Smiling Alvin Lou, awarded the week before with the PBA Steve Nagy Sportsmanship award, showed that nice guys don't necessarily have mercy on the bowling lanes when he became the first bowler to win two tournaments on the 1980 tour in the $125,000 Miller High Life Open. Lou stunned challenging Mark Roth, 259-203, in the championship game after starting the match with a spare and seven strikes in a row. Roth started the finals in fourth place and ousted Paul Moser, Tom Baker and Dave Frame in building momentum for what he hoped would amount to his first championship of the year after two previous title match losses. Tour sophomore Lou, winner of the Rolaids Open earlier in 1980, pocketed $21,000 at Red Carpet CelebrityLanes in Milwaukee. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Alvin Lou, EI Cajon. Calif. | 259 (1 game) | $21,000 | | 2 | | Mark Roth, N. Arlington, N.J. | 849 (4 games) | 11,000 | | 3 | | Dave Frame, Baldwin Park, Calif. | 214 (1 game) | 7,500 | | 4 | | Tom Baker, Buffalo | 192 (1 game) | 6,000 | | 5 | | Paul Moser, Somerset, Mass | 192 (1 game) | 5,000 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS - Roth defeated Moser, 196-192; Roth defeated Baker, 216-192; Roth defeated Frame, 234-214; and in the championship game, Lou defeated Roth, 259-203.
42-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City | | Pins | | Avg | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Alvin Lou, EI Cajon, Calif. | | 9102 | | 216.7 | | 15-9-0 | | 00 | | 9552 | | | | 2 | | Dave Frame, Baldwin Park, Calif. | | 9091 | | 216.4 | | 14-8-2 | | 450 | | 9541 | | | | 3 | | Tom Baker, Buffalo, N.Y. | | 9054 | | 215.5 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9474 | | | | 4 | | Mark Roth, N. Arlington, N.J. | | 8888 | | 211.6 | | 17-7-0 | | 510 | | 9398 | | | | 5 | | Paul Moser, Somerset, Mass. | | 8979 | | 213.7 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9339 | | | | #**6 | | Wayne Webb, Rehoboth, Mass. | | 8849 | | 210.6 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9269 | | $4,050 | | 7 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. | | 8792 | | 209.3 | | 15-9-0 | | 450 | | 9242 | | 3,600 | | 8 | | John Cocchi, Las Vegas, Nev. | | 8791 | | 209.3 | | 13-9-2 | | 420 | | 9211 | | 3,300 | | 9 | | Frank Ellenburg, Mesa, Ariz. | | 8805 | | 209.6 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9195 | | 3,000 | | 10 | | Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J . | | 8879 | | 211.4 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9179 | | 2,800 | | 11 | | Billy George, Citrus Hts., Calif. | | 8812 | | 209.8 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9172 | | 2,600 | | 12 | | Dan Roche, Downey, Calif. | | 8832 | | 210.2 | | 11-13-0 | | 330 | | 9162 | | 2,400 | | 13 | | Henry Gonzalez, Denver, Colo. | | 8742 | | 208.1 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9102 | | 2,300 | | 14 | | Art Trask, Miami, Fla. - | | 8668 | | 206.3 | | 14-10-0 | | 420 | | 9088 | | 2,200 | | 15 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. | | 8759 | | 208.5 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9059 | | 2,100 | | 16 | | Pete McCordic, Houston, Texas | | 8641 | | 205.7 | | 13-11-0 | | 390 | | 9031 | | 2,000 | | 17 | | Mickey Higham, Kansas City | | 8669 | | 206.4 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 9029 | | 1,900 | | 18 | | Skip Tucker, Tampa, Fla. | | 8724 | | 207.7 | | 10-14-0 | | 300 | | 9024 | | 1,800 | | 19 | | AI Stonum, San Francisco, Calif. | | 8663 | | 206.2 | | 8-16-0 | | 240 | | 8903 | | 1,700 | | 20 | | Joe Hutchinson, Scranton, Pa. | | 8600 | | 204.7 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8870 | | 1,600 | | 21 | | Ed Ressler Jr., Allentown, Pa. | | 8485 | | 202.0 | | 12-12-0 | | 360 | | 8845 | | 1,500 | | 22 | | John Johns, Canton, Ohio | | 8523 | | 202.9 | | 9-15-0 | | 270 | | 8793 | | 1,400 | | 23 | | Mike Aulby, Indianapolis, Ind. | | 8460 | | 201.4 | | 9-14-1 | | 285 | | 8745 | | 1,300 | | 24 | | Denny Campbell, Alsip, III. | | 8241 | | 196.2 | | 7-16-1 | | 225 | | 8466 | | 1,200 | |
18-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Amount | | | 25 | | Mike Durbin, Chagrin Falls, Ohio | $1,082 | | * | | Palmer Fallgren, Sacramento, Calif. | 1,157 | | 27 | | Kyle Shedd, Downey, Calif. | 1,030 | | 28 | | Mike Erickson, Dubuque, Iowa | 1,000 | | 29 | | Doug Myers, Laguna Hills, Calif. | 980 | | 30 | | Bus Oswalt, Muncie, Ind. | 970 | | 31 | | Dave Juric, St. Louis, Mo. | 960 | | 32 | | Steve Neff, Sarasota, Fla. | 950 | | 33 | | Rob Lambert, Huntington, W. Va. | 935 | | | | Butch Soper, Whittier, Calif. | 935 | | 35 | | Joe Berardi, Pearl River, N.Y. | 915 | | | | Tom Kohler, Prescott, Ariz. | 915 | | 37 | | Jim Plessinger, State College, Pa. | 900 | | 38 | | Bill Coleman, Springfield, Ore. | 890 | | 39 | | Boysie Huber, St. Louis, Mo. | 880 | | 40 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo | 870 | | 41 | | Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill. | 860 | | 42 | | Bob Handley, Fairway, Kan. | 850 | | 43 | | Joe Natoli, Brown Deer, Wis. | 840 | | 44 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas | 830 | | 45 | | Charlie Tapp, St. Paul, Minn. | 820 | | 46 | | Neil Burton, St. Louis, MO. | 810 | | 47 | | Gary Shultis, Greenwich, Conn. | 800 | | 48 | | Dave Davis, Tinton Falls, N.J. | 560 | | | | Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio | 560 | | 50 | | Mike Berlin, Muscatine, Iowa | 320 | | 51 | | Tom Milton, St. Petersburg, Fla. | 305 | | | | Ed Wallace, Tulare, Calif. | 305 | | 53 | | Bob Lipinski, Bloomingdale, N.J. | 300 | | 54 | | Jim Poulos, Daly City, Calif. | 300 | | 55 | | Tim Fife, Huntington, W. Va. | 300 | | | | Dave Soutar, Kansas City | 300 | | 57 | | Jimmy Certain, Peoria, Ill. | 300 | |
* - Denotes alternate. ** - Denotes TV finals alternate. 18-game qualifying leader- Moser, 4019. 24th place - Trask, 3786. # - John Voso, Jim Winklepleck and Wayne Webb rolled 300 games. PRO-AM CASHERS - ($100) Mal Acosta. ($50 each) Wayne Garren, Mark Roth, Mickey Higham, Kyle Shedd, John Weltzien, Gil Sliker, Derrick Massey, John Cocchi, Sam Zurich, Paul Gibson, Doug Myers, Nelson Burton Jr., John Denton, Henry Gonzalez. Frank Edwards, Bill Coleman, Bobby Moore, Joe Natoli. ($25 each) Cliff McNealy, Ed Wallace, Billy George and Wayne Webb.
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