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A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS

(201)838-7089 Jul. 1-Aug. 5, 1985 Vol.1, .No. 5

Wade Crane Steals Show

at Busch Open

M 0 L I N E - After a second round loss, Wade Crane strung eleven wins to swipe the $7,000 booty and the Busch World Open title. Miller Time Billiards hosted the race to 11 double elimination event while boasting a full field. In his quest for the title, Crane posted victories over Moehler (10), Mathews (7), Kitto (9), Bell (5), Hunter (4), West (5), Luat (9), Hall (8), McCoy (8), Dobesenski (4), and Hubbart twice (6) and (8).

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BUSCH WORLD OPEN MOLINE, ILLINOIS

July 16-20,1985 FINAL STANDINGS

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2 . Wade Crane ( 2 . Larry Hubbart ( J . Ron Dobesenski ( 4 . Don McCoy ( 5th-6th

Buddy Hall ( Mike Gulyassy (

7th-8th Efren Reyes ( Rudolfo Luat (

9th-12th Jim Mataya ( Dallas West ( Chris MacDonald ( Jim Wetch (

13th-16th Earl Strickland ( David Howard ( Bob Hunter ( Randy Lamar (

17th-24th Jay Swanson ( Terry Bell ( Dick Weaver ( Danny DiLiberto ( Paul Brienza ( Pat Fleming ( Howard Vickery ( Bob Opsahl (

25th-32nd Scott Kitto ( Jim Rempe ( Mark Wilson ( Ray Martin ( Tom Spencer ( John Abruzzo (

AVG.

.890)

.854)

.842)

.870)

.873)

.820)

.875)

.836)

.872)

.868)

.833)

.816)

.855)

.849)

.836)

.812)

.886)

.843)

.840)

.834)

.820)

.820)

.802)

.753)

.874)

.859)

.823)

.813) .806) .801)

Women: (in the NAME PRIZE

1st Jean Balukas $2,500 2nd Laura Smith 1,565 3rd Mary Kenniston 1,065 4th Bonnie Hoffman 765

PRIZE

$7,000 4,000 2, 700 2,000

1,400 1,400

1,100 1,100

800 800 800 800

500 500 500 500

275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275

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Billie Billie Ewa Mataya

7th-8th Robin Bell Vicki Frechen

# NAME

Paul Baker i Tor Lowry |

33rd-A8th Jeff Carter | Dave Bollman | Kim Davenport I Rich Geiler I Grady Mathews ( M ike Sica I Ken Cross 1 Mike Massey | Rudy Pasqual I Mark Jarvis | L a r r y Schwartz I Scott Goodwin | Sob McDonald 1 J im Martin | Mike LaPorte I Joe Magic |

49th-63rd Rusty Moehler | Fred Bentivegna | James McCrary | Steve Maniccia I Tom Karabotsos I Ron Purtee I J im Marino \ Dan Cook | Bucky Carroll | Guido Orlandi | J im Willard | Ed Dienethal | 5 t e v e Snider | Tom Carothers | Ray Badami \

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g 465 465

265

9th-12th Geri Engh L.J. Ogonowsk Shari Simonse Kelly Simpson

265

AVG.

'.731) '.725)

' .858) ' .843) ' .809) ' .802) ' .800) .791)

' .788) ' . 787) ' .786) .773) .771)

' . 7 6 1 ) ' .760) ' .757) '.647) ' .532)

' .835) ' .819) '.790) ' .781) ' .767) ' .755) ' .752) ' .728) ' .691) ' .651) ' .626) ' .590) '.540) ' .518) [ .415)

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In a d d i t i o n to adding over $12,000

to the purse, M i l l e r Time

B i l l i a r d s made the p layers as

c o m f o r t a b l e as p o s s i b l e by

arranging spec ia l motel ra tes and

a s h u t t l e van which was at the

p l a y e r ' s d i s p o s a l . A t t h e

tournament s i t e was a res tauran t ,

bar , and pool tab les fo r open

p lay . The tournament arena

featured f i v e Gold Crowns w i th Simonis c l o t h , and bleachers running the length of the room. Cock ta i l wai t resses were aplenty tak ing orders fo r food and d r i n k . Mini tournaments were held every n igh t as M i l l e r Time B i l l i a r d s stayed open 24 hours.

