Evening star., 1932-12-23
YOUNCSTER OF 20
HAS EVERY ASSET
Rated Equal of Jones When
Emperor Made His First
Big-Time Splash.
BY w. r. NIcCALLUM.

~ the entire group OF
youngsters who have made
" their first serious bid for
the national amateur golf
/ championship over the last two
years, one smooth-stroking kid
stands out in the opinion of most
| OF the critics as the lad most
llikely to win a flock OF champion
ships In the future. That boy is
the 20-year-old Johnny Fischer,
the Cincinnati youngster, who is
a junior at the University Of
Michigan. and holder of the ma
tional intercollegiate golf title
Tall and lsnky, seemingly lackadaisi-
cal IN appearance, difnident in manner.
8 terrific hitter from the tee and the
smoothest performer with the short
irons OF any of the competitors in the
championship at Baltimore last Sep
tember, Fischer created more comment
among the experts than any man in the
field Had Sandy Sommerville not won
the tournament-had 1t gone to an
American-there would have been more
words written about Fischer than any
one else in the tournament. for the the. men eI,
from the Middle West the beginning OF
a great player making his first import
ant start in the big championship
Fischer went to the third round after
winning the qualifying medal losing
only to Francis Ouimet, the defending
champion, and then only because he
missed a couple of short puts midway
in the journey Of that 36-hole third
round. At no time until the finish was
the match on ice. for the youngster
gave the seasoned and experienced
Ouimet the battle Of his life.
FISCHER made that lengthy course
/ at Five Farms look short with the
tremendous wallops he hit from the
tee. Even Jesse Guilford. the phleg
matte one from Boston. hit the ball no
And his smoothness with the mashie
and mashie niblick made a great golf
course look easy and his opponents for
the first two rounds look like ordinary
amateurs. Fischer Is great prospect
In our judgment he is the finest looking
young golfer who has come to the
championship in many, many years,
better than Seaver. Howell the Good
man Of three years ago, and certainly
as good as Jones when the Georgian
first broke into national prominence.
His only apparent fault is a little too
fast back-swing. The first part of
his swing (that part which takes the
club away from the balD is little
c q AZ n he
down and the balance Of his swing
flows like oil In hot weather. With the
tremendous leverage Of long arms and
a pair of big shoulders he can knock
golf ball as far as any one in the land
and he hits it straight. too. Around the
cup he is little unsteady, as kids are
apt to be. Some days they can hole EN-
all. and others they can't hole the lit
tie ones. Inability to knock in two or
three short ones cost him his mach with
Ouimet, for the youngster outmatched
green. That match was won feet
from the hole.
FISCHER Is more than 6 feet tall.
1 He plays golf with all the demeanor
of an undertaken. Serious business
for this youngster-this business Of
championship golf. He goes about it as
if his life depended upon it. And why
not? If Johnny Fischer never cracked
smile when a 40-footer rolled in. why
criticize him, as some folks did at Balti-
more? He was out there to win. if he
could, and it was serious business with
him. He became known as Poker
Face" because no matter what hap
pened, his set face never relaxed. He
was good enough to wade through a
fine field 70 win the intercollegiate,
beating Billy Howell in the final by a
big margin. He has won everything
there is to be won around Cincinnati
and has gone to the third round of the
amateur in his first venture in the
big-time.
The championship is to be played on
his home stamping ground next year, at
the Kenwood Country Club of Cincin-
natl. Watch this youngster go out there
next September. Charlie Mackall, for
mer Washington boy who now lives in
Cincinnati, says Fischer has 'em all
stopped. On what he showed at Balti-
more, 1t looks as If Johnny Fischer is a