Roy Buckley continued a fine bowling streak carrying over from the Fall, when he rolled over four opponents to win the $65,000 ARC Alameda Open. Buckley defeated top-seeded Mark Roth in the championship game, 243-222, to win the first prize of $7,500. The tournament marked the seventh time in eight tournaments in which he has competed that Buckley has reached the top five. He won three of them, dating back to October. The pencil-slim Ohioan rolled up 925 pins for his four games-an average of 231 as he picked up his first title of the 1976 season, after finishing fourth a week ago in the $75,000 Ford Open at Arcadia, Calif., the '76 tour opener. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | 925 (4 games) | $7,500 | | 2 | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | 222 (1 game) | 4,000 | | 3 | | Butch Soper. Huntington Beach, Calif. | 189 (1 game) | 3,000 | | 4 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | 233 (1 game) | 2,500 | | 5 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | 183 (1 game) | 2,000 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS: Buckley defeated Robinson, 256-183; Buckley defeated Dickinson, 236-233; Buckley defeated Soper, 190-189, and in the championship game, Buckley defeated Roth, 243-222.
42-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | | 9480 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9900 | | | | 2 | | Butch Soper, Huntington Beach, Cal. | | 9471 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9801 | | | | 3 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Tex. | | 9284 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9629 | | | | 4 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | | 9161 | | 13-9-0 | | 450 | | 9611 | | | | 5 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 9204 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9594 | | | | *6 | | Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A. | | 9127 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9577 | | $1,850 | | 7 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio | | 9074 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9554 | | 1,600 | | 8 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 9098 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9548 | | 1,500 | | 9 | | Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio | | 9181 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9511 | | 1,400 | | 10 | | Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash. | | 9172 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9502 | | 1,350 | | 11 | | Ed DiTolla, Maywood, N.J. | | 9128 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9488 | | 1,300 | | 12 | | Don Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev. | | 9082 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9442 | | 1,250 | | 13 | | Rick Perry, Columbia Falls, Mont. | | 9112 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9427 | | 1,200 | | 14 | | Ed Bourdase, San Jose, Calif. | | 8956 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9376 | | 1,150 | | 15 | | Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La. | | 8932 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9337 | | 1,100 | | 16 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8880 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9300 | | 1,050 | | 17 | | Tim Harahan, Woodland Hills, Calif. | | 8904 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9264 | | 1,000 | | 18 | | Dave Frame, Baldwin Park, Calif. | | 8896 | | 9-13-2 | | 300 | | 9196 | | 950 | | 19 | | Bobby Crull, Tipton, Ind. | | 8819 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9179 | | 900 | | 20 | | Eddie Ressler, Allentown, Pa. | | 8850 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9150 | | 850 | | 21 | | Glenn Pierce, Jacksonville, Fla. | | 8825 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 9095 | | 825 | | 22 | | Jim Jones, Santa Clara, Calif. | | 8793 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 9063 | | 800 | | 23 | | Howie Partell, Las Vegas, Nev. | | 8697 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9012 | | 775 | | 24 | | Don McCune, Munster, Ind. | | 8666 | | 7-17-0 | | 210 | | 8876 | | 750 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *@25 | | Phil Ruth, San Jose, Calif. | 3808 | $695 | | 26 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | 3804 | 585 | | 27 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. | 3801 | 550 | | | | Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | 3801 | 550 | | 29 | | Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill. | 3794 | 520 | | 30 | | Marty Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal. | 3793 | 500 | | 31 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz. | 3790 | 490 | | 32 | | Bob Aleksinski, Great Falls, Mont. | 3789 | 480 | | 33 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | 3788 | 470 | | 34 | | Jimmy Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | 3782 | 460 | | 35 | | Bobby Fenton, Upland, Cal. | 3770 | 450 | | 36 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | 3758 | 440 | | 37 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | 3752 | 430 | | 38 | | Fred Conner, Mar Vista, Cal. | 3750 | 420 | | 39 | | Craig Mueller, Union, N.J. | 3745 | 410 | | 40 | | Don Bell, Santa Maria, Cal. | 3738 | 400 | | 41 | | Dave Williams, Sebastopol, Calif. | 3736 | 390 | | 42 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | 3734 | 380 | | 43 | | Rick Minier, Akron, Ohio | 3733 | 375 | | 44 | | Kevin Gannon, Los Angeles, Calif. | 3723 | 367.50 | | | | Mike Matosich, San Bruno, Calif. | 3723 | 367.50 | | 46 | | Gary Cunningham, Baldwinsville, N.Y. | 3720 | 360 | | 47 | | Jim Frazier, Spokane, Wash. | 3719 | 352.50 | | | | Gary Mage, Bellevue, Wash. | 3719 | 352.50 | |
*Alternate. @Local entry. 18-game qualifying leader-Soper 4137. 24th low-Crull 3817. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Dale Glenn, Don McCune, Paul Colwell, Johnny Guenther, Dave Frame, Jay Robinson.
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