1981 Lansing Open

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$90,000 LANSING OPEN
Royal Scot Lanes, Lansing, Mich., Oct 23-27, 1981
Roth Puts Sliker In Dutch

Mark Roth rolled a "Dutch 200" game in the championship match to down Gil Sliker by eight pins and win the $90,000 Lansing Open.

Roth, who earned the top-seeded position by overcoming a 107-pindeficit with a 279-146 position round win over Earl Anthony, alternated strikes and spares throughout the match, giving challenging Sliker a chance to beat him with a 10th-frame double. A 10-pin on Sliker's first shot saddled him with a 200-192 loss and his third runnerup showing of the year - all by less than 10 pins.

To get to the final game, Sliker had downed Joe Hutchinson, 246-224, and Anthony, 235-202, in a bid for his first Tour victory. For Roth, who had won the Showboat Invitational in Las Vegas earlier in the year, the win was worth $11,000.

TELEVISED FINALS

Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount

1 Mark Roth, Spring Lake Heights, N.J. 200 (1 game) $11,000
2 Gil Sliker, Washington, N.J. 673 (3 games) 6,000
3 Earl Anthony, Dublin, Calif. 202 (1 game) 5,000
4 Joe Hutchinson, Scranton, Pa. 440 (2 games) 4,000
5 Joe Berardi, Brooklyn, N.Y. 190 (1 game) 3,500

PLAYOFF RESULTS - Hutchinson defeated Berardi, 216-190; Sliker defeated Hutchinson 246-224; Sliker defeated Anthony, 235-202; and in the championship match, Roth defeated Sliker, 200-192.