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A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS
Vol. 2, No. 5
(201)838-7089
David
Howard
oven
en Field
NORFOLKDavid Howard emerged from the formidable forty-eight player U.S.
Open field $7,000 richer. In races to eleven, he outpointed Opsahl (8), Lassiter
(8), Roberts (7), Mathews (7), Hall (7), and Hopkins twice (3) and (9). In similar
fashion, Jean Balukas won the distaff division and banked $1,700 in the process.
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THE 11th ANNUAL U.S. OPEN
NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA
November
3-8,1986
FINAL
Men
David
PRIZE
AVG.
NAME
1st
STANDINGS
(.820)
(.871)
( .849)
( .884)
Howard
2nd Allen
Hopkins
3rd Nick
Varner
4th Mike
Sigel
5th-6th
Buddy
Hall
Steve Shaw
7th-8th
Grady
Mathews
Lenny
Loder
9th-12th
Steve
Mizerak
Sammy Jones
Howard
Vickery
Danny
DiLiberto
13th-16th
Dave
Bollman
Danny
Medina
Dave
White
Steve
Geller
17th-24th
Earl
Strickland
Bob
Williams
Louie
Roberts
Jay
Swanson
Mike
LeBron
Harvey
Mason
Chris
MacDonald
Don Polo
(.830)
(.776)
(
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$7 ,000.00
3 ,500.00
2 ,300.00
1 ,600.00
1 ,200.00
1 ,200.00
.815)
.784)
800.00
800.00
( .816)
(.799)
(.783)
(.776)
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
(.820)
( .791)
(.758)
(.752)
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
(.843)
(.825)
(.825)
(.807)
(.806)
(.784)
( .784)
(.765)
NAME
AVG.
25th-32nd
Jim Rempe
Mike
Gulyassy
Toby Sweet
Terry
Bell
Al
Bonife
Paul
Hartley
Bob
Hunter
Bill
Stephen
33rd-48th
Luther
Lassiter
Jimmy
Reid
Kim
Davenport
Louie
Lemke
Charlie
Jarboe
Brian
Hashimoto
Dave
Palmer
Tony Mougey
Ron
Casanzio
Bob
Opsahl
Ed Sheahan
Guido
Orlandi
Wade Crane
John
Barnshaw
Roy
Trivett
Joe Root
(.806)
(.777)
(.763)
(.753)
( .741)
(.731)
(.727)
(.692)
(.820)
(.805)
(.803)
(.803)
( .787)
(.772)
( .744)
(.738)
( .714)
( .712)
( .710)
(.709)
(.701)
(.695)
(.683)
(.650)
Women:
NAME
1st
2nd
3rd
4 th
Jean Balukas
Mary Kenniston
Ewa Mataya
Bonnie Hoffman
PRIZE
$1,700
1,100
750
500
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PRIZE
NAME
5th-6th
Peg Ledman
Laura Smith
7th-8th
JoAnn Mason
Loree Jon Jones
250
250
NAME
PRIZE
9th-12th
Kelly Simpson
Toni Macante
Anne Mayes
Belinda Beardon
13th Vicki Paski
ACCU-FACT
In 1986, 604 different
In 1986, 103 different
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women have played in the eleven major women's tournaments.
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NORFOLK, VA ( 1 1 / 3 - 8 / 8 6 ) - David Howard i s the 1986
U.S. Open champion. A f t e r some near misses r e c e n t l y
i n s e v e r a l major e v e n t s , i t seemed t h a t i t was j u s t
a matter of time b e f o r e he would have h i s day.
He posted an .841 i n a 10-11 loss to Steve Mizerak
and an .845 i n a 10-11 loss t o Nick Varner. He a l s o
posted the h i g h o v e r a l l tournament average o f .884
w i t h A l l e n Hopkins f o l l o w i n g w i t h an . 8 7 1 .
Defending champion Jimmy Reid d i d not fare too w e l l
even a f t e r an impressive opening round i n which he
disposed o f Terry B e l l 11-2. I n the next round, a
near three hour match w i t h Buddy H a l l was the
beginning o f the end f o r the 1985 U.S. Open
champion.
He l o s t t h a t match 10-11 and then was
upset by Dave White 9 - 1 1 .
The s i x day tournament was staged i n two areas.
Most o f the p l a y was on two Gold Crowns i n the main
tournament a r e a . A separate area was necessary f o r
p r e l i m i n a r y l a d i e s ' matches and the o v e r f l o w of
men's matches. A g r u e l i n g schedule was adhered t o
i n order t o f i n i s h the tournament on schedule.
Mike S i g e l played remarkably
w e l l even i n
Q-Master
defeat.
Notable
A seesaw match which e v e n t u a l l y put Kim Davenport
(.791) on the h i l l kept him on the h i l l .
Still
needing four games to w i n , A l l e n Hopkins (.816)
prevented Davenport from pocketing a s i n g l e b a l l
f o r the r e s t of the set and edged him 11-10.
In what may have been a case o f not knowing the
r u l s s , C h a r l i e Jarboe (.789) f a i l e d t o n o t i f y Steve
S e l l e r (.680) t h a t he was on two f o u l s .
In fact
G e l l e r f o u l e d four times i n a row i n the same game
w i t h o u t p e n a l t y . G e l l e r l o s t t h a t rack anyway b u t
l a t e r r a l l i e d from a 7-10 d e f i c i t t o win 11-10.
Although Luther L a s s i t e r (.878) pocketed 87 b a l l s
and committed only 12 e r r o r s , he s t i l l l o s t 8-11 t o
David Howard (.641) who pocketed o n l y 50 b a l l s and
committed 28 e r r o r s !
Of the eleven racks won by
Howard he won e i g h t of them w i t h a run o f no more
than two b a l l s .
In a g r u e l i n g two hour and f o r t y minute match,
Buddy H a l l (.790)
managed t o squeeze out
the
v i c t o r y over Jiany Reid ( . 8 3 8 ) .
While on the h i l l
at 10-7, Reid hooked h i m s e l f and made a bad k i c k .
New s c o r e : 1 0 - 8 . The next r a c k , Reid was a f f o r d e d
only s a f e t i e s and k i c k s . New score 10-9. Two misses
on makeable shots by Reid k n o t t e d the score a t
10-10.
While running out in the f i n a l r a c k , Reid
hooked h i m s e l f for the l a s t t i m e . F i n a l : H a l l 1 1 ,
Reid 10.
