Bill Tucker's six-year campaign to win a PBA tournament finally paid off as the Los Angeles veteran wrapped up the San Jose, Calif. Open. Don Johnson and Dave Davis shared the limelight as both shot 300 games. It was Johnson's second perfect game of the year. He scored his other in the Parkersburg, W. Va. tournament. Tucker's 175-pin margin over second-place Carmen Salvino came in the won lost column of the finals. Both knocked down 8971 pins over the 40-game route but Tucker won 11 of his 16 games in the finals to Salvino's 7-8-1 mark. THE FINALS (40 GAMES) | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Bill Tucker, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8971 | | 550 | | 9521 | | $4,000 | | 2 | | Cannen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 8971 | | 375 | | 9346 | | 2,000 | | 3 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Arizona | | 8890 | | 450 | | 9340 | | 1,500 | | 4 | | John Guenther, Seattle, Wash. | | 8784 | | 550 | | 9334 | | 1,400 | | 5 | | Ron Winger, Van Nuys, Calif. | | 8881 | | 450 | | 9331 | | 1,300 | | 6 | | Don Johnson, Kokomo, Ind. | | 8992 | | 300 | | 9292 | | 1,200 | | 7 | | Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. | | 8765 | | 500 | | 9265 | | 1,150 | | 8 | | Norm Meyers, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8826 | | 400 | | 9226 | | 1,100 | | 9 | | Pete Tountas, Hammond, Ind. | | 8757 | | 450 | | 9207 | | 1,050 | | 10 | | Lew Presley, Redding, Calif. | | 8831 | | 350 | | 9181 | | 1,000 | | 11 | | J. B. Blaylock, EI Paso, Texas | | 8764 | | 375 | | 9139 | | 950 | | 12 | | Darylee Cox, Seattle, Wash. | | 8853 | | 250 | | 9103 | | 900 | | 13 | | Harry Smith, Atherton, Calif. | | 8721 | | 325 | | 9046 | | 850 | | 14 | | Skee Foremsky, El Paso, Texas | | 8595 | | 425 | | 9020 | | 800 | | 15 | | Bob Williams, Berkeley, Calif. | | 8644 | | 350 | | 8994 | | 750 | | 16 | | Harry O'Neale, Charleston, S.C. | | 8692 | | 300 | | 8892 | | 700 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Mike McGrath, El Cerrito, Calif. | 5207 | $500 | | 18 | | Tom Long, Anaheim, Calif. | 5172 | 400 | | 19 | | Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif. | 5157 | 430 | | 20 | | Ev Collins, San Mateo, Calif. | 5125 | 420 | | 21 | | Rich Kindervag, San Rafael, Calif. | 5111 | 410 | | 22 | | Jim Godman, Hayward, Calif. | 5103 | 400 | | 23 | | Al Thompson, Cleveland, Ohio | 5101 | 390 | | 24 | | Dave Soutar, Detroit, Mich. | 5098 | 380 | | 25 | | Wayne Claflin, Portland, Ore. | 5092 | 370 | | 26 | | Billy Golembiewski, Detroit, Mich. | 5086 | 355 | | 26 | | Dave Giles, Miami, Fla. | 5086 | 355 | | 28 | | Charlie Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif, | 5082 | 340 | | 29 | | Lynn Soelberg, Portland, Ore. | 5077 | 330 | | 30 | | Mike Limongello, Babylon, N.Y. | 5063 | 320 | | 31 | | Buzz Fazio, Detroit, Mich. | 5067 | 310 | | 32 | | Don Carter, St. Louis, Mo. | 5060 | 300 | |
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