CHARLES PAXSON GRAY
PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1915, by
JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
To
CHARLES A. COMISKEY
The man to whom, more than all others, the honesty
and high standard of professional baseball is
due, this little volume is dedicated with the sincere
regard of a student to his preceptor.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | [PANTHERS OR BEARS?] |
| II. | [A MIRACLE CALLED MCCARTHY] |
| III. | [HOPE FOR THE BEARS] |
| IV. | ["KOHINOOR" MEETS BETTY] |
| V. | [THE TEMPTER] |
| VI. | [ADONIS MAKES A DEAL] |
| VII. | [MCCARTHY MEETS HELEN] |
| VIII. | [IN THE DEEPER WATERS] |
| IX. | [BALDWIN GETS INTO THE PLOT] |
| X. | [WILLIAMS CAUGHT IN THE NET] |
| XI. | [MCCARTHY IN DISGRACE] |
| XII. | [MCCARTHY DEFIES BALDWIN] |
| XIII. | [MCCARTHY BALKS THE PLOTTERS] |
| XIV. | ["TECHNICALITIES" ON THE JOB] |
| XV. | [BALDWIN BAITS A TRAP] |
| XVI. | [MCCARTHY MAKES A CALL] |
| XVII. | [THE FIGHT IN THE CAFÉ] |
| XVIII. | [TWO MISSING MEN] |
| XIX. | [SWANSON TO THE RESCUE] |
| XX. | [HIDDEN FOES] |
| XXI. | [FAIR PLAY] |
| XXII. | [A VICTORY AND A DEFEAT] |
| XXIII. | [KIDNAPPED] |
| XXIV. | [BAITING A TRAP] |
| XXV. | [MCCARTHY DISAPPEARS] |
| XXVI. | [BALDWIN SHOWS HIS HAND] |
| XXVII. | [SEARCHING] |
| XXVIII. | [WILLIAMS STANDS EXPOSED] |
| XXIX. | [FOUND] |
| XXX. | [A RACE TO SAVE THE DAY] |
| XXXI. | [THE PLOTTERS FOILED] |
| XXXII. | [REJOICING] |