Due i n p a r t t o s c r a t c h i n g on the break nine t i m e s ,
J i M y Reid (.725) and Dave White (.762) t o g e t h e r
made a b a l l on the break w i t h o u t s c r a t c h i n g o n l y
once d u r i n g the twenty break game. A f t e r a l l was
s a i d and done, White upset Reid 11-9.
Ron Casanzio (.800) broke and ran out three racks
i n a row as he increased h i s lead t o 8 - 4 .
But i t
was a l l i n v a i n , f o r h i s opponent Hike Gulyaasy
(-800) l a t e r broke and ran out four racks i n a row
f o r the tournament high run and the win 11-8.
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Matches
Once
lead
after
stay
a g a i n , Kin Davenport (.813) h e l d a c o m f o r t a b l e
of 10-7 over Toby Sweet ( . 8 0 2 ) , y e t somehow
s e v e r a l chances t o end the s e t , he managed t o
at 10. Sweet won 11-10.
Sometimes you pay d e a r l y f o r your mistakes!
While
p l a y i n g A l l a n Hopkins (.907) and t r a i l i n g 4 - 5 ,
Steve Mizerak (.737) missed a makeable s h o t . By the
time i t was a l l over, Mizerak was forced t o play
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Name
#
Score AVQ.
OPENING ROUND
1) 5.
w.
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Crane
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2) C. Mathews
£ . Sheahan
7
(.848)
(.724)
11
8
(.766)
(.691)
3) L. Roberts
J . Root
li
7
(.816)
(.684)
4J 0 . Howard
B. Opsahl
li
8
(.833)
(.753)
5 ) J . Reid
r. Bell
11
2
(.866)
(.485)
e5i fl. Trivett
B. Hashimoto
li
10
(.684)
(.762)
7J D. Palmer
C. Orlandi
li
8
(.769)
(.728)
8} C. MacDonald
L. Lemke
li
8
(.783)
(.800)
9J B. Williams
E. Strickland
10) H. Vickery
fl. Bonife
i i ; s.
li
8
(.867)
(.779)
li
10
(.730)
(.732)
Jones
p . Hartley
li
22> H. Mason
0 . White
li
13) J. flempe
S. Shaw
li
24 J J . Swanson
fl. Casanzio
li
15) fl. Hopkins
Davenport
li
10
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J. Barnshaw
25) M. LeBron
B. Williams
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BRACKET
G. Mathews
r. Sweet
li
5
(.871)
(.704)
L. Roberts
M. Gulyassy
li
7
(.839)
(.828)
Jarboe
2 0 ; 0 . Howard
L. Lassiter
li
8
(.641)
(.878)
21) B. Hall
J . Reid
U
10
(.790)
(.833)
2 2 ; 0 . Medina
fl. Trivett
li
(.766)
(.656)
3
11
8
(.811)
(.769)
jli
5
(.806)
(.684)
46) M. Gulyassy
fl. Casanzio
11
8
(.800)
(.809)
4 7 ; T. Sweet
K. Davenport
li
10
(.802)
(.813)
48) D. Bollman
C. Jarboe
li
(.846)
(.784)
li
7
(.833)
(.789)
27) N. Varner
5 . Jones
12
4
(.828)
(.636)
28) H. Mason
T. Mougey
li
8
(.816)
(.745)
29) D. Polo
J. Rempe
li
10
(.803)
(.812)
30) L. Loder
J. Swanson
li
10
(.832)
(.787)
31) A. Hopkins
8. Stephen
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0 (.531)
32) S. Mizerak
M. Sigel
li
10
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li
5
jli
8
(.876)
(.667)
(.752)
(.732)
(.870)
(.591)
J.
B.
37) T.
T.
Rempe
Opsahl
li
2
(.800)
(.655)
Bell
Mougey
[1
7
(.842)
(.728)
38) 5.
6.
39) B.
G.
Jones
Hashimoto
Hunter
Orlandi
li
6
(.861)
(.787)
U
5
(.796)
(.679)
40) B. Williams
L. Lemke
ili
7
41) E. Strickland
J. Barnshaw
.tJ ( . 9 2 6 ;
2 (.7i8J
fl. Bonife
0. Palmer
(.821)
(.711)
43) P. Hartley
fl. T r i v e t t
j[1
5
(.798)
(.704)
44 j 0 . White
Reid
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Jli
9
(.762)
(.725)
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49) M. Sigel
B. Stephen
li
50)
11
9
(.800)
(.788)
51) S. Jones
T. Bell
li
7
(.780)
(.753)
52) B. Williams
B. Hunter
li
5
(.873)
(.635)
53) E. Strickland
fl. Bonife
11
4
(.825)
(.630)
54) D. White
P. Hartley
li
8
(.779)
(.636)
5
(.832)
(.685)
6
(.869)
(.765)
J. Swanson
J. Rempe
(.920;
3 (.667)
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55) S. Shaw
M. Gulyassy
li
56) D. Bollman
r. Sweet
li
57) G. Ma thews
S. Geller
1
11
6
(.854)
(.736)
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§
Score AVQ.
LOSERS (13th- • i 6 t h ;
73) M. Sioel
D. Medina
li
(.917/
6 (.818)
74) 5. Jones
li
6
(.762)
(.667)
Mizerak
White
11
4
(.819)
(.672)
76) S. Shaw
D. Bollman
11
3
(.816)
(.643)
S. Geller
75) 5.
D.
WINNERS' BRACKET
77) D. Howard
G. Mathews
11
7
78) B.
D.
Hall
DiLiberto
li
79) N.
H.
Varner
Vickery
li
10
(.826)
(.731)
(.902;
1 (.657)
(.836)
(.770)
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L.
LOSERS
81) M.
H.
J
Hopkins
Loder
li
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2 (.556)
(9th-12th)
Sigel
Vickery
11 (.931J
3 (.776)
82) L. Loder
S. Jones
li
10
(.802)
(.809)
83) G. Mathews
S. Mizerak
li
(.856)
(.610)
84) S. Shaw
D.
DiLiberto
11
10
LOSERS
2
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(.732)
(.777)
(7th-8th)
58) D. Howard
L. Roberts
11
7
(.841)
(.791)
59) B. Hall
D. Medina
li
10
(.813)
(.752)
60) D. DiLiberto
C. MacDonald
li
6
(.828)
(.788)
61) H. Vickery
M. LeBron
11
7
(.887)
(.806)
87) D. Howard
fl. Hall
li
7
(.873)
(.782)
62) N. Varner
H. Mason
11
7
(.837)
(.696)
88) A.
