Chris Barnes won the Japan Cup 2003 international bowling championships Sunday at Tokyo Port Bowl and found that fate was finally in his corner.

Barnes, Dallas, earned his fifth career Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour title by defeating third-year pro Tommy Jones, Greenville, S.C., in the final, 210-179. He pocketed $40,000 for the effort.

"I bowled better last year in the TV match," said Barnes, who also led the round-robin portion of the 2002 event only to be upset by Robert Smith in the TV final, 224-222. "But, this year I was more fortunate."

Barnes met the No. 6 qualifier Jones in the final. Jones defeated four opponents en route to the championship and became just the second player to reach the final match from the bottom spot.

But, Jones suffered from three 2-10 splits (4th, 6th and 10th frames) while Barnes repeatedly caught good breaks.

"I definitely had all the good carry breaks," he said about tumbling the 7-pin on a number of shots. "But, Tommy paid full price for his mistakes. If he tumbles the 2-pin a couple of times, it's a much closer match."

Barnes was victim to only one open frame, the 3-10 split in the 5th frame. He threw six strikes total and had the only three-bagger in the match (2nd-4th frames). Jones rolled five strikes and converted two spares (1st and 9th frames).

Barnes again qualified as the top seed for this year's TV final, leading the 32-game round-robin match play rounds by a mere 76 pins - as compared to more than 400 in 2002.

No player has ever emerged with the title coming from the No. 6 hole. Brian Voss was the closest. He lost to top-seeded Pete Weber in 1993.

Jones began the day by knocking off defending champion Robert Smith, 235-187. Smith, Thousand Oaks, Calif., earned $4,500 in sixth place. In the second match, Jones beat Ryan Shafer, 266-214. Shafer, Elmira, N.Y., garnered $5,000 in fifth. Voss, Atlanta, settled with $6,500 after losing the third match to Jones, 193-192. In the semfinal, Jones toppled Norm Duke, 227-208. Duke, Clermont, Fla., wound up with $10,000 in second. Jones collected $20,000.

Walter Ray Williams Jr. won his second Dream Bowl title Monday night at Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel Bowling Center, becoming the first to win the tournament more than once.

Williams, Ocala, Fla., defeated 11-time Japan Professional Bowling Association champion Yasuyuki Sadamatsu in the final match, 445-421, to earn the $25,000 top prize. The title was not an official PBA Tour win, as Dream Bowl 2003 was only an exhibition tournament this season for PBA Tour members.

Byeong-Yeol Moon, a member of the Korea Professional Bowling Association, earned the final spot in this week's Japan Cup as the highest finishing professional not already qualified. He will join the JPBA/International team in the Nakano Cup competition.

Williams summarily dispatched several of his fellow PBA league mates early in match play. He dusted defending champion Hugh Miller in the Round of 64, 494-452, followed by Brian Voss, 513-504, and Patrick Allen, 432-396. He then beat Moon in the Round of 8, 481-429. His first Dream Bowl victory came in 2000.

In the televised semifinals, Williams beat 20-year-old Team Japan member Koichi Kawada, 425-407. The semifinals and final will be televised in Japan on the Sky-A network.

Parker Bohn III earned the No. 1 seed heading into match play after the second round of qualifying Sunday in Dream Bowl 2003 at Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel.

Bohn, Jackson, N.J., led a charge of 16 PBA pros that made the cut to match play. The 40-year-old scored a 300 in the eighth game, the sixth perfect game of the tournament. Bohn advances to face the JPBA's Kojima Toshifumi in the Round of 64. He led the 18-game qualifier with 4,338 total pins, good for a 241 average.

Patrick Allen, a first time PBA representative in Japan, qualified second with 4,163, 10 pins less per game than Bohn. Allen, Tarrytown, N.Y., will take on JPBA veteran Harada Akio in the Round of 64.

Defending champion Hugh Miller, Seattle, qualified 15th (3,984). Miller will bowl 2003 PBA Player of the Year and Dream Bowl 2000 champion Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla.

Parker Bohn III got back to the form Saturday he's enjoyed for so many years in Japan. He led the first round of qualifying in Dream Bowl 2003 at Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel Bowling Center.

Bohn, Jackson, N.J., averaged 241 for the nine-game block and posted a tournament-leading 2,172 pinfall total. The PBA Hall of Famer's day was highlighted with a 299 score in the first game.

Bohn has been the most successful PBA player in Japanese tournaments. He has won the Japan Cup a record four times (1992, '98, '99, 2000) and finished tied for third in this tournament last year. He lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Hugh Miller.

The 40-year-old bowled games of 299, 289, 235, 238, 228, 228, 222, 167 and 266. He bowled the only official "800" series of the round, with an 823 score in the first three games.

Fellow PBA Hall of Famer Brian Voss sits in second, 13 pins behind the leader. Voss, Atlanta, bowled a consistent round, with only one game below 200 (258, 219, 259, 189, 203. Chris Barnes, Dallas, is third (2,087) while first-time Japan visitor Patrick Allen claimed the fourth spot (2,080). Subaru Nagano was the JPBA's highest finisher of the day with 2,070.

The defending champion Miller fared well with 2,047. He is currently eighth. Pete Hellestrom, who has qualified for next week's Japan Cup as the Les Lions European amateur champion, is the high amateur with 2,026.

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