Buzz Fazio Open

$50,000 BUZZ FAZIO OPEN
Nottke's Bowl, Battle Creek, Mich., Oct 24-27, 1975
Earl Breaks $100,000

Seventeen years after professional bowling was launched, the sport finally has its first $100,000 winner.

Earl Anthony scored an historic triumph in the $50,000 Buzz Fazio Open rewriting the record book in two categories.

The victory, Anthony's seventh of 1975 gave him the most championships ever posted in a single year-he had won six in 1974, tying him with several others in that department-and the $5,000 prize awarded him by the bowling Hall of Famer for whom this event was named, put his total for the year at $100,890.

Thwarted one year ago in his quest to hit the magical $100,000 plateau-he wound up with $99,585-Anthony came down to the wire with Johnny Petraglia, Staten Island, N.Y., before the issue was settled. Those two, arch rivals through the years, were only six pins apart going into the position round contest and that's the way it ended, when they finished their payoff tilt in a 214-214 deadlock. Anthony's previous six-pin margin prevailed.

42-GAME TOTALS

	Name, City/State	Pins	WLT	+	Tot	Amt

#1	Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash.	9275	17-6-1	525	9800	$5,000
2	John Petraglia, Staten Island, N.Y.	9299	16-7-1	495	9794	3,000
3	Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y.	9299	15-9-0	450	9749	2,600
4	Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio	9321	14-10-0	420	9741	2,200
5	Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio	9258	12-12-0	360	9618	1,900
6	Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla.	9117	16-8-0	480	9597	1,700
7	Jim Frazier, Spokane, Wash.	9145	13-10-1	405	9550	1,500
8	Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio	9002	17-7-0	510	9512	1,400
9	Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas	9092	13-11-0	390	9482	1,300
10	George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C.	9080	12-12-0	360	9440	1,200
11	Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill.	8935	12-12-0	360	9295	1,150
12	Jim Plessinger, State College, Pa.	8861	13-9-2	420	9281	1,100
13	Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn.	8896	12-12-0	360	9256	1,050
14	Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill.	8812	12-12-0	360	9172	1,000
15	Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo.	8807	11-13-0	330	9137	950
16	Don McCune, Munster, Ind.	8880	8-15-1	255	9135	900
17	Don Bell, Scotts Valley, Calif.	8789	10-14-0	300	9089	850
18	Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz.	8771	9-13-2	300	9071	800
19	Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio	8752	10-14-0	300	9052	750
20	Vic Iwlew, Kalamazoo, Mich.	8749	9-15-0	270	9019	700
21	Larry Montgomery, Akron, Ohio	8645	10-14-0	300	8945	650
22	Fred Conner, Mar Vista, Calif.	8667	8-16-0	240	8907	600
23	Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif.	8571	11-13-0	330	8901	550
24	Emmett Shutes, State College, Pa.	8568	4-20-0	120	8688	500

18-GAME TOTALS

Pos.	Name, City/State	Total	Amount

*25	Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn.	3812	$495
26	Larry Laub, Milford, Conn.	3810	415
27	Eddie Ressler, Allentown, Pa.	3797	410
28	Jimmy Certain, Huntsville, Ala.	3795	405
29	Ed DiTolla, Maywood, N.J.	3791	397.50
	Guy Rowbury, Ronan, Mont.	3791	397.50
31	Marty Piraino, Syracuse, N.Y.	3789	387.50
	Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo.	3789	387.50
33	Norm Meyers, St. Louis, Mo.	3788	380
34	Ralph Hartmann, New Hyde Park, N.Y.	3786	375
35	Tom Wright, Millbrae, Calif.	3785	370
36	Hal Kaminski, Milwaukee, Wis.	3781	365
@37	Mike Pryson, Kalamazoo, Mich.	3779	360
38	Bobby Crull, Noblesville, Ind.	3775	355
39	Greg Guertin, Sacramento, Calif.	3767	347.50
	Tony Maresca, Mesa, Ariz.	3767	347.50
41	Fred Jaskie, Milwaukee, Wis.	3763	340
42	Don Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev.	3755	335
43	Bob Alstott, Overland Park, Kan.	3754	330
	Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J.	3754	330
45	Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W.Va.	3751	325
	Rick Minier, Akron, Ohio	3751	325
47	Al Sanford, Jackson, Ohio	3750	320
48	Sam Guarino, Detroit, Mich.	3744	320
@49	Doug Ivens, Kalamazoo, Mich.	3738	315
50	Mike Berlin, Muscatine, Iowa	3732	315
51	Dave Davis, Atlanta, Ga.	3724	310
	Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind.	3724	310
53	Ted Malicki, Cleveland, Ohio	3716	305
54	Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A.	3715	305
55	Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif.	3708	300
56	Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz.	3698	150
	Bobby Fenton, Los Angeles, Calif.	3698	150

*Alternates. @Local entry. #Earl Anthony received $100 for 300 game. 18-game qualifying leader-Hudson 4039. 24th low-Montgomery 3813. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Bob Singleton, Marty Piraino, Billy Hardwick, Ernie Schlegel, Curt Schmidt, Mark Estes.

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