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Syracuse LPBT Pro-Am rolls todayALETA SILLSouthpaw Aleta Sill leads quality fieldI|y Bud VjmdiT XvvrStaff WriterLISA RATHGEBEB'1 ho CoiuraI New YorkOpen, the First slop over in Syracuse for the LaHtes Professional Bowlers Tour, kirks off today at Holiday Bowl with the Pro-Ant competition.The Syracuse slop also is the first of eight LPBT tournaments this fall. While lhe $25,000 prao money is only about one-fifth of the usual tnenV Professional Bowlers Assorialion purse, the LPBT pay oft here is equal in most of the championships for women I his year.Southpaw AIcla Sill leads the field seeking the $5,000 first-prize money. The Cocoa, Fla., bowler holds the all-limc single-season earnings record for a women pro, S50.S47. She has won four titles this year, a new high for a woman pro in one season.Seven of the lop 10 leading women on tour are entered here with the possibility siili existing lhai Lisa Rothgcber (Wagner) will raise that number to eight. R;Uh-geber. who surpassed scoring roe-urrfs of Earl Anthony for Hi and 24 game totals in Fairhaven, Mass.. m the last LPBT event, was married eight days ago to Allentown. Pa., bnwler Kenny Wagner. Rath-beger has not yet entered the Syracuse event, but tourney officials remain optimistic she will join the field.The only other lop 10 money winners missing from the Syracuse list arc Lorric Nichols and Dana Miller.The Pro-Am will include more than 350 amateurs, including rnen, who are expected to bowl along with about G4 of the LPBT pros in today’s action. Squads are scheduled throughout the day iitml IJ p m. Amateur entrants still will he accepted today at I he tourney site.Entry Tec For amateurs is $35; juniors and senior citizens have born placed in special categories that carry just a $20 entry fee. The entry charge cnlitlrs bowlers to ro 11 fnr a aha rc of I he S1.000 in prize money, covers iheir bowling and pays fora special lettered jacket Ki be given each paid applicant-ill today s Pro-Am, all bowlers will bo conceded strikes in the first two frames of each game as the women gel acquainted with ihe lanes where qualifying will begin Monday.Not only will the Ladies Professional Bowlers Tourney bo making ils first slop ever in Syracuse for the Central New York Open, but ii will also be having its first-ever televised position round matches.LPBT Director Joe Fa 1 zone has: set upo new position round pattern to he tried first here in Syracuse.In the last of the 24 round-rubiti match games Lo determine six finalists For television there will he a split field.Ladies in positions 9 through 24 after 23 match games will roll first, with 9 opposing 10. and 11 going against 12 down through the field.. This will be followed by a 40-mi-nute break when the first eight will go through a similar meeting before video cameras of the Sports Time Cable network. The network has no outlets in this area, but is shown primarily in southern and midwest cities.In this instance, the first match will pit No. 1 in the standings against No. 2. Then No. 3 will roll No. 4, followed by No. 5 going against No. G and No. 7 facing No. 8. The theory is that the lower graded contestants might win byenough pins lo move up mure thanone position in the standings and thus create added excitement lo the show.It could work in reverse, though, with the first six clinching ladder rolloff berths prior lo No. 7 and No. 8 taking the lanes. This would take most interest away from the final TV game.Falzomj is cognizant of the fact, but believes the innovation is worth a try. *Tvc told Bill Bcrin-uein, the local promoter, that if .mything is wrong about the setup, it will go wrong in Syracuse, but I believe position round interest is great enough to take the risk.”Optimism glows in headquarters of the LPBT in Rockford, 111., over Hie growth of the organization in the last four years.Fa 1 zone cites the figures revealing growth in all but 1983from theprevious reason, and the fuel thateight bookings are added this year.In 1981 wo had total nurses of $130.000, that grew lo 5440,000 in 1982 before slipping in S«135,000 in 1983. Thus far this season the purse monies amount lo $482,000 with eight events to go and they should top the $600,000 mark. Wc now have 24 championships a year and we arc not planning to expand upon that number, but wc are aiming for a prize list that will aggregate over $1 million next year.”Syracuse will be the first of eight stops on Lhe initial fall lour of ihe LPBT. It will be followed by events at Webster. Tex., Liltle Rock, Ark., Si. Louis, Mo., Tacoma, Wash., Los Angeles. Tempo. Ariz., and Las Vegas.$25,000 LPBT ScheduleSunday, 8«pt. S3 — Pro-Am tourney squads at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.. 5 pm, Tp.m, and fl p.m..(Mole Position rounds and finale will to laHwiftXt lor late* cOte network show.)Monday, S*pt. H — Qualifying rounds. fl:30 a.m.. noon. 32Q p.m., 7 p.m.Facts ’r figuresTiltadftjr, 9#pt. 25 «* Qualifying 6:30 am. and Noor- Match Play eight games, 6:30 p.m.Wadnaatiay, Sapt- as — Match Play, olght gamos 10 a.m. 7 games, 4 p.m.. Position round 6:30 p.m.Thursday, SapL 27 — Udder position Hnal rolloffs. 6:30 p.m.Sil# — Brunswick Holiday Bowl. 3033 Erl® Blvd. East-Sponaor* — Cold Pin Pun Centers. 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Syracuse Herald American
Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Sep 23, 1984
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