A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 9-BALL POCKET BILLIARDS (201)838-7089 Sep.13-Oct.18, 1985 Vol. 1, No. 7 Buddy Hall Storms Virginia Beach
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VIRGINIA BEACH- "The Rifleman" Buddy Hall opened fire on the 46 player field at the 1st Annual Gibbs Billiards 9-Ball Shootout and laid claim to the $7,000 grand prize. In a manner befitting a champion, he posted a 6-0 record and this year's high TPA tournament average of .899. In races to eleven, Hall outdueled Brienza (9), White (4), Parica (3), Harris (1), Strickland (8), and Mathews (6). r. GIBBS BILLIARDS 9-BALL SHOOTOUT ^\ VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA October 1-6,1985 FINAL STANDINGS NAME AVG. PRIZE NAME AVG. 1st Buddy Hall (.899) $7 ,000 25th-32nd
2nd Grady Mathews (.872) 3 ,500 Tom Ruocco ( 824)
3rd Earl Strickland (.877) 2 ,200 Bob Williams ( 816)
4th Mike Sigel ( .878) 1 ,500 Louie Roberts ( 794)
5th-6th Paul Brienza ( 777)
Jimmy Reid (.851) 1 ,000 Mike Wallace ( 772)
Jr. Harris (.810) 1 ,000 Rick Marcos ( 763)
7th-8th Joe Root ( 670)
Keith McCready (.861) 750 Bob Williamson ( 603) Steve Mizerak (.852) 750 33rd-45th
9th-12th Mike Gulyassy ( 836)
Allen Hopkins (.837) 500 Mike LeBron ( 828) Larry Hubbart (.824) 500 Mike Massey 807) Bob Hunter ( .815) 500 Efren Reyes 796)
Jose Parica (.790) 500 Jack Stenner ( 772)
13th-16th Luther Lassiter ( 771)
Terry Bell (.849) 350 Mike Cone ( 758)
Rudolfo Luat ( .847) 350 John Brinkley ( 739) Howard Vickery ( .830) 350 Gene Catron 739)
Richie Ambrose (.790) 350 Joe DiPietro ( 727) 17th-24th Bob Opsahl 725) Wade Crane (.845) 200 Woody Woodhouse i 685) David Howard ( .842) 200 Shirley Cloyd t 630) Kim Davenport (.813) 200 46th Larry Lisciotti (.790) 200 Robby Riehs (.712) Dave Bollman (.781) 200 Edgar White (.763) 200 Danny Jones (.758) 200 Jim Faircloth (.741) 200
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Forty-six players arrived in Virginia Beach from all Grady Mathews lost his first match and lost his last • parts of the country to compete in the 1st Annual match, but strung nine victories in between! He Gibbs Billiards 9-Ball Shootout and share in the defeated LeBron, Williams, Davenport, Vickery, $22,700 purse. Denton Gibbs, Jr. produced, Parica, Mizerak, Reid, Sigel, and Strickland. It sponsored, and hosted the major event and provided looked like he was ready to take it all but it took every amenity possible for both the players and a Buddy Hall to stop the fueled charge. This was spectators. Gibbs Billiards sweetened the pot by Hall's first major win of '85 after finishing second $7,425 and stayed open 24 hours. in both Ohio and Atlantic City earlier this year. His .899 TPA is this year's highest recorded The event charged a $325 entry fee, paid twenty-four tournament average. places and provided excellent conditions. The tournament arena featured four Gold Crowns with Finals bleachers running parallel. A restaurant was on the After winning the lag, Mathews scratched on the premises serving food and drink. (continued on page 13) Vi JA OPEN 9 BALL HOTEL CASING TOURNAMENT REN© December 3-7, 1985 November 30-December 2. 1985 $20,000.00 ADDED $2,000.00 ADDED OPEN DIVISION USPPA PRO-AM DIVISION For Professionals and USPPA Rated Players Only $300 Entry $50 Entry 128 Player Limit 64 Player Limit Min $10,000.00 to Ist - Pays Min. 32 Places "First Paid — First Draw" "First Paid - First Draw" Min. $1,000.00 to Ist - Pays Min. 32 Places Draw December 2, 7:30 p.m. Draw November 30, 4:00 p.m. TO ENTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: TO ENTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: Barbara Woodward Gene Stary THE SANDS REGENT HOTEL/CASINO , GREAT AMERICAN Arlington at Third T 5536 Garfield Avenue -*- Sacramento. Ca 95841 + Reno. NV 89501 916-334-1776 800-648-3553 or 702-348-2247 ROOM RESERVATIONS • 800-648-3553 • ASK FOR POOL TOURNAMENT RATES Presented by The Great American Tour and Keystone Cue and Cushion NOTABLE MATCHES Once again, as with each major tournament, we review the exciting matches worthy of note, The number in parentheses is the player's TPA for that session.