Men1 a D i v i s i o n

The race to e leven, double

e l i m i n a t i o n tournament used the

PBA r u l e s . Af ter some mediocre

matches which included an 11-10

win over Rusty Moehler and a 10-11

loss to Mike Gulyassy, Wade Crane

exploded w i th eleven wins i n a

row. He played be t te r and be t te r

as the tournament progressed. Of

the twen ty - f i ve .900*8 shot dur ing

the e n t i r e tournament, Crane shot

f i v e of them i n h i s l a s t e igh t

sess ions . . Crane ran out from the

break 35S o f the time and i f he

made a b a l l on the break w i thout

sc ra t ch ing , he ran out 5455 o f the

t ime.

Other unusual happenings were

Rudolfo Luat winning three of h is

sessions 11-10. Dick Weaver and Steve Maniccia both l o s t t h e i r two sessions on the h i l l . There were 19 " w i r e " matches and only 3 shu tou ts .

Women's D i v i s i o n

The women plsyed a race to nine

and a lso used the PBA r u l e s . I n

the 30 player f i e l d , Jean Balukas

d id not surpr ise anyone by going

undefeated fo r the $2,500 f i r s t

p r i z e . The player who gained the

most recogn i t ion was runner-up

L a u r a S m i t h . L a u r a p l a y e d

remarkably we l l as evidenced by

the p layers she defeated. In

order , she defeated Titcomb,

Turner, Simpson, B e l l , Mataya,

Hoffman, and Kenniston. Enough

said?

Notable Matches The Buach World Open featured many exciting matches

worthy of note. The number in parentheses is the

player's TPA for that session.

Trailing 5-10, Rusty Moehler (.845) evened the

match at 10-10 before falling victim to Wade Crane

(.832).

Jeff Carter (.932) was the only player that never

missed a shot as he defeated Jim Marino (.780)

11-3.

James McCrary (.775) never lost the lead in the

match until Bob Opaahl (.768) beat him 11-10.

While leading 9-8, Ton Spencer (.808) missed a dif­

ficult shot. Howard Vickery (.820) never left the

table until it was over, 11-10.

Efren Reyes (.952) scored the highest TPA for a

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s ing le session wh i le de feat ing Mark Wilson (.654)

11-2.

A f te r t r a i l i n g 4 -7 , Mike Gulyassy (.824) gave Wade

Crane (.865) h i s only defeat by the score of 11-10.

Lar ry Hubbart ( .833) near l y f e l l v i c t i m to Bob

Opsahl ( .763 . ) From a 2-8 d e f i c i t , Hubbart won

11-9.

In another come-from-behind match, John Abruzzo

(.848) defeated Dave Bollnan (.826) 11-9 a f t e r

being behind 1-7.

Bob Opaahl (.774) upset Ray Mar t in (.757) 11-10

a f t e r t r a i l i n g 1-7.

Jay Swanson (.901) t i e d h igh run honors by running

four racks i n h i s 11-8 v i c t o r y over J i n Rempe

( .877 ) .

Rookie Jim Wetch (.811) defeated veteran Danny

D i L i b e r t o ( .806) 11-5.

Wade Crane (.867) ran out from h is break seven

times snd from Terry B e l l ' s break tw ice . At 10-2

Crane was shooting .987, then missed a handful of

shots before de feat ing B e l l (.667) 11-5.

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Scores & Accu-Stats Averages Name Score Avg.

1) J. J.

2) R. J.

3) J. J.

4) H. J.

5) R. S.

6) E. K.

7) M. J.

8) D. F.

9) L. R.

10) M. J.

11) W. R.