N.
11
8
(.861)
(.821)
63) L. Loder
D. Polo
11
9
(.800)
(.764)
64)
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fl. Hopkins
S. Mizerak
LOSERS
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r
5
WINNERS' BRACKET
(.835)
(.806)
j[1
5
42)
Score AVQ.
9
(.857)
(.841)
XI
4
Name
LOSERS
m
J. Swanson
J. Root
36)
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(.680)
(.789)
45) 5. Shaw
L. Lassiter
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(.899)
(.830)
X
(.771)
(.750)
(.756)
(.703)
35)
(.816)
(.791)
•.
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li
10
33) M. Sigel
W. Crane
34) B. Stephen
E. Sheahan
(.795)
6 (.585;
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26) H. Vickery
B. Hunter
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Score
LOSERS (33rd-4i m)
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23) D. DiLiberto
D. Palmer
(.823)
(.757)
li
1ttNNERS'
i z ; 5. Geller
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5
(.835)
(.683)
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0. Bollman
6
(.810)
(.750)
Name
#
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(.907;
4 (.737)
(17th-24th)
65) M. Sigel
C. MacDonald
11
4
(.896)
(.736)
66) D. Medina
J. Swanson
li
(.850)
(.766)
67) 5. Jones
L. Roberts
li
68) S. Geller
B. Williams
li
9
(.800)
(.742)
69) S. Mizerak
E. Strickland
11
6
(.892)
(.848)
70) D. White
0. Polo
li
6
(.813)
(.707)
71) S. Shaw
H. Mason
li
10
(.746)
(.773)
72) D. Bollman
M. LeBron
11
7
(.816)
(.775)
4
(.881)
fl ( . 8 5 4 ;
85) M. Sigel
L. Loder
li
86) 5. Shaw
G. Mathews
11
10
6
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(.732)
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(.744)
(.803)
WINNERS' BRACKET
Hopkins
Varner
LOSERS
89) M.
B.
(5th-6th)
Sigel
Hall
90) N. Varner
S. Shaw
li
(.926J
8 (.875)
li
(.898)
(.803)
7
LOSER (4th)
91) N. Varner
M. Sigel
11 ( . 9 1 3 ;
10 (.845)
WINNERS' BRACKET
92) D. Howard
fl. Hopkins
li
3
(.875)
(.760)
LOSER (3rd)
93) fl. Hopkins
N. Varner
11 ( . 9 3 5 ;
4 (.742;
FINALS
94) 0. Howard
fl. Hopkins
11
9
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(.806)
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I f you reviewed the scores on page f o u r , you probably noticed a number i n parentheses t o the r i g h t
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I t was c a l l e d the Accu-Stats Average. I t i s a c t u a l l y another name for Total
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# NAME
1.
2.
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4.
5.
6.
7.
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13.
14.
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16.
NAME
TPA
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.871
.849
.843
.830
.825
.825
.820
.820
.820
.816
.815
.807
Mike Sigel
Allen Hopkins
Nick Varner
Earl
Strickland
Buddy Hall
Bob Williams
Louie Roberts
David
Howard
Luther
Lassiter
Dave Bollman
Steve Mizerak
Grady Mathews
Jay Swanson
Mike
LeBron
Jim Rempe
Jimmy Reid
.806
.806
.805
TPA
17. Kim Davenport
18. Louie Lemke
19. Sammy Jones
20. Danny Medina
21. Charlie
Jarboe
22. Lenny
23. Harvey
24. Chris
Loder
Mason
MacDonald
25. Howard Vickery
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
Mike
Gulyassy
Danny
DiLiberto
Steve Shaw
Brian Hashimoto
Don Polo
Toby Sweet
Dave White
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Dave Palmer
Al Bonife
Tony Mougey
Paul Hartley
Bob Hunter
Ron Casanzio
Bob Opsahl
Ed Sheahan
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.752
.744
.741
.738
.731
.727
.714
.712
.710
.709
.701
.695
.692
.683
.650
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pocket
b i l l i a r d tournament i n southern C a l i f o r n i a h i s t o r y
waa staged a t the Disneyland Hotel and drew 144 men
and women p l a y e r s .
A r l i n g t o n Recreation Supply of
R i v e r s i d e added $50,000 t o the p r i z e fund making i t
a whopping $58,000 purse!
The promoters of t h i s
s p o r t i n g e v e n t , The C a l i f o r n i a Mixed 9 - B a l l Open,
were John Sanders and Herb Wiles who d i d a
remarkable j o b i n i t s p r o d u c t i o n .
A unique format was employed i n which the 96 p l 3 y e r
men's d i v i s i o n and the 48 p l a y e r women's d i v i s i o n
were each d i v i d e d i n t o three b r a c k e t s .
Preliminary
p l a y i n both d i v i s i o n s used a double e l i m i n a t i o n
format u n t i l there waa a winner i n each b r a c k e t . The
three f i n a l i s t s i n each d i v i s i o n would use a round
r o b i n format t o determine the w i n n e r s . $8,000 would
go t o the men's d i v i s i o n winner and $5,000 would go
to the women's d i v i s i o n winner.
NAME
PRIZE
$8,000
1st Danny Medina
A, 520
2nd David Howard
2,701
3rd Dave Chartier
4th-6th
1,500
Joe Salazar
1,500
Dan Louie
1,500
Ron Rosas
7th-9th
Nick Varner
1,333
1,333
Ronnie Allen
1,333
Tim Padgett
10th-12th
1,000
Jose Parica
Mark Chapman
. 1,000
Al Romero
1,000
13th-18th
Paul Brienza
700
Mike LeBron
700
700
Isaac Lopez
Ismael Paez
700
Ernesto Dominguez 700
700
Arturo
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After
f i v e days o f c o m p e t i t i o n ,
Danny Medina edged
David Howard f o r the men's t i t l e w h i l e Jean Balukas
defeated Bonnie Hoffman to cop the women's honors.
Danny Medina's road t o success included v i c t o r i e s
over Varner, Mason, Chapman, Dominguez, P a r i c a ,
Padgett, Louie t w i c e , C h a r t i e r , and f i n a l l y Howard.
