MIKE DURBIN, the 1967 "Rookie of the Year," won 14 of his 16 match games in the finals to run off with his third PBA championship in two years in the $30,000 El Paso Open. Durbin's final count was 9,680 to runner-up Wayne Zahn's 9,581. Zahn won nine and lost seven. Jim Stefanich rolled his third 300 game in four weeks and J. B. Blaylock knocked off his second lifetime perfecto. 40-GAME FINALS | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Mike Durbin, Burbank, Calif. | | 8980 | | 14-2-0 | | 700 | | 9680 | | $3,000 | | 2 | | Wayne Zahn, Atlanta, Ga. | | 9131 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 9581 | | 1,600 | | 3 | | Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill. | | 8935 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9435 | | 1,400 | | 4 | | Norm Meyers, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8901 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9401 | | 1,200 | | 5 | | Tim Harahan, Encino, Calif. | | 8844 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9344 | | 1,100 | | 6 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 8693 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9193 | | 1,050 | | 7 | | Bobby Cooper, Ft. Worth, Tex. | | 8775 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 9125 | | 1,000 | | 8 | | Wally Wagner, Santa Ana, Calif. | | 8623 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 9073 | | 950 | | 9 | | Joe Joseph, Lansing, Mich. | | 8745 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 9045 | | 900 | | 10 | | Ed Bourdase, Fresno, Calif. | | 8621 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 9021 | | 850 | | 11 | | Harry Smith, Fresno, Calif. | | 8719 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 9019 | | 800 | | 12 | | Fred Lening, Yardley, Pa. | | 8627 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 8977 | | 725 | | | | Ralph Engan, Monsey, N.Y. | | 8677 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 8977 | | 725 | | 14 | | Lynn Soelberg, Portland, Ore. | | 8589 | | 6-10-0 | | 300 | | 8889 | | 650 | | 15 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | | 8621 | | 5-11-0 | | 250 | | 8871 | | 625 | | 16 | | Don McCune, Munster, Ind. | | 8564 | | 5-11-0 | | 250 | | 8814 | | 600 | |
24-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *17 | | Bob McMillin, College Point, N.Y. | 5134 | $450 | | 18 | | Eddy Patterson, Dallas, Tex. | 5133 | 380 | | 19 | | Jimmy Mack, Dover, N.J. | 5132 | 365 | | 20 | | Don Johnson, Kokomo, Ind. | 5128 | 350 | | 21 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | 5126 | 340 | | 22 | | Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz. | 5121 | 335 | | 23 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 5117 | 330 | | 24 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | 5114 | 325 | | 25 | | Dale Seavoy, Birmingham, Mich. | 5108 | 320 | | 26 | | Jim Godman, Hayward, Calif. | 5079 | 315 | | 27 | | Pete Mylenki, River Vale, N.J. | 5071 | 310 | | 28 | | Allie Clarke, Ravenna, Ohio | 5070 | 305 | | 29 | | Bobby Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | 5060 | 300 | | 30 | | Don Lemon, Rochester, N.Y. | 5059 | 295 | | 31 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 5049 | 290 | | 32 | | J. B. Blaylock, Alamogordo, N.M. | 5047 | 285 | | 33 | | Johnny Guenther, Seattle, Wash. | 5046 | 280 | | 34 | | Don Helling, St. Louis, Mo. | 5041 | 272.50 | | | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | 5041 | 272.50 | | 36 | | Skee Foremsky, El Paso, Texas | 5040 | 265 | | 37 | | Don Russell, San Diego, Calif. | 5034 | 260 | |
*Alternate. 24-Game Qualifying Leader-Stefanich, 5501; 16th Low-Engan, 5153. $100 for 300 games, Jim Stefanich, J. B. Blaylock. Pro-Am Cashers-$50-Jim Stefanich, Wayne Zahn, Roger Fink, John Guenther, Bill Tucker, Keith Wiltse.
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