Louie Moore stalled Don McCune, 218-202, to emerge winner of the $65,000 New Orleans Lions Club Open. For Moore, who has been on the tour barely four years, it was his second win. Moore started as though he would run McCune off the lanes. He doubled in the first two frames while McCune floundered with small pin counts and a 4-7-9-10 spilt over the first three frames. At that point he trailed Moore by 25 pins. McCune regained his touch starting with the fourth frame, stringing three strikes. This brought him to within two pins of Moore, who held the lead when he converted the washout in the fifth. McCune doubled in the eighth and ninth frames to stay close and Moore came right back with a flurry of strikes to close with 218. That left it squarely up to McCune who needed two more strikes to win. Instead, he left a 4-9 split on his first ball and it was all over. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio | 218 (1 game) | $7,500 | | 2 | | Don McCune, Munster, Ind. | 844 (4 games) | 4,000 | | 3 | | Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La. | 194 (1 game) | 3,000 | | 4 | | Butch Gearhart, Houston, Texas | 197 (1 game) | 2,500 | | 5 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 213 (1 game) | 2,000 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS-McCune defeated Salvino, 215-213; McCune defeated Gearhart,229-197; McCune defeated Jacks, 198-194, and in the championship game, Moore defeated McCune, 218-202.
42-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio | | 8968 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9448 | | | | 2 | | Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La. | | 8819 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9269 | | | | 3 | | Butch Gearhart, Houston, Texas. | | 8738 | | 17-6-1 | | 525 | | 9263 | | | | 4 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 8774 | | 14-8-2 | | 450 | | 9224 | | | | 5 | | Don McCune, Munster, Ind. | | 8805 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9210 | | | | *6 | | Bill Allen, Orlando, Fla. | | 8706 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9096 | | $1,850 | | 7 | | Craig Mueller, Union, N.J. | | 8650 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9070 | | 1,600 | | 8 | | Jimmy Plessinger, State College, Pa. | | 8699 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9059 | | 1,500 | | 9 | | Jimmy Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | | 8486 | | 14-8-2 | | 450 | | 8936 | | 1,400 | | 10 | | Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill. | | 8410 | | 17-6-1 | | 525 | | 8935 | | 1,350 | | 11 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | | 8517 | | 12-10-2 | | 390 | | 8907 | | 1,300 | | 12 | | Jim Maxey, Atlanta, Ga. | | 8530 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8830 | | 1,250 | | 13 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 8513 | | 9-14-1 | | 285 | | 8798 | | 1,200 | | 14 | | Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A. | | 8487 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8787 | | 1,150 | | 15 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. | | 8465 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8765 | | 1,100 | | 16 | | Joe Berardi, Pearl River, N.Y. | | 8373 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 8763 | | 1,050 | | 17 | | Dom Esposito, New Orleans, La. | | 8283 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 8703 | | 1,000 | | 18 | | Jimmy McHugh, Valley Stream, N.Y. | | 8426 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8696 | | 950 | | 19 | | Bobby Crull, Tipton, Ind. | | 8345 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 8645 | | 900 | | 20 | | Gary Hampshire, St. Petersburg, Fla. | | 8368 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8638 | | 850 | | 21 | | Dave Bash, Parkersburg, W. Va. | | 8272 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8542 | | 825 | | 22 | | Sam Fox, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8324 | | 6-17-1 | | 195 | | 8519 | | 800 | | 23 | | Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif. | | 8199 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 8514 | | 775 | | @24 | | Randy Swan, Hattiesburg, Miss. | | 8139 | | 6-18-0 | | 180 | | 8319 | | 750 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *25 | | Paul Moser, Medford, Mass. | 3607 | $695 | | 26 | | Paul Kreins, Walnut Creek, Calif. | 3605 | 580 | | 27 | | Jimmy Weber, New Orleans, La. | 3596 | 540 | | 28 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | 3595 | 520 | | 29 | | Sam Flanagan, Parkersburg, W. Va. | 3593 | 500 | | 30 | | Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif. | 3590 | 480 | | 31 | | Tom Laskow, Commack, N.Y. | 3582 | 470 | | 32 | | John Wilcox, Montoursville, Pa. | 3580 | 460 | | 33 | | Jerry Buchholz, Van Nuys, Calif. | 3578 | 445 | | | | Guppy Troup, Gaston, S.C. | 3578 | 445 | | 35 | | John Denton, Midland, Tex. | 3569 | 430 | | 36 | | John Sands, Bossier City, La. | 3567 | 420 | | 37 | | Billy Hardwick, Louisville, Ky. | 3566 | 410 | | 38 | | Peter McCordic, Houston, Texas | 3562 | 400 | | 39 | | Gus Lampo, Endicott, N.Y. | 3561 | 395 | | 40 | | Gary Cunningham, Baldwinsville, N.Y. | 3558 | 392.50 | | | | Skip Vigars Jr., Albany, N.Y. | 3558 | 392.50 | | 42 | | Dick Ritger, River Falls, Wis. | 3557 | 380 | | 43 | | Mike Rahe, Albuquerque, N.M. | 3556 | 375 | | 44 | | Vial Blanks, Las Vegas, Nev. | 3554 | 370 | | 45 | | Rich Carrubba, Hayward, Calif. | 3552 | 362.50 | | | | Lamar Keck, Canoga Park, Calif. | 3552 | 362.50 | | 47 | | John Petraglia, Staten Island, N.Y. | 3551 | 355 | | 48 | | Paut Bernier, Fall River, Mass. | 3550 | 347.50 | | | | Jim Ragnoni, Oberlin, Ohio | 3550 | 347.50 | | 50 | | John Nash, Columbia, S.C. | 3549 | 340 | | 51 | | Rob Monaco, Kansas City, Mo. | 3546 | 335 | | 52 | | Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. | 3543 | 330 | | 53 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | 3540 | 325 | | 54 | | John Bolejack, Ft. Worth, Tex. | 3539 | 317.50 | | | | Jim Chestney, Murray, Utah | 3539 | 317.50 | | 56 | | Sam Guarino, E. Detroit, Mich. | 3537 | 307.50 | | | | Tony Maresca, Mesa, Ariz. | 3537 | 307.50 | | 58 | | John Floyd, Bossier City, La. | 3534 | 150 | | | | Mike Kelly, Seattle, Wash. | 3534 | 150 | |
*Alternate. @Local entry. 18-game qualifying leader-Mueller, 3877. 24th low-Bash, 3613. PRO-AM CASHERS -$50 each-Billy Hardwick, Denny Turner, Butch Gearhart, Louie Moore, Jim Stefanich, Ed Jetter, Skip Vigars Jr., Mike Orlovsky, Rick Minier, Jim Ragnoni.
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