Former Professional Bowlers Association Tour player Joe Salvemini (pictured left) of Las Vegas, and third-year Senior Tour player Sammy Ventura (right) of Syracuse, N.Y., finished with a 2,850 12-game pinfall total to tie for the second round lead in the Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open Tuesday at the Suncoast Bowling Center.

Salvemini, the winner of three PBA Tour titles during a 20-year career from 1983 to 2003, had a 1,385 six-game pinfall with games of 245, 194, 211, 278, 246 and 211 in Tuesday's second round to move into the lead improving on a fourth-place finish after Monday's first round.

"When I was on, I was on but there were a few frames where I had trouble making the right adjustments and I had a little trouble with spares," Salvemini said. "Overall, I haven't felt this good in years so I'm looking forward to the next couple of rounds and hopefully I'll be there for match play on Thursday.

"I'm a pretty emotional guy so I'm going to have to keep my emotions in check as we move forward," Salvemini added. "I have a good look now I just need to stay focused."

Adopting a less-is-more philosophy is paying dividends for Ventura. Once a bowler who relied heavily on a big hook, he is now learning that throwing the ball straighter is the key to better success on the Senior Tour.

Ventura had a 1,366 pinfall in the second round with games of 278, 213, 202, 239, 176 and 258.

"I made some radical changes to how I have my equipment drilled which is allowing me to get a cleaner release with not as much hook," said Ventura, whose best Senior Tour finish was 10th in last season's Senior Mark Roth Allentown Open.

"I can still throw the big hook if I need to but learning to throw the ball straighter with a cleaner release allows the ball to read the lane better so that I can make better decisions on making adjustments."

Salvemini and Ventura hold a 12-pin lead over Peter Knopp (left) of Germany, who leaped from 32nd to third place behind a 1483 series Monday. Knopp had games of 247, 214, 268, 268, 238 and 248 for 2,838 total or an average of 236.50 for 12 games.

He was followed by three-time Tour and two-time Senior Tour winner Charlie Tapp of Kalamazoo, Mich., in fourth with 2,835, and PBA Hall of Famer and four-time Senior Player of the Year Tom Baker (right) of King, N.C., in fifth with 2,824.

With the completion of the second round, the intensity ratchets up a level heading into Wednesday's third qualifying round as players scramble to be among the top 55 who will advance to Thursday morning's fourth round.

The top 24 players after Thursday's qualifying round will advance to round-robin match play to be conducted Thursday and Friday to determine the top four for the stepladder finals scheduled for Friday at 3:30 p.m. PT.

Bowling fans can check out coverage of the Senior U.S. Open on pba.com's Xtra Frame.

 

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Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open presented by Suncoast - Second Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 12-game total. a indicates amateur.

