On the back of one of the photos we have in the museum, it lists the names of the girls who played on the girls basketball team of 1926. This remarkable photo shows all the girls in their uniforms. It was probably taken at the end of basketball season. The trophy in front of them was won at an intramural tournament, possibly at Tarleton State College in 1926. On the day this team photo was made it was at 3:15 in the afternoon because the camera lens captured the wrist watch of the girl on the far right.
The girls were making a positive impression on the peopleintownwithimpressive games. In two years many of these same girls would be part of the girls state championship team.
The gymnasium behind them was built by the Dublin D-Club boys in the summer of 1925 with the help from the Ag teacher Mabry Milhollan and Coach Hallmark.
The state championship games were played in Dublin in 1928. It seems odd that the state games were played in the little town of Dublin. At that time basketball was still in its infancy and most schools didn’t have a gymnasium to play in. We did. With 300 girls coming to town, there weren’t enough hotel rooms in town to house all of them. Many stayed with Dublin girls basketball families. It was a positive for Dublin that everyone left happy that the games were played fair and everyone was treated well.
In the championship playoffs, Dublin defeated Addison, 40-29 in the final fourth annual A.A.U. tournament on March 14-16 1928. According to the Dublin Progress, Ysleta traveled 600 miles participate in the tournament.
The Dallas Morning News reported that the tournament had a record 28 entries.
Delma Fulford went on to be the lead scorer on the Dublin team and was later a two-time A.A.U. All-American with Cisco’s Randolph College in 1930 and 1931.
D.C. Arthur, a math teacher and championship coach of the team would later come back to Dublin to act as Superintendent and lead our school through difficult times
Delma Warren Hair was the last living member of the championship team.