The Montreal Star from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 40

uL ft VI iL JU i tfk SfWi 40 THE MONTREAL STAR TUESDAY JUNE Z51S6S Deadly putting touch holds as Charles grabs Canadian key Open Troubles set in early for Larks was low round for the final day Sam Snead Canadian Open champion in 1938-4041 shared third at 279 along with H- Sikes Tom Weiskopf and Tommy Aaron The 56-year-old Snead finished with 68s in hia last two rounds a third round 66 Moe Norman with 289 and Ken Girard 290 Defending champion Billy Casper was even par 69-71-69-71-280 a spot he shared with Jade Montgomery 75-61-69 65 65 windup be couldn't buy a putt He wound up with a 75-69-64-73281 one stroke over par as did A1 Balding with 71-70-7368 The only other Ca-nadians to finish in the money were Wayne Vollmer with 288 after By CHARLIE BOIRE Star Sttlt Kapatttr TORONTO June 25 Another Canadian Open Golf Championship is In the record book and another new name has been inscribed on the Seagram Gold Cup This time tr former bank dork who turned professional eight years ago is the champion He is slim 31-year-old Bob Charles from Christchurch NZ who is a natural righthander but plays golf left-handed because it He won at St Sunday with a spectacular display of putting for a six-under-par 274 for the 72 holes Going into the final round llrplayers were bunched within a two-stroke spread but Charles beat back all their charges at the title especially those of Jack Nick-la us and Bruce Crampton Nlcklaus finished two strokes back with 27S and Crampton was in at 277 Charles who had rounds of 70-63-70-66 in the $125000 tour-J nament won $25000 Nick- laus making his fifth bid to the only national title that has escaped him had rounds of 73-68-6667 and Crampton finished 71-68-7246 hopes for a victory that looked so good after third round when Seorge Knudson equalled the St competitive record with a six under 64 will have to wait another year Knudson winner of two major US tournaments this rear and making his 11th bid for the Canadian Open mastered the course Saturday with an uncanny putting performance but in the Sunday )nly partial lefty cut because the Als have an over abundance of flankers in camp which include Mike Martin a former Toronto Argonaut Peter Paquette Mike Gray Alonzo Grimes John McKillop who was obtained in the trade for Gerry Sternberg and Greth Murphy twisted Ms knee In the turf and Greth suffered an ankle injury while running pass patterns A medical report on both players was expected later today Pajaczkowski an all-star from 1961 to 1964 with Calgary of the Western Conference said he hated the idea of retiring but that he didn't want to hang around thought I had a few years left and maybe I still da looking into the possibility of another operation but never been cut by any team and I want to be Paj joined the Ala in 1966 in a trade for speedy Terry Evanshen The husky guard-tackle waa named top Canadian pro footballer in 1961 The Als plagued by almost constant rainfall since camp opened called off workout because of bad weather The- other cuts the Als made Included the dropping of halfback Dick Adipotti of Youngstown State College a rookie were fullback nd guard Billy Mountain graduates of Oakville Hack Nights of the Ontario Rugby Football Union The Americans cut from the veterans camp were defensive halfback John Reed of Rockford College quarterback Ken Gorney of Adams State College tight end Dick Bullard of Southern University and halfbacks Florence Chandler Neil See-ward and Mel BecMna from Arizona State College South Carolina State College and Tulsa University respectively Argonauts sign seven players TORONTO June 21 -Toronto Argonauts of foe Eastern Football Conference announced yesterday the signing of seven more players three Canadians and four new imports The football Alouettes opened training camp during the holiday weekend and their problems started almost right then and there The Als have been using a stretch of land behind Habitat at foe Man and His World site and foe treacherous footing caused injuries to end Roger Murphy and flanker Jim Greth Linebacker Ian MacDonald also suffered a shoulder separation and is out for six weeks Another development saw Tony Pajaczkowski a 13-year veteran of Canadian football announce