Part-time Professional Bowlers Association Senior Tour player Brian Miller (pictured) of Springfield, Ohio, averaged 230.2 for eight games to lead Sunday's first round qualifying in the PBA Senior Dayton Classic at Capri Lanes.

Miller, a 53-year-old accounting supervisor, bowled games of 180, 213, 225, 222, 267, 236, 289 and 210 for a 1,842 pinfall. He has a 23-pin lead over four-time Senior Tour and two-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour titlist Bob Chamberlain of The Villages, Fla., in second with a 1,819 pinfall.

"On my first shot of the first game I threw an 8-10 split which wasn't an encouraging start and I thought this is going to be a long day," Miller said. "But as the block went on and the conditions changed I had the ball reaction I needed and strung together some good games."

Miller's previous best finish in PBA competition was third in a regular regional and a senior regional tournament.

The 144-player field will bowl another eight-game qualifying round on Monday after which the field will be cut to the top 32 players who will advance to best-of-five match play beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m. Match play continues all day on Tuesday with the Round of 8 and championship rounds scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

 

PBA Senior Dayton Classic - First Round Results

Players with position, hometown and 8-game total

1, Brian Miller, Springfield, Ohio, 1,842
2, Bob Chamberlain, The Villages, Fla., 1,819
3, Sam Maccarone, Glassboro, N.J., 1,815
4, Jeff Zaffino, Warren, Pa., 1,814
5, Dale Traber, Cedarburg, Wis., 1,808
6, Chris Fedden, Albany, N.Y., 1,806
7, Dale Csuhta, Wadsworth, Ohio, 1,779
8, Brad Snell, Mount Prospect, Ill., 1,761
9, Mike Dias, Lafayette, Colo., 1,759
10, Kenny Parks, Hammond, Ind., 1,757
11, Bobby Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,754
12, Rodney Tramp, Porterville, Calif., 1,751
13, Steve Ferraro, Kingston, N.Y., 1,748
14, David Kneas, Annapolis, Md., 1,745
15, Ron Profitt, Brookville, Ohio, 1,744
16, Bobby Gross Jr., Springfield, Ohio, 1,738
17, Harv Pallas, Stevensville, Mich., 1,729
18, Kerry Fulford, Brownwood, Texas, 1,728
19, Hugh Miller, Seattle, 1,720
20, Vince Honeycutt, Buford, Ga., 1,718
21, Mike Swackhamer, Parkersburg, W.Va., 1,717
22, (TIE) Roger Kossert, Lithia, Fla
and Ron Mohr, Eagle River, Alaska, 1,715
24, (TIE) Wayne Webb, Columbus, Ohio
and Patric Donaghue, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., 1,714
26, Henry Gonzalez, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1,707
27, Michael Chrzanowski, Shepherd, Mich., 1,706
28, Gerry Keslar, Tonganoxie, Kan., 1,691
29, Henry Blough, Elizabethtown, Pa., 1,687
30, Mark Everette, Aliquippa, Pa., 1,685
31, Dave Sill, Titusville, Fla., 1,683
32, Brian Brazeau, Ocala, Fla., 1,679
33, Bill Spigner, Vernon Hills, Ill., 1,678
34, (TIE) Mike Hastings, Georgetown, Del. and
Don Blatchford, Santa Monica, Calif., 1,675
36, John Chapman, Brampton, Ont. Canada, 1,672
37, Harry Sullins, Chesterfield Township, Mich., 1,664
38, (TIE) Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa. and
Jim Knoblauch, Waukesha, Wis., 1,661
40, (TIE) John Bennett, Clarkston, Mich., Randy Rau, Belleville, Ill.,
and David Axon, Bellevue, Neb., 1,656
43, John Dudak, Orland Park, Ill., 1,652
44, Dale Eagle, Tavares, Fla., 1,649
45, Mitchell Jabczenski, Novi, Mich., 1,648
46, Dave Flemming, Fairborn, Ohio, 1,642
47, Keith Sharp, Orlando, Fla., 1,641
48, Timothy Kauble, Marion, Ohio, 1,640
49, Tom Howison, Chillicothe, Ohio, 1,638
50, (TIE) Chuck Gardner, Charlotte, N.C. and
Conn Casey, Ontario, 1,637
52, (TIE) Charlie Tapp, Kalamazoo, Mich. and
Sammy Ventura, Syracuse, N.Y., 1,636
54, Tom Carter, Rockford, Ill., 1,635
