Madison PBA Open



$28,500 MADISON PBA OPEN
North Gate Bowl, Madison, Wisconsin, Mar 9-13, 1965
Johnson Pops Fifth PBA Title

Three big games within four pins of each other in the finals carried Earl Johnson to his fifth Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tournament title in the Madison Open.

Johnson opened his championship run with a 234-222 win over Les Schissler. He then defeated Bob Strampe, 237-183. In the championship game it was Johnson again, 235-213, over Nelson Burton Jr.

At this stage of the season, Burton had quite a record. In the seven tournaments he had entered, the 22-year-old youngster had two seconds, a third and a fourth.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND

Pos.Name, City/StateAmount
1Earl Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn.$5,000
2Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo.2,500
3Bob Strampe, Detroit, Mich.1,500
4Les Schissler, Denver, Colo.1,300

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Johnson defeated Burton 235-213. ROUND ROBIN: Strampe defeated Schissler 237-232; Johnson defeated Schissler 234-222; Johnson defeated Strampe 237-183.

 Name, City/StatePins+TotAmt
5Johnny Meyer, Long Island, N.Y. 8697 500 9197 $1,300
6Gary Martineau, Nashville, Tenn. 8803 375 9178 1,200
7Pete Tountas, Hammond, Ind. 8718 400 9118 1,150
8Monroe Moore, Troy, Mich. 8712 400 9112 1,100
9Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif. 8585 525 9110 1,050
10Gene Rhoda, Valparaiso, Ind. 8766 300 9066 1,000
11Billy Golembiewski, Detroit, Mich. 8716 300 9016 950
12Buzz Fazio, Detroit, Mich. 8632 300 8932 900
13Toby Cooksey, Midland, Texas 8623 300 8923 850
14Sam Baca, Hayward, Calif. 8578 300 8878 800
15Andy Marzich, Torrance, Calif. 8572 300 8872 750
16J. B. Blaylock, El Paso, Texas 8589 225 8814 700

24 GAMES

Pos.Name, City/StateTotalAmount
17Hal Kaminski, Milwaukee, Wis.5198$470
18Ron Winger, Van Nuys, Calif.5194410
19Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Georgia5168400
20Dan Fix, Missoula, Montana5150390
21Jerry Hale, Richmond, Calif.5146380
22Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo.5140370
23Harry Smith, Boston, Mass.5137360
24Tom Balistreri, Milwaukee, Wis.5115350