Zadroga Wins 1973 New Castle Spring Fling

Al Zadroga, 1972 Pennsylvania State Champion, picked up where he left off last year as he went undefeated to win the annual Spring Fling Tournament at New Castle, Pa on June 9-10. Clyde Martz made a strong bid to upset Zadroga, but Al tossed 20 straight doubles with the pressure on and won 50-25. Frank Kilinsky outclassed his opponents in Class B and was undefeated. Pete Vlachos was red-hot in the playoff with Ed Blum pitching 73% to win class C-1. In Class C-2, Bob McKnight won two exciting playoff games to break a four-way tie. Scott Davidson finished on top of Class D in a very evenly matched group. In Class E, chuck Forney was undefeated to win that class.

Class A

Al Zadroga	7	0	79.5
Clyde Martz	6	1	80.7
Ansil Copeland	4	3	72.5
Buck Engle	7	4	77.7
Clair Bruce	2	5	69.8
Jim Solomon	2	5	66.5
Rich Maroni	2	5	64.8
Jim Knisley	2	5	63.3

Class B

Frank Kilinsky	7	0	66.9
Jack Rainbow	6	1	64.8
Frank Williams	5	2	63.9
Malvin Burkett	4	3	59.5
Chuck Semans	3	4	62.7
Carl Elder	2	5	53.0
Vince Sedlacek	1	6	43.0
Ken Smith	1	6	38.7

Class C-1

Pete Vlachos	4	1	61.5
Ed Blum	4	1	55.8
Paul Cline	3	2	59.1
Jack Swyers	2	3	45.1
Lou Demiston	1	4	47.5
Dick Whiteman	1	4	45.4

Class C-2

Bob McKnight	5	2	50.6
Russ Wade	5	2	50.9
Cyril Enders	5	2	51.2
Opal Corbett	5	2	54.5
Harold Tuttle	4	3	43.3
Ray Henry	2	5	47.2
Clyde Falk	2	5	45.4
Chuck Roball	0	7	37.6

Class D

Scott Davidson	6	1	39.1
Bill Book	5	2	38.8
Joe Mancini	4	3	39.8
Frank Giampa	3	4	36.4
John Wilson	3	4	33.9
John Schoullis	3	4	33.7
Francis Benedict	2	5	35.3
Barry Crist	2	5	28.4

Class E

Chuck Forney	5	0	35.5
Tom Wilkens	4	1	28.3
Mike Churley	3	2	32.9
Matvy Benedict	2	3	16.2
Dave Charron	1	4	15.1
Wayne Starr	0	5	10.4