Bill Allen, the lefthander from Orlando, broke a three-year title drought when he led tile qualifying and match game play and then defeated another lefthander, Dave Davis, in the championship finale of the $55,000 Showboat Invitational. Allen's $10,000 first-place check was his first winner since Buffalo in 1965. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Amount | | | 1 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | $10,000 | | 2 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Ariz | 5,000 | | 3 | | Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. | 3,000 | | 4 | | Don Healing. St. Louis, Mo. | 2,000 | | 5 | | Skee Foremsky, El Paso, Tex. | 1,800 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS-Davis defeated Foremsky, 192-185; Davis defeated Helling, 22'x-205; Davis defeated St. John, 247-216, and Allen defeated Davis in championship game, 205-192.
40-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | | 8663 | | 10-5-1 | | 525 | | 9188 | | | | 2 | | Jim St. John, San Jose, Calif. | | 8619 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9119 | | | | 3 | | Don Helling, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8568 | | 11-5-0 | | 550 | | 9118 | | | | 4 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. | | 8617 | | 8-7-1 | | 425 | | 9042 | | | | 5 | | Skee Foremsky, El Paso, Tex. | | 8663 | | 7-8-1 | | 375 | | 9038 | | | | *6 | | Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga. | | 8399 | | 11-4-1 | | 575 | | 8974 | | $1,650 | | 7 | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8517 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 8967 | | 1,500 | | 8 | | Johnny Guenther, Seattle, Wash. | | 8562 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 8962 | | 1,400 | | 9 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8453 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 8853 | | 1,350 | | 10 | | Earl Johnson, St. Paul, Minn. | | 8550 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 8850 | | 1,300 | | 11 | | Ray Bluth, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8487 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 8837 | | 1,250 | | 12 | | Bobby Cooper, Fort Worth, Tex. | | 8409 | | 8-7-1 | | 425 | | 8834 | | 1,200 | | **13 | | Vince Kadas, Chicago, Ill. | | 8375 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 8775 | | 875 | | 14 | | Don McCune, Munster. Ind. | | 8355 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 8655 | | 1,100 | | 15 | | Don Cruzen, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8260 | | 5-10-1 | | 275 | | 8535 | | 1,050 | | 16 | | Jim Godman, Hayward, Calif. | | 8288 | | 3-13-0 | | 150 | | 8438 | | 1,000 | |
24-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | **17 | | Bob Strampe, Detroit Mich. | 5061 | $875 | | *18 | | Don Glover, Bakersfield, Calif. | 5054 | 600 | | 19 | | Dick Battista, New York, N.Y. | 5043 | 600 | | 20 | | Don Bickford, Sacramento, Calif. | 5034 | 550 | | 21 | | Frank Northrop, Atwater, Calif. | 5008 | 500 | | 22 | | Ralph Engan, Monsey, N.Y. | 4997 | 500 | | 23 | | Paul Moser, Medford, Mass. | 4979 | 450 | | 24 | | Ted Hoffman, Philadelphia, Pa. | 4977 | 450 | | | | Bill Tucker, Miami, Fla. | 4977 | 450 | | 26 | | Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill. | 4976 | 450 | | 27 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | 4970 | 400 | | 28 | | Sam Baca, Hayward, Calif. | 4969 | 400 | | 29 | | Gil Potempo, Los Angeles, Calif. | 4962 | 400 | | | | Pete Tountas, Tucson, Ariz. | 4962 | 400 | | 31 | | J. B. Blaylock, Alamogordo, N.M. | 4961 | 350 | | 32 | | Mike Durbin, Costa Mesa, Calif. | 4957 | 350 | | 33 | | Terry Zabriskie, Salt Lake City, Utah | 4955 | 350 | | 34 | | Herb Fitzpatrick, Salina, Kan. | 4954 | 350 | | 35 | | Steve Bassin, Las Vegas, Nev. | 4949 | 300 | | 36 | | Charlie Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif. | 4938 | 300 | | 37 | | Jim Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | 4936 | 300 | | 38 | | Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz. | 4927 | 300 | | 39 | | Vern Downing, Rodeo, Calif. | 4921 | 300 | | 40 | | Don Johnson, Kokomo, Ind. | 4920 | 300 | | 41 | | Fred Feutz, Kansas City, Mo. | 4918 | 300 | | 42 | | Harry Smith, Fresno, Calif. | 4906 | 300 | | 43 | | Danny Freeman, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 4905 | 300 | | 44 | | Bob McMillin, College Point, N.Y. | 4904 | 300 | | 45 | | Bill Miller, Plainfield, N.J. | 4900 | 300 | | 46 | | Arnold Johnson, Beaumont, Texas | 4892 | 300 | | 47 | | Ken Ferguson, Kansas City, Mo. | 4872 | 300 | | 48 | | Billy Welu, St. Louis Mo. | 4866 | 300 | | | | Tommy Tuttle, King, N.C. | 4866 | 300 | |
*Alternates. **Strampe withdrew and was replaced by Kadas. They split $1,750. Qualifying Leader-Foremsky, 5307. 16th Place Low-Don McCune, 5077.
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