1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Ace to Cub^An Able Helping Hand
By SUE MYRICK in the Macon [Ga!]
A
tale of sympathetic understanding for
a young reporter, unlearned in his art
and desperately wanting to do a
good job is that which Archie
Grinalds Jr., Mercer '31, of Macon,
Georgia, tells of his early experience
as a sports writer.
Archie had been a reporter for
the Augusta Chronicle for a
short time when the sports editor
quit his job and the boss
turned over the sports desk to
GRANTLAND RICE
young Grinalds.
Vanderbilt '01
"I fumbled around with the
job and managed to get by for
a week," Archie recalls. "Then, one day I
realized the Masters Tournament was coming
off at the golf course and I didn't know
which end of the caddy you hit a golf ball
withi"
He followed the crowd around the course
on the first day of the tournament, made
copious notes, writing down everything he
heard anybody say, returned to the office,
sat down in front of his typewriter and
Telegraph
buried his face in his hands.
"What's wrong, Grinalds" the managing
editor asked.
"I just realize I 'don|t know a
thing in the world abqut golf
and I just can't write that story,"
Grinalds told him.
About that time, the publisher
came through^, listened to the
grievance of Grinalds' and said:
"I tell you what, son, why don't
you go out to the club, talk to
Grantland Rice [Vanderbilt 'ai]
and ask him to help you write
the story"
"I can't do that," Grinalds said. "Mr.
Rice is toastmaster at the banquet tonight",
and he wouldn't bother with me."
"Well, you try it and see," the Boss told
him. "He's 3. great guy and he may find a
way to help you out."
Scared half to death, Archie .took a taxi
out to the club, where the banquet was in
progress. He sent a note in to Mr. Rice,
telling him about the painful situation and
GRINALDS IN "THE HAPPY TIME"
LEFT TO RIGHT: Dick Grinalds, Mercer '33, as "Grandpere"; Archie Grinalds, Jr., Mercer '31, as "Papa";
Dick's daughter, Emily Jane (age 16), and Mrs, Archie Grinalds as "Mama,"
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