Mataya Abruzzo

Luat Carothers

Spencer Willard

Vickery Martin

11 (.905; 1 (.688)

li (.917; 0 (.400)

11 (.774) 5 (.623)

11 (.776) 7 (.686)

Dobesenski 11 (.810) Snider 1 (.575)

Strickland 11 (.924; Cross 5 (.820)

Wilson Magic

McCoy Bentivegna

Schwartz Geiler

Gulyassy Rempe

Crane Moehler

12) S. Goodwin B. McDonald

13) J. Wetch B. Carroll

14) J. Carter J. Marino

15) D. DiLiberto M. Jarvis

16) J. Lowry P. Fleming

17) B. Hall D. Cook

18) D. Weaver R. Badami

19) D. Howard P. Baker

20) P. Brienza G. Mathews

11 (.856) 1 (.512)

11 (.949; 3 (.806)

11 (.819) 9 (.789)

11 (.833) 9 (.788)

11 (.832) 10 (.845)

11 (.809) 5 (.690)

11 (.849) 5 (.544)

11 (.932; 3 (.780)

11 (.891) 6 (.757)

11 (.771) 4 (.710)

11 (.890) 6 (.818)

11 (.838) 1 (.343)

11 (.819) 7 (.644)

11 (.812) 6 (.718)

Name Score Avg.

21) R. R.

22) D. S.

23) J. G.

24) L. M.

25) B. J.

26) J. K.

27) R. T.

28) B. M.

29) R. E.

30) D. M.

31) C. 5.

32) J. T.

33) J. J.

34) K. S.

35) R. F.

36) J. R.

37) B. B.

38) M. J.

39) P. D.

40) P. R.

Pasqual Pur tee

West Kitto

Swanson Orlandi

Hubbart Massey

Opsahl McCrary

Hunter Sica

Bollman LaPorte

Martin Willard

Cross Snider

Rempe Moehler

11 6

11 8

11 0

11 5

11 10

Bell 11 Davenport 10

Martin 11 Karabotsos 8

11 6

Lamar 11 Dienethal 1

11 1

MacDonald 11 Maniccia 10

Abruzzo 11 Carothers 6

11 2

11 7

Geiler 11 Bentivegna 9

11 7

McDonald 11 Carroll 9

Jarvis 11 Marino 4

Fleming 11 Cook 1

Baker 11 Badami 0

(.798) (.691)

(.871) (.832)

(.878) (.514)

(.808) (.707)

(.768) (.775)

(.827) (.806)

(.816) (.768)

(.932; (.827)

(.798) (.588)

(.845) (.643)

(.855) (.843)

(.796) (.573)

(.817) (.630)

(.758) (.524)

(.831) (.824)

(.882) (.821)

(.813) (.771)

(.818) (.731)

(.875) (.462)

(.833) (.468)

Name Score Avg.

41) G. Mathews R. Purtee

42) S. Kitto G. Orlandi

43) M. J.

44) K. T.

Massey McCrary

11 8

11 4

11 7

Davenport 11 Karabotsos 9

45) M. Sica 11 E. Dienethal 4

46) M. LaPorte S. Maniccia

47) J. Mataya R. Luat

48) H. T.

49) R. E.

11 10

11 3

11 9

Vickery Spencer

Dobesenski 11 Strickland 9

50) E. Reyes M. Wilson

11 2

51) 0. McCoy 11 L. Schwartz 4

52) M. Gulyassy 11 W. Crane 10

53) J. S.

54) D. J.

55) B. T.

56) D. D.

57) P. R.

58) D. J.

59) L. B.

60) T. R.

Wetch 11 Goodwin 8

DiLiberto 11 Carter 10

Hall 11 Lowry 2

Weaver 11 Howard 7

Brienza 11 Pasqual 4

West 11 Swanson 8

Hubbart 11 Opsahl 9

Bell 11 Martin 8

.853)

.805)

.917;

.745)

.879)

.813)

.806)

.765)

.812) .591)

.699)

.748)

.907J

.711)

.820)

.808)

.842)

.753)

.952;

.654;

.895)

.745)

.824)

.865)

.807)

.793)

.875)

.807)

.908;

.577)

.888)

.788)

.891)

.724)

.920;

.828)

.833)

.763)

.888)

.806)

1VERHEARD - "This guy's playing so bad that he's making me play bad. In fact, if he beats me i t ' l l be his own fault!"