In the f i n a l game of the f i n a l s e s s i o n , David Howard
made a b a l l on the break, pocketed the two b a l l
under immense pressure and then miscued s h o o t i n g the
three b a l l on what seemed t o be an easy carom shot
i n t o the tournament winning nine b a l l .
That miscue
set up the Medina w i n . Howard a d m i t t e d l a t e r t h a t
the shot was more d i f f i c u l t than i t appeared.
Jean Balukas had a less s t r e s s f u l time i n d e f e a t i n g
Tomasello, B e l l , Macante, Mataya t w i c e , V a i l l a n c o u r t , and Hoffman. The tournament r e s u l t s f o l l o w :
PRIZE
19th-24th
Sal
Giuliano
Rich Geiler
Brian Hashimoto
Frank Almanza
Danny DiLiberto
Sammy Jones
25th-36th
Robert LeBlanc
Richard Renk
Victor
Ignacio
Ashley Woodbury
Rich Relf
Al Winchenbaugh
Warren Costanzo
Tony Annigoni
Joe
Villalpando
Jim Mataya
Chris
Villalpandoi
Gary Hutchings
500
500
500
500
500
500
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
NAME
PRIZE
1st Jean Balukas
$5,000
2nd Jean
Vaillencourt2,680
3rd Bonnie Hoffman
2,680
4th-6th
Belinda Beardon 1,000
Loree Jon Jones 1,000
Ewa Mataya
1,000
7th-9th
Peg Ledman
700
Catherine Gamblei 700
Kelly Simpson
700
10th-12th
Anne Mayes
500
JoAnn Mason
500
Mary Kenniston
500
13th-18th
Laura Smith
400
Toni Macante
400
Darlene
Stinson
400
Linda Moore
400
Jan LeBlanc
400
Debra Aarens
400
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TOTAL
NAME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
GAMES
Mike Sigel
172
Allen Hopkins
128
Nick Varner
127
Earl Strickland
63
Buddy Hall
91
Bob Williams
91
Louie Roberts
73
David Howard
126
Luther Lassiter
38
Dave BolIman
83
(U.S. Open Average
BREAK
Rankings
PERFORMANCE
BALLS
MADE ERRORS
878
115
616
91
511
91
285
53
386
79
402
85
334
71
571
125
169
37
365
80
= .793)
KICK
TPA
.884 1.
.871 2.
.849 3.
.843 4.
.830 5.
.825 6.
.825 7.
.820 8.
.820 9.
.820 10.
i.
2.
3.
4.
3.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
128
80
54
58
27
18
71
126
46
21
42
12
63
36
20
83
44
24
127
65
35
91
47
24
47
91
24
172
105
53
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.675
.667
.648
.571
.556
.545
.538
.511
.511
.505
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
MISSES
(PER 1 0 0
NAME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
BALLS
BALLS
MADE
POCKETED)
Mike Sigel
878
39
Allen Hopkins
616
35
Nick Varner
511
33
Steve Mizerak
297
25
Grady Mathews
494
42
Buddy Hall
386
33
Jim Rempe
286
25
Mike LeBron
183
16
David Howard
571
50
Earl Strickland
285
25
(U.S. Open Average = 11.2)
NAME
AVG
4 4
5 7
6 5
8 4
8 5
8 5
8 7
8 7
8.8
8.8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
RUN
OUTS
Mike Sigel
150
105
Allen Hopkins
120
77
Danny Medina
61
38
Steve Mizerak
62
38
David Howard
131
75
Nick Varner
115
65
48
Buddy Hall
85
Danny DiLiberto
59
33
Jim Rempe
70
39
Earl Strickland
65
36
(U.S. Open Average • 49.5)
(PER 1 0 0
U.S. OPEN
KPA
.947
.935
.895
.893
.882
.882
.870
.867
.867
.867
PCT.
70.0
64.2
62.3
61.3
57.3
56.5
56.5
55.9
55.7
55.4
ERRORS
BALLS
POCKETED)
BALLS
MADE
POSITION
ERRORS
Steve Mizerak
297
13
Mike Sigel
878
40
Allen Hopkins
616
30
Buddy Hall
386
21
Charlie Jarboe
163
9
Earl Strickland
285
16
Louie Roberts
334
21
David Howard
571
38
Dave Bollman
365
25
Jimmy Reid
248
17
(U.S. Open Average = 8.2)
AVG
4
4 6
4 9
5 4
5 5
5 6
6 3
6 7
6 8
6.9
Averages
B a l l made on the break: 545
Nine b a l l made on the break: 1.55
Scratch on the break: 135
Scratch while going for p o s i t i o n : 1.45
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NAME
OPPORTUNITIES
POSITION
SHOTS
MISSED
GOOD
RUN OUT
OPPORTUNITIES
BREAK BALL MADE
GAMES SHOTS W/0 SCR., BPA
Allen Hopkins
Don Polo
David Howard
Kim Davenport
Earl Strickland
Dave Bollman
Nick Varner
Bob Williams
Buddy Hall
Mike Sigel
(U.S. Open
PERFORMANCE
Chris MacDonald
67
18
19
Harvey Mason
74
31
29
17
Charlie Jarboe
37
19
Jim Rempe
28
74
25
Luther Lassiter
38
17
15
Earl Strickland
63
17
15
Mike Sigel
172
46
40
Nick Varner
127
60
52
David Howard
126
30
26
Brian Hashimoto
38
15
13
(U.S. Open Average : - .793]1
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NAME
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NAME
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Run out with ball in hand: 605
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Earl
S t r i c k l a n d I I - B i n the f i n a l s as Jean Balukas d i d the
same t o Ewa Mataya 9-2 thus c a p t u r i n g t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e
1985 North Carolina F a l l 9 - B a l l Classic t i t l e s .
Promoter Robin Kiker hosted the annual event adding
$8,000 t o the men's d i v i s i o n and $2,000 t o the women's.
Scott Smith was given the task o f d i r e c t i n g the f i v e day
contest as f o r t y men and f o u r t e e n women accepted the
challenge t o compete i n the double e l i m i n a t i o n event for
over $20,000 i n p r i z e money. The tournament s i t e , Rob's
Roost was open t w e n t y - f o u r hours a day, f r e e i n g the four
Gandy p o o l t a b l e s each evening f o r open p l a y .
Buddy H a l l s u f f e r e d no losses as he accumulated wins over
Tony Mougey ( 3 ) , Kenny Wellman ( 4 ) , Grady Mathews ( 7 ) ,
Danny Medina ( 7 ) , Nick Varner ( 1 0 ) , and the defending
champion E a r l S t r i c k l a n d t w i c e (10) and ( 8 ) .
