“Safe!” cried the umpire. The game was won, the pennant cinched, and the Giants once more were the champions of the National League.

What Mabel thought of Joe she told him privately. What McRae and Robbie and his teammates thought of him they told him publicly. What the newspapers thought of him they told the world. As pitcher, as batter, and as captain, Baseball Joe was proclaimed the king of them all.

And what Mr. and Mrs. Matson, the former happy because of the success of his invention, the latter because of her restoration to health, thought of their famous son they told to him a few weeks later at a wedding ceremony in the Riverside home, when Clara placed her hand in Jim’s and made him the happiest of men.

THE END


THE BASEBALL JOE SERIES

By LESTER CHADWICK

12mo. Illustrated. Price 50 cents per volume.
Postage 10 cents additional.

  1. BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS
    or The Rivals of Riverside
  2. BASEBALL JOE ON THE SCHOOL NINE
    or Pitching for the Blue Banner
  3. BASEBALL JOE AT YALE
    or Pitching for the College Championship
  4. BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE
    or Making Good as a Professional Pitcher
  5. BASEBALL JOE IN THE BIG LEAGUE
    or A Young Pitcher’s Hardest Struggles
  6. BASEBALL JOE ON THE GIANTS
    or Making Good as a Twirler in the Metropolis
  7. BASEBALL JOE IN THE WORLD SERIES
    or Pitching for the Championship
  8. BASEBALL JOE AROUND THE WORLD
    or Pitching on a Grand Tour
  9. BASEBALL JOE: HOME RUN KING
    or The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record
  10. BASEBALL JOE SAVING THE LEAGUE
    or Breaking Up a Great Conspiracy
  11. BASEBALL JOE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM
    or Bitter Struggles on the Diamond
  12. BASEBALL JOE CHAMPION OF THE LEAGUE
    or The Record that was Worth While
  13. BASEBALL JOE CLUB OWNER
    or Putting the Home Town on the Map
  14. BASEBALL JOE PITCHING WIZARD
    or Triumphs Off and On the Diamond