No, not the Alamo.
It’s a pretty interesting idea, though: Mexico against Texas for bragging rights in tennis in the 1930s:
What makes it especially interesting is the fact that the Tejano contingent included a couple of good Rice players, including a very familiar name, Jake Hess, the namesake of our previous tennis facility:
I have no idea who won.
Bonus:
Thanks for the obverse of the previous “Bonus”.
Sewall Hall, near the loading dock…
The results of these matches were reported on page 3 of the November 12, 1937, issue of the Thresher: :
CAMPBELL, HESS
REPRESENT RICE
IN TENNIS MATCH
Rice was represented in a tennis tournament featuring outstanding players of Texas and Mexico held at the Club Deportiuo Chapultepec in Mexico City from October 30 to November 2. Jake Hess, ex-Rice tennis star, and Max Campbell of this year’s team were members of the Texas delegation and played numbers one and two positions respectively in the singles matches.
The tournament was sponsored by the Mexican Lawn Tennis Association and the Mexican government. The Texas stars were pitted against Mexico’s Davis Cup team, and showed up very well, although Mexico won the tourney in total number of matches won. They won nine, while Texas took only eight.
Hess played Manuel Bedolla, the Mexican National champion and won, 6-1, 6-1. Campbell dropped a match to Daniel Hernandez. 7-5. 8-6. Hess and Campbell took a doubles match from Alfonso Unda and Daniel Hernandez, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Williams and Campbell beat Miguel Acevedo and Flavio Martinez, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
The members of the American .team were, Max Campbell; Jake Hess, Lucien de la Costes, ex-Texas U. player, Fred Royer, Capt. Oklahoma U. team, Paschall Walthall, Capt. Texas U. team, and Sterling Williams, a Texas ex. The cup for’ the tourney was presented by the president of Mexico.
(Source: https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/65520/thr19371112.pdf?sequence=1)