Open Tournament Champions — Singles

OPEN CHAMPIONS – SINGLES

YR	A/H	NAME	CITY	SCORE
1910		Mel Knox	Indianapolis	658
1911		Walter Wheeler	Indianapolis	659
1912		A. Hass	Fort Wayne	668
1913		F. C. Richards	South Bend	627
1914		J. Turner	Gary	700
1915		F. Farnan	Fort Wayne	638 (tie)
1915		J. Casmir	South Bend	638 (tie)
1916		M. McAllen	Indianapolis	657
1917		F. Farnan	Fort Wayne	676
1918		Ed Kraft	Fort Wayne	668
1919		W. English	Indianapolis	647
1920		C. Hebbel	Indianapolis	659
1921		B. Campbell	Terre Haute	654
1922		E. Hackard	Indianapolis	691
1923		Ed Meyer	Indianapolis	655
1924		L. G. Cobler	Indianapolis	757
1925		J. D. Blue	Indianapolis	679
1926		R. Thomas	Richmond	695
1927		C. Morton	Fort Wayne	731
1928		C. Meyer	Hammond	714
1929		F. Snyder	Indianapolis	691
1930		C. Cade	Terre haute	699
1931		F. Farnan	Fort Wayne	708
1932		W. Sargent	Indianapolis	702
1933		J. Vettner	South Bend	734
1934		H. Schneidermann	Peru	698
1935		H. Staggs	Anderson	689
1936		G. Stone	Fort Wayne	687
1937		C. Creagan	Frankfort	713
1938		E. Kraft	Fort Wayne	676
1939		R. Sharum	Indianapolis	743
1940		J. Fulton	Indianapolis	745
1941		Ed Kraft	Fort Wayne	708
1942		A. Nowak	Gary	696
1943		J. Torzewski	South Bend	716
1944		D. Sellers	Kokomo	711
1946		C. Hindel	Indianapolis	698
1947		John Iwan	Gary	730
1948		N. Niezgodski	South bend	707
1949		W. Faught	Mishawaka	721
1950		Pete Cloud	New Castle	714
1951		J. Cook	Lafayette	708
1952		Leo Ahearn	Indianapolis	697
1953		Joe Harris	Hammond	759
1954		William Sardi	South Bend	730
1955		Jack Barhan	Hammond	678
1956		Henry Stumph	Indianapolis	724
1957		Curt Schmidt	Fort Wayne	685
1958		John Branam	Indianapolis	696
1959		Robert Crull	Tipton	736
1960		(Act) Joe Gasparovic	Hammond	727
1960		(Hcp) Joe Gasparovic	Hammond	748
1961		(Act) Joe Swope	Marion	715
1961		(Hcp) Jay Hobaugh	Lafayette	767
1962		(Act) Charles Eaton	South Bend	692
1962		(Hcp) Charles Eaton	South Bend	723
1963		(Act) Harold Miller	Indianapolis	718
1963		(Hcp) Robert Peterson	Crown Point	757
1964		(Act) Ollie Hurtt	Lafayette	718
1964		(Hcp) David Cole	Hammond	743
1965		(Act) Harry McClothlin	Lafayette	683
1965		(Hcp) Harry McClothlin	Lafayette	728
1966		(Act) Ron Bergstrom	South Holland	716
1966		(Hcp) Lee Inman	Portland	749
1967		(Act) Milton Anderson	South Bend	700
1967		(Hcp) Ken Odom	Oakland City	758
1968		(Act) Joe Kasch	Logansport	706
1968		(Hcp) Paul Johnson	Elkhart	736
1969		(Act) Norman Jackman	Shelbyville	707
1969		(Hcp) Norman Jackman	Shelbyville	749
1970		(Act) Pete Tountas	Dyer	742
1970		(Hcp) Paul Witham	Fort Wayne	779
1971		(Act) Jerry Brinkman	Indianapolis	686
1971		(Hcp) James Ferguson	Fort Wayne	742
1972		(Act) Steve Fishburn	Seymour	698
1972		(Hcp) Gene Williamson	Elkhart	750
1973		(Act) Bud Brehob	Indianapolis	733 (tie)
1973		(Act) Jack Kostopoulus	Hammond	733 (tie)
1973		(Hcp) Bud Brehob	Indianapolis	733
1974		(Act) Joe Trombetta	Hammond	726
1974		(Hcp) Joe Trombetta	Hammond	726
1975		(Act) Donald Hutchison	Marion	723
1975		(Hcp) Charles Paulin	Tell City	756
1976		(Act) Harold Mercer	Columbus	725
1976		(Hcp) Bill Blodgett	Indianapolis	755
1977		(Act) Bob Griffith	Indianapolis	728
1977		(Hcp) Tom Joseph	Indianapolis	761
1978		(Act) Joe Trombetta	Hammond	786
1978		(Hcp) Joe Trombetta	Hammond	813
1979		(Act) Frank Lehman	Fort Wayne	704
1979		(Hcp) Charles Teeters	Princeton	773
1980		(Act) Rick Trakelly	Highland	746
1980		(Hcp) Harry Bowman	North Vernon	775
1981		(Act) Gene Lukocs	Griffith	714
1981		(Hcp) Gene Lukocs	Griffith	772
1982		(Act) Stonnie Sullivan	Indianapolis	701
1982		(Hcp) Stonnie Sullivan	Indianapolis	737
1983		(Act) Derb Przybylski	South bend	754
1983		(Hcp) Carl Vance	Salem	776
