1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLLPHI DELTA THETAwould do credit to the banker thatBrother Hardt is. For he isn't only atournament manager—he is also thevice-president of the Fidelity-PhiladelphiaTrust Company, one of the largestand strongest of the Quaker Cityfinancial institutions.Statistics are usually more or lessof a bore, but in the case of the NationalAmateur they tell the magnitudeof the event in vivid fashion. Ten committeeshandled the details of the arrangements.These ran all the wayfrom preparing billiard-table surfacesfor the greens to sending out wholereams of advance "copy" for thepapers and press associations.Road maps were made, parkingplaces prepared, caddies retained anddrilled, programs printed, suppliesbought, refreshment stands erected,guides and guards instructed. For protectionof tees and greens and for aidingthe gallery marshals the clubbought 33,000 feet of rope and 1,000stakes. During the first tw-o days 248caddies were used.In the golf house 5,220 meals wereserved during the week of the tournament.The refreshment tent helpedout in supplying the inner man by furnishing8,441 sandwiches, 4,800 hotdogs, and 3,641 cakes of ice cream.April, 1931Naturally, the press room in the clubhouse was a busy place. It was BobbyJones against the field, and the worldwanted to know about it. In all, seventy-fivesports writers and three newsservices filed through this room 2,225-000 words describing the tournament.Thousands of other words were sentfrom downtown offices.Temporary magneto telephones wereinstalled at four of the greens. Leasedcircuits had to be arranged for broadcastingfacilities. Sound movie truckswere on hand. Sale of tickets was nosmall item; 3,109 season and 16,796daily tickets were sold.Naturally, Brother Hardt didn'tattend to all these details himself. Thatisn't the mark of a good executive. Thesuccessful executive knows how todelegate detail but must himself assumethe responsibility therefor. Andask any of those who had a personalacquaintance with the tournament,from the lowiest caddy to the presidentof the U.S.G.A., whether BrotherHardt's management wasn't somethingthe Merion Cricket Club can be proudof.The illustration shows ChairmanHardt of the tournament committeeand Champion Bobby Jones at the clubhouse.Fifth Consecutive Championshipfor Minnesota Alpha(Continued from page 468)[474]will also be augmented with this year'spledge class who won their divisioncompetition in the pledge race.The Minnesota Daily picked GeraldGriffin for one of the guard positionson its all-university mythical basketballteam. Roy Oei-^ was selected fora forward post on the second squad.Nearly two hundred teams, representingacademic and professional fraternities,as well as independent organizations,were entered in the competition.The independent championswere the Foresters, who gave the Phisquad a hard fight in the game to decidethe championship. The Phis werevictors by a score of 19-16.