Grady Mathews (.727) got off to a good start for Edgar White (.812) upended Steve Mizerak (.866) in after winning the lag, he broke and ran out the an 11-10 photo finish. As White made his charge first two racks. David Howard (.908) then kept while behind 7-10, Mizerak missed one combination Mathews busy by serving up balls that Grady was and one bank, but it was just enough. forced to kick at. He defeated Mathews 11-3 and Paul Brienza (.820) won his first "wire" match of held him to pocketing just four more balls for the the year over formidable Efren Reyes (.796), rest of the session. Note: Mathews proceeded to Brienza had previously lost all five of his win the next nine sessions in a row! sessions that were decided by one game. While trailing 9-10, Mike LeBron (.841) made the Although he defeated Woody Woodhouse (.814) by an nine ball on the break, but scratched. LeBron 11-5 margin, Bob Williaas (.861) had the dubious still won that rack and at 10-10, he made the nine distinction of scratching on the break four times ball on the break again, and scratched again! Jr. in a row. Harris (.802) won 11-10. (continued on page 13)
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8) J. Brinkley 11 ( 731) 19) L. Hubbart 11 (.838) 30) P. Brienza 11 (.820) L. Lassiter 9 I 740) M. Wallace 6 (.764) E. Reyes 10 (.796)
9) M. LeBron 11 ( 837) 20) D. Bollman 11 (.813) 31) S. Mizerak 11 (.890)
J. Stenner 6 ( 696) D. Howard 9 (.790) M. Massey 6 (.844)
10) B. Williams 11 ( 787) 21) E. Strickland 11 (.857) 32) R. Luat 11 (.841) G. Catron 7 ( 723) R. Ambrose 7 (.815) J. DiPietro 7 (.685) 11) R. Luat 11 (.846) 22) D. Jones 11 (.798) 33) B. Williams 11 (.861) S. Cloyd 3 (.636) J. Root 7 (.667) W. Woodhouse 5 (.814)
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.900 CLUB Total Perfor mance So far this year, seven major to urna- ments and 257 different players have Gibbs Billiai ds Sho been "Accu-Stated". 43 players have * experienced a TPA of .900 or more, What # NAME TPA # NAME TPA § follows is the list of players w:Lt h a 2. Buddy Hall .899 13. Mike Gulyassy .836 24 minimum of five .900*3 for 1985. 2. Mike Sigel .878 14. Howard Vickery .830 25 3. Earl Strickland .877 15. Mike LeBron .828 26 Earl Strickland 15 4. Grady Mathews .872 16. Tom Ruocco .824 27 5. Keith McCready .861 17. Larry Hubbart .824 28 6. Steve Mizerak .852 18. Bob Williams .816 29 7. Jimmy Reid .851 19. Bob Hunter .815 30 8. Terry Bell .849 20. Kim Davenport .813 31 9. Rudolfo Luat .847 21. Jr. Harris .810 32 10. Wade Crane .845 22. Mike Massey .807 33 11. David Howard .842 23. Efren Reyes .796 34 12. Allen Hopkins .837 V ^ Virginia Beach W CHART
example, Marcos defeated Massey. This technique reduces the standard chart's height in half while still displaying the results of the first round. All double elimination flow charts in this publication employ this technique.
