Jack Jurek of Lackawanna, NY, who has endured a series of bad breaks in his
quest for his first PBA50 Tour title, made a breakthrough Thursday night when he
struck on eight of his first nine shots to defeat PBA Hall of Famer Randy
Pedersen of Clermont, FL, 242-205, in the title match of the PBA50 South Shore
Open at Olympia Lanes.
“It’s never an easy battle out here,” Jurek said. “I’ve won a couple of Steve
Nagy Sportsmanship Awards because I’ve lost a lot of times in title matches and
people think I’m a nice guy.”
Jurek, who had disappointing losses in Dayton, Ohio, a week earlier after
losing a crushing loss to Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. earlier in the
year in the USBC Senior Masters title match, came into the finale in Hammond
with a fresh attitude, thanks in part to some advice he got from Pedersen, his
traveling roommate.
“(Randy) and I talked a little after my debacle in Dayton and he gave me some
thoughts about how he approaches things,” Jurek said. “It helped. I’ve got a lot
of guys who have been trying to help. (PBA legend) Mark Roth has been telling
me, stop being so nice. Go beat people, so tonight I just decided to go for it.
I was a lot more aggressive than I have been.”
Against Pedersen, Jurek’s only major mistake was leaving a 2-4-8-10 split in
the fourth frame, but otherwise he was nearly perfect.
“Jack was due,” Pedersen said. “He’s been bowling really well. After he left
the 2-4-8-10 (in the fifth frame), I was wondering if the old Jack was going to
show up or the new one. He preserved.”
In the first semifinal round between a pair of PBA Hall of Famers, Pedersen
defeated Pete Weber of St. Ann, MO, 267-226, putting a crimp in Weber’s hopes
to overtake fellow PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke in the 2014 PBA50 Player of the
Year race. That battle will be decided in the PBA50 Tour’s season finale in Welch, MN, next week.
Duke, who leads the race with 56 points, failed to add to his total in
Hammond when he was eliminated in the Round of 8. Weber picked up four points
for finishing fourth to increase his total to 48 heading into Welch, MN. Tom
Baker of King, NC, also remains in contention with 44 points. In the Player of
the Year competition, 16 points will be awarded to the tournament winner, the
runner-up gets eight points, third-place is worth four points and the
fourth-place finisher earns two points.
In the second semifinal match, Jurek, a PBA50 Tour rookie and two-time PBA
Tour title winner, used a string of nine strikes to defeat Canadian John
Chapman, 267-206. For Chapman, who was trying for his first PBA50 title, it was
his highest finish as a senior player.
The most dramatic match of the tournament came in the best-of-five-game Round
of 16 when Chapman eliminated Duke, 3-2. After Duke jumped out to a 2-0 lead,
Chapman rallied to win the last three games, 247-234, 231-224 and 248-247.
The PBA50 Tour concludes its 2014 season next week with the PBA50 Treasure
Island Resort & Casino Open presented by Hammer at Island Xtreme Bowl in
Welch, MN. The season-finale gets underway with a special “Pete Weber Knock
Down Pins for Cancer” event on Sunday, Aug. 10, followed by eight-game
qualifying rounds Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. After 16
games, the top 32 players will advance to single-elimination match play
competition beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The Round of 8, followed by semifinal
and championship rounds, begin at 5 p.m.
The Pete Weber fund-raising event and all rounds of the tournament will be
carried live on Xtra Frame, PBA’s online bowling channel. For subscription
information, visit pba.com and click on the Xtra Frame link.
PBA50 SOUTH SHORE OPEN PRESENTED BY DV8 Thursday’s final results
At Olympia Lanes, Hammond, Ind.
Championship: Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y. ($7,500) def.
Randy Pedersen, Clermont, Fla. ($4,000), 242-205.
Semifinal Round (losers earned $2,500): Pedersen def.
Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 267-226.
Jurek def. John Chapman, Canada,
267-206.
Round of 8 (best of three games, losers eliminated and earned
$1,600): Jurek def. Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2-0.
Weber def. Don
Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 2-0.
Pedersen def. Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.,
2-1.
Chapman def. Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2-1.
Round of 16 (best of five games, losers eliminated and earned
$1,300): Weber def. Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 3-0.
Breeden
def. Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3-1.
Pedersen def. Kerry Painter,
Henderson, Nev., 3-2.
Bohn def. Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 3-1.
Jurek def.