Ms retirement because of a chronic knee injury On top of that veterans A1 Ecuyer and Mike Webster have refused to report to camp until they have been signed and 12 more first-stringers been signed yet although they have reported A dozen players have already been chopped from foe Als roster bringing foe number of players in camp down to 59 Among those cut was Mike Gibbons a 26-yearold flanker who played three seasons for the Als Gibbons a graduate of Montreal junior football was Open scores 020800 W-M-TO-M-ST4 115000 rr io ns n-w-n-OB-m 45150 TO-72-0T-7O-47O Euso Euo Euo oo-ti-oo-to-ot Eon oon-oo-n-Mo non iPn-tus-tn Eon Tc-OB-tt-n-mi 02 on T1-TO-T2-04-4H 12 on Ml gm T4-W-TMT- on noo-n-r-12 on 42000 402 02000 71-00-08-73 2S2 $2000 14-14 00 40-202 41500 71-70-71-70 23 41100 71-00-74-70 23 01400 203 41000 70-70 00 -202 41500 03 01 On 24 41097 204 01 On H4 41 on 14 01091 404 41037 ion 415 4700 00-71 -T0-T4-4M 4700 475 T2-0a-T5-n-4M 70 T1-71-71-T 0700 73-07-72-7' 1700 74-00-00-7' 4790 7510-00-71 0828 71-00-74-73 207 425 75-72-00-71-27 4824 TT-40-T2-TO-MT 4471 471 7171-71-70 400 4471 770-74-0 401 4470 TS-W-70-75 201 4290 (MOffl Al Balding Bob Bmith Brue Devlin DtVIoYnio Charlee Blfford Archer Bobby Nlebola Mu MdcLendon Otn Llttlvr Ron Ctmido MeCalliiUr Lunn BUY Spray Harold Hanning lava Raid Dlek Lota Al Oelbergar Don Blea Lou Oral! am John Lota Jack Ewing JukMoOowaa Marti Bert Gretna ne Volli Wayne Vollmer RIveelT Marty DotwSai Charlw Coody RodPunwth Allan I Dave I PhllT Moe 1 Kkhalberfar Jullua Borofl Jim Perrier Bob Dick inn Al Beeeellnk Ken Olrnrd Orville Moody 75-70-71-75-71-72-T2-74-72-T1 200 0 102 102 73-74-70-75 290 181 Charles who said he expect 'to win but tried to play the best 1 said foe turning point was at the 446 yard 14fo hole when he and Nicklaus were tied at five under par Nicklaus three putted from the fringe of the green for a bogey and Charles curled in a 12-footer for a par and remained five under Nicklaus carded pars foe rest of the way while Charles finished in spectacular fashion birdieing foe 15th to go six under bog-eying the 16th to drop back to five under then finished par birdie with a tremendous seven iron shot on the 18th that left Mm 10 inches from the pin kind of wrapped it said Charles I was trying for a par and a playoff 1 was about 150 yards from foe flag and I figured a Mg eight or a smooth seven would make it asked my caddy Terry Jones what he thought and Terry said a seven so I took foe seven and you know the Charles who won the 1963 British Open plans to play in the Cleveland Open then go to England for foe British Open and return to foe United States for foe PGA His victory boosted his earnings this year to $5279541 and it was Ms best showing on the tour The Canadian Open was Charles 15th tournament this year and Ms previous best showings were a tie for sixth in foe Citrus Open and a tie for seventh at Jacksonville and the US Open Charles in his tremendous title windup (me putted nine greens and two putted the remainder for a total of 27 putts In his four rounds the New Zealander Mt 53 greens end had a total of 119 putts Nicklaus was disappointed at not winning but was satisfied with Ms playing played pretty well I hit a few bad shots but you always have these in a round Those three putts on foe 14th were some of them My putter got stuck In the grass and I left it short just played better and he beat me He make any serious mistakes Every putt he hit looked like it was going Nicklaus who said his 68-68-67 finish just as good as I can has been run-nerup twice He missed by a stroke to Gene Littler at Mississauga and by two strokes to Charles He was fifth in 1962 at Laval tied for fourth at 'Pinegrove in 1964 and do well at all at Vancouver in One of foe most popular players with the news media Nicklaus wound up his press conference with a you all next NEW OPEN CHAMP: Bob Charles of New Zealand struck a blow for left handed golfers when he won the Canadian Open golf championship Sunday at SL Golf Club Charles shown here with Seagram Gold Cup pocketed $25000 never 6 tutored9 CP Win photo pushed his tee shot into the right rough Knuds hole-ln-one Saturday was the only one of the tournament The IBM computer revealed eight eagles with six cm the 517-yard 11th and two on the 540-yard ninth Ken