REYES CRANE REYES REID A BYE A BRIENZA REID MASSEY MARCOS MASSEY LISCIOTTI K RIEHS LISCIOTTI \ MIZERAK REID CONE BELL CONE SIGEL S BYE SIGEL 4 ROBERTS SIGEL DIPIETRO RUOCCO DIPIETRO DAVENPORT Grady Mathews BYE DAVENPORT -\LUAT WOODHOUSE HUBBAR STRICKLAND WOODHOUSE HUBBART MS BYE WALLACE 2nd ^ WILLIAMS ' HUBBART MATHEWS HOWARD MATHEWS BOLLMAN >S BYE BOLLMAN -1 LEBRON STRICKLAND VICKERY -RICKLAND VICKERY STRICKLAND BYE AMBROSE BRINKLEY STRICKLAND BYE ROOT BYE JONES moN J WILLIAMSON BYE JONES (NO SHOW) MCCREADY HALL (NO SHOW)' MCCREADY BYE WILLIAMSON \T00T HUNTER HALL LASSITER BRINKLEY LASSITER HUNTER £ BYE HUNTER HARRIS STENNER LEBRON MA THEWS STENNER HARRIS BYE HARRIS -\ HOWARD HARRIS CATRON WILLIAMS CATRON FAIRCLOTH :E BYE FAIRCLOTH 4 WALLACE HALL CLOYD LUAT CLOYD PARICA BYE PARICA H RUOCCO PARICA GULYASSY HOPKINS GULYASSY HOPKINS BYE ROBERTS A BELL HALL OPSAHL WHITE OPSAHL WHITE BYE MIZERAK MARCOS HALL BYE HALL BYE HALL BYE BRIENZA {TRANE^ iance Average (TPA) MORE STATS The Gibbs Shootout produced fifteen s Shootout Rankings •900's, fourteen "wire" matches, and no shutouts. Mike Sigel's .958 was the high TPA # NAME TPA # NAME TPA TPA for a single session. Earl Strick ,836 24. Louie Roberts .794 35. Danny Jones .758 land won the "Run Outs from the Break" ,830 25. Jose Parica .790 36. Mike Cone .758 category with 34.3%. David Howard ranked ,828 26. Richie Ambrose .790 37. Jim Faircloth .741 #1 in the "Ball on the Break" stat .824 27. Larry Lisciotti .790 38. John Brinkley .739 (80%), but who's surprised? Luther .824 28. Dave Bollman .781 39. Gene Catron .739 Lassiter never scratched on the break .816 29. Paul Brienza .777 40. Joe DiPietro .727 but for those with twenty or more break .815 30. Jack Stenner .772 41. Bob Opsahl .725 shots, Allen Hopkins had the most con .813 31. Mike Wallace .772 42. Robby Riehs .712 trolled break scratching only once in .810 32. Luther Lassiter .771 43. Woody Woodhouse .685 fifty-four breaks, 1.9% (9.4% was aver .807 33. Rick Marcos .763 44. Joe Root .670 age). Paul Brienza made the nine ball on .796 34. Edgar White .763 45. Shirley Cloyd .630 the break 13.6% of the time (2.4% was 46. Bob Williamson .603 average). J mi i iAnnP0CKET P00L -No-760 DILUAnV #FoMosr Professionat European,l BiPoog Prizl Playere s Pool Tournaments Are Played On SIMONIS CLOTH HERE ARE THE FACTS: The Original, Standard Cloth Of The Billiard Industry 1. SIMONIS 760 CLOTH is the most consistent speed cloth available.
