The Montreal Star from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 20

yB'vevv nryrrvnmpny --J 4" rn rryvrTTVO1 nnrrnrrv mnrrvwyn 30 THE MONTREAL STAR MONDAY AUGUST 1 lM Cramps Mar Tennis Final Belkin Ends Reign Verdun Cricket Leaders I've never even had before" Bedard explained after the match you can't take anything awy from Belkin 1 played the best tennis I could and it wasn't good Bedard had six set points in the opening set and at -one point held a 6-3 margin over Belkin But on each occasion the Montreal born Florida- By PAT IIICKEY Bob BMard'i reign as (lie kingpin of Canadian tennis appeared over yesterday The 34-year-old veteran conceded defeat and provided only token opposition in the final set of his final match with Mike ficlkin in the Quebec Open championships Belkin defeated the defending champion 7-S 6-0 3-6 64 Sue Butt a Victoria BC native who now plays out of Chicago annexed the women's title with a 74 34 6-4 win over Maria Guzman of Ecuador Later she teamed with Misj Guzman to win the doubles and Joined Lester Sack of Ciarks-dale Miss to take the mixed doubles final Alien Fox of Lob Angeles and John Powless of Madison Wls won the men's doubles with a four-set final win over Alan Stone of Australia and Texan A1 Hill Bedard started strongly but tlie toil of the three-and-a-half hour final began to show in the final set when cramps completely immobilized him picked up three cramps concentration is not very good and when the guy called the shot out bothered me I thought I'd be able to come back so I ifidn't try as hard as I could I figured that I could wear him down I Just wanted a little rest to get my concentration It was all Belkin after the rest break He passed Bedard at will and displayed a remarkably strong net game for a baseline oriented player In the final set he hit winner after winner as Bedard merely watchd the bail fly past him was disappointed when he quit at the said Belkin time I win a match I don't get any credit for it People always say won but It really bugs educated player fought Bedard ilvag off and salvaged the point In the third set Belkin quit momentarily when he was disturbed by a poor call from a linesman Thp Verdun-Montreal club strengthened their hold on first place in the Division of the Montreal Cricket League by virtue of a six wicket triumph over Wanderers while their closest challengers West Indians were being held to a draw by Crusaders Wanderers started well against Verdun but after Khan was out at 26 wickets they fell steadily Scutt was top scorer with 19 as the side was all out for 71 with Lewis claiming three for 20 and de Souza bagging four for 10 In reply Verdun hit 44 runs for the first wicket before Scutt captured four wickets in rapid succession Then Shillingford and de Souza dug in lo carry their score past the total M'MMABT A DWMtea Vrdtur-Hontnal It for I dfftattd Wanrr Tl Battlril-WandW Scutt II KIM 14 a Hindi 11 Belkin developed his tennis in but he Miami Beach but he has now VM-C Uwl IS I Sou IS Martyr IS Shllllnifnr It Waiid-W Scutt 4 lor IS Sous 4 tor IS A Lrwi for SO 0 Brlaban I for I Wut Indian 14 drtw wllb Cnu-adfra 111 Mo multi returned to Canada as a permanent resident He and Bldard are both slated to play In Vancouver beginning tomorrow and then Belkin will return to Montreal or Toronto and start Job hunting Miss Butt who plays only weekend tennis because of a busy study schedule at the University of Chicago dis- Elayed the intelligence which required of PhD candidates in disposing of Miss Guzman Her heavily-sliced returns threw the hard-hitting South American girl off her game Miss Guzman always appeared to have the situation in control but Sue came up with the big points She allowed Miss Guzman to win her service in the final set until the score reached 4-4 and then she broke it with a magnificent forcing shot for the match been playing very well this year" Miss Butt said lost to only one Canadian Wnrt Indian 16 for dowwd St Lawrraoa Waatmcunt 11 Battttfr-W Me 14 Hurls IB llOW 14 rrly 1T Hoppln IS 0 lhaw St A Hyland 4T Moddtr 11 A Haora 1 for a Wharton I for 14 SILW A Stanford 4 for SS Vordm-Monlrotl UT for declared defeated at Vincent Hate 40 Battles Pochlnc IN Laeett SO Cox 10 Jena 11 Harry 10 Carr 4 for 11 Cox 1 for A Wtedy 1 for II Knlfhti I for Cruaadera SO for dr fraud TCA TO Barton IT A Barton 14 runnrll 11 BnSolmnn 2d de Byhrn 14 SHOWING OFF BEST FORM: Mike Belkin a Montrealer who gained world tennis recognition by playing out of Miami Beach displays his serve during singles play in Quebec Open tourney Belkin beat out veteran Bob Bedard in five-set final A Barton 1 for 14 DouxUu 1 for It Cnu Branford 4 for II Oran I for 10 Horde 1 far ll US Wins Curtis Cup (H3gfD(SGCTl3 C3 illMCMf Pm SERVICE and PARTS ON ALL MAKES lutr Photo bp Adrian Luonp DOMINATED THE LADIES: Susan Butt of Victoria receives trophy from Carlos Manchero consulate general of Ecuador after she won women's singles title yesterday over Maria Guzman also of Ecuador in Quebec Open tennis championships (Faye Urban) and I hope to play her this week in Vancouver After that I want to play Forest Hills and then I'll have to go back and catch up on some In semi-finals Belkin eliminated Fox in four sets and Bedard blasted Keith Carpenter 6-1 6-1 6-1 Miss Guzman upset second seeded Andree Martin of Montreal 7-5 64 and Miss Butt won in straight sets over Denise Hunnius Miss Hunnius and Miss Map tin lost out in the doubles final while the losing finalists in the mixed event were Miss Martin and Yvon Leblanc WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER won two of the three Saturday morning Scotch foursomes But in the afternoon the British women finally found the answer to the woods and waters of the Cascades' dosing holes and made a fight of 1L The Americans however won three of the six singles the victories belonging to Mrs Boddie Miss Preuss and Mrs Flenniken and halved two: while losing wily one The clinchifig half-point came when Anne Quart Welts claimed a half in the No 2 singles with Mrs I Robertson who had rallied from three down by cap-1 hiring the 15th the 16th and 18th holes HOT SPRINGS Va Aug 1 United States Curtis Cup team weathered a gathering British storm Saturday and won the International Women's golfing trophy for a fourth straight time by a final score of 134 Continued fine play by Bar bare Fay Boddie Phyllis (Tish) Preuss and Carol Sorenson Flenniken who had a hand in nine of the points scored in the two-day matches helped the Americans coast to victory after they entered Saturday play with a 7-2 advantage It became 94 after the US Miss Tanner Jerome Favored To Win Empire Games Honor 04 Monday to Friday from 8 aBi until 5:30 pm Claiad Saturday ACHINf ROAD Senators Extend Hodges 9 Contract She Ulontreal Star Poce was enthusiastic about Puce in the discus after the British Empire Games trials in Edmonton in July Puce threw more than 200 feet several times in Poce said before the Edmonton trials he threw 197 feet 10 inches in California but it wasn't allowed because there was an insufficient number of 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