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[ E d i t o r ' s no te : A f t e r complet ing

t h i s a r t i c l e , severa l f r i e n d s t o l d

me t ha t many readers would take me

s e r i o u s l y . I s a i d , "No they

w o n ' t ! " So d o n ' t ! ]

At every major tournament, we hear

the same b i c k e r i n g , grumbl ing, and

whining about the most i ncon­

sequent ia l d e t a i l s . For the l i f e

of me, I don ' t understsnd what the

problem i s .

For ins tance, only a nag would

complain about a $25,000 f i r s t

p r i z e j u s t because f i f t h place

pa id on ly $100. You' re there to

w in , a r e n ' t you? So go out there

and w in ! And anyway, w i thout tha t

b ig f i r s t p r i z e , the tournament

would never get the na t i ona l media

exposure t h a t i t does.

You would have to be a r e a l grouch

to be l lyache about an 11PM match

s t a r t i n g a t 3AM. What's the b ig

deal? You ea t , d r i n k , and sleep

pool anyway and besides you won' t

have to worry about spectators

walk ing i n f r o n t of your shot .

L e t ' s not forget the moaning and

groaning about the r u l e s . I s n ' t i t

good experience to round out your

game by p l sy i ng d i f f e r e n t ru les s t

each tournament.

And then t he re ' s the promoter who

says, " I f we sdd $30,000 to the

po t , the p layers w i l l show up even

i f they have to p lay on the

s t r e e t . " We l l , we know be t te r then

t h a t , $10,000 added w i l l do i t .

Promoters want p layers to reserve

t h e i r spot w i th a depos i t . Sup­

posedly, t h i s would a l low the

d i r e c t o r to plan b e t t e r . Some

players f e e l t ha t a p layer should

be al lowed t o pay when he shows

up. I f he doesn' t show, somebody

drsws a f o r f e i t and the promoter

has to put up a few more bucks.

That 's not so ser ious ! And so what

i f an a l t e r n a t e was shut out o f

the tournsment because of i t . He

should have committed sooner.

Why would anybody n i t p i c k about

p layers making arrangements to

come a dsy or two l s t e . I t ac tu ­

a l l y g ives t h e i r opponents t ime to

enjoy the matches, and get used to

the c o n d i t i o n s . The couple of dsys

e x t r a ren t i s w e l l worth i t .

Why would snybody be c r i t i c a l of

the player who shows up i n to rn

jeans, o l d sneakers, and a s ta ined

tee s h i r t ? He psid h i s entrance

f ee , i t s corafor tsble, snd snyway

t h a t ' s what he ALWAYS plays i n !

L e t ' 8 not get too p i c k y .

Why would a promoter f i n d f a u l t i n

Scores y

a p layer "go ing o f f " wh i l e , by being loud

once i n a

• b o i s t e r ­ous, and even obscene. Hey, nobody's p e r f e c t !

So as you can see, t h e r e ' s a l o t

o f h o l l e r i n g about nothing and I

guess the p layers and promoters

are j u s t going to have to get used

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62) C. D.

63) J. D.

64) R. J.

65) R. K.

66) B. J.

67) J. R.

68) J. R.

69) D. 8.

70) T. M.

71) P. J.

72) P. 5.

73) W. G.

74) 5. L.

75) M. M.

76) E. K.

77) T. M.

78) R. M.

79) R. J.

80) B. R.

81) J. J.

Name Score AVQ.

11 (.895) 5 (.783)

11 (.885) 9 (.857)

11 (.848) 9 (.826)

11 (.827) 8 (.759)

11 (.873) 8 (.817)

11 (.755) 3 (.547)

u r.94i; 2 (.714)

11 (.885) 6 (.821)

11 (.874) 7 (.765)

11 (.800) 6 (.747)

11 (.842) 9 (.857)

11 (.733) 6 (.688)

11 (.889) 7 (.814)

11 (.925; 5 (.717)

11 (.880) 3 (.694)

Hunter Lamar

MacDonald Bollman

Abruzzo Bollman

Lamar Martin

Martin Cross

Opsahl Magic

Swanson Geiler

Rempe Pasqual

Howard McDonald

Lowry Jarvis

Fleming Carter

Baker Goodwin

Crane Mathews

Kitto Schwartz

Wilson Massey

Strickland 11 (.907; Davenport 8 (.818)

