Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-05
Pitcher Breaks All Records
By Winning 4 Games In DAY

have bolsSomed and faded In base
ball history. Even today there re-
mains outstanding horSehide twirl-
ers who have attracted the attention
of all nations. And when one of
the mound aces ha accomplished
an extraordinary feat he was laud-
ed TO the skies. But over all that.
there has not been a single baseball
player Of all times who has a better
record than a team right here In the
Rio Grande Valley.
What about a pitcher hurting four
games in M day. winning all OF
them. and then again twirling three
games in one day and winning all
of them?
Impossible? Well. 1t is not. Now
this did not happen in the major
leagues. nor in organized baseball.
but right here in the Rio Grande
Valley where the records for every
thing are continually being busted
higher than a kite. and this said
pitcher is not an Iron man with
an arm of steel, but is a Mercedes
girl in the junior high school and
the team is the playground ball
team OF this same school.
This girl pitcher has shot all the
records ever hung up by man, plac-
ing others on the books that SO far
as we can ascertain may remain
there forever. And was she playing
on a good team? Well say so. This
team has never been defeated. has
played over 80 games in three years,
winning all of them. and this has
given them the county champion
ship three times and the district IT,
tie once. During the past year at
the county meet three games were
played in one day and the opposing
teams did not make but nine scores.
while Mercedes was piling up some
thing like rs.
Dorothy Hale Is the girl that has
set the woodh on fire with her pitch
ing. She became a member Of the
team three years ago. the first in
which active competition began with
other schools OF the Valley. Going
to the county meet the team
the title but nothing of an out
standing nature occurred.
In 1923 the team started out early
in the season and defeated many
other Valley schools in PRACTICE and
scheduled games At the county
meet Dorothy Hale and the team
played four games in one day. win
ming all OF them. The score Of
the final game was 9 TO 5. the ear
est the team has come TO being de-
feated in its history. They first de-
feated Donna. won from Mission by
a o OF Sc to Z. debated Weslaco
by about the same score. and then
played the close game mentioned
above.
This year the team practically
duplicated their 1928 record. AT the
county meet only three games were
PLAYED in the one day. Consterna-
ton reigned high during the third
game when Dorothy told the coach
that she could not continue pitching
because she had the .tummy ache"
but she renamed in the game when
the coach refused to yank her for
some one else. Whether this was
artistic temperament 81 a real ache
has not been definitely settled.
BY debating Schunior % to 8.
Hidalgo by the same score. the team
emerged into the finals. Donna had
won from Pharr-San Juan and Ed
inburg and felt certain that the
reign of the Mercede steam was TO
be terminated. But such was not
the case and Donna proved duck
soup for the Mercedes aggregation,
the final score being 10 to 3 in ia
vor of Mercedes.
AS a result OF this third county
championship Mercedes came into
permanent possession of the county
championship silver loving cup.
Members of the team this year
were: Lydia Adame. catcher: Dor
othy Hale. pitcher: Geraldine Bone.
first base; Patricia Adame. second
base: Mercedes Chapa. third base:
Grace Reagh. first fielder; Cecialia
Mendez. second fielder: Amelia Ad-
anne. middle fielder; Hortencia
Champion. second shortstop; and
Dudce Pue. first shortstop.
The work of Geraldine Bone at
first base has been sensational. She
snags wild losses from other play
ers whether they r high. low. wide
or handsome. and with either hand.
In addition TO playing a star
game behind the bat Lydia Adame
has proven a potent doss. with the
willow and easily leads me rest of
the team at bat. Late in the season
the opposing team stopped here
somewhat when they found she was
a dead right field hitter.
In addition to playing first base
Geraldine Bone leads the team in
homo runs and has proven TO be
the Babe Ruth of the Hidalgo coun-
ty league. In the last game with
Donna she poled out three blows
good for the circuit.
Members Of the team give hrs.
Tennie III. Wollman. their coach,
credit for their wonderful records,
because OF the excellent training
they have received from her. The
Parent-Teacher association have
recognized their work and will pre-
sent eacn member with a sweater
bearing the much coveted M" be-