Bob Chamberlain leads first round in PBA Senior Miller Lite Knockout Classic
08/17/09
Four-time Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour titlist Bob Chamberlain (pictured) averaged 246.6 to take the first-round qualifying lead Sunday in the PBA Senior Miller Lite Knockout Classic, presented by the Illinois State Bowling Proprietors Association, at Town and Country Lanes.
Chamberlain, who won his last title in 2003, said a change in the ball position in his stance over the summer break has dramatically improved his game. "I've cashed every week this year, sometimes as a Super Senior, but it hasn't been a good year," the 60-year-old Villages, Fla., resident said. "I worked on a few things and now I'm throwing the ball real good. Hopefully things will turn around."
Chamberlain rolled games of 234, 290, 183, 266, 236, 247, 257 and 260 for an eight-game total of 1,973 pins and a 45-pin lead over Senior U.S. Open champion Wayne Webb (right) of Sacramento, Calif. Four-time PBA Senior Player of the Year Tom Baker of King, N.C., was in third place with a 1,922 total followed by Kent Wagner of Palmetto, Fla., at 1,895 and Hugh Miller of Seattle at 1,888.
The 117-player field will bowl another eight-game qualifying round on Monday after which the field will be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to the unique "knockout" rounds Tuesday. The "knockout" rounds, starting at 10 a.m., will feature three-game total pinfall competition among four players on a given pair of lanes, with the top two advancing. The last three-game round begins at 7 p.m. followed immediately by one-game semifinal and championship rounds.
PBA Senior Tour heads to Illinois for new Senior Miller Lite Knockout Classic
Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 1,973
2, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 1,928
3, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,922
4, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,895
5, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,888
6, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,881
7, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,856
8, Robert Flaws, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 1,854
9, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 1,845
10, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga, 1,830
11, Dave Sill, Cary, Ill, 1,823
12, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,800
13, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,799
14, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 1,797
15, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,788
16, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,786
17, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,784
18, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 1,781
19, Steve Bergan, O'Fallon, Ill., 1,778
20, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,777
21, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,768
22, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,767
23, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,761
24, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,752
25, (TIE) Larry Zacharias, Bolingbrook, Ill., and Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,747
27, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,745
28, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,740
29, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,739
30, Bennie Holman, Decatur, Ill., 1,737
31, Tom Carter, Aurora, Ill., 1,735
32, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,725
33, Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 1,724
34, (TIE) Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., and Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,720
36, Mickey Higham, Wood Dale, Ill., 1,715
37, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,712
38, (TIE) Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., and Dale Diamond, Springfield, Ill., 1,710
40, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,706
41, (TIE) Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., and Wayne Nosse, Crest Hill, Ill., 1,704
43, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,701
44, (TIE) Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, and Gregg Getzlow, St. Charles, Mo., and George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,698
47, Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 1,693
48, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,684
49, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,683
50, (TIE) Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., and Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., 1,681
52, (TIE) Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, and Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, and Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 1,678
55, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,673
56, (TIE) Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Dan Duskin Sr., Atlantic, Iowa, 1,661
58, (TIE) Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 1,658
60, Kim Buell, Speedway, Ind., 1,653
61, Jerry Morano, Lombard, Ill., 1,651
62, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1,647
63, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,644
64, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 1,637
65, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,634
66, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,621
67, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,620
68, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 1,614
69, (TIE) Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., and Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 1,612
71, (TIE) Lance Murray, Bourbonnais, Ill., and Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, and Richard Kanadet, Oak Lawn, Ill., 1,606
74, (TIE) Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., and Kim Kirkpatrick, Rockford, Ill., 1,600
76, (TIE) Leo Plaia, New Orleans, and Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 1,599
78, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,597
79, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,584
80, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,580
81, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,579
82, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,578
83, Randy Kemp, Joliet, Ill., 1,572
84, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,571
85, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 1,570
86, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 1,566
87, George Kontos, Joliet, Ill., 1,563
88, (TIE) Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., and Robert Sulzberger Jr., Peotone, Ill., 1,551
90, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 1,542
91, (TIE) Rick Wagner, Burr Ridge, Ill., and Tom Hinz, Joliet, Ill., 1,539
93, (TIE) Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., and Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., and Max Shellabarger, Ogden, Utah, 1,536
96, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 1,528
97, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,527
98, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,492
99, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 1,490
100, Robert Kicmal, LaGrange, Ill., 1,488
101, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,480
102, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 1,461
103, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,457
104, Tony Biliskov Jr., Chicago, 1,437
105, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 1,436
106, (TIE) Vincent Oliva, Orland Park, Ill., and Ron Hubbell, Rochester, N.Y., 1,429
108, Gregg Schmied, Schererville, Ind., 1,423
109, James Gochis, Ivanhoe, Ill., 1,417
110, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,395
111, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,365
112, Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 1,353
113, (TIE) Robert Walters, N. Las Vegas, Nev., and Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,352
115, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis, 1,315
116, James Scott, Villa Park, Ill, 1,314
117, Gus Stevens, Romeoville, Ill., 1,266.
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Four-time Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour titlist Bob Chamberlain (pictured) averaged 246.6 to take the first-round qualifying lead Sunday in the PBA Senior Miller Lite Knockout Classic, presented by the Illinois State Bowling Proprietors Association, at Town and Country Lanes.Chamberlain, who won his last title in 2003, said a change in the ball position in his stance over the summer break has dramatically improved his game. "I've cashed every week this year, sometimes as a Super Senior, but it hasn't been a good year," the 60-year-old Villages, Fla., resident said. "I worked on a few things and now I'm throwing the ball real good. Hopefully things will turn around."
