Claim: Jean Balukas never won any prizes although she won numerous titles and won the tournament at a convention hall in Asbury Park.
Evidence: The second place win was bittersweet for Balukas, because based on the award of prize money for placing at Superstars ($13,100), she lost amateur standing and was thereafter banned from competing in high school sports, also becoming no longer eligible for a college athletic scholarship. There she again outplayed Walker (then of Ithaca, New York), with a score of 100–57, and earned a $1,001 prize.