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71) E. Strickland 11 (.847) The Henry W.T. Mali & Co. Inc. Phone: (212) 475>4960 L. Hubbart 6 (.798) 257 Park Ave. South Toll Free: (800) 223-6468 New York. N.Y., 10010, U.S.A. TWX: (710) 581-5522 72) J. Harris 11 (.856) B. Hunter 6 (.783) 73) B. Hall 11 (.890) J. Parica 3 1.756) 74) 5. Mizerak 11 (.863) Thank You's & Apologies B. Hunter 9 i(.866) 1 75) G. Mathews 11 1.874) Thank you Dorothy Stenner for the slogan "We 11 Sweat Your Match" J. Parica 7 (.788) which has been displayed on shirts all over the country. Thank you Steve Morgan for the suggestion of listing tournament averages on the 76) M. Sigel 11 if.958 ; Performance Ranking page. Billie Billing supplied the front page photo ft. Hopkins 6 I(.895) of Wade Crane last issue and was not credited. I apologize. 77) K. McCready 11 (.849) L. Hubbart 10 .(.804) ' 78) G. Mathews 21 .913; 1 5. Mizerak 6 (.793) 1 79) M. Sigel 11 (.895) 1 K. McCready 6 '.803) 1 80) E. Strickland 11 1'.903 j I J. Reid 6 (.750) 1 81) B. Hall 11 i'.889) 1 J. Harris 1 i'.674) 1 82) G. Mathews 11 f.872J 1 4 9-ball Tournaments 4 J. Reid 9 i'.867) 1 83) M. Sigel 12 f -923J 1 Double Elimination J. Harris 10 i'.844 ; 1 84) G. Mathews 11 i'.906 J 1 M. Sigel 3 i(.760) 1 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month 85) B. Hall 11 f.942; 1 $25 entry fee open handicap E. Strickland 1 8 I'.891) 1 86) G. Mathews 11 I'.8.56 ; 1 Cue Time adds $25 with 16 or more players. E. Stricklano 1 7 i'.827) 1 87) B. Hall 11 1'.897) 1 CUE TIME BILLIARDS 15 Rt. 10, Succasunna, NJ 201-584-1162 G. Mathews 6 \'.822 ; 1 (5 minutes off exit 30 on Rt. 80) .V A /£ \ 12 Performance Rankings v**.^ TOTAL PERFORMANCE KICK PERFORMANCE BALLS (MINIMUM KICKS =15) # NAME GAMES MADE ERRORS TPA NAME GAMES KICKS GOOD KPA 1. Buddy Hall 97 517 58 .899 1. Rudolfo Luat 87 15 14 .933 2. Mike Sigel 125 566 79 .878 2. Grady Mathews 190 30 27 .900 3. Earl Strickland 119 554 78 .877 3. Mike Wallace 49 19 17 .895 4. Grady Mathews 190 829 122 .872 4. Howard Vickery 88 25 22 .880 .861 15 13 .867 5. Keith McCready 106 478 77 5. David Howard 89 .852 23 19 .826 6. Steve Mizerak 129 524 91 .851 6. Mike LeBron 55 17 14 .824 7. Jimmy Reid 90 376 66 .849 7. Buddy Hall 97 21 17 .810 8. Terry Bell 104 393 70 .847 8. Steve Mizerak 129 20 16 .800 9. Rudolfo Luat 87 387 70 .845 9. Bob Hunter 75 15 12 .800 10. Wade Crane 57 234 43 10. Joh(Gibbn Brinkles Tournameny t 58Averag e = 749) (Gibbs Tournament Average = .816) BREAK PERFORMANCE RUN OUT OPPORTUNITIES (MINIMUM BREAKS =20) BREAK BALL MADE OPPOR- RUN # NAME GAMES SHOTS W/0 SCR. BPA NAME TUNITIES OUTS PCT 1. David Howard 89 46 32 .696 1. Efren Reyes 14 10 71.4 2. Rudolfo Luat 87 52 36 .692 2. Buddy Hall 93 66 71.0 3 Paul Brienza 