The fine bowling which carried Dick Ritger to a victory in the Japan Gold Cup in September and a second in the American Airlines Open in October carried through November as he captured the $50,000 Bellows-Valvair Open at Rochester, N. Y. Ritger defeated 20-year-old Larry Lichstein, 235-210, in the championship game when Lichstein left a 2-4-7-8 split in the eighth frame. Ritger's win was worth $6,000. 40-GAME FINALS | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | **1 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | | 8773 | | 11-5-0 | | 550 | | 9323 | | $6,000 | | 2 | | Larry Lichstein, Bloomfield, Cinn. | | 8689 | | 12-4-0 | | 600 | | 9289 | | 3,200 | | 3 | | Dale Seavoy, Birmingham, Mich. | | 8670 | | 10-6-0 | | 500 | | 9170 | | 2,500 | | 4 | | Bobby Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | | 8660 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 9110 | | 2,000 | | 5 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 8742 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 9092 | | 1,800 | | 6 | | Dick Battista, Astoria, N. Y. | | 8602 | | 8-7-1 | | 425 | | 9027 | | 1,600 | | 7 | | Mike Orlovsky, Endicott, N. Y. | | 8622 | | 8-8-0 | | 400 | | 9022 | | 1,400 | | **8 | | Bud Horn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8612 | | 7-8-1 | | 375 | | 8987 | | 1,250 | | 9 | | Don Helling, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8506 | | 8-6-2 | | 450 | | 8956 | | 1,150 | | 10 | | Norm Meyers, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8421 | | 9-7-0 | | 450 | | 8871 | | 1,100 | | 11 | | Richard Peckham, Schenectady, N. Y. | | 8451 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 8801 | | 1,050 | | 12 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Tex. | | 8443 | | 7-9-0 | | 350 | | 8793 | | 1,000 | | 13 | | Chet Dziedzina, Chicago, Ill. | | 8232 | | 11-5-10 | | 550 | | 8782 | | 950 | | 14 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, O. | | 8314 | | 4-11-1 | | 225 | | 8539 | | 900 | | 15 | | Steve Nowicki, Rochester, N. Y. | | 8225 | | 5-10-1 | | 275 | | 8500 | | 850 | | 16 | | Bill Allen, Fresno, Calif. | | 8277 | | 2-14-0 | | 100 | | 8377 | | 800 | |
24-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *17 | | Butch Gearhart, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | 5031 | $700 | | 18 | | Marty Piraino, Syracuse, N. Y. | 5002 | 600 | | 19 | | Jim Bassett, Brooklyn, N. Y. | 4998 | 550 | | 20 | | Mike McGrath, El Cerrito, Calif. | 4997 | 500 | | 21 | | Bob Stramp, Detroit, Mich. | 4993 | 475 | | 22 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | 4986 | 450 | | 23 | | Don Glover, Bakersfield, Calif. | 4972 | 425 | | 24 | | Tim Harahan, Canoga Park, Calif. | 4966 | 400 | | 25 | | Dick Peffer, Wampum, Pa. | 4965 | 390 | | 26 | | Johnny Guenther, Seattle, Wash. | 4964 | 380 | | 27 | | Alex Seymore, Kannapolis, N. C. | 4963 | 365 | | | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 4963 | 365 | | 29 | | Allie Clare, Akron, Ohio | 4960 | 350 | | 30 | | Paul Tartaglia, Port Chester, N. Y. | 4957 | 340 | | 31 | | Ralph Engan, Monsey N. Y. | 4956 | 330 | | 32 | | Jim Lewis, Selkirk, N. Y. | 4955 | 320 | | 33 | | Teata Semiz, River Edge, N. J. | 4947 | 310 | | 34 | | Fred Lening, Yardley, Pa. | 4942 | 300 | | 35 | | Jerry McCoy. Ft. Worth, Tex. | 4940 | 295 | | 36 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz. | 4934 | 290 | | 37 | | Bobby McMillin, College Point, N. Y. | 4930 | 285 | | 38 | | Nubbs McLaughlin, Rochester, N. Y. | 4925 | 280 | | 39 | | Pete Tountas, Calumet City, Ill. | 4922 | 275 | | 40 | | Dave Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. | 4920 | 270 | | 41 | | George Howard, Kalamazoo, Mich. | 4905 | 262.50 | | | | Don Johnson, Kokomo, Ind. | 4905 | 262.50 | |
*Alternate, **Ritger, Horn received $100 for 300 games. 24-Game qualifying leader Ritger, 5338. 16th Low-Nowicki, 5041. Pro-Am Cashers ($50)-Dick Battista, Wayne Zahn, Pete Tountas, Glenn Allison, DonJohnson. Bill Allen.
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