A relaxed Barry Asher thwarted Dave Soutar's bid for the $60,000 Tucson Home Box Office Open title by blasting the lanky pro, 265-184. Soutar had toppled three opponents to reach the championship game against Asher, who was top-seeded into the finals. But Asher was unperturbed about Soutar's preliminary victories because he opened the championship set-to with five strikes, spared twice and then closed with five more strikes for an easy victory. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif. | 265 (1 game) | $6,000 | | 2 | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo. | 842 (4 games) | 3,500 | | 3 | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | 189 (1 game) | 3,000 | | 4 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | 201 (1 game) | 2,500 | | 5 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | 202 (1 game) | 2,000 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS-Soutar defeated Neff, 207-202; Soutar defeated Lane,206-201; Soutar defeated Roth, 245-189, and in the championship game, Asher defeated Soutar, 265-184.
42-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif. | | 9690 | | 17-7-0 | | 510 | | 10200 | | | | 2 | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | | 9576 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 10056 | | | | 3 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | | 9470 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9890 | | | | 4 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | | 9329 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9809 | | | | #5 | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo. | | 9447 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9792 | | | | *6 | | Butch Soper, Huntington Beach, Calif. | | 9279 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9684 | | $1,950 | | 7 | | Matt Surina, Longview, Wash. | | 9370 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9670 | | 1,800 | | 8 | | Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | | 9206 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9636 | | 1,700 | | 9 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | | 9265 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9625 | | 1,600 | | 10 | | Steve Westberg, Cottage Grove, Ore. | | 9177 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9597 | | 1,500 | | 11 | | Jeff Mattingly, Tacoma, Wash. | | 9198 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9559 | | 1,400 | | 12 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 9158 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9518 | | 1,300 | | 13 | | Pete Tountas, Tucson, Ariz. | | 9108 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9498 | | 1,250 | | 14 | | Joe Berardi, Pearl River, N.Y. | | 9182 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9482 | | 1,200 | | 15 | | John Wilcox, Montoursville, Pa. | | 9158 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9458 | | 1,150 | | 16 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 9020 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9418 | | 1,100 | | 17 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz. | | 9083 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9413 | | 1,050 | | 18 | | Ray Domergue, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8996 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9356 | | 1,000 | | 19 | | Les Schissler, Denver, Colo. | | 8992 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9352 | | 950 | | 20 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | | 9005 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9305 | | 900 | | 21 | | Norm Meyers, St. Louis, Mo. | | 9109 | | 6-18-0 | | 180 | | 9289 | | 850 | | 22 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 8886 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9216 | | 800 | | 23 | | Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A. | | 8869 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9169 | | 750 | | 24 | | Doug Heim, Tonawanda, N.Y. | | 8953 | | 7-17-0 | | 210 | | 9163 | | 700 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *25 | | Gary Cea, Everett, Wash. | 3916 | $665 | | 26 | | John Denton, Midland, Texas | 3909 | 570 | | 27 | | Sal Rapacciuolo, E. Haven, Conn. | 3897 | 550 | | 28 | | Don Bell, Santa Maria, Calif. | 3894 | 530 | | 29 | | Phil Ruth, San Jose, Calif. | 3893 | 520 | | #30 | | Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif. | 3890 | 510 | | 31 | | Dennis Murphy, Great Falls, Mont. | 3883 | 500 | | 32 | | Jimmy Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | 3882 | 490 | | 33 | | John Weber, St. Louis, Mo. | 3872 | 480 | | 34 | | Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. | 3869 | 470 | | 35 | | Dave Frame, Baldwin Park, Calif. | 3866 | 460 | | 36 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | 3859 | 450 | | 37 | | Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz. | 3858 | 440 | | 38 | | Fred Conner, Mar Vista, Calif. | 3847 | 430 | | 39 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. | 3838 | 415 | | | | Mark Van Meter, Albuquerque, N.M. | 3838 | 415 | | 41 | | Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif. | 3835 | 405 | | 42 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | 3820 | 400 | |
*Alternates. #Soutar and Fallgren each will receive $100 for 300 games. 18-game qualifying leader-Surina, 4181. 24th place-Tountas, 3930. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Tommy Hudson, Mark Roth, Jim Godman, Phil Ruth, Keith Craycraft, Wayne Chester, Rick Minier, Bill Beach, John Wilcox, Earl Anthony, Barry Asher, Les Schissler, Dave Frame, Bill Straub, Dave Soutar, Bobby Jacks.
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