55 22 15 .682 3. Jimmy Reid 68 47 69.1 4 Larry Hubbart 86 49 32 .653 4. Mike Sigel 99 68 68.7 71 32 20 66 5 Edgar White .625 5. Earl Strickland 97 68.0 Buddy Hall 97 63 39 .619 106 6 6. Grady Mathews 156 67.9 7 Allen Hopkins 113 54 33 .611 57 66 3 7. Allen Hopkins 86 8 Earl Strickland 119 70 42 .600 51 66 2 9 Steve Mizerak 129 67 40 .597 8. Rudolfo Luat 77 27 62.8 10 Kim Davenport 54 27 16 .593 9. Kim Davenport 43 49 62.0 (Gibbs Tournament Average = .542) 10. Terr(Gibby sBel Tournamenl t Averag79 e = 55.7) MISSES POSITION ERRORS (PER 100 BALLS POCKETED) (PER 100 BALLS POCKETED) BALLS SHOTS BALLS POSITION NAME MADE MISSED AVG NAME MADE ERRORS AVG 1. Buddy Hall 517 25 4.8 1. Earl Strickland 554 18 3 2 2. Grady Mathews 829 48 5.8 2. Jimmy Reid 376 13 3 5 3. Mike LeBron 226 15 6.6 3. Mike Sigel 566 21 3 7 74 4 4. Earl Strickland 554 40 7.2 4. Efren Reyes 3 1 517 21 4 1 5. Terry Bell 393 29 7.4 5. Buddy Hall 6. Keith McCready 478 21 4 4 6. Mike Sigel 566 43 7.6 7. Grady Mathews 829 37 4 5 7. Allen Hopkins 474 37 7.8 387 4 8. Rudolfo Luat 18 7 8. Bob Hunter 312 25 8.0 100 5 9. Louie Roberts 5 0 9. David Howard 436 524 27 35 8.0 10. Steve Mizerak 5.2 10. Keith McCready 478 39 8.2 (Gibbs Tournament Average = 6.7) (Gibbs Tournament Average = 10.3) Virginia Beach Averages
Ball made on the break: 59% Run out from the break: 16% Nine ball made on the break: 2.4% Run out after making a ball on the break: 30% Scratch on the break: 9.4% Run out with ball in hand: 66% Scratch while going for position: 1.1% LV. (F ACCU-STATS ?3^ 204 Eagle Rock Avenue NOTABLE MATCHES Roseland, New Jersey 07068 (continued from page 3) (201)838-7089 Even more incredible, Mike Gulyassy (.866) fell victim to Terry Bell (.859) 11-10 in a session in Vol. 1, No. 7 - Gibbs Billiards 9-Bsll Shootout which Bell had the good fortune of making the nine Publisher-Editor Patrick Fleming on the break four times including the case game! Field Coordinator Peter Fleming What a rack! Larry Lisciotti (.732) and Jimmy Reid Circulation Manager Fran McKee (.901) volleyed for 21 turns during the session's Scorekeepers Bill Foster lsst rack before Reid finally scored and won 11-4. Bill Gibbs Lynn Maddox In the most notable of "notable matches", Dave Bob McKown Bollman (.800) and Rudolfo Luat (.863) were Maria Sofronsky - knotted at 3-3. After a Luat kick, Bollman ran out Bob Staeck and then broke and ran out the next five racks Gibbs Billiards Tournament Staff; which would stsnd as the tournament high run! Two racks later, Bollman led 10-4. Don't go away! Host Site Gibbs Billiards While Bollman experienced several unforeseen Promoter-Host Denton Gibbs, Jr events, Luat displayed some exceptional talent and Tournament Director Patrick Fleming copped the win 11-10.
