Evening star., 1935-06-29
WHITE, HAAS TILT
FOR TITLE TODAY
Texas, |. S. U. Boys Defeat
Former Champs to Reach
Congressional Final.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.


l9-year-old Freddie Haas of
a New Orleans, a pair of boys
with high flying ambitions to go
places in golf. met today over the 36-
hole finaf route at Congressional
Country Club for the national inter-
collegiate links championship.
Victorious in Semi-flnak over a
brace of former champions, these lads
representing the Southwest and the
deep South. promised to put on
round of blistering golf that might
eclipse anything ever witnessed in
previous intercollegiate finals.
White OF the University of Texas
avenged last years 5-and-3 defeat by
Charlie Yates of Georgia Tech with a
sizzling 4-and-3 win over the 1894
champion on the thirty-third green
Yesterday when a 2O-foot putt to win
the hole stopped on the very rim of
the cup.
Haas. representing Louisiana State
University outlasted a struggling 1922
title winner, Johnny Fischer OF Mich
igan. TO win by and g. Fischer lit
orally three -putted himself out of the
tournament.
Never achieving the touch of the
Congressional greens. Fischer had
seven three putt greens in the SO holes
of the semi-f1nal match against Haas.
Such putting will never win any golf
tournament. At the same time it is
Questionable whether he could have
done anything against the smooth
stroking OF the Louisiana boy who
went out in the semi-final with an
injunction from Senator Huey Long to
do his stuff and win.
The cold statistics on the two final
lists are this:
White. who grew up in the tough
school Of Texas that has produced
such players as Gus Moreland and
Spec Goldman. played the last 66
holes up to the start of the final round
today in exactly par. He played 80
holes Of his quarter final match
against G. A. Menard of Penn State
In one over par
He burned up the Congressional
course for SO holes against Yates by
playing 80 holes in one better than
par setting pace which Yates at his
best probably could not have matched.
notwithstanding the telegra phed in
junction from Bob Jones, in a sick
bed at Atlanta, that Charlie was sure
to win.
Haas was four over par for the 80
holes OF his semi final match against
Fischer. piece of scoring that would
have left him five down to White had
they been playing against each other
But Haas never was in serious danger
from Fischer The Michigan golfer
completely lost his touch on the greens
leaving Haas little to do but wait for
the mistakes which Fischer made so
copiouslv.
Haas is picture golfer, the perfect
swinger with lazy style which bellies
the distance he hits the ball. He is
the best short clipper and pitcher in
this or any other tournament and in
those shots really lies the power of
his game. Time after time he lays 40
yard pitches and short chips up
against the stick so close no one could
blow the putt.
White is the finest iron PLAYER we
have seen in many a dav of watching
champions and ex-champions at short
range, rugged, tearing battler who
bangs EN- up against the stick in or
out of the rough, and a lad whose in
testinal fortitude is remarkable.
Time after time against Yates he
knocked in those soul-searing puts
from 10 feet down to feet. That's
what beat Charlie. White Is the
birdie-maker par excellence He
grabbed no fewer than seven birdNs
and an eagle against Yates. On the
sixteenth OF the morning round White
knocked in 12-footer for e bird. and
Charlie missed one for half from
half the distance.
On the eighteenth White rolled in
7-footer after Charlie had knocked
down 20footer both for brides.
White started on the birdie parade in
the afternoon. grabbing one at the
nineteenth, another at the twenty
third and still another at the twenty
sixth. He gave Charlie a fit by grab
bing one at the long thirteenth hole.
the thirty-first Of the match. His only
s OF the final parade came on the
twenty-ninth. where he missed the
green with his second.
This White boy is a cool golfer.
Nothing rattles him and nothing dis
turbs his fighting poise. He has the
icy demeanor OF the perfect athlete.
Not even the dilatory tactics of young
Haas will disturb him today. He sits
down on the green while his oppo-
nent fools around. seeming as noncha-
liant as the most blase gslleryite.
White should win the championship
today.