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With a 'chip and a chair,' Anthony Simonsen wins 2024 PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic, slowing Bill O'Neill's Player of the Year march

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Sunday, February 18, 2024 3:00 pm
With a 'chip and a chair,' Anthony Simonsen wins 2024 PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic, slowing Bill O'Neill's Player of the Year march
Pete Weber, left, with champion Anthony Simonsen, right, after Sunday's stepladder finals of the 2024 PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic. Photo by PBA.
After he had clinched the 2024 PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic, Anthony Simonsen’s body mic caught him saying, “Chip and a chair. That’s all we need, right?” On Friday night, going into the 36th and final game before the top five advanced to the stepladder finals, Simonsen was in seventh, 32 pins behind Tom Daugherty and 39 behind Jakob Butturff. But the 2-handed shotmaking wizard fired a 277 to jump past both of them and grab the No. 5 seed for Sunday’s show on...