INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hall of Famer Pete Weber beat Australian two-hander Jason Belmonte 226-183 in their final match Friday night to take the top qualifying position Sunday in the PBA Tournament of Champions stepladder finals at Woodland Bowl.
The 50-year-old Weber, from St. Ann, Mo., is trying match the late Earl Anthony’s record for majors victories with 10 and complete the PBA’s Triple Crown an unprecedented second time.
Weber, fourth on the career PBA Tour victory list with 36, averaged 236.71 and won 15 of his 24 matches to finish with a 48-game total of 11,812 pins, topping Belmonte by 46 pins for first place.
Belmonte, who won his sixth career title and first major title in the U.S. Bowling Congress Masters in February, had a 14-9-1 match-play record and 11,766 pinfall total.
