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Show Stymie Fight Wages in U. S. Fischer, McLean Match Adds Argument Telegram Presents Series Editor's aots Br rasas of the great Into root la the current stymie fight. The Tslegraas will prasaal a series ef Associated Press articles aa Ike aabjacL By CHAIXES CKCMICB (First ka serins.) NEW YORK, May II (API The stymie eat ancient barnacle on golf that ought to be removed or an Interesting turn ranking with a rub-o'-the-green In unexpected and spectacular consequenceat UoiX'a lawyers, legislators and 1 competitors, right down ta ths duffers duf-fers plsytng la the club tournament's tourna-ment's flight C are Involved la a nationwide wrangle ever the problem. prob-lem. The aaaaMea Is whether to aeJI away from the eld rule laid dewa by the Royal aad Anoieat, whoso resalatlona eolaeide with these of the I', a Golf naseeeatiea esrept aa to also of bell and the fesa-and fesa-and aft fVhcncctsdr palter banned by the Brtllehi or -to leave the hrnie-eaet or "Englished" "Eng-lished" rua-eround putt la the Amertcaa gams. The perennial bone ef contention was dug up whsa Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati, a member of the U. & Walkar cup team, seised a break resulting from a stymie to defeat British Walker Cupper Jock McLean of Scotland In the finals of the ISM American amateur championship at Garden City, L I. Ths stymis shot heard 'round the goir world waa fired at the Sh hole. Fischer overran his first putt badly from about SS feet and McLean was lass thaa a yard past with his is-footsr, la position for a sura par four. Coming back. Fischer's ball stopped wide ef ths cup, but squarely la McLean's Una, lying four. Ths Boot's niblick shot, lofted straight for the bole ea ths fly, was ever, and they halved with fives. Without the stymie, McLean deubMeea weald bare wea the kale, and the match would have etaed demise two. Mlara they haired Ihe 8Mb with btrdle fours, the Bret would have area V. K amalcar chaanplaa, winning by twa and one figuring, of course, that be could have sunk that wee putt oa which bo waa stymied at the Mth. Neither McLean nor Fischer, who profited by his awa mlscusd putt, favors the stymis. Fischer has given ths matter considerable thought. "1 havs always considered ths execution of a stymis shot the moot IntereeUng. delicate and difficult In ths game, and have spent many hours of practice oa It for those (CfitlnuS en TntinrnrUtm putl |