Spencer Sica

Luat LaPorte

Lamar Abruzzo

Opsahl Martin

Swanson Rempe

11 (.810) 8 (.755)

11 (.785) 5 (.585)

11 (.838) 10 (.813)

11 (.774) 10 (.757)

11 (.901J 8 (.877)

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MCCOY

Ron Dobesenski 3rd MCCOY

MCCOY

CRANE

CRANE

MATAYA

REYES

REYES

GULYASSY WETCH

CRANE

CRANE

CRANE

CRANE

DOBESENSKI

WEST

LUAT

LUAT

LAMAR

MCCOY

REYES

HOWARD

HUNTER

CRANE

STRICKLAND

HALL MACDONALD

LUAT

LAMAR

DILIBERTO

OPSAHL

MCCOY

SWANSON

REYES

HOWARD

VICKERY

FLEMING

HUNTER

CRANE

BELL

STRICKLAND

BRIENZA

LUAT

WEAVER

ABRUZZO

R. MARTIN

OPSAHL

SWANSON

HOWARD

FLEMING

CRANE

WILSON

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ABRUZZO

STRICKLAND

SPENCER

BOLLMAN J . MARTIh LAMAR CROSS R. MARTIA MAGIC OPSAHL GEILER SWANSON REMPE PASQUAL 8. MCDONA HOWARD JARVIS LOWRY FLEMING CARTER BAKER

1 GOODWIN MATHEWS CRANE KITTO SCHWARTZ MASSEY WILSON DAVENP0R1 STRICKLAb

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Men ABRUZZO CAROTHERS WILLARD J . MARTIN SNIDER CROSS (NO SHOW) MAGIC

GEILER REMPE MOEHLER

CARROLL MARINO JARVIS FLEMING COOK BADAMI BAKER MATHEWS PUR TEE KITTO ORLANDI MASSEY MCCRARY DAVENPORT KARABOTSOS SICA DIENZTHAL LAPORT MANICCIA

MATAYA LUAT

MATAYA

SPENCER VICKERY DOBESENSKI

VICKERY MATAYA

STRICKLAND REYES WILSON

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REYES DOBESENSKI

DOBESENSKI

MCCOY

GULYASSY GULYASSY

WETCH

DILIBERTO WETCH

GULYASSY

DOBESENSKI Larry Hubbart

2nd

HALL

WEAVER HALL

BRIENZA

WEST WEST

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Total Performance Average (TPA) Busch World Open Rankings

If you reviewed any of the scores on the previous pages, you probably noticed a number in parentheses

to the right of each score. It was called the Accu-Stats Average. It is actually another name for

Total Performance Average. Those numbers reflect the player's ability for a single session. What

follows are the overall tournament averages for each contestant.

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1 . 2 . 3. 4 . 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

WADE CRANE JAY SWANSON EFREN REYES SCOTT KITTO BUDDY HALL JIM MATAYA DON MCCOY DALLAS WEST JIM REMPE JEFF CARTER EARL STRICKLAND LARRY HUBBART DAVID HOWARD TERRY BELL DAVE BOLLMAN RON DOBESENSKI DICK WEAVER BOB HUNTER RODOLFO LUAT RUSTY MOEHLER DANNY DILIBERTO

.890

.886

.875

.874

.873

.872

.870

.868

.859

.858

.855

.854

.849

.843

.843

.842

.840

.836

.836

.835

.834

22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.

CHRIS MACDONALD MARK WILSON MIKE GULYASSY PAUL BRIENZA PAT FLEMING FRED BENTIVEGNA JIM WETCH RAY MARTIN RANDY LAMAR KIM DAVENPORT TOM SPENCER HOWARD VICKERY RICH GEILER JOHN ABRUZZO GRADY MATHEWS MIKE SICA JAMES MCCRARY KEN CROSS MIKE MASSEY RUDY PASQUAL STEVE MANICCIA

.833

.823

.820

.820

.820

.819

.816

.813

.812

.809

.806

.802

.802

.801

.800

.791

.790

.788

.787

.786

.781

43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63.

