THE SECRET PLAY

By Ralph Henry Barbour


The Purple Pennant Series

Yardley Hall Series

Maple Hill Series

The Big Four Series


D. APPLETON AND COMPANY ═ Publishers ═ New York

[“Ecstatic youths ... were capturing the players and raising them shoulder-high.”]

THE
SECRET PLAY

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “THE LUCKY SEVENTH,”
“AROUND THE END,” ETC.

Illustrated by
NORMAN P. ROCKWELL

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1915

Copyright, 1915, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America