‘Remembering Hardge's Hornets’

The San Marcos Public Library and the Calaboose African American History Museum are hosting a Black History Month program that will tell the little known history of the Hornets, a Pony League baseball team that finished undefeated in the 1964 season, and Coach Alonzo Hardge that got them there.

Dr. Elvin Holt, director of the Calaboose Museum, has researched and interviewed members of the team in his effort to preserve San Marcos’ sometimes poorly-recorded African-American History.

Holt first heard about the Hornets years back during a Dunbar Ex-students Association reunion. Several of the reunion attendees stopped by the Calaboose African-American History Museum after the event and browsed the photographs and memorabilia.