Evening star., 1932-07-03
a)-FOOT PUTT, TWO
BRIDES TELL TALE
Michigan Soph Makes Great
Finish After Loser Goes
Ahead at 29th Hole.
BY DILLON L. GRAHAM,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


r. Firing brides on the last
two holes, Johnny Fischer,
Michigan'S iron nerved
sophomore ace, today defeated
Billy Howell of Washington and
Lee, 2 and l, to win the national
intercollegiate golf championship
here.
The 20-year-old titleholder, whose
victory brought Michigan and the Mid
west its first championship and broke
the three-year jinX that has caused
Western challengers to falter in final
rounds was forced to offer a squirting
final gesture to repulse the Southerner,
who fought an uphill battle almost all
the way.
In his victory the South still had
claim to the championship, however,
since Fischer lives at Fort Thomas,
KY. and was 1880 Kentucky amateur
champion. He also was high amateur
in the 1881 Western open and second
high amateur in this years national
open.
HOWELL, down after the second
L L hole, trailed Fischer through the
morning round and until the
twenty-ninth Of the afternoon round.
A temporary putting lapse enabled
Fischer to gain two early holes, but
from there on Howell made few mis-
takes, never allowed Fischer to go more
than up and finally gained the upper
hand on the twenty-ninth. Fischer,
after placing his second into the rough
and chipping over the edge of the
thirty-second green, holed 30foot
putt for half and it was this which
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mond boy had placed his second feet
from the pin and missed try for a
birdie
Howell, unnerved by Fischer's long
putt, poked his drive on the thirty
third into a trap and Fischer became
square with a par 3. Again on the
thirty-fourth Howell sent his second
into the rough under trees, caught a
trap on the third and lost to Fischer's
birdie 4. Fischer's second on the thirty
fifth was just short of the green, but
Howell failed to grasp his opportunity
Of going for the pin, topping his iron
and rolling up behind Fischer. The
wolverine star Clipped close and took
his I and the match as Howell missed
a 6-footer for a half that would have
allowed him to keep the match on fire.
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L cold croSs-wind sweeping over the
narrow Cascades course, causing
the galleries to pull on overcoats. A
drizzling rain for few holes in the
afternoon also somewhat troubled the
players.
liabilities to sink short puts on the
first few holes left Howell / down at
1unch despite a fine rally on the back
side, whether he squared the match on
the sixteenth and dropped the eight
eenth after missing a short carpet
shot. Howell missed a 6-foot putt to
lose his second and dropped the third
as hts approach again was short and
Fischer left him styrnied. A trapped
second shot cost Fischer the seventh,
but he went up again on the ninth
as Howell's second went into the rough.
The Richmond boy placed his ap-
proach shot feet from the pin for
a birdie on the tenth, but lost the
eleventh as his drive found trap.
Firing par as on the thirteenth and
fourteenth, Howell squared the match
as Fischer 3 p1tted the thirteenth
and hooked his second into the rough
on the next hole.
LOWELL was unable to take advan-
i i tage OF his sudden squirt. how
ever, as his tee shot on the III
teenth landed far to the right Of the
green, but he again came alongside the
Wolverine golfer on the sixteenth as
Fischer's drive was in creek, his third
In the rough and his fourth short.
Only fine and daring approach which
sat down feet from the pin allowed
Howell a birdie four and half after
he sent his drive and second into the
hilly rough on the seventeenth. Both
made fine recoveries to within 8 feet
OF the cup on the eighteenth. but
Howell missed and was down again.
Starting poorly on the second round,
Howell hooked his drive on the nine
teenth into the rough and lost to
FiScher's par 4, but gained a hole
back as he laid the Westerner a Sty-
Tnie on the twentieth. Howell squared
the match on the twenty-second with
a par as Fischer's drive was trapped
and the next six holes they halved in
par figures The Virginian went up
on the twenty-ninth as Fischer again
sliced his tee shot into q trap, but
after halving the next two Fischer
sank the long putt on the thirty-second
to break Howell's chance Of going
up won the thirty-third with a par
and rified two brides off his clubs to
win the last two holes.