Mark Roth, 25-year-old pro from Staten Island, N.Y., waltzed to victory in the $60,000 Northern Ohio Open. Roth held the lead at Westgate Lanes after five of the six rounds of competition, surrendering that spot only after the second session to Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz., who finished 99 pins behind. A lead that had reached almost 300 pins at one time, had dwindled to 80 sticks during the final block before Roth staged a spectacular surge to sew up the fourth title of his career. Starting out the concluding block with a victory, Roth then dropped three of his next four matches as Colwell closed in. The six foot, 175-pound New Yorker picked that time to come up with his two highest games of the 42-game long tournament. He shot back-to-back lines of 268 and 266 to roll up a huge lead once again and make meaningless a position round loss to Colwell. 42-GAME TOTALS | |  | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | | 9563 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 10013 | | $6,000 | | 2 | | Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz. | | 9524 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9914 | | 3,500 | | 3 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco, Calif. | | 9375 | | 10-13-1 | | 315 | | 9690 | | 3,000 | | 4 | | Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | | 9214 | | 13-10-1 | | 405 | | 9619 | | 2,500 | | 5 | | Barry Asher, Costa Mesa, Calif. | | 9190 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9610 | | 2,000 | | 6 | | Dave Davis, Atlanta, Ga. | | 9187 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9607 | | 1,800 | | 7 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | | 9133 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9583 | | 1,600 | | 8 | | Bill Straub, Lincoln, Neb. | | 9176 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9566 | | 1,500 | | 9 | | Jim Certain, Huntsville, Ala. | | 9125 | | 12-11-1 | | 375 | | 9560 | | 1,375 | | | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | | 9140 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9560 | | 1,375 | | 11 | | Joe Hutchinson, Scranton, Pa. | | 9075 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9495 | | 1,300 | | 12 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | | 9071 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9491 | | 1,250 | | 13 | | Mike Samardzija, Troy, Mich. | | 9014 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9464 | | 1,200 | | 14 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | | 9062 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9422 | | 1,150 | | 15 | | Joe Berardi, Pearl River, N.Y. | | 9000 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9420 | | 1,100 | | 16 | | Butch Soper, Santa Ana, Calif. | | 9011 | | 13-i1-0 | | 390 | | 9401 | | 1,050 | | 17 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. | | 9130 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 9400 | | 1,000 | | 18 | | Dan Roche, Downey, Calif. | | 8896 | | 11-12-1 | | 345 | | 9241 | | 950 | | 19 | | Joe Nuzzo, Youngstown, Ohio | | 8825 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9215 | | 900 | | 20 | | Jeff Magas, Willowick, Ohio | | 8874 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9204 | | 850 | | 21 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | | 9029 | | 5-19-0 | | 150 | | 9179 | | 800 | | 22 | | Pete McCordic, Houston, Texas | | 8881 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 9121 | | 750 | | 23 | | Ray Domergue, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8694 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8964 | | 725 | | 24 | | Skee Foremsky, Houston, Texas | | 8732 | | 5-19-0 | | 150 | | 8882 | | 700 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | *25 | | Frank Zitnik, Hubbard, Ohio | 3821 | $695 | | 26 | | Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla. | 3817 | 605 | | 27 | | Dale Glenn, Los Angeles, Calif. | 3815 | 590 | | 28 | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif. | 3814 | 580 | | 29 | | Mike Durbin, Chagrin Falls, Ohio | 3810 | 570 | | 30 | | Bus Oswalt, Muncie, Ind. | 3806 | 560 | | 31 | | Dave Bash, Parkersburg, W. Va. | 3800 | 550 | | 32 | | Tom Baker, Buffalo, N.Y. | 3798 | 540 | | 33 | | Paul Moser, Medford, Mass. | 3789 | 530 | | 34 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio | 3787 | 520 | | 35 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | 3785 | 510 | | 36 | | Rich Carrubba, Hayward, Calif. | 3780 | 500 | | 37 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City, Mo. | 3775 | 490 | | 38 | | Bob Goike, Detroit, Mich. | 3772 | 480 | | 39 | | Jim Godman, Lorain, Ohio | 3771 | 467.50 | | | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City, Mo. | 3771 | 467.50 | | 41 | | Matt Surina, Longview, Wash. | 3769 | 460 | | 42 | | Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A. | 3766 | 460 | |
*Alternate. 18-game qualifying leader-Roth, 4149. 24th place-Samardzija, 3825. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Bus Oswalt, Jim Certain, Dale Glenn, Jim Godman, Tommy Hudson, Barry Asher, Dave Davis.
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