Bay City Open

$37,500 BAY CITY OPEN
Eastland Lanes, Bay City, Mich., Aug 10-13, 1973
Johnson Hits 22

Don Johnson won the 22nd victory of his remarkable career and his victory in the $37,500 Bay City Open brought him to within two victories of the all-time record of 24 PBA career wins held by Dick Weber.

After Johnson hung a position-round, 258-206, defeat on Larry Laub, to clinch the title, he told newsmen that he wouldn't think about Weber's record until he had one to go.

Except for a brief lapse during the match play competition Monday, Johnson was in command of the tournament virtually throughout. He led the qualifying with an 18-game average of 227, and then, despite losing 11 games during match play competition, won matches at key times.

	Name, City/State	Pins	WLT	+	Tot	Amt

1	Don Johnson, Akron, Ohio	9580	12-11-1	375	9955	$4,000
2	Larry Laub, Santa Rosa, Calif.	9461	13-11-0	390	9851	2,200
3	Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif.	9430	14-10-0	420	9850	1,700
4	Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo.	9310	15-9-0	450	9760	1,300
5	John Handegard, Eugene, Ore.	9232	16-8-0	480	9712	1,100
6	Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio	9280	12-11-1	375	9655	1,050
#7	Don McCune, Munster, Ind.	9205	14-10-0	420	9625	1,000
8	Art Trask, Miami, Fla.	9133	16-8-0	480	9613	950
9	Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas	9177	13-11-0	390	9567	900
10	Bill Johnson, New Orleans, La.	9092	13-10-1	405	9497	850
11	Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz.	9078	13-10-1	405	9483	775
	Jeff Valentine, Natick, Mass.	9123	11-11-2	360	9483	775
13	Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif.	9115	11-12-1	345	9460	725
14	Bobby Williams, Detroit. Mich.	9113	10-14-0	300	9413	700
15	Tom Hudson, Akron, Ohio	9031	11-12-1	345	9376	675
16	Matt Surina, Longview, Wash.	9043	11-13-0	330	9373	650
17	Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill.	9062	10-14-0	300	9362	625
18	Ed Ressler, Allentown, Pa.	8936	12-12-0	360	9296	600
&19	Rick Minier, Akron, Ohio	8962	11-13-0	330	9292	462.50
20	Tim Albin, Mexico City, Mexico	8993	9-15-0	270	9263	550
21	Bob Strampe, Detroit, Mich.	3931	11-13-0	330	9261	525
22	Bobby Cooper, Mexico City, Mexico	8918	10-14-0	300	9218	500
23	Ernie Schlegel, Ft. Lee, N.J.	8922	8-16-0	240	9162	475
24	Dick Thompson, Youngstown, Ohio	8693	8-16-0	240	8933	450

18-GAME TOTALS

Pos.	Name, City/State	Total	Amount

&25	Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis.	4046	$462.50
*26	Sandy Finkelstein, Cortland, N.Y.	3826	420
	Pete Brown, St. Petersburg, Fla.	3824	340
28	Bill McCorkle, Columbus, Ohio	3814	335
29	Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J.	3811	330
30	Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash.	3808	322.50
	Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif.	3808	322.50
32	Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla.	3803	315
33	Don Beitler, South Bend, Ind.	3799	310
34	Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill.	3794	305
35	Butch Soper, Orange, Calif.	3793	300
36	Norm Mevers, St. Louis, Mo.	3791	300
37	Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo.	3789	300
38	Paul Aarestad, Minneapolis, Minn.	3777	300
39	Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill.	3760	300
40	Bob Perry, Ft. Wayne, Ind.	3758	300
41	Mike Lemongello, Islip, N.Y.	3757	300
42	Fred Jaskie, Milwaukee, Wisc.	3754	300
43	Jimmy McHugh, Oceanside, N.Y.	3753	300
44	Mark Roth, Brooklyn, N.Y.	3744	300
45	Charlie Faino, Philadelphia, Pa.	3739	300
46	Alex Seymore, Kannapolis, N.C.	3737	300
47	Keith Craycraft, New Martinsville, W. Va.	3730	300
48	Frank Zitnik, Youngstown, Ohio	3727	300

*Alternate. #McCune received $100 for 300 game. &Minier defeated Finkelstein in a one-game rolloff for alternate, and Minier then replaced Ritger in the finals when Ritger withdrew. Minier and Ritger split 19th and 25th-place money for $462.50 each. 18-game qualifying leader-D. Johnson 4101. 24th low-Albin 3840. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Dale Glenn, Tim Albin, Mark Roth, Joe Berardi, Roy Buckley, Mickey Higham.

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