Carmen Salvino proved he still was "on the ball" with a 90-pin victory over Billy Hardwick in the final rundown of the Professional Bowlers Association $24,500 Rockford, Ill. Coca-Cola Open. Salvino made his big move in the final 16 games of the match-play competition. After finishing in the eighth spot of the qualifier, which was led by Darylee Cox, Salvino won 13 of his 16 matches to easily outdistance the other contenders. This was Salvino's second PBA title of the year, he won the opener at Jacksonville, and his fourth overall. Hardwick toppled 8483 pins but won only 10 of his 16 games in the finals. THE FINALS (40 GAMES) | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 8473 | | 13-3-0 | | 650 | | 9123 | | $3,000 | | 2 | | Billy Hardwick, San Mateo, Calif | | 8483 | | 10-6-0 | | 550 | | 9033 | | 1,500 | | 3 | | Ray Bluth, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8502 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9002 | | 1,200 | | 4 | | Ted Hoffman, Philadelphia, Pa. | | 8450 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 8950 | | 1,100 | | 5 | | Darylee Cox, Bellingham, Wash. | | 8507 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 8907 | | 1,000 | | 6 | | Harry Smith, Baltimore, Pa. | | 8335 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 8785 | | 950 | | 7 | | Bob Crawford, Detroit, Mich. | | 8318 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 8768 | | 900 | | 8 | | Joe Joseph, Lansing, Mich. | | 8245 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 8695 | | 850 | | 9 | | Pete Tountas, Hammond, Ind. | | 8292 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 8692 | | 800 | | 10 | | Eddy Patterson, El Paso, Tex. | | 8339 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 8639 | | 750 | | 11 | | Steve Nowicki, Rochester, N.Y. | | 8244 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 8594 | | 725 | | 12 | | Mel Henderlite, Orlando, Fla. | | 8336 | | 5-11-0 | | 250 | | 8586 | | 700 | | 13 | | Glenn Allison. Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8204 | | 6-9-1 | | 325 | | 8529 | | 675 | | 14 | | Jerry Hale, Richmond, Calif. | | 8324 | | 3-11-2 | | 200 | | 8524 | | 650 | | *15 | | Bill Tucker, Hollywood, Calif. | | 8195 | | 6-9-1 | | 325 | | 8520 | | 625 | | 16 | | Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif. | | 8112 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 8412 | | 600 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Bill Bunetta | 4983 | $450.00 | | 18 | | Tom Long | 4976 | 390.00 | | 19 | | Buzz Fazio | 4975 | 380.00 | | 20 | | Jerry Brinkman | 4974 | 370.00 | | 21 | | Jack Rosencrance | 4970 | 360.00 | | 22 | | J. B. Blaylock | 4966 | 350.00 | | 23 | | Don McCune | 4965 | 345.00 | | 24 | | Dennis Taylor | 4953 | 340.00 | | 25 | | Mike Limongello | 4952 | 335.00 | | 26 | | Jim St. John | 4951 | 330.00 | | 27 | | John Nickell | 4945 | 325.00 | | 28 | | Al Thompson | 4944 | 320.00 | | 29 | | Bill Pace | 4942 | 315.00 | | 30 | | Carl Babb | 4939 | 310.00 | | 31 | | Bud Hodgson | 4931 | 305.00 | | 32 | | J.Wilbert Sims | 4928 | 300.00 | |
*Tucker defeated Bunetta, 442-405, in two-game rolloff for 16th place.
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