Darryl Bower (pictured left) of Middletown, Pa., a winner on the PBA Tour who is trying for his first PBA50 Tour title, averaged 248.7 to take the first round qualifying lead in the PBA50 Dayton Classic presented by Roto Grip at Capri Lanes.

Bower, in his third season bowling on the PBA50 Tour, led with a 1,983 eight-game pinfall total with games of 278, 235, 205, 246, 257, 238, 256 and 268.

"I've bowled well so far this season and I'm improving each time," said Bower. "I cashed in the first tournament and then finished in the top 24 in the Miller High Life Classic last week so things are going in the right direction."

Bower's PBA Tour win came in the 1985 True Value Open in Indianapolis. In his three seasons on the PBA50 Tour his best finish was fifth coming in last year's Dayton Classic at Capri Lanes.

"I match up well with this center so that's another thing I've got going for me," Bower added. "The goal will be to finish has high as I can in qualifying to be in good position for the match play rounds."

Bower holds a 13-pin lead over PBA Tour and PBA50 Tour champion Mike Edwards (left) of Tulsa, who finished the day in second with a 1,970 pinfall. Edwards owns one PBA Tour title and won the 2012 United States Bowling Congress Senior Masters in his PBA50 rookie season.

Rounding out the top five were PBA Hall of Famer Amleto Monacelli (above right) in third with 1,954, last week's PBA50 Miller High Life Classic winner Lennie Boresch Jr. (left) in fourth with 1,901, and PBA50 Pasco County Suncoast Open winner Bob Learn Jr. (right) in fifth with 1,856.

Defending champion Hall of Famer Johnny Petraglia finished the round in a tie for seventh with 1,848. Petraglia made PBA history at last year's Dayton Classic by becoming the first player to win a PBA Tour or PBA50 Tour tournament in six different decades.

The 99-player field returns Wednesday for another eight-game qualifying round beginning at 9 a.m. ET. The field will then be cut to the top 32 for match play rounds on Thursday with the four-player stepladder finals scheduled for 7 p.m.

 

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PBA50 Dayton Classic - First Round Qualifying

Players with position, hometown and 8-game total; a denotes amateur

1, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 1,983
2, Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla., 1,970
3, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 1,954
4, Lennie Boresch Jr., Kenosha, Wis., 1,901
5, Bob Learn Jr., Erie, Pa., 1,856
6, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,851
7, (tie) John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., and Rick Minier, Houston, Texas, 1,848
9, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Twp, Mich., 1,828
10, (tie) Christopher Keane, Cape Coral, Fla., and Bob Brady, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,827
12, Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1,826
13, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,824
14, Nick Morgan, Sacramento, Calif., 1,808
15, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,804
16, Jeff Schrum, Cherryville, N.C., 1,789
17, Bryan Goebel, Shawnee, Kan., 1,788
18, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 1,771
19, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,769
20, Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,767
21, Tim Pierce, Portland, Ore., 1,762
22, Don Sylvia, Lady Lake, Fla., 1,753
23, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,750
24, Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio, 1,748
25, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,742
26, Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,738
27, Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,736
28, Brian Cooper, Henderson, Nev., 1,733
29, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 1,732
30, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,723
31, Mike Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,721
32, Joe Salvemini, Las Vegas, Nev., 1,720
33, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,718
34, Randy Pedersen, Cleremont, Fla., 1,717
35, Marc Lineberry, Camanche, Iowa, 1,710
36, Dave Bernhardt, Romeo, Mich., 1,703
37, Mark Everette, Aliquippa, Pa., 1,685
38, (tie) Ernie Segura Jr., Taylor, Mich., and Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, 1,680
40, Michael Tryniski, Fulton, N.Y., 1,668
41, John Chapman, Canada, 1,667
42, Dick Gran, Hartville, Ohio, 1,664
43, Patric Donaghue, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., 1,662
44, Todd Kjell, Roscoe, Ill., 1,650
45, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,637
46, Les Ash, Washington Court House, Ohio, 1,633
47, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,629
48, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,624
49, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 1,618
50, Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio, 1,614
51, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,610
52, Tommy Kress, Rochester, N.Y., 1,601
53, Bruce VanMetre, Delphos, Ohio, 1,599
54, John DiSantis, Wilmington, Del., 1,595
55, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,594
56, Ed Cutter, Manassas Park, Va., 1,593
57, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,583
58, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 1,582
59, William Banks, Laurel Hill, N.C., 1,579
60, (tie) Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., and a-Peter Minaudo, Chesterfield, Mich., 1,576
62, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,572
63, a-Timothy Hartley, Englewood, Ohio, 1,569
64, Mike Hastings, Millsboro, Del., 1,555
65, William Keenan, Jr., Orlando, Fla., 1,554
66, Emilio Mora Sr., Defiance, Ohio, 1,542
67, Tim Hagar, Celina, Ohio, 1,541
68, Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,538
69, (tie) Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., and Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,534
71, (tie) Stephen Pavlinko, Sewell, N.J., and Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill., 1,533
73, Tom Kennedy, Shepherdsville, Ky., 1,528
74, Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio, 1,527
75, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,523
76, (tie) Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J., and
Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,521
79, Randy Robertson, Evansville, Ind., 1,515
80, Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, 1,512
81, Dale Holgate, Silver Lake, Ohio, 1,502
82, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,501
83, James Blackstone, Dayton, Ohio, 1,491
84, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,488
85, Ted Staikoff, Black Hawk, S.D., 1,474
86, Dale Reh, Menasha, Wis., 1,468
87, Rich Ashe, Conneaut Lake, Pa., 1,465
88, a-Dave Rossi, Morgantown, W. Va., 1,464
89, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 1,459
90, Brendan Bierch, Grafton, Mass., 1,451
91, Gary Simon, Bridgeport, W. Va., 1,438
92, Dave Dunphy, Canada, 1,436
93, a-Tom Gulman, Portland, Ore., 1,392
94, a-JamiLynn Fox, Toledo, Ohio, 1,384
95, James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn, 1,381
96, Walter Sova, South Daytona, Fla., 1,371
97, Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill., 1,321
98, Steve Easterday, Strasburg, Ohio, 1,304
99, Doug Thompson, Aberdeen, S.D., 1,290