Buzz Fazio Open

$60,000 BUZZ FAZIO OPEN
Ken Nottke's Bowl, Battle Creek, Mich., Oct 22-25, 1976
Incredible Earl

Staging an incredible rally in the final block of match play, Earl Anthony swept to victory in the $60,000 Buzz Fazio Open. The championship, his 26th, put him all alone atop the standings in PBA career titles. He had gone into the tournament knotted with Dick Weber and Don Johnson.

With seven games remaining Monday evening, the 37-year-old was mired in fifth place, trailing leader Butch Soper, Huntington Beach, Calif., by 359 pins. Victory seemed out of the question.

Anthony dropped his first match, then toppled six straight opponents on games of 248-227-247-226-228 and 245, to go into the final game of the tournament only six pins behind Soper. Anthony won that contest, too, by a 222-192 count, to show a 54-stick margin at the end.

42-GAME TOTALS

	Name, City/State	Pins	WLT	+	Tot	Amt

1	Earl Anthony, Tacoma, Wash.	9067	15-9-0	450	9517	$6,000
2	Butch Soper, Huntington Beach, Calif.	8998	15-8-1	465	9463	3,500
3	Mark Roth, Staten Island, N.Y.	8887	15-9-0	450	9337	3,000
4	Dave Frame, Baldwin Park, Calif.	8795	14-10-0	420	9215	2,500
5	Jim Certain, Huntsville, Ala.	8718	16-7-1	495	9213	2,000
6	Carmen Salvino, Chicago, Ill.	8744	14-10-0	420	9164	1,800
7	Nelson Burton Jr., St. Louis, Mo.	8734	14-10-0	420	9154	1,600
8	Ed Ressler Jr., Allentown, Pa.	8711	13-11-0	390	9101	1,400
9	Sam Guarino, E. Detroit, Mich.	8722	11-13-0	330	9052	1,350
10	Ernie Schlegel, U.S.A.	8575	15-9-0	450	9025	1,300
11	Mike Durbin, Chagrin Falls, Ohio	8640	12-12-0	360	9000	1,250
12	Norm Meyers, St. Louis, Mo.	8694	10-14-0	300	8994	1,200
13	Wayne Zahn, Tempe, Ariz.	8643	11-12-1	345	8988	1,150
14	Rich Carrubba, Hayward, Calif.	8616	11-13-0	330	8946	1,100
15	Joe Berardi, Pearl River, N.Y.	8582	11-12-1	345	8927	1,050
16	Dave Bash, Parkersburg, W. Va.	8615	10-14-0	300	8915	1,000
17	Bobby Jacks, New Orleans, La.	8548	11-13-0	330	8878	950
18	Jay Robinson, Los Angeles, Calif.	8539	10-13-1	315	8854	900
19	Dave Jones. Charleston, S.C.	8545	10-14-0	300	8845	850
20	Les Zikes, Palatine, Ill.	8538	10-14-0	300	8838	800
21	Mike Samardzija, Troy, Mich.	8491	11-12-1	345	8836	750
22	Tom Eder, Lafayette, Ind.	8392	10-14-0	300	8692	700
23	Ron Woolet, Louisville, Ky.	8418	7-17-0	210	8628	650
24	Rich Weber, St. Louis, Mo.	8355	9-15-0	270	8625	600

18-GAME TOTALS

Pos.	Name, City/State	Total	Amount

*25	Rick Talley, Enid, Okla.	3716	$580
26	Bus Oswalt, Muncie, Ind.	3714	490
27	Mike Berlin, Muscatine, Iowa	3710	480
28	Dave Davis, Atlanta. Ga.	3705	470
29	Louie Moore, Columbus, Ohio	3692	460
30	John Petraglia, Staten Island, N.Y.	3691	450
31	Jim Fowble, Hobart, Ind.	3689	440
32	Ed DiTolla, Maywood, N.J.	3677	430
@33	John Cady, Bloomingdale, Mich.	3676	415
	Randy Pierce, Canton, Mich.	3676	415
35	Tom Baker, Buffalo, N.Y.	3675	400
36	Dennis Swayda, Phoenix, Ariz.	3673	390
37	John Harp, New Castle, Ind.	3670	380
38	Jim Schroeder, Tonawanda, N.Y.	3662	375
39	Roy Buckley, Columbus, Ohio	3652	370
40	Dick Ritger, River Falls, Wis.	3648	365
41	Ted Bakatselos, Westland, Mich.	3646	360
42	Dan Roche, Downey, Calif.	3645	355
43	Lee Snow, South Lyon, Mich.	3638	350
44	Les Schissler, Denver, Colo.	3637	345
45	Ted Malicki, Cleveland, Ohio	3636	340
46	Bill Spigner, Hamden, Conn.	3633	335
47	Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich.	3630	330
48	Jack D. Lee, Enid, Okla.	3619	320
49	Don Boyed, Lima, Ohio	3619	320
50	Lou Nasser, Terre Haute, Ind.	3617	312.50
	Al Sanford, Jackson, Ohio	3617	312.50
52	Ken Hochstein, Detroit, Mich.	3610	305
53	Wendell Davis, Johnson City, Tenn.	3609	300

*Alternate (Includes $75). 18-game qualifying leader-Meyers, 3898. 24th place-Jacks, 3717. PRO-AM CASHERS-$50 each-Butch Soper, Earl Anthony, Les Schissler, Mike Marks, Bill Straub, Rick Talley, Bus Oswalt, Dave Davis, Paul Colwell. @Local entry.

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