Nelson Burton Jr., son of the famous St. Louisan in the Hall of Fame, was a 203-pin winner in the Professional Bowlers Association $24,500 Louisville Open. Young Nellie, who cut his bowling teeth in his dad's establishment, counted 9510 pins over the 40-game tournament route. This included 650 bonus pins for winning 13 games in the finals. This was the 22-year-old youngster's first major title and he had it "cornered" after finishing second to Dennis Taylor's 5393 leading qualifying score. Nellie threw from the first board all the way and it paid off handsomely. Burton was the gallery favorite after rolling a 300 game in his last qualifying block. THE FINALS (40 GAMES) | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 8860 | | 13-3-0 | | 650 | | 9610 | | $3,000 | | 2 | | Pat Stone, Detroit, Mich. | | 8807 | | 10-6-0 | | 600 | | 9307 | | 1,600 | | 3 | | Johnny King, Chicago, Ill. | | 8746 | | 11-5-0 | | 650 | | 9296 | | 1,200 | | 4 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. | | 8825 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 9226 | | 1,100 | | 5 | | Glenn Allison, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8817 | | 7-9-0 | | 360 | | 9167 | | 1,000 | | 6 | | Harry Smith, Baltimore, Md, | | 8760 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 9160 | | 950 | | 7 | | Jerry Hale, Richmond, Calif. | | 8693 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 9093 | | 900 | | 8 | | Dennis Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio | | 8679 | | 6-9-1 | | 325 | | 9004 | | 850 | | 9 | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8666 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 8966 | | 775 | | | | Pete Tountas, Hammond, Ind. | | 8591 | | 7-8-1 | | 375 | | 8966 | | 775 | | 11 | | Ed Bourdase, Fresno. Calif. | | 8479 | | 9-7-0 | | 460 | | 8929 | | 725 | | 12 | | Buzz Fazio, Detroit | | 8626 | | 7-9-0 | | 360 | | 8875 | | 700 | | 13 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | | 8523 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 8873 | | 675 | | 14 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago | | 8614 | | 6-9-1 | | 325 | | 8839 | | 650 | | 15 | | Monroe Moore, Pontiac, Mich. | | 8478 | | 6-9-1 | | 325 | | 8803 | | 625 | | 16 | | Dave Soutar, Detroit, Mich. | | 8430 | | 5-11-0 | | 260 | | 8680 | | 600 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Ray Bluth | 6129 | $400.00 | | 18 | | Gene Rhoda | 5124 | 440.00 | | 19 | | Mel Henderlite | 5098 | 380.00 | | 20 | | Dick Weber | 6096 | 370.00 | | 21 | | Vern Downing | 5095 | 360.00 | | 22 | | Sonny Frantz | 5093 | 350.00 | | 23 | | Bill Pace | 5089 | 345.00 | | 24 | | Earl Johnson | 5086 | 340.00 | | 25 | | Bud Hodgson | 5071 | 335.00 | | 26 | | Nin Angelo | 5064 | 330.00 | | 27 | | Leon Woodman | 6067 | 325.00 | | 28 | | Norm Meyers | 5066 | 320.00 | | 29 | | Don Carter | 5044 | 315.00 | | 30 | | J. Wilbert Sims | 5043 | 310.00 | | 31 | | Jim Schroeder | 5040 | 305.00 | | 32 | | Dan Fix | 6035 | 300.00 | |
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