Dale Traber of Cedarburg, Wis., bidding for his third Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour title of the year and of his brief two-year career, charged into the lead at the end of qualifying Monday in the PBA Senior Miller Lite Decatur Open at Spare Time Lanes.

Traber finished Monday's competition with a 16-game total of 3,680 pins and a 26–pin lead over PBA Hall of Famer Mark Williams of Beaumont, Texas, who won last week's PBA Senior Lake County Indiana Open. Steve Ferraro of Kingston, N.Y., was third with 3,590 pins followed by Hugh Miller of Seattle at 3,588 and Jack Wallisch of Hot Springs Village, Ark., at 3,585. First-round leader Bennie Holman of Decatur dropped to 10th place with 3,553 pins.

"It's either been real good or real bad for me all year – nothing in between," said Traber, who won the USBC Senior Masters in June, two weeks after winning his first PBA Senior Tour title in Brentwood, Calif. "Some weeks I can't get matched up or I make moves too late. Today I stayed ahead of the transition. When I went high with a shot, I moved."

The 110-player field was trimmed to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on Tuesday with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

 

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Round Two Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and 16-game total. The top 32 players advanced

1, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 3,680
2, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 3,654
3, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 3,590
4, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 3,588
5, Jack Wallisch, Hot Springs Village, Ark., 3,585
6, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 3,578
7, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 3,576
8, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 3,575
9, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., 3,553
10, Bennie Holman, Decatur, Ill., 3,544
11, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga, 3,540
12, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 3,535
13, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 3,534
14, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 3,521
15, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 3,510
16, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 3,501
17, (TIE) Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., and Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 3,496
19, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 3,492
20, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 3,481
21, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 3,461
22, (TIE) Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., and Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 3,453
24, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 3,429
25, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 3,428
26, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 3,402
27, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 3,374
28, Mike Hastings, Georgetown, Del., 3,373
29, Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 3,364
30, Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., 3,363
31, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 3,356
32, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 3,346

Missed Cut:
33, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 3,343, $900
34, Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., 3,341, $900
35, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3,340, $900
36, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 3,333, $900
37, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,331, $700
38, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 3,323
39, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 3,315
40, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 3,312
41, (TIE) Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., and Gregory Goetz, Washington D.C., 3,309, $700
43, Mike Mineman, Belleville, Ill., 3,307
44, (TIE) Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., and Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 3,306
46, Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 3,282
47, Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 3,277
48, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 3,273, $700
49, (TIE) Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, and Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 3,271
51, Dan Duskin Sr, Atlantic, Iowa, 3,263, $700
52, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 3,252
53, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 3,248, $700
54, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 3,246, $700
55, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 3,244, $700
56, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 3,231, $700
57, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 3,229
58, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,228
59, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 3,216
60, Gregg Getzlow, St Charles, Mo., 3,214
61, Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 3,202, $700
62, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,200
63, Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 3,193
64, (TIE) John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., and Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 3,187
66, Dave Shaw, Cottage Grove, Wis., 3,185
67, Dale Diamond, Springfield, Ill., 3,183
68, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 3,182
69, Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill, 3,176
70, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 3,175
71, D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 3,168
72, Al Pote, Lovington, Ill., 3,164
73, Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., 3,161
74, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 3,157
75, Daniel Nicklin, Aviston, Ill., 3,149
76, Steve Bergan, O'Fallon, Ill., 3,110
77, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 3,100
78, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 3,096
79, Ronald Sowa, Columbia, Tenn., 3,088
80, Tom Ferry, Green Bay, Wis., 3,075
81, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 3,074
82, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 3,072
83, Max Shellabarger, Ogden, Utah, 3,066
84, James Gochis, Ivanhoe, Ill., 3,058
85, Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., 3,040
86, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 3,031
87, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn., 3,026
88, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 3,021
89, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 3,018
90, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 3,010
91, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill, 2,989
92, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 2,982
93, Kim Kirkpatrick, Rockford, Ill., 2,980
94, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 2,967
95, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 2,966
96, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 2,964
97, Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., 2,933
98, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 2,927
99, John Staub, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2,909
100, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 2,833
101, Gary Haines, Decatur, Ill., 2,828
102, Brian Montgomery, Siloam Springs, Ark., 2,826
103, Mike Zur, Decatur, Ill., 2,822
104, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 2,812
105, Gary Friedman, Farmingdale, N.Y., 2,801
106, Robert Teeters, Lapel, Ind., 2,769
107, Peter Brainard, Tampa, Fla., 2,655
108, Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 2,587
109, Gene Vincent, Decatur, Ill., 2,633 (WD)
110, James Hollis Sr, Vienna, Ill., 2,334 (WD)