Jim St. John set three world records on his way to scoring a home town victory in the $40,000 Western Open at San Jose. The little veteran stepped off a 241-207 triumph over Bobby Knipple of Long Beach, Calif., in the final match to wrap up the $5,000 first place check. St. John's world marks included 40-game actual pinfall of 9294 pinfall and bonus 9944 and high 16-game semifinals set of 3992. Ev Collins and bon Johnson fired 300 games. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Amount | | | 1 | | Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. | $6,000 | | 2 | | Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | 2,600 | | 3 | | Steve Buell, Salt Lake City, Utah | 1,600 | | 4 | | Bill Lillard, Dallas, Texas | 1,400 | | 5 | | Jimmy Mack. Dover, N.J. | 1,300 | |
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: St. John defeated Knipple, 241-207. ROUND ROBIN: Buell defeated Mack, 269-233; Buell defeated Lillard, 287-181; Knipple defeated Buell, 266-247.
40 GAMES | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 6 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | | 9066 | | 860 | | 9416 | | ;1260 | | 7 | | Mike Durbin, Costa Mesa, Cal. | | 8897 | | 600 | | 9397 | | $1,160 | | 8 | | Don Johnson, Kokomo, Ind. | | 8923 | | 460 | | 9373 | | 1,100 | | 9 | | Billy Welu, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8969 | | 400 | | 9869 | | 1,060 | | 10 | | Bill Hodges, Sunnyvale, Calif. | | 8841 | | 600 | | 9841 | | 1,000 | | 11 | | Pete Tountas, Tucson, Ariz. | | 8874 | | 400 | | 9274 | | 960 | | 12 | | Dave Soutar, Detroit, Mich. | | 8881 | | 860 | | 9281 | | 900 | | 13 | | George Gee, Oakland, Calif. | | 8903 | | 300 | | 9203 | | 860 | | 14 | | Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif | | 8808 | | 360 | | 9168 | | 800 | | 15 | | Mel Flewelling, San Lorenzo, Calif. | | 8823 | | 800 | | 9123 | | 760 | | 16 | | Clint Harvey, Sparks, Nev. | | 8447 | | 100 | | 8647 | | 700 | |
24 GAMES | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 17 | | Norm Meyers, Los Angeles, Calif. | 6801 | $600 | | 18 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | 6296 | 440 | | 19 | | Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga. | 6294 | 430 | | 20 | | Sam Baca, Hayward, Calif. | 6289 | 420 | | 21 | | Jim Dunstan, Fort Worth, Tex. | 6287 | 410 | | 22 | | Jack Biondolillo, Houston | 6286 | 400 | | 28 | | Tommy Tuttle, King, N.C. | 6278 | 390 | | 24 | | John Juni, Hollywood, Fla. | 6271 | 380 | | 25 | | Jim Godman, Hayward, Calif. | 6269 | 366 | | | | Jim Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | 6269 | 366 | | 27 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 6263 | 360 | | 28 | | Gary Martineau, Nashville, Tenn. | 6243 | 340 | | 29 | | Skee Foremsky, EI Paso, Tex. | 6242 | 380 | | 30 | | Johnny Guenther, Seattle, Wash. | 6238 | 320 | | 31 | | Butch Gearhart, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | 6236 | 310 | | 32 | | Vern Downing, Rodeo, Calif. | 6234 | 300 | |
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