MARK JARVIS LARRY SCHWARTZ TOM KARABOTSOS SCOTT GOODWIN BOB MCDONALD JIM MARTIN RON PURTEE BOB OPSAHL JIM MARINO PAUL BAKER DAN COOK TOR LOWRY BUCKY CARROLL GUIDO ORLANDI MIKE LAPORTE JIM WILLARD ED DIENETHAL STEVE SNIDER JOE MAGIC TOM CAROTHERS RAY BADAMI

.773

.771

.767

.761

.760

.757

.755

.753

.752

.731

.728

.725

.691

.651

.647

.626

.590

.540

.532

.518

.415

Scores (Continued from page 6)

t Name Score Avg. 82) D.

T. 83) P.

P.

Howard Lowry

Fleming Baker

84) W. Crane S. Kitto

11 3

11 8

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85) E. Strickland 11 M. Wilson 9

86) R. Luat 11 T. Spencer 10

87) J. Mataya 11 H. Vickery 6

88) R. Dobesenski 11 E. Reyes 10

89) M. Gulyassy 11 D. McCoy 6

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TOTAL PERFORMANCE BALLS

NAME GAMES MADE ERRORS TPA

KICK PERFORMANCE (MINIMUM KICKS = 15)

NAME GAMES KICKS GOOD KPA

2 . Wade Crane 2. Jay Swanson J . Efren Reyes 4. Scott Kitto 5. Buddy Hall 6. Jim Mataya 7. Don McCoy 8. Dallas West 9. Jim Rempe

10. Jeff Carter

236 83

102 70

110 80

149 93 74 55

1202 380 468 304 453 367 713 409 305 247

(Busch Tournament Average 4

BREAK

149 49 67 44 66 54

107 62 50 41

= .811)

PERFORMANCE (MINIMUM BREAKS=20)

# NAME

I . Jim Mataya 2. David Howard

BREAK i GAMES SHOTS

80 104

J . Howard Vickery 74 4. Grady Mathews 5. Jim Wetch

54 84

6. Chris MacDonald 85 7. Dave Bollman 8. Mark Wilson 9. Larry Hubbart

10. Bob Hunter

52 54

142 82

48 55 36 26 44 42 30 30 80 38

(Busch Tournament Average

(PER 100

# NAME

1. Jim Rempe 2. Jim Mataya 3. Efren Reyes 4. J e f f Carter 5. Dallas West 6. Wade Crane 7. Buddy Hall 8. Bob Hunter 9. Jay Swanson

10. Scott Kitto

MISSES

.890

.886

.875

.874

.873

.872

.870

.868

.859

.858

BALL MADE W/O SCR

38 41 26 18 30 28 20 20 53 25

= .575)

BALLS POCKETED)

BALL* MADE

305 367 468 247 409

1202 453 317 380 304

; SHOTS MISSED

(Busch Tournament Average

14 17 24 13 22 66 26 20 24 20 = 11.0)

':. BPA

.792

.745

.722

.692

.682

.667

.667

.667

.663

.658

AVG

4.6 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 6.3 6.3 6.6

1. Jim Rempe 2. Scott Kitto 3. Larry Hubbart 4. Danny DiLiberto 5. David Howard 6. Pa6l Baker 7. Earl Strickland 8. Tom Spencer 9. Rudolfo Luat

10. Mike Gulyassy

74 70

142 71

104 65

107 76

140 110

19 18 17 16 31 29 22 20 22 20 19 17 26 23 16 24 59 51 27 23

(Busch Tournament Average = .780)

.947

.941

.935

.909

.909

.895

.885

.875

.864

.852

RUN OUT OPPORTUNITIES

# NAME

I . Jay Swanson 2. Wade Crane 3. Buddy Hall 4. Efren Reyes 5. Earl Strickland 6. Jim Rempe 7. Bob Hunter 8. Jim Mataya 9. Dave Bollman

10. Don McCoy

OPPOR­

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RUN TUNITIES OUTS

63 46 197

86 87 92 58 60 68 45

138

138 59 59 61 38 39 44 29 87

(Busch Tournament Average = 54.2,

POSITION ERRORS (PER 100 BALLS POCKETED)

# NAME

1. Jay Swanson 2. Rusty Moehler 3. Wade Crane 4. Grady Mathews 5. Earl Strickland 6. Efren Reyes 7. Danny DiLiberto 8. Larry Hubbart 9. Don McCoy

10. Fred Bentivegna

BALLS MADE

380 137

1202 200 494 468 271 663 713 104

POSITION ERRORS

11 5

44 8

21 20 12 30 34

5 (Busch Tournament Average =7.0)

PCT.

