
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 6, 1994                   TAG: 9401060127
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
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WILLIAMS CHOSEN TOP PROFESSIONAL BOWLER

Walter Ray Williams Jr., who put together the best season in 15 years on the pro bowling tour, was a near-unanimous pick as the Professional Bowlers Association Player of the Year for 1993.

Williams, whose seven titles in 1993 were the most in one year since Mark Roth's PBA-record eight in 1978, collected 95 percent of the first-place votes cast by the PBA membership. Williams set records for scoring average (222.98), 300 games in one tournament (4) and consecutive 200 games (61). He tied a record with seven 300 games last season.

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