Aided by a perfect game-one of eight fired during the event-Larry Laub of San Francisco coasted to his secondPBA victory in the $36,000 Lincoln Open at Hollywood Bowl. Laub's 300 effort came in the next-to-last block of match games and it was the springboard he needed for the $4,000 triumph. Going into the 42nd and final game of the contest, Laub had built up enough pins to make the position clash with Roy Buckley just so much fluff. But, Larry still gave it his all and won that final game by a resounding 258-249 score. For the distance, he averaged over 238, and he had to be good to stave off the rest of the field. The boys were in a high-shooting mood, as witness a pair of perfect games by Mickey Higham, and 300s by Don McCune, Bobby Cooper, Jimmy Carman, John Bennett and Buckley. | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 10012 | | 18-6-0 | | 540 | | 10552 | | $4,000 | | 2 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | | 9810 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 10260 | | 2,200 | | 3 | | Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W. Va. | | 9732 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 10212 | | 1,500 | | 4 | | Norm Meyers, St. Louis, Mo. | | 9836 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 10196 | | 1,200 | | 5 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | | 9759 | | 13-10-1 | | 406 | | 10164 | | 1,100 | | 6 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | | 9713 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 10013 | | 1,050 | | 7 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 9557 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9977 | | 1,000 | | 8 | | Mike Orlovsky, Endicott, N.Y. | | 9462 | | 17-7-0 | | 510 | | 9972 | | 950 | | 9 | | Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill. | | 9580 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9970 | | 900 | | 10 | | Jimmy Carman, Houston, Texas | | 9677 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9967 | | 850 | | 11 | | Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio | | 9517 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9937 | | 800 | | 12 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | | 9656 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9916 | | 750 | | 13 | | Mick McMahon, Portland, Ore. | | 9659 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9904 | | 725 | | 14 | | Jimmy McHugh, New York, N.Y. | | 9593 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9893 | | 700 | | 16 | | Teata Semiz, River Edge, N.J. | | 9479 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9809 | | 675 | | 16 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz. | | 9439 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9799 | | 650 | | 17 | | Bobby Cooper, Houston, Texas | | 9445 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9776 | | 625 | | 18 | | Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif. | | 9445 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9760 | | 600 | | 19 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | | 9416 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9746 | | 575 | | 20 | | Harry Smith, Canton, Ohio | | 9424 | | 9-14-1 | | 285 | | 9709 | | 550 | | 21 | | Don Crouse, Muncie, Ind. | | 9298 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9598 | | 525 | | 22 | | John Bennett, Lansing, Mich. | | 9070 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9415 | | 500 | | 23 | | Jim Jacobsen, Boise, Idaho | | 9111 | | 7-17-0 | | 210 | | 9321 | | 475 | | 24 | | Mike Limongello, N. Babylon, N.Y. | | 9148 | | 5-18-1 | | 165 | | 9313 | | 450 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *25 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | 4030 | $420 | | 26 | | Dan Roche, Arlington, Texas | 4029 | 320 | | **27 | | John Madsen Lincoln, Neb. | 4021 | 310 | | 28 | | Larry Montgomery, Akron, Ohio | 4020 | 300 | | 29 | | Dick Ritger Hartford, Wis. | 4015 | 290 | | 30 | | Gus Lampo, Endicott, N.Y. | 4005 | 280 | | 31 | | Terry Booth, Mountain View, Calif. | 4000 | 270 | | 32 | | Jim Starks, Dallas, Texas | 3998 | 260 | |
*Alternate. **Local entry. 300 Game-($100)-Mickey Higham (2), Don McCune, Lang Laub, John Bennett, Bobby Cooper, Jimmy Carman, Roy Buckley. PRO-AM CASTERS ($50)-Don McCune, Curt Schmidt, Bud Tufts, Mick McMahon, Harry Smith, Jim Lewis.
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