He was
rewarded w i t h $8,000.
Jean Balukas d i d s u f f e r an e a r l y loss a t the hands of Ewa
Mataya ( 2 - 9 ) who played a near f l a w l e s s match. Balukas'
v i c t o r i e s included Loree Jon Jones ( 2 ) , Mary Kenni3ton
( 1 ) , Loree Jon Jones ( 4 ) , Peg Ledman ( 7 ) , Anne Mayes ( 1 ) ,
and Ewa Mataya twice (8) and ( 2 ) . She was rewarded w i t h
$2,000.
The f i n a l
standings
are below
and the scores and Accu-
S t a t s averages are on page 22.
NAME
1st
PRIZE
Buddy H a l l
$5,000
2nd E a r l S t r i c k l a n d
3rd Wade Crane
4th David Howard
5th- 6th
Jim Rempe
Nick Varner
7th- 8th
Danny Medina
Steve Mizerak
3,500
2,400
1,500
9th- •12th
Howard Vickery
Mike Gulyassy
Vt;
1,000
1,000
600
600
350
350
Jimmy Reid
Pat Fleming
13th-16th
Bob Hunter
Kim Davenport
Tony Mougey
Dave Bollman
NAME
350
350
250
250
250
250
PRIZE
1st Jean Balukas
$2,000
2nd Ewa Mataya
1,200
3rd Anne Mayes
800
4th Peg Ledman
630
5th-6th
Mary Kenniston
300
Loree Jon Jones
300
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Binghamton, NY (8/31-9/4/86)- Mike Sigel
collected another $10,000 recently by
defeating Mike LeBron in the 2nd Annual
B.C. Open. Sigel won the race to eleven,
double elimination event by defeating
Pete Fusco (8), Jimmy Reid (10), Allen
Hopkins (10), Wade Crane (5), Allen
Hopkins (4), and Mike LeBron (8).
scheduled just prior to the B.C. Open
Golf Tournament, a popular stop for the
PGA.
The $15,000 added main event charged a
$500 entry fee and drew fifty-eight
players from around the country. The
money was spread out twenty-four places
using the PBA prize money breakdown.
$15,000 was also added to the pro-am
event in which Earl Strickland shared the
winner's circle with Joe Inman.
The
tournament results follow:
Promoter Gary Pinkowski engaged Charlie
Ursitti as the tournament director and
staged the event at the beautiful Holiday
Inn Arena. The pro and pro-am event were
PRIZE
NAME
1st Mike Sigel
$10,000
2nd Mike LeBron
5,000
3rd-Ath
3,500
Allen Hopkins
3,500
Steve Mizerak
5th-6th
2,200
Wade Crane
2,200
Nick Varner
7th-8th
1,672
Keith McCready
1,672
Larry Hubbart
9th-12th
1,276
Ray Martin
1,276
Bob Hunter
1,276
Mike Zuglan
1,276
Grady Mathews
13th~16th
968
Jimmy Reid
Jose Parica
968
Jerry Brock
968
Gerry Watson
968
PRIZE
NAME
17th-24th
Howard Vickery
Mike Wallace
Pete Fusco
Lenny Loder
Luther
Lassiter
Dave Bollman
Luc Salvas
Bill
Staton
25th-32nd
Brian Hashimoto
Tony Annigoni
Mike Gulyassy
660
660
660
660
660
660
660
660
Alain Marte!
Lou Butera
Earl
Strickland
Ron Bookin
Mike Xiarhos
33rd-48th
Barry Shaw
Terry Bell
Gene Catron
Darryl Osborne
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Jim Fusco
Rich LaRussa
Bjorn L'Orange
Ron Casanzio
Jr.
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Bill Dunsmore
Joe
Stilloe
Danny
DiLiberto
Kim Davenport
Jim Cattrano
Guy Carney
Ron Durante
49th-58th
Clarence
Bell
Ed Metushoneck
Joe Koslowski
Gerry Fiehl
Lester
Smulowitz
Cliff
Leahy
Mac MacQuillan
Mike Lane
Jim Rempe
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director.
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field was
small, the entry roster
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were present, Mike Sigel,
Earl
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Allen
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name a few. Past winners of
this event were Hopkins in
1984 and Reyes in 1985.
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every year, used a race to
eleven double elimination
format.
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unique in that all balls
stayed down and cue ball
positioned anywhere on the
table on any foul including
the break!
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J.
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to A. Hopkins (9), and then
won the tournament match
against A. Hopkins (10) for
the $4,133 grand prize.
PRIZE
NAME
1st Terry Bell
$4,133
2nd Allen Hopkins
2,067
3rd Larry Hubbart
1,240
4th Pat Fleming
868
5th-6th
496
Jimmy Reid
496
Joe Root
7th-8th
434
Mike Sigel
434
Kenny Wellman
9th-12th
310
C. Barbour
310
Earl
Strickland
310
Bob Williams
310
Johnny Dew
13th-16th
248
3M Flowers
248
Howard Vickery
248
B. Baker
248
Dave Bollman
17th-24th
R. Hicks
Buddy Huggins
Dave White
Tommy Cook
J r . Harris
8. Sutton
Jack Stenner
Mike Gulyassy
25th-31st
J . Benson
Dan Christian
Lenny Loder
Bob Opsahl
Mike Cone
Tony Davis
Wade Crane
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Winchester,
VA
(10/812/86)Wade
Crane
walked
away
with
the
$2, 300
grand
prize
after
winning
The
Shenandoah
Valley
9-Ball
Classic.
He
defeated
Buddy Hall
in
the finals
11-10.
Promoter
and
propriet o r Bobby
Carter
charged
a $145
entry
fee
and
originally
guaranteed
$4,000
added
to
the
prize
He
kept
Winchester
Billiards
open
twentyfour
hours
a
day,
utilized
Brunswick
Gold Crown pool
tables
and had Martha
Wilson
direct
the
event.
fund,
but
was
so
pleased
with
the
talent
that
showed
up,
that
he
anted
up
another
$2,000
for
the
race
to eleven
double
elimination
event.
