1988 Showboat PBA Doubles Classic

Please be sure to stop by http://forums.mrbowling300.com to discuss this and other great bowling topics! $140,000 SHOWBOAT PBA DOUBLES CLASSIC Showboat Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., May 31-Jun 4, 1988 New Yorkers Gamble And Win The top-seeded duo of Joe Berardi and Dave Ferraro turned away Pete Weber and Brian Voss's efforts to unseat them in the championship game, 214-210, to claim the $140 000 Showboat PBA Doubles Classic. The victory was Berardi's second in 1988 and eighth PBA title, while Ferraro bagged his third PBA victory and re-qualified for the 1989 Firestone Tournament of Champions. Team Berardi/Ferraro began with a three-bagger, while Weber/Voss opened with two spares and then Voss left and failed to convert the 4-8-10 split in his third frame. Berardi/Ferraro came back with three spares and Weber/Voss regrouped with a double, but they had dug too deep a hole, despite a closing four-bagger, and Ferraro needed only to spare and seven-count in the 10th to win. The Showboat PBA Doubles Classic marked the second of three Showboat Hotel-sponsored national PBA tournaments in 1988 and brought down the curtain on this year's three-city Spring Tour. CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND Pos. Name, City/State Total Amount 1 Joe Berardi, Brooklyn, N.Y. Dave Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y 214 (1 game) $28,000 2 Pete Weber, Florissant, Mo. Brian Voss, Tacoma, Wash. 420 (2 games) 15,000 3 Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela Walter Ray Williams Jr., Stockton, Calif. 664 (3 games) 10,000 4 Marshall Holman, Medford, Ore. Mark Roth, Spring Lake Heights, N.J. 183 (1 game) 8,000 5 Dave Soutar, Leawood, Kan. Larry Laub, Tucson, Ariz. 221 (1 game) 7,000 PLAYOFF RESULTS - Monacelli and Williams defeated Soutar and Laub, 265-221; Monacelli and Williams defeated Holman and Roth, 205-183; Weber and Voss defeated Monacelli and Williams, 210-194; and in the championship game, Berardi and Ferraro defeated Weber and Voss, 214-210.