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Mario “Mike” De La Fuente: Died A Longhorn Legend, Rene Torres
Mario “Mike” De La Fuente: Died A Longhorn Legend, Rene Torres
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Mario de la Fuente was born in 1909 in Mexico, the twelfth child of a prosperous rancher and merchant. His early life was disrupted by the Mexican Revolution, forcing his family to flee to Mexico City and later to the United States, where they faced poverty and racism. Despite these challenges, Mario excelled in academics and sports, particularly baseball, at Del Rio High School and later at the University of Texas. He became the first Mexican to earn a baseball scholarship at UT and led his team to multiple championships. After a brief professional baseball career, he returned to Mexico, …
Foul Balls Across The Rio Grande, Rene Torres
Foul Balls Across The Rio Grande, Rene Torres
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Mcallen Nine Invade Mexico City, Rene Torres
Mcallen Nine Invade Mexico City, Rene Torres
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The article explores popularity of baseball in the U.S. during 1934 when the country was struggling to recuperate from a near economic collapse sparked by the stock market crash nearly five years earlier. It reports that in August 1934 baseball team McAllen Lions were traveling to Mexico City to take on the Aztecas billed as the championships of the republic during hard economic times when drought plaguing some parts of the county.