Rick Thomas, Willowbrook, Ill., 3-1.
Baker def. Harry Sullins, Chesterfield
Twp., 3-2.
Williams def. Monacelli, 3-0.
Round of 24 (best of five games, losers eliminated and earned
$1,100): Goebel def. Leroy Johnson, Chicago, 3-1.
Breeden def.
Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3-1.
Painter def. Dale Traber,
Cedarburg, Wis., 3-0.
Mohr def. Tracy Teeters, Salem, Ore., 3-2.
Thomas
def. Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 3-0.
Baker def. Kenny Parks, Hammond,
Ind., 3-2.
Williams def. Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., 3-0.
Duke
def. Lennie Boresch, Kenosha, Wis., 3-0.
Chapman def. Norm Duke, Clermont,
Fla., 3-2.
Hoping to end a streak of three seasons without a PBA50 Tour win, Harry Sullins of Chesterfield Township, Mich., averaged 249 to lead first round qualifying Tuesday in the PBA50 South Shore Open presented by DV8 at Olympia Lanes.
Sullins, whose last PBA50 Tour win came at Olympia Lanes in August of 2011,
bowled a 1,995 eight-game pinfall with games of 215, 258, 236, 244, 268, 277,
245 and 252 to lead two-time PBA Tour winner Jack Jurek of Lackawanna, N.Y., in second with a 1,988 pinfall.
“It’s been a while since I’ve hoisted a trophy in a tour event,” said Sullins,
who has won five PBA Tour titles and three PBA50 Tour titles. “I’ve done pretty
well at this center so I’d like nothing better than to end my winless streak
here.”
Sullins, has three top-five finishes this season including fourth-place finishes
in the Miller High Life Classic and Grants Pass Open, and a fifth-place finish
in last week’s Dayton Classic.
“My game is where I want it to be but the competition gets so tough in match
play,” Sullins said. “I’m working hard, just need to keep hammering away at it.”
Jurek, trying for his first PBA50 Tour win, is coming off a fourth-place finish
in the Dayton Classic and a second-place finish in the USBC Senior Masters in
his last two PBA50 tournaments.
Rounding out the top eight after the first round were Hall of Famers Parker Bohn
III, Jackson, N.J., 1,969; Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,953 and Amleto Monacelli,
Venezuela, 1,944, followed by John Chapman, Canada, 1,942; Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,927, and Hall of Famer Randy Pedersen, Orlando, Fla., 1,925.
Defending champion Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., who rolled the
round’s only 300 game, finished in ninth with 1,922.
The 77-player field will return Wednesday for another eight-game qualifying
round which will determine the top 24 players who will advance to Thursday’s
match play rounds. The championship rounds are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday.
The South Shore Open, which is the second to last tournament of the 2014 season, can be seen on PBA’s online bowling channel Xtra Frame. For subscription and schedule information click on the Xtra Frame logo on the pba.com homepage.
PBA50 SOUTH SHORE OPEN PRESENTED BY DV8
Tuesday’s first round results after eight games
At Olympia Lanes
Hammond, Ind.
a-Denotes amateur
1, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 1,995.
2, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,988.
3, Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., 1,969.
4, Pete Weber, St. Ann, Mo., 1,953.
5, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,944.
6, John Chapman, Canada, 1,942.
7, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,927.
8, Randy Pedersen, Orlando, Fla., 1,925.
9, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,922.
10, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 1,915.
11, a-Bob Markiewicz, San Diego, 1,913.
12, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,890.
13, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 1,888.
14, Tracy Teeters, Salem, Ore., 1,886.
15, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,874.
16, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,871.
17, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 1,864.
18, Ron Mohr, Las Vegas, 1,859.
19, Jeff Richgels, Madison, Wis., 1,856.
20, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 1,851.
21, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,838.
22, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,837.
23, Leroy Johnson, Chicago, 1,830.
24, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,825.
25, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,824.
26, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,822.
27, (tie) Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., and Don Breeden, Clive, Iowa, 1,814.
29, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,813.
30, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,800.
31, Mark Medler, Waterloo, Ind., 1,799.
32, Dale Eagle, Newport Beach, Calif., 1,797.
33, Rick Francis, Linden, Calif., 1,791.
34, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,787.
35, (tie) Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., and Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 1,782.
37, (tie) Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., and John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,777.
39, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,774.
40, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,767.
41, Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, 1,762.
42, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,753.
