Oklahoma City PBA Open



$28,500 OKLAHOMA CITY PBA OPEN
66 Bowl, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mar 2-6, 1965
Limongello Nabs First Big One

Mike Limongello (pronounced lemon jello) certainly wasn't quivering in Oklahoma City where he beat the best in the business in wrapping up the $5,000 first prize.

The 20-year-old youngster absorbed an opening defeat at the hands of Dick Hoover in the TV finals and then bested Dave Soutar and Bob Strampe to win it all.

This was Mike's first major tournament title. He had been on the PBA tour for less than a year.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

Pos.Name, City/StateAmount
1Mike Limongello, Babylon, N.Y.$6,000
2Bob Strampe, Detroit2,500
3Dave Soutar, Detroit1,600
4Dick Hoover, Akron, Ohio1,300

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Limongello earned right to meet Strampe on total pins and defeated him 246-226. ROUND ROBIN: Hoover defeated Limongello 246-216; Limongello defeated Soutar, 216-203; Soutar defeated Hoover 216-156.

 Name, City/StatePins+TotAmt
5Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. 8841 475 9316 $1,250
*6Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif. 8778 425 9203 1,250
7Sam Baca, Hayward, Calif. 8802 400 9202 1,150
8Buzz Fazio, Detroit, Mich. 8763 400 9153 1,100
9Gene Rhoda, Valparaiso, Ind. 8820 300 9120 1,050
10Norm Meyers, Los Angeles, Calif. 8698 360 9048 1,000
11Les Schissler, Denver, Colo. 8681 350 9031 950
12Bobby Meadows, Dallas, Texas 8616 350 8966 900
13Rich Kindervag, San Mateo, Calif. 8458 400 8859 850
14Marv Lowry, Birmingham, Alabama 8628 300 8828 800
15J. B. Blaylock, El Paso, Texas 8460 360 8800 750
16Bill Pace, Kansas City, Mo. 8632 250 8782 700

24 GAMES

Pos.Name, City/StateTotalAmount
17Ron Winger, Van Nuys, Calif.5188$470
18Gary Martineau, Nashville, Tenn.5186410
19Larry Oakar, Cleveland, Ohio5166395
 Dennis Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio5166395
21Harry O'Neale, Charleston, S.C.5153380
22Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif.5149370
23Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo.5147360
24Glenn Allison, Los Angeles, Calif.5142350

*Alternate.