Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash., won his fourth Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) title of the year, waltzing to victory in the $50,000 Quad-Cities Open at Suburban Lanes. Anthony's win was measured by 412 pins at the finish, and as runnerup Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo., put it after it was over, "We almost conceded it to him early, and we were just shooting for second place." Anthony confirmed that he was as good as the final scores indicated. "I only missed the pocket three times all night." That was shortly after he had lost a 247 game, then racked up games of 248-257-239 and 290, before losing a meaningless position round game to Burton, 223-209. Anthony qualified for the match game rounds in fifth place as Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill., averaged nearly 226 to lead the 18-game qualifying. 42-GAME TOTALS | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | | 9517 | | 17-7-0 | | 510 | | 10027 | | $5,000 | | 2 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 9150 | | 15-8-1 | | 465 | | 9615 | | 3,000 | | 3 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio | | 9101 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9521 | | 2,500 | | 4 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 9117 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9477 | | 2,000 | | 5 | | Jim Fowble, Hobart, Ind. | | 9026 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9416 | | 1,800 | | 6 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 9097 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9397 | | 1,650 | | #7 | | Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill. | | 9017 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9347 | | 1,500 | | 8 | | Jim Hills, Cleveland, Ohio | | 8941 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9301 | | 1,400 | | 9 | | Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J. | | 8916 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9276 | | 1,300 | | 10 | | Woody Grist, Williamsport, Pa. | | 8904 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9264 | | 1,200 | | 11 | | Rick Perry, Columbia Falls, Mont. | | 8858 | | 12-11-0 | | 390 | | 9248 | | 1,150 | | 12 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | | 8829 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9234 | | 1,100 | | 13 | | Bob Alstott, Kansas City, Mo. | | 8840 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9200 | | 1,050 | | 14 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. | | 8872 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9172 | | 1,000 | | 15 | | Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz. | | 8758 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9118 | | 925 | | | | R.J. Farnam, Seattle, Wash. | | 8788 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9118 | | 925 | | 17 | | Tim Harahan, Woodland Hills, Calif. | | 8767 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9097 | | 850 | | #18 | | Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz. | | 8720 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9080 | | 800 | | 19 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 8749 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9079 | | 750 | | 20 | | Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A. | | 8747 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9077 | | 700 | | 21 | | Greg Guertin, Sacramento, Calif. | | 8702 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9062 | | 650 | | 22 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8682 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9012 | | 600 | | 23 | | Mike Matosich, San Bruno, Calif. | | 8656 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8956 | | 550 | | 24 | | Tom Wright, Millbrae, Calif. | | 8593 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8893 | | 500 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *25 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | 3733 | $495 | | 26 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | 3727 | 410 | | 27 | | Jack Andolina, Los Angeles, Calif. | 3722 | 400 | | 28 | | Marty Piraino, Syracuse, N.Y. | 3716 | 390 | | 29 | | Harry Mickelson, Kodiak, Alaska | 3715 | 380 | | 30 | | Dean Asami, Richmond, Calif. | 3714 | 365 | | | | Jimmy Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | 3714 | 365 | | 32 | | Tom Menge, Cleveland, Ohio | 3707 | 350 | | @33 | | Russell London, Chicago, Ill. | 3705 | 342.50 | | | | Guy Rowbury, Ronan, Mont. | 3705 | 342.50 | | 35 | | Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill. | 3699 | 335 | | 36 | | Mark Estes, Cleveland, Ohio | 3690 | 330 | | 37 | | Dennis Murphy, Great Falls, Mont. | 3689 | 325 | | 38 | | Wendell Davis, Johnson City, Tenn. | 3683 | 320 | | 39 | | Dean Carpenter, Omaha, Neb. | 3681 | 315 | | 40 | | Jay Aono, Boise, Idaho | 3678 | 310 | | 41 | | Rich Horny, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | 3673 | 305 | | 42 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | 3669 | 150 | | | | Ed Ressler Jr., Allentown, Pa. | 3669 | 150 | |
*Alternates. @Local entry. 18-game qualifying leader-Zikes 4064. 24th low-Alstott, Guertin 3748. #Paul Colwell and Les Zikes received $100 for 300 games. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Marty Piraino, Butch Gearhart, Sal Bongiorno, Billy Hardwick, Dean Carpenter, Tommy Hudson.
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