Flirting with elimination through all phases of the tournament, veterans Tommy Hudson and Pete Couture displayed some great come-from-behind bowling to win the $100,000 Showboat PBA Doubles Classic. After qualifying 12th for the 12-team match play segment and rallying to secure the fourth and final spot for the TV finals, Hudson and Couture advanced to beat top-seeded Mark Roth and Marshall Holman in a thrilling 466-464 championship match to split the $20,000 first prize. Hudson finished with six straight strikes to help his team overcome a 20-pin deficit against Roth and Holman who were looking for their third doubles crown in four years. For the three stepladder matches, Hudson unleashed 739 and anchorman Couture added 699 to the winning effort. TELEVISED FINALS | Pos. |  | Name, City/State | Total | Amount | | | 1 | | Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio (739)
Pete Couture, Windsor Locks, Conn. (699) | 1438 (3 games) | $20,000 | | 2 | | Mark Roth, Little Silver, N.J. (236)
Marshall Holman, Medford. Ore. (228) | 464 (1 game) | 12,000 | | 3 | | Dan Roche. Downey, Calif. (174)
Dave Frame, Baldwin Park, Calif. (220) | 394 (1 game) | 8,000 | | 4 | | Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. (225)
Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. (230) | 455 (1 game) | 6,000 | |
PLAYOFF RESULTS - Hudson (277) and Couture (248) defeated Lane (225) and Spigner (230), 525-455; Hudson (212) and Couture (235) defeated Roche (174) and Frame (220), 447-394; and in the championship match, Hudson (250) and Couture (216) defeated Roth (236) and Holman (228), 466-464.
36-GAME TOTALS | | | Name, City/State | | Pins | | WLT | | + | | Tot | | Amt | | | 1 | | Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. (7518)
Mark Roth, Little Silver, N.J. (7706) | | 15224 | | 9-3-0 | | 270 | | 15494 | | | | 2 | | Dave Frame, Bald win Park, Calif. (7425)
Dan Roche, Downey, Calif. (7677) | | 15102 | | 8-4-0 | | 240 | | 15342 | | | | #3 | | Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn. (7469)
Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. (7580) | | 15049 | | 7-4-1 | | 225 | | 15274 | | | | 4 | | Pete Couture, Windsor Locks, Conn., (7417)
Tommy Hudson, Akron, Ohio (7643) | | 15060 | | 7-5-0 | | 210 | | 15270 | | | | 5 | | Dale Glenn, Alta Loma, Calif. (7327)
** Jay Robinson, Van Nuys, Calif. (7661) | | 14983 | | 7-5-0 | | 210 | | 15198 | | $5,100 | | 6 | | Craig Mueller. Union, N.J. (7654)
Steve Tripp. Wethersfield, Conn. (7233) | | 14887 | | 7-4-1 | | 225 | | 15112 | | 4500• | | 7 | | Tom Baker, Buffalo, N.Y. (7564)
Joe Hutchinson, Scranton, Pa. (7409) | | 14973 | | 3-9-0 | | 90 | | 15063 | | 4,000 | | 8 | | Earl Anthony, Dublin, Calif. (7663)
Ernie Schlegel, Vancouver, U.S.A. (7214) | | 14877 | | 5-7-0 | | 150 | | 15027 | | 3,600 | | 9 | | Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J. (7264)
Mike Durbin, Chagrin Falls, Ohio (7519) | | 14783 | | 6-0 | | 180 | | 14963 | | 3,200 | | 10 | | Steve Neff. Sarasota, Fla. (7307)
Ed Ressler, Allentown, Pa. (7536) | | 14843 | | 3-9-0 | | 90 | | 14933 | | 2,900 | | 11 | | Henry Gonzalez. Denver, Colo. (7301)
Art Trask, Miami, Fla. (7436) | | 14737 | | 6-6-0 | | 180 | | 14917 | | 2,700 | | 12 | | Mike Berlin, Muscatine, Iowa (7479)
Jimmy Certain, Peoria, Ill. (7077) | | 14556 | | 3-9-0 | | 90 | | 14646 | | 2,500 | |
24-GAME TOTALS | Pos. | | Name, City/State | Amount | | | *13 | | Wayne Webb, Rehoboth, Mass., Mike Aulby, Indianapolis, Ind. | $2,400 | | 14 | | Mal Acosta, Hayward, Calif., Cliff McNealy, San Lorenzo, Calif. | 2,100 | | 15 | | Dave Whitehead, Las Vegas, Nev., Tim Schwerdtfeger, Las Vegas, Nev. | 2,000 | | #16 | | Larry Gray, Torrance, Calif. Vial Blanke, Huntington Beach, Calif. | 1,900 | | 17 | | Bob Handley, Fairway, Kan., Dave Kappel, Chicago. Ill. | 1,800 | | 18 | | Dick Weber, St. Louis, Mo., Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo. | 1,700 | | 19 | | Frank Ellenburg, Mesa, Ariz., Teata Semiz, River Edge, N.J. | 1,600 | | 20 | | John Cocchi, Las Vegas. Nev., Mike Foreman, Las Vegas, Nev. | 1,500 | | 21 | | Jeff Valentine, Westboro, Mass., Paul Moser, Somerset, Mass. | 1,400 | | 22 | | Greg Damaskos, Yakima, Wash., Bruce Russell, Moses Lake, Wash. | 1,350 | | 23 | | Jeff Mattingly, Tacoma, Wash., Steve Martin, Kingsport, Tenn. | 1,300 | | 24 | | Tim Milton, St. Petersburg, Fla. Jeff Bellinger, Columbia, S.C. | 1,250 | | 25 | | Don Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev. Paul Colwell, Tucson, Ariz. | 1,200 | | 26 | | Gary Mage, Seattle, Wash., Glenn Carlson, Fresno, Calif. | 1,150 | | 27 | | Bill George, Citrus Hts., Calif., John Voso Jr., Euclid, Ohio | 1,100 | | 28 | | Gary Dickinson, Ft. Worth, Texas, George Pappas, Charlotte, N.C. | 1,050 | | 29 | | Pete McCordic, Houston, Texas, John Denton, Midland, Texas | 1,000 | |
* - Match play alternate. ** - TV finals alternate. 24-game qualifying leaders - Roth and Holman, 10,191. 12th place Hudson and Couture, 9,960. # - Larry Gray and Bill Spigner rolled 300 games.
FINALISTS AVERAGES - Roth, 214.1; Holman, 208.8; Roche, 213.2; Frame, 206.2; Lane. 210.5; Spigner, 207.4; Hudson, 212.3; Couture, 206.0; Robinson, 212.8; Glenn, 203.5; Tripp, 200.9; Mueller, 212.6; Hutchinson, 205.8; Baker. 210.1; Schlegel, 200.3; Anthony, 212.8; Durbin, 208.8; Sliker, 201.7; Ressler. 209.3; Neff, 202,9; Trask, 206.5; Gonzalez, 202.8; Certain, 19.6.5; Berlin, 207.7.
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