1988 36th National 3-Move Tourney

Danville, VA  Sunday thru Saturday, 7/10th - 16th
July 10 (registration) through July 16 for Masters (July 15 for Majors and Minors) at the Howard Johnson Hotel, Danville, VA,

		MASTER DIVISION
Rank	Country	Name	Match Points	Honor Points
1		Paul Davis	24
2		Don Lafferty	22	148
3		Elbert Lowder	22	136
4		Richard Hallett	22	134
5		Dr. H. L. Cravens	22	128
6		Leo Levitt	20	146
7		Ed Bruch	20	134
8		Ed Markusic	20	132
9		Ron King	20	120
10		Harold Freyer	18	144
11		James Morrison	18	130
12		Hugh Burton	18	122
13		John Webster	18	118
14		Karl Albrecht	16	134
15		Earl Morrison	16	132
16		Eugene Zuber	16	116
17		LaVerne Dibble	16	112
17		Lloyd Mills	16	112
19		Everett Fuller	16	110
20		Gene Lindsay
21		Mike Barker
22		Earl Ingram
23		Don Norris
24		Malcolm Grimes
25		Tim Laverty
26		Ron Bailey
27		Earl Pitney
28		William Scott
29		Robert Armstrong
30		Asa Long

		MAJOR DIVISION
Rank	Country	Name	Match Points
1		Joe Schwartz
2		Les Balderson
3		Fernie Moffett
4		Robert Butler
5		Hillous Jones
6		Jewel Nelson
7		Howard Owen
8		Phil Schwartzberg
9		Bill Stewart
10		Vic Defenderfer
11		Mac Banks
12		Kelly Donoho
13		Ben Youmans
14		Ed Donelson
15		Tom Gabbard
16		L. Lipscomb
17		Lloyd Costello
18		Vince DeLong
19		Q. T. East
20		Earl Luffman
21		Don Brattin
22		Doug Hughson
23		Luther Stubblefield
24		Pat Berry
25		Sal Cicero
26		Jim Guthrie
27		Don Ready
28		Robert Shuffett
29		Dale Heath
30		C. Crabtree
31		Cecil Lowe
32		Stanley Mulliken
33		Ralph Agee
34		Ed Scheidt
35		Ray Stinnett

Leonard Hickman

		MINOR DIVISION
Rank	Country	Name	Match Points
1		Bill Levine
2		Junes Butler
3		Ray Collins
4		Marshall Stephenson
5		Lee Boozer
6		Ira Hinson
7		Horace Hayes
8		Richard Beckwith
9		Raleigh Johnson
10		Dale Bowen
11		Ray Scott
12		Harold Axford
13		H. Marshall
14		Glenn Smith
15		Harry Lewis
16		Waldo Barton
17		W. Holloway
18		Paul Lyons
19		J. C. Weatherby
20		Carl Marshall
21		Harry Sample
22		Lloyd Holder
23		Fred Church
24		R. G. Whitely
25		Dennis Cayton
26		Will Criner
27		Ray Brown
28		Camilo Francisco
29		W. Hicks
30		Don Bennett
31		Loren Collins
32		Robert Himrod
33		Joe McIver
34		Clint Pickard
35		Jack Richardson
36		Ken Shultz
37		W. H. Hudson
38		Frank Walls
39		W. E. Williams
40		William Meacham
41		Wade Holder
42		Bill Wallace
43		Larry Atwood
44		William Lukens
45		J. Smith
46		Doyle Saucier
47		Ben Jones
48		John Gibson
49		Bernard Ross
50		Gayle Helterbrand
51		Robert Johnson
52		Steve Holliday
53		Floyd Wilson
54		Wilbur Payne
55		W. H. Amos
56		Willie Belt
57		Leonard Hickman
58		Cecil Stowe

Highlights of the National Tournament "Darkhorse" Paul M. Davis, Rose Hill, VA., won the 36th U.S. National Open held July 11-16 in Danville, VA.  His 24 match points topped the field of 30 Master Division players and won him a First Prize of  $1,967 and the right to challenge for the World Championship.  Paul's previous highest finish in a National 3-Move Tourney was 9th place, although he had won  a GAYP National in 1979.  It is fitting that a Virginian should win the first US National 3-Move Tourney held in Virginia.

Next, bunched at 22 match points and in the 2-3-4-5 positions by Honor Points were Don Lafferty, Elbert Lowder, Richard Hallett, and H. L. Cravens.  Each received $1,156 (cents are dropped in this report).  The next four with 20 match points were Leo Levitt, Ed Bruch, Ed Markusic, and Ron King ($445); at 18 match points were (alphabetically) Hugh Burton, Harold Frayer, Jim Morrison, and John Webster ($180 each); the final major prize winners with 16 match points in 14th through 20th places were K. Albrecht, L. Dibble, E. Fuller, G. Lindsay, L. Mills, E. Morrison, and G. Zuber ($81 each).

Joe Schwartz, Poughkeepsie, NY., won the Majors ($840), and Les Balderson, Richmond, VA, was runner-up ($685).  Bill Levine, Brooklyn, NY, won the Minors ($560), with Junes Butler, Memphis, TN, and Ray Collins, Oakland, CA, sharing 2nd and 3rd ($440 each).  Richardd Beckwith, 18, Decatur, IL, repeated as National Junior Champion with a very fine showing of 22 match points in the Minors tied with 7 others for 4th through 11th.  He received a fine trophy donated by Mike Nance of California.  Camilo Francisco, 14, had a very creditable 16 points.  There were 125 entrants - 30 Masters, 37 Majors, and 58 Minors. 

The first day of the tournament was marred when Grand Master Asa Long, Toledo, OH, had a minor tumble in a shopping mall and broke a bone in his foot.  He was hospitalized and had to withdraw from the tourney.  Asa is recovering and now resting comfortable at home. Copied from August 1988 ACFB #214, page 1.

US National Champions  | 88 Nat Prize Money