Evening star., 1936-09-19
feet from the cup and he hit the back

feet from the cup and he hit the back
Of the cup with his putt.
Mclean, out- 534 544 $3.50
Fischer, out--. 434 446 $3.50
Fischer, up.
Tenth hole, Alb yards, par A.
Fischer hit quick hook into the
crowd of the tee. but he had a good
lie. used his brassie and belted the ball
to within 10 yards of the green. john
ny then Clipped IL feet past the cup
and missed the putt, but his five was
good enough to win and make him two
up. McLean's drive disappeared into
a pot bunker. in the middle Of the
fairway. He blasted out, hit a mid
mashie shot into the wind, 80 feet
from the pin. but three-putted. Jacks
approach putt was feet short.
Eleventh hole, 4l8 yards. par f.
Mclean hooked his tee shot badly
into the rough. The ball was in a
slight hole. He attempted to dig it
out with mashie but the ball skid
ded of the toe of his club, across the
fairway and into rough again. Jack
then played a magnificent No. 3
iron to within 20 feet of the cup and
sank the putt to save a half in fours.
Fischer was on, so feet from the pin,
with two beautiful woods. and two
putted. His approach putt slid five
feet past and he dropped it coming
back, while the crowd was still ap-
plauding McLean's rally.
Twelfth hole, 1893 yards. par 5
Mclean made another grand recov-
cry to save a half in threes. The
Scots tee shot drifted to the left. into
the rough and behind the mounds
which half-circled the green. He
played over these obstacles with q
mashie. the ball stopping 10 feet from
the cup, and sank the putt. Fischer S
tee shot left him a34-foot putt, which
he missed by less than foot.
Thirteenth hole, $50 yards. par five
Fischer was in trouble most of the
way. hooking his tee shot into heavy
rough. He used his dynamiter, but
knocked the ball into the bank of a
trap, from where he was obliged to
play a safety shot to the fairway.
Johnny then stuck long spade mashie
shot to the green, but the ball rolled
of the edge Mclean meanwhile was
home with two woods and mashie
niblick, ~ feet in front of the cup
After Fischer was feet short, with
his fifth shot. he conceded the hole
To the crowds amusement Mclean
took his putter with one hand and
knocked the ball into the cup, anyway
to make the birdie four official. Fischer
now was / up.
Fourteenth hole. $50 yards. par A.
Fischer drove 280 yards, down the
middle. but his niblick shot rolled of
the green into the rough. From there
Johnny tried mashie shot, but hit II
poorly and the ball stopped IL feet
from the cup. He missed the putt
by 6 inches. leaving Mclean a partial
stymie, but the Scot negotiated it
from 6 feet, for his four This squared
the match. McLean's drive bounced
to the top Of low bunker, but he had
a good lie and knocked a niblick shot
to the front edge of the green.
Fifteeth hole, 457 yards, par 4-Mc-
Lean had slight advantage on their
drives for the first time. Fischer hit
a long, high wood shot that dropped
among spectators to the left of the
green, while McLeans approach with
the wood was 40 yards short. Both
Clipped nicely, but Fischer from 8
feet laid his opponent a dead stymie
with putt that stopped an inch
short. The Scot wasted no time de-
Gliding to play safe, putting a foot
wide for the half in IS.
Sixteenth hole, 402 yards, par 4:
McLean's drive caught a trap to
the left. 160 yards from the green,
while Fischer belted his tee shot
290 yards down the middle. The
Scot made a great mashie shot from
the sand to the green, the ball stop
ping 18 feet from the cup. Johnnys
niblick rolled IL feet past the cup
and each two-putted for As. Fischer
was partially stymied by his rivals
approach putt.
Seventeenth hole, 4S8 yards, par s:
Mclean went into the lead for the
first time, with birdie 4, to Fischer's
6. The Scot drove $50 yards, played
an iron second 20 yards short Of the
green, chipped on and was conceded
his 6-footer. Fischer hooked his
drive into the parallel third fair
way, then sliced an iron shot that
sent the ball up against the wire
fence marking the boundary, of the
course. He barely budged the ball
with his first shot, then knocked
It about 80 yards into the rough. He
chipped on S feet from the hole and
picked up.
Eighteenth hole, 166 yards, par 3:
increased his lead to up,
canning a nice 9-footer for . birdie
2 despite q smudge of mud on the
ball. F.scher's tee shot just caught
the front edge Of the green, 20 feet
from the cup and his FIRST putt rolled
1 feet past.
McIean-in.- 643 AS 442-36-75
rischer-in-- 543 655 463-41-S0
Mclean, up.