To the delight of a noisy home-town crowd lanky Gary Dickinson waltzed off with the $37,500 Ft. Worth Open at Meadowbrook Lanes. Winner of only one (Don Carter Classic last January) previous test, Dickinson performed to near-perfection as he rolled to a 227-pin margin over second-place Bobby Cooper, and Bob McGregor, who finished third. Dickinson faltered only once in match play when Earl Anthony held a three-pin margin for one game. Dickinson came back with winning games of 245 and 246 to regain the lead and was never headed. | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texsa | | 9483 | | 19-5-0 | | 570 | | 10053 | | $4,000 | | 2 | | Bobby Cooper, Mexico City, Mexico | | 9391 | | 14-9-1 | | 435 | | 9826 | | 2,200 | | 3 | | Bob McGregor, Dallas, Texas | | 9346 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9766 | | 1,700 | | 4 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | | 9256 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9706 | | 1,300 | | 5 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 9174 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9624 | | 1,150 | | 6 | | Bill Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 9148 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 9523 | | 1,050 | | 7 | | Charles Faino, Philadelphia, Pa. | | 8991 | | 14-9-1 | | 435 | | 9426 | | 1,000 | | 8 | | Rick Minier, Akron, Ohio | | 8927 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9347 | | 950 | | 9 | | Allie Clarke, Akron, Ohio | | 9019 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9319 | | 900 | | 10 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 9013 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9313 | | 850 | | #11 | | Butch Soper, Tustin, Calif. | | 8890 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9310 | | 800 | | 12 | | Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8870 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9275 | | 750 | | 13 | | Don McCune, Munster, Ind. | | 8947 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9247 | | 725 | | 14 | | Tim Harahan, Canoga Park, Calif. | | 8864 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 9239 | | 700 | | 15 | | Tye Critchlow, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8868 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9183 | | 650 | | #16 | | Dick Lang, Detroit, Mich. | | 8868 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9183 | | 650 | | 17 | | Marty Piraino, Syracuse, N.Y. | | 8876 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9176 | | 625 | | 18 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | | 8798 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9158 | | 600 | | 19 | | Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W.Va. | | 8813 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9143 | | 575 | | 20 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | | 8873 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 9113 | | 550 | | 21 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | | 8764 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9064 | | 525 | | 22 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 8731 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9061 | | 500 | | 23 | | John Bolejack, Houston, Texas | | 8727 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9057 | | 475 | | #24 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | | 8649 | | 6-18-0 | | 180 | | 8829 | | 450 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *25 | | Dick Battista, New York, N.Y. | 3790 | $445 | | 26 | | Ernie Schlegel, Ft. Lee, N.J. | 3787 | 350 | | 27 | | Paul Aarestad, Minneapolis, Minn. | 3785 | 330 | | 28 | | Tim Albin, No. Hollywood, Calif. | 3782 | 325 | | 29 | | Don Glover, Del Ray Beach, Fla. | 3778 | 320 | | @30 | | Mike Doody, Dallas, Texas | 3775 | 315 | | 31 | | John Handegard, Eugene, Ore. | 3763 | 310 | | 32 | | Palmer Falgren, Sacramento, Calif. | 3758 | 305 | | 33 | | Dwane Martin, Wichita, Kan. | 3750 | 300 | | 34 | | Don Bell, San Francisco, Calif. | 3748 | 300 | | 35 | | Matt Surina, Longview, Wash. | 3745 | 300 | | 36 | | Maury Newman, Houston, Texas | 3744 | 300 | | 37 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 3743 | 300 | | 38 | | Bobby Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | 3742 | 300 | | 39 | | Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio | 3741 | 300 | | 40 | | Sandy Finkelstein, Cortland, N.Y. | 3740 | 300 | | 41 | | Tom Hudson, Akron, Ohio | 3737 | 300 | | 42 | | Joe Berardi, New York, N.Y. | 3735 | 300 | |
*Alternate. @Local entry. #Dick Lang, Billy Hardwick, Butch Soper recieved $35 for 300 games. 18-game qualifying leader-Dickinson 4112. 24th low-Glenn 3799. PRO-AM CASHERS -$50-Matt Surina, Sam Flanagan, Don McCune, Fred Jaskie, Jim Stefinich, Skee Foremsky.
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