1, (tie) Joe Salvemini, Las Vegas, and Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 2,850
3, Peter Knopp, Germany, 2,838
4, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 2,835
5, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 2,824
6, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 2,808
7, Mike Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 2,788
8, Marv Sargent, Temecula, Calif., 2,784
9, Bo Goergen, Sanford, Mich., 2,782
10, a-Ed Roberts, Braintree, Mass., 2,781
11, Rick Francis, Galt, Calif., 2,760
12, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 2,759
13, Brian Voss, Alpharetta, Ga., 2,748
14, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 2,747
15, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2,743
16, a-Dick Baker, Henderson, Nev., 2,740
17, (tie) Eric Forkel, Las Vegas, and Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 2,738
19, a-Barry Zimmerman, Grand Forks, N.D., 2,729
20, a-Ron Hosler, Denver, Colo., 2,720
21, (tie) Ricky Beck, Box Elder, S.D., and Ron Winger, Las Vegas, 2,711
23, Robert Brown, Cody, Wyo., 2,708
24, (tie) Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., and a-Terry Leong, Las Vegas, 2,702
26, Sal Bongiorno, Hollywood, Fla., 2,697
27, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,692
28, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 2,689
29, Rohn Morton, Vancouver, Wash., 2,687
30, a-Rudy Moreno, Reno, Nev., 2,685
31, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 2,683
32, a-Henry Dawson, Elma, Wash., 2,678
33, a-Crister Danielsson, Sweden, 2,674
34, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 2,673
35, (tie) Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., and Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 2,671
37, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 2,669
38, (tie) Randy Shewmake, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Steve Davis, Manteca, Calif., 2,666
40, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 2,660
41, (tie) Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., and Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 2,658
43, Vince Mazzanti Jr., Levittown, Pa., 2,655
44, (tie) Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, Gary Skidmore, Albuquerque, N.M., and Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 2,651
47, a-Dan Roberts, Brentwood, Calif., 2,648
48, Fred Cole, Visalia, Calif., 2,647
49, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 2,646
50, a-Cliff Connors, Tempe, Ariz., 2,645
51, Kevin Fatherree, Northridge, Calif., 2,644
52, Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 2,643
53, (tie) David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., Don Moser, Murrieta, Calif., and William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,641
56, (tie) Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla., and Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp., Mich., 2,638
58, (tie) a- Bob Markiewicz, San Diego, and Gregory Waldon, Manhattan, Mont., 2,633
60, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 2,631
61, Frank Gallo Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., 2,629
62, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 2,627
63, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 2,624
64, a-Marc McDowell, Madison, Wis. 2,623
65, Rick Minier, Cypress, Texas, 2,622
66, a-Michael Clemence, Las Vegas, 2,621
67, Kevin Foley, Reno, Nev., 2,619
68, (tie) Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., and Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 2,617
70, (tie) Paul McCordic, Sugar Land, Texas, and Noel Vazquez, Sacramento, Calif., 2,613
72, Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 2,612
73, (tie) C.K. Moore, Redding, Calif., and Mike Raleigh, Clyde, Mich., 2,610
75, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 2,607
76, a-Darwin Wimer, Mesquite, Nev., 2,606
77, Bruce Hall, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 2,604
78, (tie) a- D.A. Wright, Palm Desert, Calif., and Bill Nichols, Roseville, Calif., 2,603
80, Don Sylvia, Reno, Nev., 2,596
81, (tie) Gary Livingston, Papillion, Neb., and Les Shirwindt, Las Vegas, 2,594
83, a-Pete Thomas, Oklahoma City, Okla., 2,592
84, Barry Gurney, West Hills, Calif., 2,591
85, Koichiro Tamaki, Japan, 2,590
86, a- Howard Loosbroock, Henderson, Nev., 2,586
87, a-Masato Hanamoto, Japan, 2,584
88, Garry Blanton, Owensboro, Ky., 2,577
89, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 2,576
90, a-Jeff Suma, Auburn Hills, Mich., 2,573
91, Lee Rucker, Fort Myers, Fla., 2,572
92, (tie) a- Harry Mickelson, Yakima, Wash., and Tony Rodriguez Jr., Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 2,568
94, Jerry Sikora, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 2,559
95, Bill Stempke, Moorpark, Calif., 2,556
96, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 2,549
97, Ron Dixon, Boynton Beach, Fla., 2,548
98, (tie) Mal Helmuth, Elk Grove, Calif., and Craig Kisro, Granada Hills, Calif., 2,539
100, Doug Kempt, Monrovia, Calif., 2,538
101, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2,537
102, Joel Carlson, Omaha, Neb., 2,535
103, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 2,533
104, Rodney Garrick, San Francisco, 2,530
105, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 2,525
106, a-Dan Ahlquist, Sweden, 2,519
107, Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, 2,516
108, a-Ed Jablonski, Las Vegas, 2,510
109, Junichi Yajima, Japan, 2,505
110, a-Jim Moran, Las Vegas, 2,502
111, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 2,499
112, Arturo Hernandez, Venezuela, 2,495
113, a-Mike Locorriere, Las Vegas, 2,493
114, George Patel, England, 2,488
115, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 2,487
116, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 2,485
117, a-Michael Lucente, Warren, Mich., 2,476
118, (tie)) Edward Silva, Manteca, Calif., and a-Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif, 2,473
120, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 2,472
121, Scott Lindsey, Omaha, Neb., 2,470
122, a-Paul Appling, Camarillo, Calif., 2,468
123, (tie) Brian Cooper, Visalia, Calif., and Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 2,467
125, a-Gerald Calvin, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2,464
126, a-Gary Coultas, Huntington Beach, Calif., 2,460
127, Darrell Adams, Flintstone, Ga., 2,454
128, Ross Larsen, Riverside, Calif., 2,452
129, a-Dave Washburn, Las Vegas, 2,451
130, a-Steve Corsaro, Tracy, Calif., 2,448
131, Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, 2,447
132, (tie) Tony Majcher, Rolling Meadows, Ill., and Marc Clyburn, Pittsburg, Calif., 2,444
134, (tie) a-David Thomas, Las Vegas, Tom Ream, Tampa, Fla., and Don Lane, San Francisco, 2,441
137, Randy Peterson, Carrington, N.D., 2,440
138, a-Frank DeFilippo, Las Vegas, 2,438
139, (tie) a-Wayne Manwill, Boise, Idaho, and Fred Kouri, Castle Rock, Colo., 2,434
141, (tie) a- Robert Priess, Las Vegas, Nev., and Rich Wilkinson, Bennington, Neb., 2,431
143, Steven Withrow, Puyallup, Wash., 2,430
144, Don Hicks, West Babylon, N.Y., 2,426
145, a-Al Bella, Antioch, Calif., 2,423
146, (tie) Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., a-Jace Peterson, Elkhorn, Wis., and Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 2,421
149, (tie) a- David Graber, Las Vegas, and Stan Winters, Simi Valley, Calif., 2,419
151, Steve Lennard, Palmdale, Calif., 2,416
152, (tie) Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., and Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii, 2,412
154, Chuck Schuette, Davenport, Iowa, 2,411
155, a-John Reed, Pueblo, Colo., 2,407
156, a-Max Shellabarger, Layton, Utah, 2,403
157, a-Gary Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., 2,399
158, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 2,396
159, Robert Sturdevant Jr., Long Beach, Wash., 2,394
160, a-Dan Winter, Rockford, Ill., 2,389
161, (tie) a-Dale Rider, Las Vegas, and a-Darrel Curtis, Las Vegas, 2,386
163, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 2,379
164, a-Randy Jackman, Hammond, Ind., 2,378
165, a-Donald Kilgore, Las Vegas, 2,374
166, Mark Scime, Winter Garden, Fla., 2,372
167, (tie) a-Mike Schmid, St. Paul, Minn., and a-Jim Stevens, Eagan, Minn., 2,371
169, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 2,370
170, Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md., 2,359
171, Jim Gordin, Modesto, Calif., 2,351
172, (tie) Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., and Howard Partell, Las Vegas, 2,350
174, a-Leif Sjoberg, Sweden, 2,345
175, a-Mike Castleton, San Diego, 2,344
176, Ed Bordenka, Las Vegas, 2,341
177, Lucien Casagrande, Canada, 2,337
178, Bob Amoruso, Glenview, Ill., 2,335
179, Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., 2,334
180, Gary Simon, Philippi, W. Va., 2,332
181, Jorge Gutierrez, Las Cruces, N.M., 2,324
182, Norb Wetzel, Fond du Lac, Wis., 2,320
183, a-Kiyoshi Nakarai, Japan, 2,318
184, Van Fenner, Reno, Nev., 2,316
185, Randy Niehaus, Rockford, Ill., 2,315
186, a-Murray Hickman Sr., Las Vegas, 2,310
187, Dave Schultz, Jackson, Wis., 2,306
188, a-Butch Hrouda, Dickinson, N.D., 2,300
189, Dennis Bremer, Stoughton, Wis., 2,296
190, (tie) Lauri Karppala Jr., Folsom, Calif., and Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 2,295
192, Marvin Nezvensky Jr., Pueblo, Colo., 2,294
193, a-Thomas Smith, San Bernardino, Calif., 2,292
194, (tie) Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., and a-Dewaine West, Temecula, Calif., 2,287
196, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 2,286
197, (tie) John Thullen, Whiteland, Ind., and a-Douglas Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 2,281
199, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 2,277
200, Gerry Chinn, Castaic, Calif., 2,269
201, Ken Waltman, Tokeland, Wash., 2,256
202, a-Kenneth Daily, San Leanardo, Calif., 2,246
203, Rickey Smith, Milton, Fla., 2,243
204, D.A. Carbone, Broomfield, Colo., 2,242
205, a-Mark Fenton, Aurora, Colo., 2,226
206, Jerry Watkins, Bloomfield, N.M., 2,224
207, Larry Grandt, Lake Bluff, Ill., 2,215
208, a-Trent Zabelle, Beaverton, Ore., 2,214
209, a-Jim Cote, Spokane, Wash., 2,204
210, Larry Jordan, Lebanon, Ore., 2,185
211, a-Lamonte Lovering, San Mateo, Calif., 2,178
212, Don Michaelsen, Plant City, Fla., 2,169
213, Herbye Mitchell, Granbury, Texas, 2,164
214, Dave Gualeni, Roswell, N.M., 2,159
215, a-Larry O'Neill, Alexandria, Va., 2,148
216, a-James Snyder, Fair Oaks, Calif., 1,527 (WD)
217, Randee Fry, Scottsbluff, Neb., 2,090
218, Ray Shuel, Canada, 2,016
219, a-Ted Clampitt, Denton, Texas, 1,923
220, James Gregware Jr, Rensselaer, N.Y., 1,914
221, Tom Greco, West Palm Beach, Fla., (WD)