1984		(Act) Gary Clements	Muncie	725
1984		(Hcp) Mel Bolling	Holland	755
1985		(Act) Maynard Lewis	Columbus	743
1985		(Hcp) Edward Basic	La Porte	752
1986		(Act) Jeff Dreyfus	Fort Wayne	748
1986		(Hcp) Dean Richardson	Williamsport	752
1987		(Act) Jimmy Cook	Anderson	793
1987		(Hcp) Jimmy Cook	Anderson	793
1988		(Act) Mike Carnody	Elwood	759
1988		(Hcp) Brad Spencer	Chesterton	820
1989		(Act) Jerry Krupa	Richmond	791
1989		(Hcp) Ron Lanzer	New Castle	851
1990		(Act) Jan Kravcheno	Chesterton	797
1990		(Hcp) Shannon Bauer	Fowler	831
1991		(Act) Bill Johnson	Wayne County
1991		(Hcp) Jack Pettit	Crown Point	785
1992		(Act) Gene Bedwell	Terre Haute	737
1992		(Hcp) Jeff Woolens	Wabash	795
1993		(Act) Dan Doss	Fort Wayne	768
1993		(Hcp) Dan Doss	Fort Wayne	816
1994		(Act) Harold Light, Jr.	Fort Wayne	748
1994		(Hcp) Bob Hinch	Crown Point	781
1995		(Act) Norman Orelup	Gr. Calumet	802
1995		(Hcp) Billy Hand	Fort Wayne	838
1996		(Act) Steve Waldman	Fort Wayne	734
1996		(Hcp) Richard Hedge	Princeton	802
1997		(Act) Mark Sullivan	Indianapolis	768
1997		(Hcp) Thom Terry	Greencastle	769
1998		(Act) Don Kane	Indianapolis	789
1998		(Hcp) Joe Addington	Washington	835
1999		(Act) Fritz Schlemmer	La Grange	758
1999		(Hcp) Claude Nelson	Wabash	829
2000		(Act) Roger Hyde	Fort Wayne	789
2000		(Hcp) Douglas E Nagel	Anderson	873
2001		(Act) Mike Wimberly	Mishawaka	774 (tie)
2001		(Act) Scott Shimer	Fort Wayne	774 (tie)
2001		(Hcp) Bob Laudig	Shelby County	816
2002		(Act) David Birdwell	Fort Wayne	802
2002		(Hcp) Kile Brier	Attica	903
2003		(Act) Jeff Cox	Terre Haute	768
2003		(Hcp) George Russell	Lafayette	826
2004		(Act) Rich Love	South Bend	778
2004		(Hcp) Monty Ankrom	Rushville	844
2005		(Act) Steven Souder	Fort Wayne	773
2005		(Hcp) Richard Brames	Vincennes	795
2006		(Act) Andy Dole	Lafayette	764
2006		(Hcp) Kenneth Darnell	Grtr Calumet	821 (tie)
2006		(Hcp) Michael White	Indianapolis	821 (tie)
2007		(Act) William Storey	Indianapolis	825
2007		(Hcp) Mark Andrews	Bloomington	875
2008		(Act) Daren Ott	Fort Wayne	809
2008		(Hcp) Scott Shimer	Kokomo	837
2009		(Act) Donald Rettig	Northwest Indiana	835
2009		(Hcp) Vern Bryant	Marion	914
2010		(Act) Randy J Cisco	Ft Wayne USBC BA	759
2010		(Hcp) Titus Hanna	Benton Co USBC	779
2011		(Act) Louis R Franzetti	Indy USBC	801
2011		(Hcp) Kyle Geurtsen	Vincennes USBC BA	889
2012		(Act) David M Hurtt	Lafayette USBC	787
2012		(Hcp) Samuel C Guerra	Batesville USBC	819
2013		(Act) William D Hoegeman	Batesville USBC	808
2013		(Hcp) Jimmy L Widener	Batesville USBC	843
2014		(Act) Kelly W Countryman	Scottsburg USBC	805
2014		(Hcp) Robert H Meyer	Benton Co USBC	857
2015		(Act) Eugene Mccune	St John	814
2015		(Hcp) Brandon P Rehmert	Union City, OH	836
2016		(Act) Toby J Lawson	Seymour	773
2016		(Hcp) Ronald P Rehmert	Union City, OH	801
2017		(Act) Ronald T Russell	Greensburg	809
2017		(Hcp) Brandon T Easton	Bloomington	844
2018		(Act) Craig A Day	Greenwood	767 (tie)
2018		(Act) Norman P Mccann	Fort Wayne	767 (tie)
2018		(Hcp) Norman P Mccann	Fort Wayne	815
2019		(Act) Michael M Cook	North Vernon	810
2019		(Hcp) Troy D Lechner	Montgomery	832
		Tournament Cancelled after Governmental Mandates (Coronavirus-19) Bowled 2/8 – 3/9/2020
2020		(Act) Jake S Hayes	Valparaiso	765
2020		(Hcp) Kirby E Griffin	Fairland	778
2021		(Act) Dustin A. Bargo	Anderson	798
2021		(Hcp) James J. Parker	Lake Village	846
2022		(Act) Kim G Buell	Indianapolis	795
2022		(Hcp) Stan E Minnich	Berne	820
2023		(Act) Bob Kammer (248-289-255=792)	Griffith	792
2023		(Hcp) Bob Kammer	Griffith	835
2024		(Act) Vincze, Phillip J	Elkhart	813
2024		(Hcp) Jeff Circle (782 + 83 pins hcp)	Indianapolis	865

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