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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I[Getting in Bad]11
II[A Call-down from the Manager]17
III[The Riot at the Theater]24
IV[One Against Scores]31
V[Friendly Buck Fargo]36
VI[Who Was to Blame?]42
VII[Without Gratitude]48
VIII[The Man Who Knew]56
IX[Something Sub-Rosa]63
X[“When the Cat’s Away”]70
XI[All In]77
XII[Lefty’s Failure]82
XIII[The Discharged Waiter]89
XIV[Bert Elgin’s Luck]97
XV[The Reason Why]103
XVI[The Purloined Letter]108
XVII[Guile]114
XVIII[The Man in the Corridor]120
XIX[Not Quite Proven]125
XX[Janet Harting Wonders]131
XXI[The Yellow Streak]139
XXII[Lefty’s Chance Comes]147
XXIII[There’s Many a Slip]152
XXIV[The Unexpected]158
XXV[The Struggle]167
XXVI[Gaining Ground]174
XXVII[A Chance to Make Good]181
XXVIII[A Bad Beginning]186
XXIX[Taking a Brace]193
XXX[The Tricky Twirler]198
XXXI[Once Too Often]206
XXXII[The Spiking of Schaeffer]213
XXXIII[The Telegram]219
XXXIV[Nothing Else Possible]225
XXXV[For Want of a Lie]231
XXXVI[Dropped Out of Sight]240
XXXVII[Opening the Season]245
XXXVIII[The Two Managers]250
XXXIX[The Meeting in the Grandstand]254
XL[The Surprise]263
XLI[The Beginning of the Game]270
XLII[The Truth at Last]279
XLIII[The Lucky Seventh]285
XLIV[The Leading Run]294
XLV[Lefty’s Triumph]299
XLVI[How It All Happened]305

LEFTY O’ THE BIG LEAGUE

CHAPTER I
GETTING IN BAD

“Say, fellows!” sang out Red Pollock, the snappy little shortstop of the famous Hornets. “Look who’s here!” There was a general turning of heads and craning of necks on the part of three or four players waiting their chance to wield the willow in batting practice.

“Another Yannigan,” groaned Cy Russell, star pitcher of the organization. “The woods is full of ’em.”