After battling each other to the wire twice in 1979 for tournament titles, Mark Roth and Marshall Holman combined their outstanding bowling talents to win the Columbia PBA Doubles Classic, their second doubles title in the last three years. The winningest two righthanded bowlers on the PBA over the past three seasons, the powerful combo paced the qualifying at Saratoga Lanes in San Jose and then proceeded to go I 1-1 over their opponents in match play. Roth-Holman then defeated Larry Laub and Palmer Fallgren, 406-374, in the finals for the victory. For Roth, the high individual scorer with a 233 average, it was the third straight season he captured a PBA title in San Jose, having won the doubles crown with Holman in 1977 and the singles PBA event in 1978. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Mark Roth, N. Arlington, N.J. (193)
Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. (213) | 406 (1 game) | $16,000 | | 2 | | Larry Laub, Santa Rosa, Calif. (396)
Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento (356) | 752 (2 games) | 9,000 | | 3 | | Jeff Mattingly, Tacoma, Wash. (413)
Steve Martin, Kingsport, Tenn. (377) | 790 (2 games) | 6,000 | | 4 | | Bob Handley, Fairway, Kan. (225)
Dave Kappel, Chicago (174) | 399 (1 game) | 4,800 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS: Mattingly (226) and Martin (187) defeated Handley (225) and Kappel (174), 413-399; Laub (225) and Fallgren (153) defeated Mattingly (187) and Martin (190), 378-377; Roth (193) and Holman (213) defeated Laub (171) and Fallgren (203), 406-374.
36-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Mark Roth, N. Arlington, N.J. (8,415)
Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. (7,917) | | 16332 | | 11-1-0 | | 330 | | 16662 | | | | 2 | | Larry Laub, Santa Rosa, Calif. (8,018)
Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento (8,255) | | 16273 | | 8-4-0 | | 240 | | 16513 | | | | #3 | | Jeff Mattingly, Tacoma, Wash. (8,122)
Steve Martin, Kingsport, Tenn. (7,852) | | 15974 | | 5-7-0 | | 150 | | 16124 | | | | 4 | | Bob Handley, Fairway, Kan. (8,125)
Dave Kappel, Chicago, Ill. (7,804) | | 15929 | | 6-6-0 | | 180 | | 16109 | | | | **5 | | Boysie Huber, St. Louis, Mo. (7,985)
Joseph Groskind, Memphis, Tenn. (7,873) | | 15858 | | 6-6-0 | | 180 | | 16038 | | $4,150 | | 6 | | Henry Gonzalez, Colo. Springs, Colo. (7,933)
Art Trask, Miami, Fla. (7,924) | | 15857 | | 6-6-0 | | 180 | | 16037 | | 3,250 | | 7 | | Neil Burton, St. Louis, Mo. (7,900)
Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. (7,937) | | 15837 | | 5-7-0 | | 150 | | 15987 | | 3,000 | | 8 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. (8,068)
Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. (7,712) | | 15780 | | 6-6-0 | | 180 | | 15960 | | 2,800 | | 9 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio (8,005)
Pete Couture, Windsor Locks, Conn. (7,873) | | 15948 | | 3-9-0 | | 90 | | 15948 | | 2,600 | | 10 | | Bill Coleman, Springfield, Ore. (7,880)
Ron Lisher, Santa Rosa, Calif. (7,788) | | 15668 | | 7-5-0 | | 210 | | 15878 | | 2,400 | | 11 | | Don Johnson, Las Vegas (8,016)
Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz. (7,706) | | 15722 | | 5-7-0 | | 150 | | 15872 | | 2,200 | | 12 | | Fred Conner, Mar Vista, Calif. (7,892)
Jim Stefanich, Joliet, III. (7,595) | | 15487 | | 4-8-0 | | 120 | | 15607 | | 2,000 | |
24-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Amount | | | *13 | | Jim Clark, Seattle, Dave Beckmann, Mercer Island, Wash. | $1,900 | | 14 | | Dave Frame, Baldwin Pk., Calif., Louie Moore, Indianapolis, Ind. | 1,700 | | 15 | | David Ozio, Beaumont, Texas, Ernie Kotara, Lake Charles, La. | 1,600 | | 16 | | Pete McCordic, Houston, Tex., John Denton, Midland, Tex. | 1,500 | | 17 | | Rick Minier, Portland, Ore., Dave Husted, Milwaukie, Ore. | 1,400 | | 18 | | John Voso Jr., Euclid, Ohio, Bill George, Citrus Hts. Calif. | 1,300 | | 19 | | Clay Adams, San Francisco, Les Barrett, Daly City, Calif. | 1,200 | | 20 | | Ed Ressler Jr., Bethlehem, Pa., Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | 1,100 | | 21 | | Randy Lightfoot, St. Charles, Mo., Billy Walden, Troy, Mo. | 1,000 | |
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES - Roth, 233.7; Holman, 219.9; Laub, 222.7; Fallgren, 229.3; Mattingly, 225.6; Martin, 218.1; Handley, 225.6; Kappel, 216.7; Huber, 221.8; Groskind, 218.6; Gonzalez, 220.3; Trask, 220.1; Burton, 219.4; Burton Jr., 220.4; Lane, 224.1; Spigner, 214.2; Hudson, 222.3; Couture, 218.1; Coleman, 218.8; Lisher, 216.3; Johnson, 222.6; Colwell, 214.0; Conner, 219.2; Stefanich, 210.9.
*Match Play Alternate. **TV Alternate. 24-game qualifying leaders - Roth-Holman, 10,941. 12th Place Team - Burton-Burton Jr., 10,692. # - Bus Oswalt, Roger Tramp and Jeff Mattingly rolled 300 games. PRO-AM CASHERS - Jay Robinson, Joe Nuzzo, Mark Roth, Fred Jaskie, Jim Stefanich, Gary Dickinson and Boysie Huber.
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