Veteran Skee Foremsky broke a near five-year victory drought on the tour when he took the $50,000 Columbia 300 Open. The victory was Foremsky's sixth of his career, but his first since January, 1970, when he scored at Wichita, Kansas. The Columbia victory was a thriller . . . going down to the last ball before the Texan could claim a 193-180 victory over Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La. For a time it appeared that Foremsky would make a runaway of the tournament. He led the field by 72 pins going into the last eight games and he quickly widened that margin when he won his first three games. However, Jacks refused to give ground, and he finally caught up with Foremsky in the 38th game and took over the lead. Foremsky got it back two games later, and going into the position round game, Foremsky led by only four pins. The championship game was a low-scoring but tense match. Jacks doubled to go out with a 180, and he forced Foremsky into a "must" strike in the 10th. Foremsky got it, much to the pleasure of a packed crowd at Strike 'N Spare Lanes. 42-GAME STANDINGS | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Skee Foremsky, Houston, Texas | | 8932 | | 17-5-2 | | 640 | | 9472 | | $5,000 | | 2 | | Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La. | | 8854 | | 19-5-0 | | 570 | | 9424 | | 2,800 | | 3 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | | 8834 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9314 | | 2,300 | | 4 | | Dave Bash, Parkersburg, W.Va. | | 8693 | | 16-7-1 | | 495 | | 9188 | | 2,000 | | 5 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8721 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9171 | | 1,750 | | 6 | | Dick Ritger, Hartford, Wis. | | 8699 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 9074 | | 1,600 | | 7 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | | 8750 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9050 | | 1,500 | | 8 | | Bobby Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | | 8692 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9022 | | 1,400 | | 9 | | Harry Mickelson, Kodiak, Alaska | | 8660 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 8980 | | 1,300 | | 10 | | Ralph Martmann, New Hyde Park, N.Y. | | 8655 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 8975 | | 1,200 | | 11 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 8655 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 8945 | | 1,100 | | 12 | | Doc landoli, Whitestone, N.Y. | | 8614 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 8944 | | 1,050 | | 13 | | Marty Piraino, Syracuse, N.Y. | | 8578 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 8908 | | 1,000 | | 14 | | Butch Gearhart, Houston, Texas | | 8552 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8852 | | 950 | | 15 | | Ed DiTolla, Maywood, N.J. | | 8551 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8851 | | 900 | | 16 | | Johnny Guenther, Seattle, Wash. | | 8536 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8836 | | 850 | | 17 | | Johnny Petraglia, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | 8507 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8807 | | 800 | | 18 | | Barry Asher, Cota Mesa, Calif. | | 8396 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 8771 | | 750 | | @19 | | Gary Cunningham, Syracuse, N.Y. | | 8333 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 8708 | | 700 | | 20 | | Wayne Broadwell, Houston, Texas | | 8385 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8685 | | 650 | | 21 | | Bob Hood, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8359 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8659 | | 600 | | 22 | | Matt Surina, Longview, Wash. | | 8268 | | 9-14-1 | | 285 | | 8543 | | 550 | | 23 | | Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz. | | 8222 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 8537 | | 525 | | 24 | | Sandy Finkelstein, Cortland, N.Y. | | 8249 | | 5-19-0 | | 150 | | 8399 | | 500 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 25 | | Adam Toney, Oak Hill, W.Va. | 3656 | $415 | | *26 | | Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio | 3654 | 485 | | 27 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | 3651 | 405 | | 28 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | 3646 | 400 | | 29 | | Dave Davis, Atlanta, Ga. | 3643 | 395 | | 30 | | Bob Chapell, Wichita, Kan. | 3641 | 390 | | 31 | | Maurice Pinel, Ithaca, N.Y. | 3637 | 385 | | 32 | | Mike Lastowski, Aberdeen, Md. | 3635 | 377.50 | | | | Mike McGrath, Lake St. Louis, Mo. | 3635 | 377.50 | | 34 | | Jim Fowble, Hobart, Ind. | 3632 | 370 | | 35 | | Jim Hills, Richmond Hts., Ohio | 3629 | 365 | | 36 | | Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | 3627 | 357.50 | | | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | 3627 | 357.50 | | 38 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | 3626 | 350 | | 39 | | Allie Clarke, Akron, Ohio | 3624 | 345 | | 40 | | Jim Godman, Vero Beach, Fla. | 3619 | 340 | | 41 | | Mike Randesi, Endicott, N.Y. | 3618 | 335 | | 42 | | Tony Maresca, Mesa, Ariz. | 3614 | 330 | | 43 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | 3601 | 325 | | 44 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | 3599 | 317.50 | | | | Alex Seymore, Kannapolis, N.C. | 3599 | 317.50 | | 46 | | Tom Laskow, Commack, N.Y. | 3592 | 310 | | 47 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 3590 | 305 | | 48 | | Steve Nowicki, Rochester, N.Y. | 3585 | 300 | | 49 | | Rick Bennett Owego, N.Y. | 3583 | 300 | | 50 | | Bobby Hall, Washington, D.C. | 3582 | 300 | | 51 | | Torn Kuster, Scotia, N.Y. | 3580 | 300 | | @52 | | Ron Legler, Rochester, N.Y. | 3579 | 300 | | 53 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | 3578 | 300 | | | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo. | 3578 | 300 | | @ | | Ken Watson, Syracuse, N.Y. | 3578 | 300 | | 56 | | Jim Frazier Spokane, Wash. | 3576 | 300 | | | | Don McCune, Munster, Ind. | 3576 | 300 | | 58 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | 3569 | 300 | |
*Alternate. @Local entry. 18-game qualifying leader-Petraglia 3812. 24th low-Surina 3667. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Adam Toney, Jim Frazier, Teata Semiz, Pat Brownfield, Carmen Salvino, Jeff Valentine, Pete McCordic, Steve Jones, Fred Jaskie, Sandy Finkelstein. $25 each-Rick Minier, Bob Chappell.
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