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Chamberlain wins PBA titleTOLEDO, Ohio - BobChamberlain completed a personal and professional metamorphosis by triumphing in the $200,000 Toledo Trust PBA National Championship here Saturday (March 3). Chamberlain, Pontiac. Mich., advanced from the fifth-seeded position and topped leading .qualifier Dan Eberl,Tonawanda, N.Y., 219-191, to earn the $38,000 firstprize.Less than 11 months earlier. Chamberlain had admitted himself to an alcoholism rehabilitation program at hometown St. Joseph’s hospital. Last December he qualified for the televised championship round at the National Resident Pro Championship in Chamblee. Ga., when he finished fourth. His '84 New Year's resolution was to quit smoking and he capped his goal of competing full-time on thePBA Tour with his first title and the first jewel of professional bowling’s “Triple Crown.’’Mat bed against GilSliker in the first game of the ABC Sports telecast, the man nicknamed * .‘Rooster struck in frames five through nine toadvance, 256-226. Next upwas PBA Hall of Famer Jim Stefanich, Joliet, 111.,who curiously allowedChambelain to end their match by continuing his mastery of the right laneand bowed, 232-225.Another Hall of Famer and veteran ABC expert analyst, Nelson Burton Jr., was Chamberlain s nextvictim, 254-200. It was Burton Chamberlain feared most, the champion admitted afterward, but a fifth-frame split and missed 10-pin in the seventh proved Bo’s undoing. VWith his win against Eberl, Chamberlain became the first player ever to notch the National Championship from the fifth position. Both championship finalists were keenly aware of the seven-vear exemption in the prestigious Firestone Tournament of Champions* which goes to the winner ofthis 360-man event.Chamberlain's qualification for the *84 Firestonefield also bumped Frank Ellenburg from the Tournament of Champions, placing Pete Weber “on the bubble.”Eberl started his match drastically by leaving the 1-6-7-10 split on his firstshot. Chamberlain opened in the third frame, but forced the lefthanded Eberl to continue playing catch-up with three straight strikes before clinching the title with his first strike in the10th frame.Wayne Webb regained his spot atop the PBA'syearly money list andChamberlain’s rich payday vaulted him into third place. Rickie Sajek continued his string of consecutive 1984 cashes byearning his ninth check,finishing 39th, which was worth $1,110 Toledo Trust President George Haigh pleased the capacity crowd at Imperial Lanes Friday night by announcing Toledo would become the home of the PBA National Championship and that the 1985 purse would be increasedto a record $235,000,Here are the yearly money leaders:1. Wayne Webb, Carmel,Ind., 9, $43,5002. Mark Baker, GardenGrove, Calif., 8, $42,2903. Bob Chamberlain. Pontiac, Mich., 3, $41,090I. Rickie Sajek, Highland, Ind.. 9. $39,345George I’appas,Charlotte, N.C., 8, $36,765ti. Nelson Burton Jr., St.Louis, 8, $35,5007. Ted Hannahs,Zanesv ille, Ohio, 9, $34,9508. Gil Sliker, Washington,N.J..V . .4959. Bob Handley, Pompano Beach, Fla., 8, $32,50010. Butch Soper, NewportBeach, Calif., 9, $29,400II. Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M.. 8, $29,230
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