Tom Harnisch had been to the post many times before he made it big in the Waukegan, Ill. Open. "I've been preparing a speech for an occasion like this for five years and now that I'm up here I don't know what to say," was the way he described his feelings after his first major tournament victory. The Buffalo strong boy (he's 6 feet and 220 pounds) coasted through the latter part of the Waukegan test. He took a 109-pin lead into the final game and scored a 223-215 victory over runner-up Bill Tucker. This gave Harnisch a 9373 total to Tucker's 9206. The winner posted 14 victories in the 16-game finals. Tucker won 13 and lost three. THE FINALS (40 GAMES) | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Tom Harnisch, Buffalo, N.Y. | | 8673 | | 700 | | 9373 | | $3,000 | | 2 | | Bill Tucker, Hollywood, Calif. | | 8556 | | 650 | | 9206 | | 1,500 | | 3 | | Billy Golembiewski, Detroit, Mich. | | 8615 | | 500 | | 9115 | | 1,200 | | 4 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. | | 8710 | | 400 | | 9110 | | 1,150 | | 5 | | Dick Hoover, Akron, Ohio | | 8624 | | 460 | | 9074 | | 1,100 | | 6 | | Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. | | 8514 | | 500 | | 9014 | | 1,050 | | 7 | | Les Schissler, Denver, Colo. | | 8502 | | 460 | | 8952 | | 1,000 | | 8 | | Eddy Patterson, El Paso, Tex. | | 8540 | | 400 | | 8940 | | 950 | | 9 | | Ed Lubanski, Detroit, Mich. | | 8456 | | 400 | | 8856 | | 900 | | 10 | | Teata Semiz, River Edge, N.J. | | 8505 | | 350 | | 8855 | | 850 | | 11 | | Bob Chase, Kansas City, Mo. | | 8574 | | 250 | | 8824 | | 800 | | 12 | | Pete Tountas, Hammond, Ind. | | 8536 | | 250 | | 8786 | | 750 | | 13 | | Ray Bluth, St. Louis; Mo. | | 8443 | | 300 | | 8743 | | 700 | | 14 | | Dan Fix, Missoula, Mont. | | 8315 | | 350 | | 8665 | | 650 | | 15 | | Jerry McCoy, Fort Worth, Tex. | | 8369 | | 250 | | 8619 | | 625 | | 16 | | Al Thompson, Cleveland, Ohio | | 8328 | | 200 | | 8528 | | 600 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | George Howard, Detroit, Mich. | 5083 | $465.00 | | 18 | | Tom Hennessey, St. Louis, Mo. | 5081 | 410.00 | | 19 | | Bobby Meadows, Dallas, Tex. | 5076 | 405.00 | | 20 | | Andy Marzich, Torrance, Calif. | 5072 | 400.00 | | 21 | | Chuck Layman, Cleveland, Ohio | 5071 | 395.00 | | 22 | | Skee Foremsky, EI Paso, Tex. | 5070 | 390.00 | | 23 | | Jim Robinette, Falls Church, Va. | 5064 | 385.00 | | 24 | | Mike McGrath, El Cerrito, Calif. | 5056 | 380.00 | | 25 | | Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga. | 5053 | 375.00 | | 26 | | Harry Smith, Redwood City, Calf. | 5042 | 370.00 | | 27 | | Fred Lening, Fairless Hills, Pa. | 5030 | 365.00 | | 28 | | Monroe Moore, Pontiac, Mich. | 5026 | 360.00 | | 29 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | 5022 | 355.00 | | 30 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 5016 | 350.00 | | 31 | | Larry Oakar, Cleveland, Ohio | 5014 | 345.00 | | 32 | | John Fonagy Jr., Buffalo, N.Y. | 5013 | 340.00 | | 33 | | Jim Vrenick, Granite City, Ill. | 5010 | 332.50 | | 33 | | Tommy Tuttle, Rural Hall, N.C. | 5010 | 332.50 | | 35 | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | 5009 | 325.00 | | 36 | | Rich Kindervag, San Rafael, Calif. | 5008 | 320.00 | | 37 | | Ted Hoffman, Philadelphia, Pa. | 4994 | 316.00 | | 38 | | Glenn Allison, Los Angeles, Calif. | 4986 | 310.00 | | 39 | | Jack Biondolillo, Houston, Tex. | 4982 | 305.00 | | 40 | | Mark Kuglitsch, Milwaukee, Wis. | 4981 | 150.00 | | | | Ron Wheeler, Darien, Wis. | 4981 | 150.00 | |
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