Evening star., 1936-09-20
B|RD|ESLAST TRIO
FOR 37-H0LE WIN
Young Homebred Sinks Long
Puts to Beat Mclean,
Invading Scotsman.
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dumped in by the new champion on
the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh
greens of this historic course this
afternoon
Neither putt would have gone by the
cup inches had it missed. Both
barely dropped into the can, so fine
was the putting touch of the new
champion as he came down the stretch
to win.
Hampered by Lame Ankle.
Handicapped by a sprained left
ankle, received on the thirty-second
hole of his semi-fina match against
Goodman in the hurricane of Friday
afternoon. Fischer nmped through the
final match. gritting his teeth with
each STEP and fighting to keep going
as his taped aokle swelled.
For the third nine of the day after
he turned two down at the luncheon
interval to brace of finishing brides
from the smoking clubs of the clean
hitting Scotsman, Fischer resembled
third-flight golfer in an invitation
tournament.
He three-putted three greens. made
q couple of terrible chip shots and
actually shanked a short pitch from
behind the seventh green, getting a
half when Mclean went charitable
and three-putted, missing a two
footer.
But when the checks finally were
down, facing the stretch run, John
Fischer looked the part of the true
champion he is.
One of the most courageous stands
OF this or any other golf tournament
found the lanky lad from Kentucky,
inept as an IS shooter on the third
nine. suddenly turn around and be-
come a great shot maker in the
pinches.
It doesn't come to every man to
hole consecutive puts Of IL and 25
feet with a national title depending
on the roll Of the ball.
Mclean "Winner' at 27th.
Mclean had the match laid away
facing the final nine of the long day.
He had played the first round in rs
to Fischer's 80, found John short with
his chip shots, and generally inept
around the green's. The immaculate,
smooth hitting Scot wound up the
round with two birds for a 2 up lead.
Fischer won the twenty-f1rst hole
when Mclean pushed a tee shot out
Of bounds. only to bounce it back to
Mclean by taking three from the
edge of the twenty-second green. John
got down 25-footer for half on the
twenty-third and got away with halves
on the twenty-fourth and twenty fifth,
despite q hooked tee shot at the
twenty fourth and shanked pitch at
the twenty fifth.
Right there Mclean turned Philan-
thropist. He looked careless as he
blew a 2-footer on the seventh green,
the twenty-fifth of the match. But
Fischer handed him the twenty-sixth
by three-putting, they halved the
twenty-seventh in par As, and Nc
Lean again three-putted to give
Fischer q half on the twenty-eighth.
missing q 4-footer on the slippery
skating rinks that pass for greens at
Garden City.
As they went to the twenty ninth
Mclean still was in that philan-
thropic mood, for after a fine iron
shot to the green at this 4l8-yard
hole he missed a 4-footer for half
in when Fischer Clipped up stone
dead.
That left Johnny down and 5000
people, sensing q possible turn in the
match, trouped through heavy rough
and across bunkers to watch the
thirtieth. They halved in par IS. But
again Mclean, apparently little jit-
terry with the strain, putted poorly the
thirty-first to give Fischer another
win when John missed his birdie try
from feet.
Fischer Misses Squaring Putt.
THEY halved the thirty-second in
- par Is, with Mclean making one
OF the great shots Of great match
from q pot bunker at the right. One
down with four to 60, Fischer caused
q lot of gallery groans when he chip !
ped feet past from the edge Of the
thirty-third green and missed the putt
that would have squared the match.
But John Fischer is q lucky gent.
Any champion has to be. Trying
boldly for a 30-footer at the thirty
fourth he slipped four feet past and
missed the putt for the 4. But he
laid Mclean a dead stymie after Nc
Leans ball had rushed past the cup
and lay only 10 inches away.
It was one Of those breaks that
decide golf matches. Argue as you
will that the stymie is a stroke Of
skill, as the thing turned out. 1t cost
Mclean the match. He boldly tried
to Jump the ball dead in his path to
the hole, but he jumped over the |
cup and got down q 3-footer for q
half.
They played the thirty-fif like
champions. This 48S-yarder Is one
of the tougher stretches at Garden
City. Out of bounds at the right, .
bewildering array Of bunkers leads
down Q narrow fairway to green
rolling and double terrace. From the |
right edge of that green John Fischer
whose chips shots had been leaving
him 5 and 6 feet away, nearly Knocked
the nag out of the cup with q chip
that stopped inches away. Nc
Lean replied from the left edge OF
the green with one just as good. They |
halved the hole in birdie Is.
Fishers Garrison Finish.
ONE down facing the thirty sixth |
~ hole, with the championship
rapidly slipping from him. Fischer
stuck q No. iron shot II feet to
the left of the pin as 5000 frenzied
fans Grained their necks to look at
what looked like the final hole of the
tournament when Mclean knocked
his tee shot "a feet past the pin. The
Scotsman putted down q foot away.
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