Copyright * 1985, by Accu-Stats. All rights re After trailing 4-6, Grady Mathews (.953) exploded served. Except as permitted under the United States with outstanding play and held Kin Davenport Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication (•776) to pocketing just one more ball for the may be reproduced in any form or by any means, rest of the session. Mathews won 11-6. without the written permission of the publisher. In the best played match by both players, Mike Sigel (.958) stung Allen Hopkins (.895) with the Charge Checked tournament high TPA for a single session. Sigel won 11-6. (continued from page 2) first break. The next time he stepped to the table, Grady Mathews (.913) continued his winning ways by Hall was ahead 3-0. After two more racks with defeating Steve Mizerak (.793) after being down nothing for Mathews to capitalize on, it spread to 4-6. Mathews won the next seven racks in which 5-0. Finally, Mathews had several opportunities to Mizerak missed only one ball. close the gap, yet missed seversl makeable shots pushing the score to 8-1. Mathews then made a mild drive and with the score 9-3 Hall finally started to miss shots and position. This allowed Mathews to What's Next? score and close the gap even more. At 9-6, Mathews The 10th Annual U.S. Open will be featured in the scratched on the break again. It was to be his last next Accu-Stats issue. Q-Master Billisrds from chance for survival as Hall ran out and controlled Norfolk, VA will host the event which is scheduled the next rack with a safety and eventually won 11-6. for November 1-10, 1985. Subscription Form YES!! Enter my name as an Accu-Stats subscriber SUBSCRIPTION RATE' One Year For Only $15.00
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NEW LONDON, CT (9/13-15/85) - Belinda Campos Bearden captured the coveted 7th Annual WPBA Championship 9-Ball Tournament nearly coinciding with her most recent selection as the new President of the WPBA. Bearden tallied wins over Simpson, Laura Smith, Alabama, Haywood, and Debbie Smith before falling victim to Haywood. That loss was soon avenged as she captured the title, a trophy, a Huebler Cue, and $2,100.00. Linda Haywood made a magnificent showing by defeating top seeds Ogonowski, Billing, Bell, and Bearden. In a seguence of events with different opponents, Haywood actually won 19 consecutive racks of 9-ball, a heretofore unheard of accomplishment! Sy 4 Dolly Eckstadt's Gold Crown Billiards generously hosted the $7,000 event.The in-the-money results are as follows:
