Veteran Dick Weber pulled an assortment of shots from his championship bag as he won the $75,000 King Louie Open for his 26th career title. The victim of Weber's four-game march to the title was top-seeded Gary Mage, who went down to a 227-191 defeat. Mage opened in the second frame of the championship match, then got a brief respite in the fourth when Weber missed the 10 pin. But Mage's hopes of winning his second title fell by the wayside as Weber strung five strikes to clinch the $8.000 top prize. Dave Heller rolled a 300 game during preliminary action. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis | 944 (4 games) | $8,000 | | 2 | | Gary Mage, Seattle | 191 (1 game) | 5,000 | | 3 | | George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | 192 (1 game) | 4,000 | | 4 | | Johnny Petraglia, Staten Island, N.Y. | 174 (1 game) | 3,500 | | 5 | | Jim Hills, Blue Springs, Kan. | 205 (1 game) | 3,000 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS-Weber defeated Hills, 214-205; Weber defeated Petraglia, 255-174; Weber defeated Pappas. 248-192, and in the championship game, Weber defeated Mage, 227-191.
42-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Gary Mage, Seattle, Wash. | | 9305 | | 16-8-0 | | 480 | | 9785 | | | | 2 | | George Pappas, Charlotte | | 9230 | | 18-6-0 | | 540 | | 9770 | | | | 3 | | Johnny Petraglia, Staten Island, N.Y. | | 9184 | | 17-7-0 | | 510 | | 9694 | | | | 4 | | Dick Weber, St Louis | | 9197 | | 16-7-1 | | 495 | | 9692 | | | | 5 | | Jim Hills, Blue Springs, Kan. | | 9115 | | 17-7-0 | | 510 | | 9625 | | | | *6 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago | | 9132 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9552 | | $2,750 | | 7 | | Paul Moser, Medford, Mass. | | 9218 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9548 | | 2,500 | | 8 | | Lee Taylor, San Diego | | 8970 | | 15-8-1 | | 465 | | 9435 | | 2,300 | | 9 | | Joe Hutchinson, Scranton, Pa. | | 8967 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9417 | | 2,200 | | 10 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio | | 9032 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9392 | | 2,100 | | 11 | | John Wilcox, Montoursville, Pa. | | 8951 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9371 | | 2,000 | | 12 | | Bill Straub. Lincoln, Pa. | | 8872 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9322 | | 1,900 | | #13 | | Dave Heller, Mamaroneck, N.Y. | | 8960 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9320 | | 1,800 | | 14 | | Steve Jones, Independence, Mo. | | 8929 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9259 | | 1,700 | | 15 | | Gary Patterson, St. Louis | | 8912 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 9182 | | 1,600 | | 16 | | Fred Conner, Mar Vista, Calif. | | 8716 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9016 | | 1,500 | | 17 | | Buddy Mullin, Raytown, Mo. | | 8743 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 9013 | | 1,450 | | 18 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | | 8713 | | 9-14-1 | | 285 | | 8998 | | 1,375 | | | | Jay Robinson, Los Angeles | | 8728 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8998 | | 1,375 | | 20 | | Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz. | | 8774 | | 7-17-0 | | 210 | | 8995 | | 1,300 | | 21 | | Don Reeser, San Francisco | | 8738 | | 6-18-0 | | 180 | | 8984 | | 1,250 | | 22 | | John Weber, St. Louis | | 8660 | | 8-15-1 | | 255 | | 8918 | | 1,200 | | 23 | | Pete McCordic, Houston | | 8770 | | 7-16-1 | | 225 | | 8915 | | 1,150 | | 24 | | Curt Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, Ind. | | 8556 | | 8-15-1 | | 255 | | 8811 | | 1,100 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | &25 | | Mike Berlin, Muscatine, Iowa | 3820 | $1,065 | | 26 | | Dave Davis, Atlanta | 3813 | 940 | | 27 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota | 3812 | 900 | | 28 | | Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz. | 3803 | 860 | | 29 | | Butch Luther, Racine, Wis.. | 3799 | 830 | | 30 | | Bill Beach, Sharon, Pa. | 3795 | 780 | | | | Al Huffman. Wichita, Ks. | 3795 | 780 | | | | Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y. | 3795 | 780 | | 33 | | Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis | 3770 | 740 | | 34 | | Palmer Fallgren, Las Vegas | 3769 | 720 | | 35 | | Roger Weimer, Springfield, Mo. | 3767 | 700 | | 36 | | Larry Laub, San Francisco | 3764 | 670 | | | | Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. | 3764 | 670 | | 38 | | Randy Lightfoot, St. Charles, Mo. | 3760 | 640 | | 39 | | Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio | 3756 | 625 | | @ | | Dave Williams, Omaha, Neb. | 3756 | 625 | | 41 | | Bobby Fenton, Costa Mesa, Cal. | 3750 | 605 | | | | Eddie Ressler, Allentown, Pa. | 3750 | 605 | |
*Alternate. @Local entry. &Dennis Lane defeated Mike Berlin, 247-203, in a roll-off for 24th place. Berlin was alternate and received an additional $75. 18-game qualifying leader-Moser, 4039. 24th place-Lane and Berlin, 3820. .Dave Heller received $100 for 300 game. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Tim Stefanich, Tommy Hudson, John Petraglia, Hector Valenzuela, Norm Meyers. $25 each-Larry Laub and Dick Weber. PTQ INCENTIVES -$50 each-Chuck Kent, Dee Munsell, Don Johnson, Pete Couture, Jim Hills, @Bob Handley, Steve Giljum, Gary Cunningham, Steve Westberg. $25 each - @Pat Henderson, Don Reeser, Joe Tusa, Buddy Mullin, Mike Alfieri, Alan Huffman.
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