El Paso PBA Open

The El Paso PBA Open was the sixth event of the 1961 PBA Season.

Tournament Recap

The PBA tour's sixth event of 1961, the $19,400 El Paso PBA Open, was held at Freeway Lanes, in El Paso, TX. The first day of PBA competition was June 01, 1961. The competition ran until June 04, 1961. 30 bowlers cashed in this competition. Harry Smith, of St. Louis, MO, won his first career PBA title and the first prize of $2,500. Rounding out the top 5 were Ray Bluth, J.B. Solomon, [...] Weber, and Ed Bourdase.

Top 10

Position

Name

Hometown

Prize

1

Harry Smith

St. Louis, MO

$2,500

2

Ray Bluth

St. Louis, MO

$2,000

3

J.B. Solomon

Dallas, TX

$1,500

4

[...] Weber

St. Louis, MO

$1,000

5

Ed Bourdase

Fresno, CA

$900

6

George Howard

Detroit, MI

$800

7

Joe Joseph

Lansing, MI

$850

8

Bob Crawford

Detroit, MI

$750

9

Billy Welu

St. Louis, MO

$750

10

Charlie Wilkinson

Salinas, CA

$625

References

http://pba.com/Tournaments/FullStandings/149 http://pba.com/Tournaments/Details/149