Chamberlain rolled games of 234, 290, 183, 266, 236, 247, 257 and 260 for an eight-game total of 1,973 pins and a 45-pin lead over Senior U.S. Open champion Wayne Webb (right) of Sacramento, Calif. Four-time PBA Senior Player of the Year Tom Baker of King, N.C., was in third place with a 1,922 total followed by Kent Wagner of Palmetto, Fla., at 1,895 and Hugh Miller of Seattle at 1,888.The 117-player field will bowl another eight-game qualifying round on Monday after which the field will be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to the unique "knockout" rounds Tuesday. The "knockout" rounds, starting at 10 a.m., will feature three-game total pinfall competition among four players on a given pair of lanes, with the top two advancing. The last three-game round begins at 7 p.m. followed immediately by one-game semifinal and championship rounds.
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PBA Senior Miller Lite Knockout Classic - Round One Qualifying
Players with position, hometown and 8-game total
1, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 1,973
2, Wayne Webb, Sacramento, 1,928
3, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,922
4, Kent Wagner, Palmetto, Fla., 1,895
5, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,888
6, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,881
7, Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,856
8, Robert Flaws, Chicago Ridge, Ill., 1,854
9, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 1,845
10, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga, 1,830
11, Dave Sill, Cary, Ill, 1,823
12, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,800
13, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,799
14, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla, 1,797
15, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,788
16, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,786
17, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,784
18, Bill Hewlett, Meridian, Idaho, 1,781
19, Steve Bergan, O'Fallon, Ill., 1,778
20, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 1,777
21, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,768
22, Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 1,767
23, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,761
24, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,752
25, (TIE) Larry Zacharias, Bolingbrook, Ill., and Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,747
27, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,745
28, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,740
29, Bob Faragon, Schenectady, N.Y., 1,739
30, Bennie Holman, Decatur, Ill., 1,737
31, Tom Carter, Aurora, Ill., 1,735
32, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,725
33, Dean Jones, San Marcos, Texas, 1,724
34, (TIE) Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., and Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,720
36, Mickey Higham, Wood Dale, Ill., 1,715
37, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,712
38, (TIE) Bob Knipple, Long Beach, Calif., and Dale Diamond, Springfield, Ill., 1,710
40, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,706
41, (TIE) Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., and Wayne Nosse, Crest Hill, Ill., 1,704
43, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,701
44, (TIE) Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, and Gregg Getzlow, St. Charles, Mo., and George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,698
47, Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 1,693
48, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,684
49, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,683
50, (TIE) Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., and Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., 1,681
52, (TIE) Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, and Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, and Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., 1,678
55, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,673
56, (TIE) Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., and Dan Duskin Sr., Atlantic, Iowa, 1,661
58, (TIE) Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., and Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 1,658
60, Kim Buell, Speedway, Ind., 1,653
61, Jerry Morano, Lombard, Ill., 1,651
62, David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1,647
63, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,644
64, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 1,637
65, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,634
66, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,621
67, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1,620
68, Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill., 1,614
69, (TIE) Mike Pullin, Rochelle, Ill., and Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 1,612
71, (TIE) Lance Murray, Bourbonnais, Ill., and Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, and Richard Kanadet, Oak Lawn, Ill., 1,606
74, (TIE) Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., and Kim Kirkpatrick, Rockford, Ill., 1,600
76, (TIE) Leo Plaia, New Orleans, and Mel Wolf, Jackson, Mich., 1,599
78, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 1,597
79, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,584
80, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,580
81, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,579
82, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,578
83, Randy Kemp, Joliet, Ill., 1,572
84, Dennis Lane, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,571
85, Bill Idzior, Crown Point, Ind., 1,570
86, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 1,566
87, George Kontos, Joliet, Ill., 1,563
88, (TIE) Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., and Robert Sulzberger Jr., Peotone, Ill., 1,551
90, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 1,542
91, (TIE) Rick Wagner, Burr Ridge, Ill., and Tom Hinz, Joliet, Ill., 1,539
93, (TIE) Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., and Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., and Max Shellabarger, Ogden, Utah, 1,536
96, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., 1,528
97, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,527
98, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,492
99, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 1,490
100, Robert Kicmal, LaGrange, Ill., 1,488
101, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,480
102, Chuck Huckelberry, Rockford, Ill., 1,461
103, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,457
104, Tony Biliskov Jr., Chicago, 1,437
105, Barry Witmer, St. Charles, Mo., 1,436
106, (TIE) Vincent Oliva, Orland Park, Ill., and Ron Hubbell, Rochester, N.Y., 1,429
108, Gregg Schmied, Schererville, Ind., 1,423
109, James Gochis, Ivanhoe, Ill., 1,417
110, Dan Clausse, Reno, Nev., 1,395
111, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,365
112, Larry Helton, Bolingbrook, Ill., 1,353
113, (TIE) Robert Walters, N. Las Vegas, Nev., and Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,352
115, Bill Sell, Menasha, Wis, 1,315
116, James Scott, Villa Park, Ill, 1,314
117, Gus Stevens, Romeoville, Ill., 1,266.