55, William Peters, Dayton, Ohio, 1,628
56, Paul Gerard, Cincinnati, 1,623
57, Ray Johnson, Battle Creek, Mich., 1,621
58, Dave Soutar, Bradenton, Fla., 1,619
59, Mark Williams, Beaumont, Texas, 1,616
60, (TIE) Bill Henson, Westerville, Ohio and
Tom Baker, King, N.C., 1,599
62, Dave Patchen, Oregon, Ohio, 1,598
63, Ken Waters, Kingsport, Tenn., 1,597
64, Frank Gallo Jr., Newport News, Va., 1,596
65, Ricky Woloszyn, Griffith, Ind., 1,595
66, Kerry Painter, Henderson, Nev., 1,590
67, Michael Truitt, Orland Park, Ill., 1,588
68, Will Friedrich, Green Bay, Wis., 1,586
69, Guppy Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 1,585
70, George Lord, Lakeland, Fla., 1,580
71, Kevin Croucher, Grants Pass, Ore., 1,579
72, Michael Llaneza, Columbus, Ohio, 1,578
73, Larry Popp, Marion, Ohio, 1,577
74, Bob Kelly, Dayton, Ohio, 1,576
75, Bill McCorkle, Westerville, Ohio, 1,572
76, Bob Andersen, Forest City, N.C., 1,571
77, Robert Harvey, Boise, Idaho, 1,567
78, Fred Ferreira, Kings Park, N.Y., 1,563
79, Dave Bernhardt, Shelby Twp., Mich., 1,560
80, Robert McDonald, Addison, Ill., 1,559
81, John Petraglia, Jackson, N.J., 1,558
82, Robert Callari, Bloomfield, N.Y., 1,556
83, (TIE) Harley Trumbull, New Boston, Mich., James Souder, Greeneville, Tenn.,
and Burdette Walker, Rockwood, Pa., 1,555
86, Andy Anderson, Falls Church, Va., 1,551
87, (TIE) Dannie Hettinger, Circleville, Ohio and
Richard Hunt, Valparaiso, Ind., 1,550
89, (TIE) Ross McDonald, Clarksville, Md. And
Dowell Milliken, Lake Grove, N.Y., 1,547
91, Karl Wolf, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1,544
92, Michael Henry, Brunswick, Ohio, 1,543
93, Bruce Pierce, Zanesville, Ohio, 1,537
94, (TIE) Dave Sherfey, Novi, Mich., Ron Glick, Morganville, N.J. and
Ken Hurst, Kettering, Ohio, 1,536
97, Patrick King, Yankton, S.D., 1,534
98, John Nelson, Lexington, Ky., 1,533
99, (TIE) Leo Scantamburlo, Riverview, Mich. and
Donald Breihan, Columbia, S.C., 1,532
101, Gary Hiday, Indianapolis, 1,530
102, Tom Howard, Rushville, Ind., 1,526
103, Rod Michael, Florissant, Mo., 1,518
104, Robert Holzbauer, Madison, Wis., 1,513
105, Roy Buckley, New Albany, Ohio, 1,510
106, (TIE) Allen Meskan, Addison, Ill. and
Paul Mielens, Menomonie, Wis., 1,505
108, Larry Williams, St. Augustine, Fla., 1,503
109, Richard Nardozza, Clearfield, Pa., 1,500
110, Gary Wolfe, Hilliard, Ohio, 1,498
111, (TIE) Nick Panicaro, Ocala, Fla. and
Bill Argenbright, Fisherville, Va., 1,489
113, (TIE) Curtis Aemisegger, Wauconda, Ill. and
Ray Randall, Dearborn, Mich., 1,487
115, Mark Jones, Amelia, Ohio, 1,484
116, Jimmy Johnson, Bellevue, Neb., 1,481
117, Jerry Lau, St. Peters, Mo., 1,480
118, Steve Easterday, Carrollton, Ohio, 1,475
119, (TIE) Gary Morgan, Marietta, Ga. And
Christopher Keane, New City, N.Y., 1,472
121, Charlie Juliano, Batavia, N.Y., 1,469
122, Russ Freeman, Antioch, Ill., 1,467
123, Doug Spicer, Canton, Mich., 1,455
124, Barry Mefford, Aurora, Ill., 1,453
125, Steve Bergan, O'Fallon, Ill., 1,450
126, Hubert Harrison, Middletown, Ind., 1,446
127, Lennie Wood, Philadelphia, Mo., 1,441
128, Matt Buxton, Jefferson City, Mo., 1,435
129, Daniel Miner, East Moline, Ill., 1,429
130, John Shreve Sr., Elyria, Ohio, 1,426
131, Larry Graybeal, Elizabethton, Tenn., 1,425
132, John McClure, Maumee, Ohio, 1,423
133, Steve Stein, Staten Island, N.Y., 1,422
134, Stan Eaton, Beavercreek, Ohio, 1,421
135, Keith Hennricks, Green Bay, Wis., 1,418
136, Louis Sturm, Canada, 1,413
137, Alan Brown, Fort Wayne, Ind, 1,404
138, Douglas Weese, Carson City, Mich., 1,392
139, Ron Garr, Ridgedale, Mo., 1,384
140, Steve Fulton, Lansing, Mich., 1,374
141, Gary Reh, Nesbit, Miss, 1,343
142, Gary Lambert, Orlando, Fla., 1,330
143, Fred Baldwin, Sturgis, Mich., 1,328
144, Leo Plaia, New Orleans, 1,324