Painesville Open

$40,000 PAINESVILLE OPEN
Painesville Lanes, Painesville, Ohio, Oct 26-29, 1973
Fourth PBA Title For Colwell

Paul Colwell strong-armed his way to his fourth career victory at Painesville Lanes in winning the $40,000 Painesville Open.

Although Colwell won only three of his final eight games of match play competition, he had it when he needed it, winning the position-round game from Nelson Burton Jr., 269-195. Colwell's actual and bonus pinfall totalled 10,336 and he averaged 229.999 pins per game for the 42-game tournament. The victory was his second of 1973. He took the $50,000 Starlanes-Ebonite Open at Cranston, R.I., in August and won twice m 1972 while still a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.

42-GAME TOTALS

	Name, City/State	Pins	WLT	+	Tot	Amt

1	Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz.	9656	16-8-0	480	10136	$4,000
2	Peter McCordic Houston, Texas	9496	15-9-0	450	9946	2,200
3	Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo.	9525	13-11-0	390	9915	1,700
4	Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis.	9413	15-9-0	450	9863	1,300
5	Gary Dickinson, Ft. orth, Texas	9363	14-10-0	420	9783	1,150
6	Matt Surina, Longview, Wash.	9391	13-11-0	390	9781	1,050
7	Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz.	9331	14-10-0	420	9751	1,000
8	Barry Asher Costa Mesa, Calif.	9326	12-12-0	360	9686	950
9	Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill.	9291	13-11-0	390	9681	900
10	Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio	9192	13-11-0	390	9582	850
11	Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif.	9214	12-12-0	360	9574	800
12	Frank Zitnik, Youngstown, Ohio	9240	10-14-0	300	9540	750
13	Art Trask, Miami, Fla.	9044	16-8-0	480	9524	725
14	Bobby Cooper, Mexico City, Mexico	9119	11-13-0	330	9449	700
15	Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash.	9094	11-13-0	330	9424	675
16	Teata Semiz, River Edge, N.J.	9120	10-14-0	300	9420	650
17	Mike McCrath, St. Louis, Mo.	8971	12-12-0	360	9331	625
18	Sandy Finkelstein, Cortland, N.Y.	8961	10-14-0	300	9261	600
19	Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif.	8883	11-13-0	330	9213	575
20	Ralph Hartmann, New Hyde Park, N.Y.	8965	8-16-0	240	9205	550
21	Don McCune, Munster, Ind.	8792	13-11-0	390	9182	525
22	Paul Aarestad, Minneapolis, Minn.	8829	11-13-0	330	9159	500
23	Tommy Tuttle, King, N.C.	8810	10-14-0	300	9110	475
24	Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill.	8959	5-19-0	150	9109	450

18-GAME TOTALS

Pos.	Name, City/State	Total	Amount

*25	Bobby Williams, Detroit, Mich.	3882	$445
26	Fred Borden, Akron, Ohio	3879	365
27	Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio	3876	360
28	Mark Roth, Brooklyn, N.Y.	3875	355
29	Dan Roche, South Bend Ind.	3865	350
30	Jimmy McHugh, Oceanside, N.Y.	3859	342.50
	Jerry Bucholz, San Jose, Calif.	3859	342.50
32	Tim Harahan, Canoga Park, Calif.	3857	335
33	Don Johnson, Akron, Ohio	3855	327.50
	Skee Foremsky, Houston, Texas	3855	327.50
35	Mike Lemongello, St. Paul, Minn.	3849	317.50
	Vic Pettit, Tampa, Fla.	3849	317.50
37	Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn.	3846	310
38	Tom Franklin, Columbus, Ohio	3841	305
39	George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C.	3834	300
	Alex Seymore, Kannapolis, N.C.	3834	300
	Bill Tucker, Detroit, Mich.	3834	300
42	Allie Clarke, Akron, Ohio	3832	300
43	Dennis Murphy, Great Falls, Mont.	3824	300
44	Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla.	3816	300
45	Rick Minier, Akron, Ohio	3815	300
	Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J.	3815	300
47	Joe Berardi, New York, N.Y.	3805	300
48	Dave Juric, Crest Hill, Ill.	3802	300
	Denny Torgerson, Des Moines, Iowa	3802	300
50	Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W. Va.	3798	300
51	Bruce Ritchie, Seattle, Wash.	3793	300
52	Ted Malicki, Cleveland, Ohio	3791	300
53	Ed Ressler, Allentown, Pa.	3784	300
54	Bill Johnson, New Orleans, La.	3780	300
55	Fred Jaskie, Milwaukee, Wis.	3774	300
56	Bill Straub, Lincoln, Neb.	3772	300

*Alternate. 18-game qualifying leader-Dickinson 4186. 24th low-Hartmann 3883. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Barry Asher, Mickey Higham, Sandy Finkelstein, Roy Buckley, Bruce Ritchie, Nelson Burton Jr.

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