 7 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | | 8684 | | 350 | | 9034 | | 900.00 | | 8 | | Vern Downing, Rodeo, Calif. | | 8648 | | 400 | | 8948 | | 850.00 | | 9 | | Bill Bunetta, Fresno, Calif. | | 8670 | | 275 | | 8946 | | 800.00 | | 10 | | Ev Collins, San Mateo, Calif. | | 8629 | | 400 | | 8929 | | 750.00 | | 11 | | Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga. | | 8647 | | 350 | | 8897 | | 700.00 | | 12 | | Red Elkins, San Jose, Calif. | | 8449 | | 400 | | 8849 | | 650.00 | | 13 | | Charlie Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif. | | 8684 | | 250 | | 8834 | | 625.00 | | 14 | | Bob Kwolek, Detroit, Mich. | | 8401 | | 400 | | 8801 | | 600.00 | | 16 | | Milt Molhusen, Dallas, Tex. | | 8426 | | 300 | | 8726 | | 575.00 | | 16 | | Bill Karach, Kenosha, Wis. | | 8608 | | 200 | | 8708 | | 540.00 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *17 | | Don Carter | 6096 | $360.00 | | *18 | | Dick Agee | 6084 | 445.00 | | 19 | | Bill Johnson | 6071 | 340.00 | | 20 | | Billy Welu | 6069 | 335.00 | | 21 | | Terry Rea | 6066 | 330.00 | | 22 | | Les Schissler | 6066 | 325.00 | | 23 | | Bill Pace | 6067 | 320.00 | | 24 | | Jim Carman | 6066 | 315.00 | | 26 | | Vince Sarro | 6049 | 310.00 | | 26 | | Vic Gasser | 6044 | 305.00 | | 27 | | Len Mal | 6041 | 297.50 | | | | George Howard | 6041 | 297.50 | | 29 | | Duke McGrew | 6038 | 290.00 | | 30 | | Len Hinds | 6036 | 285.00 | | 31 | | J. B. Solomon | 6034 | 280.00 | | 32 | | Bill Hawk | 6026 | 275.00 | | * | | Carter unable | * Carter unable to be alternate; Agee received $100.00 extra for being | altern,ate | |
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