73.0 70.1 68.6 67.8 66.3 65.5 65.0 64.7 64.4 63.0

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AVG

2.9 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.8

Moline Averages Scratch on the break: 9.2%

Scratch while going for position: 1.2%

Ball made on the break: 63%

Nine ball made on the break: 2.9%

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Run out from the break: 19%

Run out after making a ball on the break: 32%

Run out with ball in hand: 66%

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(continued from page 3) En route to Rudolfo Luat's 11-10 victory over Earl

Strickland (.776), one rack required a total of 14

kick shots!

In the most controversial match of the tournament,

Ron Dobeaenaki (.853) and Jin Mataya (.854) were

tied at 10-10. Dobesenski kicked at a ball and

didn't hit it. But wait, before the cue ball

stopped rolling, it returned to hit the low num­

bered object ball. Neither Ron nor Jim could verify

whether a ball then hit a rail or not. The director

ruled in Ron's favor. Jim then pocketed a ball,

hooked himself, and was forced to kick. Ron won

11-10.

It was the most exciting finish of the tournament.

With the score 10-10, Buddy Hall (.863) and Dallaa

Weat (.843) had played a series of safeties leaving

Buddy snookered. After calling the nine ball in the

corner, Buddy shot the cue ball two rails, kissed

the low numbered object ball and pocketed the nine

ball!

In the best played match by both players, Larry

Hubbart (.921) ran out from the break six times

while defeating Buddy Hall (.908) 11-8.

With the score 3-2, Don McCoy (.890) kicked at a

ball. In an unusual set of circumstances, the next

four balls pocketed were all nine balls! McCoy beat

Gulyaaay (.615) 11-5.

Trailing Don McCoy (.889) 1-8, Wade Crane (.871)

won the next ten racks to win 11-8.

In the first of the two final matches between Larry

Hubbart (.827) and Wade Crane (.938), Crane trailed

3-6. For the rest of that match, Crane played

perfect (1.000) pool to defeat Hubbart 11-6.

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# NAME WON LOST

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10. Sigel, Mike 27 11. Luat, Rudolfo 14 12. Varner, Nick 9 13. Hopkins, Allen 11 14. Hubbart, Larry 13 15. Sweet, Toby 15 16. Williams, Bob 18 17. Lane, Dick 9 18. Maryo, Mark 9 19. Harris, Jr. 7 20. Weaver, Dick 7 21. Howard, David 20 22. Rempe, Jim 18 23. McCready, Keith 13 24. Gulyassy, Mike 16 25. West, Dallas 8 26. DiLiberto, Danny 18 27. Mataya, Jim 15 28. Coleman, Tony 6 29. Dominguez,Ernesto 6 30. Garrison, Rick 6 31. Hodges, Jimmy 6 32. Johnson, Bob 6 33. Swanson, Jay 20 34. Carter, Jeff 10 35. Davenport, Kim 16 36. Massey, Mike 16 37. Bollman, Dave 15 38. Mathews, Grady 14 39. Fleming, Pat 7 40. Nelson, Larry 7 41. Nordquist,Darrell 7 42. Vickery, Howard 14 43. Hunter, Bob 15 44. Martin, Ray 9 45. Geiler, Rich 7 46. Medina, Danny 5 47. Brienza, Paul 6 48. Pasqual, Rudy 4

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5 12 10

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PCT

.816

.788

.769

.769

.768

.750

.733

.714

.714

.711

.700

.692

.688

.684

.652

.643

.643

.643

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Sessions Decided by One Game

(MINIMUM SESSIONS = 4)