Still who shared the first round lead dropped one on the 11th in the first round and another on the ninth in the third round There were 917 birdies in the four rounds with the 11th and ninth holes proving foe easiest A total of 141 were scored on foe 517-yard 11th and 110 on the 590yard ninth Get a great tel round was his best showing in the Canadian Open He had 29 putts and played a superb game picked a lot of right clubs" he said Robert DeVl-cenzo was the victim of a loud mouth on the first tee at Sunday After DeVicenzo was introduced to the crowd he addressed the ball and was just about to start his swing when the loud mouth hollered forget to referring to mis cue that cost him a tie in the Masters DeVicenzo moved away from the ball but was visibly shaken and Tony Pajaczkowski Zebchuck registers golf win HULL June 25 Pete Zebchuck of Ottawa Hunt Golf Club took top honors in the Class A section of the amateur tournament Sunday at the Gatineau Golf Club Zebchuck carded an even par 72 win by a single stroke from three of Quebec's best amateur golfers Glen Seely of River-mead winner of the Alexander of Tunis tournament Don Davidson and the spectacular young golfer from LaSalle Bruce Weatherly Class and winners in the Saturday tournament were Gllles Gagnon of Terrebonne and Bowie of Gatineau with respective scores of 81 and 93 Net winners in foe section of foe three-day tournament were: Class A Gerry Dover of Gatineau (66) Class Ness of Gatineau (68) and Class Hince of Chaudiere (73) In the ladles section Friday Everleigh Ransom of Arnprior Golf Club won foe Class A honours with a 79 Mrs Mac-Kay of Chaudiere and MIm Davis of Cederhill were winners of foe Class and honours with semes of 95 and 97 respectively v- vJ Tnds cf tafe Sfteial la TSa Star TORONTO June 25 Bob Charles the Canadian Open champion has never taken a Efessional lesson He has playing golf since he was five and -Is lefthanded only in action requiring both lands Bob played cricket In Christchurch New Zealand and bowls right handed bats left-handed Hia advice to left handed golfers: "Stick to it only doing what comes He says the claim that goUE courses are designed for righthanded players and southpaws are at a disadvantage is a fallacy Charles leaned his golf from his parents who both played lefthanded but were natural righthanders in everything else father was a great golfer and was down to a two handicap My mother was an eight nandi- 6 foot Vk inch New Zealander has authored a golf book and naturally its title Is He says the sales are very limited and pointed out that less than one percent of the golfers In the world are southpaws we have hopes of increased he quipped Charles has Just acquired himself a duplex in Dallas Texas where he plans to tdeds make his home why Topless and take it along when you trade! Ford Pickups break sales records! And out to keep it up with great deals and big savings-now! he picked Dallas He pointed out that it was central and easy to move around Ifo lives time doors away from Aussie Bruce Crampton He has always been noted as a good putter and works out on the putting green only Jive to 10 minutes before a I am an arm putter and never use too much wrist Charles the least worried about playing the final round with Jack Nlcklaus played with Jack before and tell you I would rather play with Mm than behind he added He says he just accepts mg shots off the tee and! acy care of the booming tee shots Charles is not a talkative player during a round He likes to concentrate and outside of consulting his caddy he seldom has anything to say George Knudson disap-pointed at his final round plans to take a fiveweek layoff from the tour to complete physical fitness program with Lloyd FerdvaL He feels foe' program has really helped him He lifts weights among other exercises and now weighs 160 pounds compared to 140 previously 208 tie for the lead after third at Tilderi Yj 866-6651 work tough double as FORD TRUCKS K0KK5 I auto air conditioning Cools faster cools better costs less to operate Ford Pickups ride smooth a second car AT MONTREAL Thinking auto air best-engineered Why rent jnst ay old car vta yon can swing an Oldsmobile Cutlass Coorertible for less than yoi think at TUdenPootreal? 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