Jim Stefanich had been knocking on the door all year but he never made "Champion's Row" until the last tournament on the 1966 PBA tour. The bulky Chicago native won the $34,000 Baltimore Open by 163 pins over runner-up Dave Soutar. Billy Hardwick, making an end-of-the-year charge after a slow start, finished third. Stefanich's $3,000 first-place check raised his earnings for the year to $14,360. THE FINALS (40 GAMES) | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Jim Stefanich, Chicago, Ill. | | 8690 | | 650 | | 9340 | | $3,000 | | 2 | | Dave Soutar, Detroit, Mich. | | 8577 | | 600 | | 9177 | | 1,500 | | 3 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | | 8467 | | 650 | | 9117 | | 1,200 | | 4 | | Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | | 8494 | | 400 | | 8894 | | 1,150 | | 5 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8483 | | 400 | | 8883 | | 1,100 | | 6 | | Al Thompson, Cleveland, Ohio | | 8329 | | 500 | | 8829 | | 1,050 | | 7 | | Bill Lillard, Dallas, Texas | | 8471 | | 360 | | 8821 | | 1,000 | | 8 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wisconsin | | 8308 | | 400 | | 8708 | | 950 | | 9 | | Don Johnson, Kokomo, Ind. | | 8299 | | 400 | | 8699 | | 900 | | 10 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 8334 | | 300 | | 8634 | | 850 | | 11 | | Ed Lubanski, Detroit, Mich. | | 8292 | | 300 | | 8592 | | 800 | | 12 | | Butch Gearhart, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | | 8233 | | 350 | | 8583 | | 750 | | 13 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8231 | | 300 | | 8631 | | 700 | | 14 | | Tommy Tuttle, King, N.C. | | 8229 | | 300 | | 8529 | | 650 | | 15 | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8229 | | 250 | | 8479 | | 625 | | 16 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Arizona | | 8165 | | 250 | | 8415 | | 600 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Pete Tountas, Tucson Ariz., | 5040 | $450.00 | | 18 | | Fred Lening, Fairless Hills, Pa. | 5040 | 390.00 | | 19 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 5039 | 380.00 | | 20 | | Mike Limongello, Babylon, N.Y. | 5005 | 370.00 | | 21 | | Ray Koehler, Bayshore, N.Y. | 5002 | 360.00 | | 22 | | Bobby Cooper, Ft. Worth, Tex. | 5000 | 350.00 | | 23 | | Tom Harnisch, Buffalo, N.Y. | 4998 | 340.00 | | 24 | | Eddy Cook, Florence, S.C. | 4979 | 330.00 | | 25 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | 4970 | 320.00 | | 26 | | Bill Bunetta, Fresno, Calif. | 4960 | 310.00 | | 27 | | John Slota, Glen Cove, N.Y. | 4959 | 302.50 | | | | Gene Rhoda, Valparaiso, Ind. | 4969 | 302.50 | |
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