NAME
PRIZE
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th-
Wade Crane
Buddy Hall
Nick Varner
Grady Mathews
6th
Bill
Kelleher
Al Bonife
$2,300
1,600
1,200
900
745
745
PRIZE
NAME
7th-8th
Jim Mataya
Fred Boggs
9th-12th
Giles Carr
Mike LeBvon
Jimmy Reid
Dave Bollman
450
450
200
200
200
200
Sigel Makes Withdrawal in Akron
Akron,OH
(10/16-19/86)
Mike Sigel
made a cash
withdrawal
of
$4,000
from
The
5th
Annual
Akron
Open
by
finishing
in
front
of
the
filled
sixty-four
player
field.
Runnerup Nick
Varner
cashed
a $2,000
check.
Varner
had
to
Sigel
twice
from
losers'
bracket
was
successful
once.
He won the
of
the
two
matches
11-5.
Sigel
rebounded
an 11-7
win to
the
title.
beat
the
and
only
first
final
But
with
clinch
NAME
PRIZE
$4,000
1st Mike Sigel
2nd Nick Varner
2,000
3rd Steve McAnninch 1,000
4th Willie Munson
500
5th- 6th
Wade Crane
350
Gary McVay
350
7th- 8 th
Tony Mougey
250
Gary Spaeth
250
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As
a
result
there
was
a
w a i t i n g
l i s t
of
players
eager
to
play.
The results
follow;
Dot and J i m
Starcher,
owners
of
Starcher's
Recreation
promoted
the
$10,000
event,
added
$2,000
to
the
purse,
and
enlisted
veteran
tournament
director
Joe Kerr
to
run the
show.
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PRIZE
NAME
9th-12th
Bob Hunter
Bobby Legg
Jim Marino
Jim Mataya
13th-16th
Dennis Hatch
Bobby Johnson
Grady Mathews
Jimmy Reid
Leonard Bludworth
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three safeties and two kicks, thus being prevented
from pocketing a single ball. Hopkins won 11-4.
V o l . 2, No. 5 - The 11th Annual U.S. Open
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B i l l y Foster
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F i e l d Coordinator
Scorekeepers
U.S. Open Tournament
Mike Sigel (.917) was ahead 7-6 when Danny Medina
(.818) made a fatal error by scratching. Sigel
quickly ran thirty-five balls to run out the set
11-6.
In an 11-3 win over Howard Vickery (.776), Mike
Sigel (.931) ran out eleven of the twelve
opportunities he had to run out.
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What appeared to be an 11-9 elimination of Steve
Shaw (.732) from the tournament by Danny DiLiberto
(.777) turned out to be an 11-10 elimination of
Danny DiLiberto by Steve Shaw. Needing one game,
DiLiberto ran to and missed an easy nine ball.
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What appeared to be an 11-10 elimination of Steve
Shaw (.744) from the tournament by Grady Mathews
(.803) turned out to be an 11-10 elimination of
Grady Mathews by Steve Shaw. While running out the
last rack, Mathews got out of line and missed the
eight ball.
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After a slow start and trailing Buddy Hall (.875)
2-6, Mike Sigel finished the session with near
perfect play. During the next eleven racks he ran
nine balls nine times, shot a .976 for that period,
and won the set 11-8.
What's Next?
One hour after shooting a .760, his worst match of
the tournament, Allen Hopkins (.935) scored the
high TPA of the tournament defeating Nick Varner
.742) 11-4,
The next issue o f Accu-Stats w i l l f e a t u r e The Sands
Regent 9 - B a l l Open I I
which took place December
3-8, 1986. The winner o f t h a t event was Mike S i g e l .
ACCU-FACTS
1986 SESSIONS WON-LOST TOTALS (through Dec. 31, 1986)
Mike Sigel had the best won-lost record for major men's tournaments: Won 58, Lost 3
Jean Balukas had the best won-lost record for major women's tournaments: Won 37, Lost 2
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Buddy
Hall
carved another notch in his gun after fighting his
way through a tough forty-two player field. The Cue
Garden 9-Ball Classic champion drew a profit of
$3,700 for his efforts. The victims in his four day
siege were Adam Schick, Bill Kelleher, Steve Cook,
Wade Crane, and Danny Medina twice. The tourney
format was double elimination, race to eleven with
the final match a race to fifteen. During the final
match, Hall was behind 2-7 but soon "put a three1'
and "put a four" on Medina to finish him off 15-11.
Jack and Kittie Stuart were the gracious hosts of
the well planned event, charged a $149 entry fee
and added $3,000 to the purse. The Cue Garden is a
beautiful billiard establishment featuring a pool
table that is distinguished from the rest by being
recessed into the floor. All of the feature matches
were played "in the pit". A unique scheduling
format was devised by Jack Stuart whereas there
were two days of preliminary matches and two days
of feature matches using only one table. Great
idea! The tournament results follow:
NAME
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Buddy H a l l
Danny Medina
Tony Mougey
Steve Cook
7th-8th
Mike LeBron
Dennis Searing
240
240
13th-16th
Bob W i l l i a m s
Jim Mataya
J.M. Flowers
Steve Mizerak
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1,850
875
600
375
375
C M . Lee
A l Bonife
Howard Vickery
I
$3,700
5th-6th
Jiwny Reid
Wade Crane
9th-12th
Pedro Conklin
1
PRIZE
17th-24th
Adam Schick
Dave Favor
Bob Opsahl
Donn Gr ice
18
140
140
140
140
110
110
110
110
NAME
PRIZE
B i l l Kelleher
8 r i c e Cumbie
Toby Sweet
Mike Evans
25th-32nd
Charles Owens
Mike Gulyassy
John DiToro
Tom Rider
Jimmy Court
Danny C o n s i l l i o
Pete Benoit
(no show)
33rd-42nd
Paul Johnson
Robert Hovik
B i l l Amadeo
B i l l Policella
Charles B l a k e l y
Dan C h r i s t i a n
Richie Ambrose
Ralph Curry
Steve M i l l e r
Robbie McKee
J
f
Strickland
Reigns
Supreme
in South Carolina
CHARLESTON,SC (11/16-18/86)
Twenty-six players, many of
them
trekking
from
the
previous day's tournament
in
Charlotte
went
to
Charleston
recently
to
compete in The 2nd Annual
South Carolina 9-Ball Open.
The $149 entry fee and
three day schedule was too
tempting to pass by.
Walter and Mozelle Deery,
owners of the Golden Cue
R e s t a u r a n t & Family
Billiards hosted the event
and added $2,000 to the
prize fund* Four Big Gandy
G tables were used, two of
them
in a
theater-type
setting and the reserved
seating was sold out long
before the tourney began.
