Showing the form that carried him to two titles on the winter tour, Dick Ritger topped Earl Anthony, 266-202, in the championship game of the $50 000 Starlanes-Ebonite Open at Waukegan's Bertrand Lanes. It was Ritger's second straight 266 in his three-game march to the title, in which he totalled 779 pins while defeating Jay Robinson, Skee Foremsky and then Anthony. Ritger's win was his first since the $100,000 Midas Open, the 1974 season opener at Oakland, Cal., and the $70,000 Fair Lanes Open title at Baltimore. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | 779 (3 games) | $5,000 | | 2 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | 202 (1 game) | 2,800 | | 3 | | Skee Foremsky, Houston, Texas | 180 (1 game) | 2,300 | | 4 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | 431 (2 games) | 2,000 | | 5 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 229 (1 game) | 1,700 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS-Robinson defeated Weber, 236-229; Ritger defeated Robinson, 247-195; Ritger defeated Foremsky, 266-180, and in the championship game, Ritger defeated Anthony, 266-202.
42-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | #1 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | | 9378 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9858 | | | | 2 | | Skee Foremsky, Houston, Texas | | 9219 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9669 | | | | 3 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | | 9130 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9550 | | | | 4 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 9022 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 9397 | | | | 5 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis Mo. | | 9037 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9382 | | | | *6 | | Bobby Fenon Upland, Calif. | | 8953 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9358 | | $1,650 | | 7 | | Johnny Petraglia, Broolyn, N.Y. | | 8959 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9349 | | 1,500 | | 8 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | | 8925 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9345 | | 1,400 | | 9 | | Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio | | 8921 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9311 | | 1,300 | | 10 | | Don Helling, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8837 | | 14-9-1 | | 435 | | 9272 | | 1,200 | | 11 | | Wayne Broadwell Houston, Texas | | 8821 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9226 | | 1,100 | | 12 | | Ron Stromfeld, Columbus, Ohio | | 8757 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9177 | | 1,000 | | 13 | | Teata Semiz, River Edge, N.J. | | 8750 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9170 | | 950 | | 14 | | Tony Maresca, Mesa, Ariz. | | 8733 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9123 | | 900 | | 15 | | Butch Gearhart, Houston, Texas | | 8739 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9099 | | 850 | | 16 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | | 8822 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 9062 | | 800 | | 17 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 8781 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 9051 | | 750 | | @18 | | Fred Hansen, Chicago, Ill. | | 8717 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9017 | | 700 | | 19 | | Mark Estes, Euclid, Ohio | | 8699 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9014 | | 650 | | 20 | | Les Schissler, Denver, Colo. | | 8673 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8973 | | 600 | | 21 | | Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif. | | 8639 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8939 | | 575 | | 22 | | Dave Bash, Parersburg, W.Va. | | 8561 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 8891 | | 550 | | 23 | | Bob Hood, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8574 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8844 | | 525 | | 24 | | Mike Orlovsky, Johnson City, N.Y. | | 8512 | | 7-17-0 | | 210 | | 8722 | | 500 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 25 | | Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La. | 3722 | $410 | | *26 | | Mike McGrath, Lake St. Louis, Mo. | 3720 | 480 | | 27 | | Keith Craycraft New Martinsville, W.Va. | 3716 | 400 | | 28 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | 3714 | 395 | | 29 | | Ken Jacobsen, Aberdeen, Md. | 3712 | 390 | | 30 | | John Denton, Midland, Texas | 3709 | 385 | | 31 | | Harry Mickelson Kodiak, Alaska | 3705 | 380 | | 32 | | Art Trask, Miami, Fla. | 3703 | 375 | | 33 | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo. | 3702 | 370 | | 34 | | Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill | 3700 | 365 | | 35 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe Ariz. | 3697 | 360 | | 36 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | 3691 | 352.50 | | | | Paul McCordic, Houston, Texas | 3691 | 352.50 | | 38 | | Dick Armstrong, Round Lake Beach, Ill. | 3689 | 345 | | 39 | | Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W.Va. | 3687 | 337.50 | | @ | | Dave Norton, Calumet City, Ill. | 3687 | 337.50 | | 41 | | Vince Mazzanti, Levittown, Pa. | 3679 | 330 | | 42 | | Floyd Wilson, Waukegan, Ill. | 3676 | 325 | | 43 | | Sam Guarino, Detroit, Mich. | 3674 | 320 | | 44 | | Rich Wonders, Racine, Wis. | 3669 | 315 | | 45 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | 664 | 30 | | 46 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | 3657 | 305 | | 47 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio | 3651 | 300 | | 48 | | Tim Harahan, Woodland Hills, Calif. | 3650 | 300 | | 49 | | Dale Glenn, Chatsworth, Calif. | 3649 | 300 | | 50 | | Gary Patterson, St. Louis, Mo. | 3635 | 300 | | 51 | | Tom Franklin, Gahanna, Ohio | 3631 | 300 | | | | Alex Seymore, Kannapolis, N.C. | 3631 | 30 | | 53 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 3626 | 300 | |
*Alternate. # Anthony received $100 for 300 game. @Local entry. 18-game qualifying leader-Foremsky 4076. 24th low-Orlovsky 3732. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Johnny Petraglia, Butch Gearhart, Les Zikes, Bob Hood, Mickey Higham, Paul McCordic.
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