43, Darron Peters, Murrieta, Calif., 1,752.
44, Rick Thomas, Willowbrook, Ill., 1,751.
45, (tie) Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., and Galen Keas, Alda, Neb., 1,742.
47, Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 1,729.
48, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,726.
49, Bill Neumann, Rensselaer, NY, 1,722.
50, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,718.
51, a-Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., 1,704.
52, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,695.
53, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,680.
54, (tie) Dean Billings, Rootstown, Ohio, and William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,677
56, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,668.
57, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,656.
58, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,650.
59, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,649.
60, Gary Kammes, Winfield, Ill., 1,647.
61, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 1,646.
62, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,635.
63, Robert Kicmal, LaGrange, Ill., 1,634.
64, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,630.
65, Terry Metzner, Kentwood, Mich., 1,619.
66, Lyle Zikes, Arlington Heights, Ill., 1,612.
67, Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., 1,602.
68, Lee Brosius, Ashburn, Va., 1,598.
69, Rick Woloszyn, Griffith, Ind., 1,597.
70, Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., 1,596.
71, Don Holmes, Itasca, Ill., 1,535.
72, Kevin Vostry, Bolingbrook, Ill., 1,507.
73, Larry Salvati, Canada, 1,502.
74, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 1,498.
75, Rich Kleinman, Reno, Nev., 1,410.
76, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,401.
77, Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 1,367.
300 Games - Walter Ray Williams Jr.
As the 2012 PBA Senior Tour season draws to a close, a field of approximately 120 players will compete in the PBA Senior South Shore Open presented by DV8 Aug. 6-9 at Olympia Lanes in Hammond, Ind. The Senior South Shore Open is the second-to-last event of the season which wraps up with the Senior Decatur Open presented by Brunswick Aug. 11-14. Here are a few storylines heading into the Hammond event:
Walter Ray Williams Jr. hopes to clinch first Senior POY crown: Heading into the final two tournaments of the PBA’s 2012 Senior Tour season, Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr., holds a commanding lead in the Senior Player of the Year points race. As the Senior Tour’s only two-time winner this season, the
52-year-old holds a 16-point lead over fellow Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli
and Mike Edwards. If he can clinch POY in Hammond it would be his first Senior
honor to go along with a record seven PBA Tour POY awards. Williams was also the 2010 Senior Rookie of the Year.
Return of Johnny Petraglia to 2012 season: PBA Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia will make his return to the 2012 season after a three-month absence because of shoulder surgery. Right before his surgery, Petraglia, a 14-time winner on the PBA Tour and seven-time winner on the Senior Tour, became the only bowler in PBA history to win a PBA Tour or Senior Tour title in six different decades when he won the Senior Dayton Classic in May. Fellow PBA great Dick Weber also won titles in six decades but his final tournament win was a PBA regional title.
Former Tour players make their mark on Senior Tour in first year of eligibility:
This season four players have scored wins in their first year of eligibility
including Lennie Boresch Jr., who won the Sun Bowl in The Villages in his Senior Tour debut; former PBA Tour player Bob Learn Jr. (Senior Mooresville Classic), Amleto Monacelli (Senior U.S. Open) and Mike Edwards (USBC Senior Masters). All are in contention for Senior Rookie of the Year honors which is determined by a vote by PBA members and selected bowling media.
Harry Sullins hoping to defend his title: In 2011, Harry Sullins, a winner of
five PBA Tour titles, won his second Senior Tour title of the season and third
of his career by defeating eventual Senior Player of the Year Ron Mohr of Eagle
River, Alaska, 246-221, in the championship match of the Senior Lake County
Open.
PBA legend Dave Soutar’s career coming to a close: After more than a
half-century competing on the PBA National and Senior Tours, Hall of Famer Dave Soutar of Bradenton, FL, will call it a career at the conclusion of the 2012
Senior Tour season. Soutar has logged 51 years in PBA competition and a record
257 Senior Tour tournaments heading into the Hammond event. He is an 18-time PBA Tour winner and seven-time winner on the Senior Tour which includes the 2002 Senior Lake County Open.
Hammond’s own Kenny Parks hoping for first title of the season and second of his career: Kenny Parks of Hammond, the winner of the 2008 USBC Senior Masters, will be trying for his second career Senior Tour title. His best finishes this season are a seventh and 11th and he finished fourth in last year’s Senior Lake County Open.