NAME PRIZE NAME PRIZE 1st Belinda Bearden $2,100 7th-8th 2nd Linda Haywood 1,300 Sabra McArthur 300 3rd Debbie Smith 900 Geri Engh 300 4th Robin Bell 700 9th-12th 5th- 6th Florence Fuller 150 Mary Kenniston 400 Ruby Alabama 150 Billie Billing 400 Suzi Quail 150 L.J. Ogonowski 150 \z •
Y 1985 Major Tournament Results (MINIMUM = $1,500.00 WINNINGS) In YTD$ Sessions Name Events Money Winnings Won Lost HOUSTON OHIO RHMD KY RENO A.C. MOLINE RCKYMT B.C. VIR BCH Crane, Wade 9 7 A9700.00 53 - 17 2 5-6 7-8 49-64 1 1 17-24 3-4 17-24
McCready, Keith 6 5 36366.00 24 - 10 97-108 • 2 3 17-32 • • 1 7-8 Hall, Buddy 9 8 32045.00 52 - 17 7-8 2 9-12 4 2 5-6 9-12 33-48 1 Strickland, Earl 9 9 30925.00 52 - 15 J 1 1 17-24 3-4 13-16 2 17-24 3 Reyes, Efren 7 5 18416.00 30 - 10 2 • • 7-8 17-32 7-8 1 49-64 33-45 Sigel, Mike 8 7 15626.00 39 - 17 25-32 9-12 17-24 1 9-16 • 3 13-16 4 LeBron, Mike 3 2 10180.00 10 - 6 • • • • 33-64 • % 2 33-45 Rempe, Jim 6 4 9816.00 22 - 13 9-12 • 17-24 2 17-32 25-32 • 5-6 • Howard, David 9 7 8650.00 27 - 18 25-32 9-12 3 5-6 65-114 13-16 17-24 9-12 17-24 Davenport, Kim 9 6 7110.00 25 - 18 7-8 13-16 49-57 13-16 65-114 33-48 5-6 3-4 17-24 Williams, Bob 6 4 6462.00 22 - 14 5-6 3 49-57 • 5-8 • 7-8 • 25-32 Hubbart, Larry 5 5 6400.00 18 - 10 17-24 • 7-8 • • 2 • 25-32 9-12 Mathews, Grady 9 6 5565.00 29 - 18 25-32 25-J2 17-24 17-24 33-64 33-48 4 25-32 2 Swanson, Jay 7 6 5441.00 23 - 16 65-96 9-12 5-6 5-6 17-32 17-24 m 17-24 • Gulyassy, Mike 7 4 5080.00 16 - 14 4 5-6 25-32 • 33-64 5-6 • 49-64 33-45
Frady, Joe 1 1 5000.00 10 - 3 • • • • 3-4 • • • 9 DiLiberto, Danny 6 6 4 751.00 22 - 14 9-12 17-24 13-16 • 9-16 17-24 • 7-8 • Hopkins, Allen 5 4 4676.00 20 - 10 • • 4 • 17-32 • 5-6 65-67 9-12
Reid, Jimmy 5 4 4600.00 16 - 10 5-6 m 5-6 • • • 17-24 25-32 5-6 Massey, Mike 8 5 3930.00 23 - 16 25-32 7-8 25-32 9-12 33-64 33-48 7-8 33-45 | Mizerak, Steve 4 3 3802.00 18 - 8 • 17-24 9 5-8 • 9-12 7-8 Hunter, Bob 8 5 3216.00 20 - 18 13-16 25-32 33-48 49-64 17-32 13-16 l7-24 9-12 Sweet, Toby 3 3 3002.00 15 - 8 • 9-12 13-16 • 5-8 • • * Bollman, Dave 9 7 2790.00 21 - 18 33-48 17-24 9-12 17-24 33-64 33-48 7-8 17-24 17-24
Carter, Jeff 4 3 2730.00 13 - 9 • • 7-8 33-64 33-48 9-12 •
Dobesenski, Ron 2 1 2700.00 6 - 4 • • • • 3 33-48 • Luat, Rudolfo 4 3 2476.00 18 - 7 • • 33-48 9-16 7-8 m 13-16
Vanover, Bob 1 1 2052.00 9 - J • • • 5-8 9 • m
Harris, Jr. 3 2 2000.00 10 - 6 33-48 • 9-12 % • • 5-6
Incardona, Bill 4 1 2000.00 7 - 6 • 49-57 65-66 65-114 m 5-6 9
McCoy, Don 1 1 2000.00 7 - 2 • * • • 4 • 9
Mataya, Jim 6 3 1966.00 16 - 12 65-96 25-32 • 13-16 17-32 9-12 33-48 9 Vickery, Howard 8 5 1855.00 18 - 17 65-96 33-48 9-12 17-24 33-64 17-24 17-24 • 13-16
Dobrowolski, S. 3 2 1776.00 13 - 6 • • 9-12 m 9-16 W 33-48 9
Varner, Nick 2 2 1726.00 9 - 4 17-24 • % # 9-16 • • 9