Pat Fleming was enlisted as
the tournament director and
the race to nine, double
elimination tournament was
under way.
Earl Strickland seemed like
he was running away with
the tournament. He defeated
Bonife, Gulyassy, Mathews,
Reid,
and
Manny
Moore
(Who's that?) before taking
a thrashing from Wade Crane
6-11.
(Crane
shot
an
Accu-Stats1 TPA of .911
that
set.)
Undaunted,
Strickland came back to
beat
Crane
in
the
tournament match 11-7
shoot ing a .901.
Wade Crane had made an incredible drive from the
losers' bracket defeating
Hodges, MacDonald, Mathews,
Davenport, Mizerak, Hall,
tl Manny Moore (him again?),
and Strickland before accepting the runner-up
finish.
Defending
champion
Mike
Gulyassy didn't do as well
this year. He finished out
of the money and lacked an
impressive
win
record.
Manny Moore finished third
in this superstar field,
but nobody knows who he is
nor where he came from. But
everyone agreed that he
could
pass
for
Frank
Fisher's brother.
1st
PRIZE
NAME
Earl
Strickland $2,000
2nd Wade Crane
19300
3rd Manny Moore
4th Buddy Hall
5th-6th
Jimmy Reid
Steve Mizerak
7th-8th
Mike Gulyassy
Kim Davenport
9th-12th
Pete Horne
Tony Ellin
James McCrary
Grady Mathews
13th-16th
Pat Fleming
Whitey Spach
Al Bonife
Chris MacDonald
17th-24th
Mike Staubes
John Archer
Louie Lemke
Danny Pughsley
Guido Orlandi
Tony Mougey
Dave Bollman
Jimmy Hodges
25th-26th
Bill
Anderson
Dan
Christian
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as f o l l o w s :
A l l e n Hopkins
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Efren Reyes
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Mike S i g e l
Jose Parica
Buddy H a l l
Earl Strickland
Nick Varner
Dave Bollman
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MENTOR, OH (8/22-24/86)- Jean Balukas,
Balukas did not have an easy
time of it
evidenced by an early loss and a narrow
win while in the loser's bracket. After
drawing a bye, she defeated Peg Ledman
(4), JoAnn Mason (*>), lost to Linda
Haywood (4), then beat Ewa Mataya in a
thriller (8), Mary Kenniston (5), Robin
Bell (5), and Linda Haywood twice in the
finals.
noticeably absent at tournaments this
year due to a knee injury which required
surgery,
reappeared
and
made
her
presence well known. Balukas outlasted
the field of twenty-three women to win
the $2,000 first prize at the 2nd Annual
Women's Cleveland 9-Ball Open.
In promoting this event, Frank Zummo
selected The Country Inn Hotel as the
tournament site, enlisted Joe Kerr as
the tournament director and added $2,200
to the prize fund. The WPBA sanctioned
event used a race to nine, double
eliminat ion format.
NAME
1st Jean Balukas
2nd Linda Haywood
3rd Robin Bell
4th Mary Kenniston
PRIZE
2,000
1,250
1,000
750
Grady Mathews, the magician, performed
magic
tricks
in addition
to some
interesting skill pool shots to the
delight of the crowd. The $6,000 purse
also drew interest from a local TV
station. The results and flow chart
follow:
NAME
PRIZE
5th-6th
Loree Jon Jones
Ewa Mataya
300
300
NAME
PRIZE
7th-8th
Kelly Simpson
Kris Villalpando
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Phi ladelphia, PA ( 8 / 9 - 1 6 / 8 6 ) - T h e P P P A
again
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Open
and added
Str aight
$25 ,000 to the purse. The host site was
The Philadelphia Centre Hotel with the
eve nt dedicated to the participants of
NAME
PRIZE
1st Nick Varner
2nd AlLen Hopkins
3rd- 4th
Mike Sigel
Jim Rempe
5th- 6th
Jack Colo vita
Tom Storm
7th- 8th
Mike Zuglan
Bob Vanover
9 th-12th
Norbert Lang
Ray Martin
Danny DiLiberto
Lou Butera
Charlotte
(continued from page 9)
8,000
5,000
3,200
3,200
2,000
2,000
1,480
1,480
1,130
1,130
1,130
1,130
NAME
WINNERS
BRACKET
LOSER (3rd)
9) E. Strickland 11 (897)
W. Crane
6 ( 844)
3) E. S t r i c k l a n d 11 (.840)
J . Rempe
5 (.794)
M. Kenniston
8 (.
2) J. Balukas
9 (.
L.J. Jones
5 (.
11 (.866)
LOSER (4th)
10 (.807) 3) J. Balukas
9 (.830)
P. Ledman
7 (.688)
LOSERS ( 5 t h - 6 t h )
4) B. H a l l
N, Varner
WINNERS1 BRACKET
J . Rempe
6 (.738) 4) E. Mataya
9 (.683)
A. Mayes
8 (.660)
6) W. Crane
11 (.914)
N. Varner
8 (.863)
LOSER (3rd)
5) J. Balukas
9 (.
LOSER ( 4 t h )
A. Mayes
1 (•
7) W. Crane
11 (.832)
0. Howard
6 (.768)
FINALS
5) D. Howard
11 (.885)
6) J. Balukas
WINNERS' BRACKET
E. Mataya
8) 8. Hall
li (.908)
Balukas
E. Strickland 9 (.905)
Mataya
9
8
9
2
(.
(.
(.
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NAME
PRIZE
13th-16th
Marty Ciccia
Lester Smulowitz
Alain Martel
Dick Lane
17th-24th
Ed Sheahan
Tom Manley
Greg Fix
Jim Fusco
Mike Wallace
Pat Fleming
Rodney Thompson
Bengt Pederson
MEN
FINALS
LOSERS (7th-8th)
11 ( 829)
1) D. Howard
11 (.848) 10) B. Hall
E. Strickland 8 ( 827)
0. Medina
7 (.750)
WOMEN
2) W. Crane
11 (.866)
LOSERS (5th-6th)
S. Mizerak
4 (.759)
1) P. Ledman
9 (.
1
the 1955 Philadelphia World Tournament M o s c o n i , Crane, C a r a s , and Rudolph.
Nick Varner and Loree J o n Jones repeated
past
performances
by
winning
the
championship.
