Flame Delhi

On the morning of April 16th, 1912 headlines across America told the story of the tragic sinking of the Titanic.  On its maiden voyage across the Atlantic the ship went down with more than 1,500 people aboard. Buried somewhere in the sports section of those same newspapers was a box score heralding the debut of Arizona’s first native-born major league baseball player.  His name was Lee “Flame” Delhi and he hailed from Harqua Hala, a small mining town south of Salome. Flame was the son