Plainville Open



$30,500 PLAINVILLE OPEN
Stadium Lanes, Plainville, Ct, Nov 9-12, 1967
Rookie In Spotlight

Don Helling, bowling in only his third professional tournament, rolled a 300 game and won the $30,500 Plainville Jaycees Open.

The six-foot lefthander averaged 215 as he led the 24-game qualifier with 5,160 pins. Helling won 11 of his 16 games in the finals in posting a 45-pin margin over a local entry, Larry Lichstein. It was the highest finish of the year for a local bowler.

Leading money winner Dave Davis finished fifth for an $1,100 check which raised his earnings for the year to $43,965.

40 GAMES

 Name, City/StatePins+TotAmt
1Don Helling, St. Louis, Mo. 8843 550 9393 $3,000
*2Larry Lichatein, Hartford, Conn. 8648 600 9248 1,500
3Harry Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif. 8587 550 9137 1,200
4Skee Foremsky, EI Paso, Tex. 8604 475 9079 1,150
5Dave Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. 8621 350 8971 1,100
6Billy Hardwick, San Mateo, Calif. 8384 450 8834 1,050
7Dave Soutar, Detroit, Mich. 8239 550 8789 1,000
8Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga. 8339 400 8739 950
9Paul Moser, Medford, Mass. 8256 400 8656 900
10Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. 8230 400 8630 850
11Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. 8200 400 8600 800
12Jim Godman, Hayward, Calif. 8298 300 8598 750
13Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. 8287 250 8637 700
14Jim Certain, Huntsville, Ala. 8226 300 8526 650
15Ted Hoffman, Philadelphia, Pa. 8258 250 8508 625
16Frank Northrop, Atwater, Calif. 7889 175 8064 600

24 GAMES

Pos.Name, City/StateTotalAmount
17Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo.4970$450
18Norm Meyers, Whittier, Calif.4962390
19Billy Golembiewski, Detroit, Mich.4957380
20Jim Schroeder, Buffalo, N.Y.4945370
21Mike Limongello, N. Babylon, N.Y.4944360
22Johnny Guenther, Seattle, Wash.4941350
23Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill.4936340
24Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo.4928330
25Eddy Patterson, Dallas, Tex.4920320
26Jim Bush, Lubbock, Texas4913310
27Bill Tucker, Miami, Fla.4907302.50
 Bobby Knipple, Long Beach, Calif.4907302.50
*Local entry* Localen,try