The in-the-money results
follow:
860
860
860
860
585
585
585
585
585
585
585
585
PRIZE
1st Loree Jon Jones
2nd Mary Kenniston
3rd Belinda Beardon
4th Louise Furberg
5th- 6th
Anne Mayes
Linda Haywood
7th- 8th
Palma Godwin
Gloria Walker
9 th-10 th
Billie
Billing
Linda Oakes
"Little
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1,500
900
600
400
400
250
250
150
150
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and
won
her
her
a l s o f e a t u r e d a women's d i v i s i o n . Jean 8alukas
the l a d i e s ' crown i n undefeated f a s h i o n . I t was
t h i r d major win i n as many tournaments since
r e t u r n to the t o u r .
Defending l a d i e s ' champion Belinda Beardon has had
b e t t e r days. She l o s t her f i r s t two matches f a l l i n g
v i c t i m t o Bonnie Hoffman and then t o Laura Smith.
The
matches
Accu-Statted.
for
the
final
E. Mataya
2) J . Balukas
8 . Hoffman
9 (.688)
6 (.625)
were
LOSER ( 4 t h )
5) E. Mataya
B. Hoffman
9 (.915)
0 (.560)
LOSERS ( 5 t h - 6 t h )
3) E. Mataya
9 (.708)
P. Ledman
8 (.710)
4) B. Hoffman
L. Smith
women
The scores and averages f o l l o w :
WINNERS* BRACKET
1) M, Kenniston
six
9 (.700)
3 (.763)
9 (.722)
2 (.653)
WINNERS' BRACKET
6) J . Balukas
M. Kenniston
9 (.897)
2 (.676)
LOSER (3rd)
9 (.774)
7) M. Kenniston
E. Mataya
5 (.694)
s,
FINALS
J . Balukas
M. Kenniston
9 (.760)
7 (.750)
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Results
(MINIMUM WINNINGS = $2,000.00)
Name
I -.vents
4
Rempe, Jim
Reyes, Efren
5
Sigel, Mike
6
Varner, Nick
9
Howard, David
7
Hopkins, Allen
8
Parica, Jose
8
Strickland, Earl
8
Medina, Danny
8
Swanson, Jay
6
LeBron, Mike
10
6
Hall, Buddy
Bollman, Dave
9
9
Davenport, Kira
Incardona, Bill
5
Mizerak, Steve
6
Crane, Wade
8
Martin, Ray
5
8
DiLiberto, Danny
Jones, Sammy
3
Lane, Dick
4
Hunter, Bob
7
Williams, Bob
5
McCready, Keith
5
Gulyassy, Mike
6
Vickery, Howard
8
Chart ier, Dave
I
Louie, Dan
2
Mathews, Grady
9
Fusco, Pete
2
Weaver, Dick
3
Kitto, Scott
4
Brown, Tom
2
Hubbart, Larry
4
Rosas, Ron
2
Burge, Billy
4
Brunt, George
I
In
Money
2
5
6
8
7
8
7
4
7
3
6
6
7
4
3
6
5
3
4
3
3
4
2
3
4
7
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4
2
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3
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3
2
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Winnings
36000.00
27642.00
23630.00
18497.00
16449.00
16204.00
15513.00
14911.00
11801.40
9286.60
8388.00
8193.00
6906.80
6876.00
6694.00
6043.00
5735.00
5176.00
3922.80
3734.00
3355.00
2943.00
2822.80
2822.00
2817.00
2802.40
2701.00
2700.00
2681.00
2636.00
2634.00
2542.00
2342.40
2317.00
2300.00
2088.00
1976.00
Sessions
Won-,Lost
13 - 6
32 - 8
33 - 6
42 - 18
37 - 12
40 - 16
34 - 13
26 - 17
33 - 15
19 - 12
25 - 19
26 - 10
30 - 18
25 - 18
20 - 10
24 - 12
24 - 16
16 - 10
16 - 16
16 - 6
16 - 8
15 - 14
12 - 10
15 - 9
16 - 12
22 - 16
6 - 2
10 - 4
19 - 18
10 - 4
7 - 5
12 - 8
8 - 4
10 - 8
9 - 4
6 - 8
4 - 2
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ACCU-STATS
Bulk Rate
U.S. Postage
204 EAGLE ROCK AVENUE
ROSELAND, NJ 07068
PAID
Roseland, NJ
Permit #42
Address Correction Requested
YEAR TO DATE
Sessions
Won
-Lost
(MINIMUM SESSIONS - 14)
#
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
8.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
NAME
LOST
WON
Sigel,
Mike
Reyes,
Efren
Howard,
David
Jones, Sammy
Parica,
Jose
Hall,
Buddy
Hopkins,
Allen
Fusco,
Pete
Louie,
Dan
Varner,
Nick
Medina,
Danny
Rempe, Jim
Mizerak,
Steve
Incardona,
Bill
Lane,
Dick
Bollman,
Dave
McCready,
Keith
Allen,
Ronnie
Martin,
Ray
Swanson,
Jay
33
32
37
16
34
26
40
10
10
42
33
13
24
20
16
30
15
10
16
19
-
6
8
12
6
13
10
16
4
4
18
15
6
12
10
8
18
9
6
10
12
PCT
.846
.800
.755
.727
.723
.722
.714
.714
.714
.700
.688
.684
.667
.667
.667
.625
.625
.625
.615
.613
#
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
26.
28.
29.
30.
•31.
32.
33.
33.
35.
35.
37.
38.
39.
40.
40.
NAME
LOST
WON
Strickland,
Earl
Crane, Wade
Kitto,
Scott
Davenport,
Kim
Vickery,
Howard
Geiler,
Rick
Roberts,
Louie
Gulyassy,
Mike
Granas,
Henry
LeBron,
Mike
Hubbart,
Larry
Williams,
Bob
Harris,
Jr
Jones,
Danny
Hashimoto,
Brian
Mataya,
Jim
Hunter,
Bob
Mathews,
Grady
DiLiberto,
Danny
Loder,
Lenny
Reid,
Jimmy
26
24
12
25
22
11
11
16
8
25
10
12
9
9
11
11
15
19
16
8
8
-
17
16
8
18
16
8
8
12
6
19
8
10
8
8
10
10
14
18
16
8
8
PCT
.605
.600
.600
.581
.579
.579
.579
.571
.571
.568
.556
.545
.529
.529
.524
.524
.517
.514
.500
.500
.500
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