The Grandee's Ring (1915)

David Saunders and his daughter Shirley in company with Prof. Sinclair of Watson College are staying at the Saunders' ranch on the Mexican border. Shirley, despite a warning to keep away from the Rio Grande, insists on riding in that direction and is captured by some marauding Mexican bandits. She is rescued in thrilling manner by Carlos DeLaBarra, scion of an old Castilian family and a strange attachment springs up between them. Later Shirley and her father return to the east and through the kindness of Saunders, Carlos is entered in Watson College, where he and his roommate, Jack Foster, proceed to make reputations on the baseball field. Four years have passed and both Jack and Carlos are deeply in love with Shirley, who in turn is in love with them. Finally after a series of exciting incidents in which a championship baseball game plays an important part, Shirley is brought to the realization of true love and is won by Carlos through the medium of a dream in which she finds the true character of both boys.