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WON LOST PCT

1. Hall, Buddy 2. DiLiberto, Danny 3. Rhodes, David 4. Dobrowolski, Steve 5. Luat, Rudolfo 6. Nordquist, Darrell 7. Crane, Wade 8. Strickland, Earl 9. McCready, Keith

10. Rempe, Jim 11. Sigel, Mike 12. Bollman, Dave 13. Weaver, Dick 14. Mataya, Jim 15. Davenport, Kim 16. Swanson, Jay 17. Vickery, Howard 18. Brienza, Paul

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Scores & Accu-Stats Averages (Continued from page 11)

# Name Score AVQ.

90) J. Wetch 11 (.811) D. DiLiberto 5 (.806)

91) B. Hall 11 (.835) D. Weaver 10 (.832)

92) D. West 11 (.840) P. Brienza 7 (.779)

93) L. Hubbart 11 (.841) J. Bell 10 (.872)

94) C. MacDonald 11 (.908; 8. Hunter 2 (.641)

95) R. Lamar 11 (.860) D. DiLiberto 6 (.747)

96) D. McCoy 11 (.845) B. Opsahl 6 (.690)

97) E. Reyes 11 (.892) J. Swanson 10 (.856)

98) D. Howard 11 (.889) H. Vickery 8 (.818)

99) B. Hunter 11 (.835) P. Fleming 10 (.773)

100) W. Crane 11 (.867) T. Bell 5 (.667)

101) E. Strickland 11 (.929; P. Brienza 5 (.782)

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Luat Weaver

McCoy Lamar

Reyes Howard

Crane Hunter

11 (.868) 10 (.800)

11 (.800) 7 (.741)

11 (.895) 6 (.821)

11 (.927; 4 (.667)

Luat 11 (.775) Strickland 10 (.776)

Dobesenski Mataya

Gulyassy Wetch

• Hall West

Hubbart MacDonald

McCoy Mataya

Reyes Wetch

Crane West

11 (.853) 10 (.854)

11 (.813) 9 (.827)

11 (.863) 10 (.843)

11 (.837) 4 (.697)

11 (.851) 5 (.842)

11 (.894) 2 (.706)

11 (.934; 5 (.862)

§ Name Score AVQ.

114) R. Luat 11 (.858) C. MacDonald 5 (.712)

115) D. McCoy 11 (.895) E. Reyes 6 (.733)

116) W. Crane 11 (.875) R. Luat 9 (.899)

117) R. Dobesenski 11 (.939; M. Gulyassy 5 (.864)

118) L. Hubbart 11 (.92%) B. Hall 8 (.908)

119) D. McCoy 11 (.890) M. Gulyassy 5 (.615)

120) W. Crane 11 (.880) 8. Hall 8 (.836)

121) W. Crane 11 (.871) D. McCoy 8 (.889)

122) L. Hubbart 11 (.919; R. Dobesenski 4 (.720)

123) W. Crane 11 (.941J R. Dobesenski 4 (.860)

124) W. Crane 11 (.938; L. Hubbart 6 (.827)

125) W. Crane 11 (.907; L. Hubbart 8 (.845)

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Name In YTD$ Sessions

Events Money Winnings Won Lost HOUSTON OHIO RHMD KY RENO A.C M0LINE

Crane, Wade Strickland, Earl Hall, Buddy Reyes, Efren Sigel, Mike McCready, Keith Rempe, Jim Howard, David Williams, Bob Hubbart, Larry Gulyassy, Mike Frady, Joe Swanson, Jay Hopkins, Allen Reid, Jimmy DiL iber to , Danny Sweet, Toby Dobesenski, Ron Massey, Mike Davenport, Kim Luat, Rudolfo Hunter, Bob Mizerak, Steve Vanover, Bob McCoy, Don Mataya, Jim Dobrowolski, 5. Carter, Jeff Varner, Nick Lane, Dick Vickery, Howard Hodges, Jimmy Bollman, Dave West, Dallas Weaver, Dick Lemke, Louie Hensen, David Maryo, Mark DiPietro, Joseph Rhodes, Dave Sell, Blaine Harris, J r . Kelly, Ed Lhotka, Pete

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