Lane, Dick 2 2 1526.00 9 - 5 25-32 • m • 9-16 • • 9 Hodges, Jimmy 2 1 1500.00 6 - 4 m 4 33-48 • • s • • J ACCU-STATS Bulk Rate 204 EAGLE ROCK AVENUE U.S. Postage ROSELAND, NJ 07068 PAID Roseland, NJ Address Correction Requested Permit #42
YEAR TO DATE Sessions Won-Lost (MINIMUM SESSIONS = 12) # NAME WON LOST PCT § NAME WON LOST PCT 1. Strickland, Earl 52 - 15 .776 25. DiLiberto, Danny 22 - 14 .611 2. Frady, Joe 10 - 3 .769 26. Williams, Bob 22 - 14 .611 3. Crane, Wade 53 - 17 .757 27. Howard, David 27 - 18 .600 4. Hall, Buddy 52 - 17 .754 28. Carter, Jeff 13 - 9 .591 5. Reyes, Efren 30 - 10 .750 29. Massey, Mike 23 - 16 .590 6. Vanover, Bob 9 - 3 .750 30. Swanson, Jay 23 - 16 .590 7. Luat, Rudolfo 18 - 7 .720 31. Davenport, Kim 25 - 18 .581 8. McCready, Keith 24 - 10 .706 32. Mataya, Jim 16 - 12 .571 9. Sigel, Mike 39 - 17 .696 33. Johnson, Bob 8 - 6 .571 10. Mizerak, Steve 18 - 8 .692 34. Bollman, Dave 21 - 18 .538 11. Varner, Nick 9 - 4 .692 35. Bell, Terry 7 - 6 .538 12. Dobrowolski, S. 13 - 6 .684 36. Incardona, Bill 7 - 6 .538 13. Hopkins, Alien 20 - 10 .667 37. Nordquist,Darrell 7 - 6 .538 14. Sweet, Toby 15 - 8 .652 38. Gulyassy, Mike 16 - 14 .533 15. Dominguez, Ernest 11 - 6 .647 39. Hunter, Bob 20 - 18 .526 16. Hubbart, Larry 18 - 10 .643 40. Vickery, Howard 18 - 17 .514 17. Lane, Dick 9 - 5 .643 41. Martin, Ray 11 - 12 .478 18. Maryo, Mark 9 - 5 .643 42. Fleming, Pat 7 - 8 .467 19. Rempe, Jim 22 - 13 .629 43. Nelson, Larry 7 - 8 .467 20. Harris, Jr. 10 - 6 .625 44. Geiler, Rich 8 - 10 .444 21. LeBron, Mike 10 - 6 .625 45. Brienza, Paul 11 - 14 .440 22. Mathews, Grady 29 - 18 .617 46. Medina, Danny 7 - 10 .412 23. Reid, Jimmy 16 - 10 .615 47. Opsahl, Bob 3 - 10 .231 24. West, Dallas 8 - 5 .615 Sessio n sD(>cid ed by One Game (MINIMUM SE SSIONS = 4) t NAME WON LOST PCT § NAME WON LOST PCT 1. Rhodes, David 4 0 1.000 17. LeBron, Mike 3 2 .600 2. Williams, Bob 4 0 1.000 18. Sigel, Mike 6 5 .545 3. McCready, Keith 8 2 .800 19. Rempe, Jim 4 4 .500 3 3 4. DiLiberto, Danny 4 1 .800 20. Howard, David .500 1 .800 3 3 .500 5. Hopkins, Allen 4 21. Hubbart, Larry 1 .800 3 3 .500 6. Luat, Rudolfo 4 1 .800 22. Mataya, Jim 2 2 .500 7. Massey, Mike 4 1 .800 23. Mizerak, Steve 2 2 .500 2 2 8. Reid, Jimmy 4 2 .778 24. Opsahl, Bob .500 9. Hall, Buddy 7 25. Weaver, Dick 3 6 .333 3 .750 2 4 10. Crane, Wade 9 1 .750 26. Reyes, Efren .333 2 6 .250 11. Carter, Jeff 3 1 .750 27. Mathews, Grady 1 3 12. Dobrowolski, Steve 3 1 .750 28. Vickery, Howard 1 3 .250 1 .750 29. Gulyassy, Mike 2 8 .250 13. Hunter, Bob 3 .200 14. Nordquist, Darrell 3 3 .667 30. Swanson, Jay 3 .625 1 5 .167 15. Strickland, Earl 6 31. Davenport, Kim 0 4 .000 16. Bollman, Dave 5 32. Brienza, Paul 33. Martin, Ray