Baseball Joe on the School Nine


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I[Hitting a Teacher]1
II[Planning a Battle]12
III[An Angry Bully]23
IV[Joe Learns Something]31
V[The Tables Turned]40
VI[The Bully Sneers]52
VII[A Clash with Luke]58
VIII[“Who Will Pitch?”]68
IX[Tom’s Plan Fails]74
X[The Banner Parade]82
XI[Joe Hopes and Fears]92
XII[On the Scrub]98
XIII[Joe’s Great Work]106
XIV[The Game at Morningside]115
XV[A Strange Discovery]124
XVI[A Hot Meeting]130
XVII[The Initiation]136
XVIII[“Fire!”]143
XIX[A Thrilling Rescue]150
XX[The Warning]160
XXI[Bad News]167
XXII[Bitter Defeat]173
XXIII[Hiram is Out]183
XXIV[Two of a Kind]190
XXV[By a Close Margin]198
XXVI[The Overturned Statue]211
XXVII[On Probation]218
XXVIII[Luke’s Confession]224
XXIX[A Glorious Victory]233
XXX[Good News—Conclusion]240

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE NEXT MOMENT THE HORSEHIDE WENT SPEEDING TOWARD THE PLATE.]
[HIRAM SHELL WENT SLIPPING AND SLIDING DOWN THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE SNOW FORT.]
[AROUND THE MORNINGSIDE DIAMOND MARCHED THE SINGING, CHEERING AND YELLING LADS.]
[THE WHITE BALL WAS PLAINLY VISIBLE AS IT SAILED THROUGH THE AIR.]

BASEBALL JOE ON THE SCHOOL NINE