Displaying the best bowling of his seven-year career as a professional, Roy Buckley rolled to an easy victory in the $55,000 Canada Dry Open. Buckley was forced to bowl at his very best, as he averaged 240 in leading the field in the PBA's third highest scoring tournament ever. In addition to rolling up a 133-pin margin over second-place Cliff McNealy, Buckley was one of nine players who rolled 300 games during the tournament. Buckley also set a world record for six games by rolling a 1600 series on opening day. The old record of 1585 was set by Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif., at South Bend Ind., in 1971. For all intents and purposes, he clinched the Canada Dry title in the first round of match game competition, winning seven games and tying one. That gave him a margin of more than 200 pins. 42-GAME TOTALS | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | #1 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | | 10128 | | 14-9-1 | | 435 | | 10563 | | $6,000 | | #2 | | Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | | 10025 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 10430 | | 3,500 | | 3 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | | 9901 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 10291 | | 2,700 | | #4 | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | | 9814 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 10234 | | 2,200 | | 5 | | Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 9742 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 10162 | | 1,900 | | 6 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | | 9752 | | 12-12 | | 390 | | 10142 | | 1,600 | | #7 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | | 9727 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 10117 | | 1,500 | | #8 | | Don Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev. | | 9690 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 10110 | | 1,400 | | 9 | | Bob Alstott, Overland Park, Kan. | | 9648 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 10038 | | 1,350 | | 10 | | Fred Conner, Mar Vista, Calif. | | 9660 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 10020 | | 1,300 | | 11 | | Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio | | 9583 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 10003 | | 1,250 | | 12 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 9656 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9986 | | 1,200 | | 13 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | | 9524 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9974 | | 1,150 | | 14 | | Bobby Fenton, Upland, Calif. | | 9469 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9889 | | 1,100 | | 15 | | Bobby Fliegman, Torrance, Calif. | | 9506 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9866 | | 1,050 | | #16 | | Sam Stump, Reynoldsburg, Ohio | | 9614 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 9854 | | 1,000 | | 17 | | Jim Frazier, Spokane, Wash. | | 9482 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9812 | | 950 | | 18 | | Eddie Ressler Jr., Allentown, Pa. | | 9469 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9769 | | 900 | | 19 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 9506 | | 8-15-1 | | 255 | | 9761 | | 850 | | 20 | | Jim Plessinger, State College, Pa. | | 9443 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9758 | | 800 | | 21 | | Ron Lisher, Santa Rosa, Calif. | | 9394 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9754 | | 750 | | 22 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | | 9493 | | 7-16-1 | | 225 | | 9718 | | 700 | | 23 | | Sam Fox, Pacifica, Calif. | | 9363 | | 7-16-1 | | 225 | | 9588 | | 650 | | 24 | | Jim Stefanich, Joliet, Ill.
(Includes 282-pin penalty) | | 9336 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9444 | | 590 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 25 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | 4081 | $495 | | &26 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz. (34 games) | 7613 | 540 | | 27 | | Ralph Hartmann, New Hyde Park, N.Y. | 4076 | 475 | | 28 | | Ed DiTolla, Maywood N.J. | 4074 | 470 | | *29 | | Don Bell, Scotts Valley, Calif. | 4072 | 490 | | 30 | | Marshall Holman Medford, Ore. | 4070 | 460 | | 31 | | Ted Malicki, Cleveland, Ohio | 4068 | 455 | | 32 | | Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif. | 4065 | 450 | | 33 | | Bob Aleksinski, Great Falls Mont. | 4058 | 445 | | 34 | | Ed Jetter, Medina, Ohio | 4054 | 440 | | 35 | | William Shumway Jr., Aurora, Colo. | 4045 | 435 | | 36 | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo. | 4042 | 430 | | 37 | | Mike Kelly, Seattle Wash. | 4038 | 425 | | 38 | | Tommy Hudson Akron, Ohio | 4033 | 420 | | 39 | | Mark Estes, Cleveland, Ohio | 4031 | 415 | | 40 | | John Wilcox, Williamsport, Pa. | 4016 | 410 | | 41 | | Bill McCorkle, Columbus, Ohio | 4012 | 405 | | 42 | | Louie Moore Jr., Columbus, Ohio | 3997 | 400 | |
*Alternates. #Woody Crist, Rick Minier, Jim Mitchell, Don Johnson, Gary Dickinson, Sam Stump, Mark Roth Roy Buckley and Cliff McNealy each received $100 for 300 games. &Zahn withdrew from the finals with a bad thumb and was replaced by Stefanich. Stefanich took a penalty of 282 pins and finished 24th. Stefanich received $50 for alternate and split 24th and 26th-place money with Zahn, Stefanich winning $590 and Zahn $540. Don Bell then received $25 for alternate. 18-game qualifying leader-Buckley 4425. 24th low-Roth and Zahn tied at 4092. PROAM CASHERS-$50 each-Earl Anthony, Dean Asami, Wayne Zahn, Don Bell, Les Zikes, Don McCune.
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