LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE
[“Sam shed his coat ... and walked toward the plate”]Frontispiece
[“Tilted against the casing in the sunlight and reading a newspaper, was Perkins”] 90
[“‘Thank you,’ replied Jack stiffly, ‘but I guess I’ll stand with my friends, sir.’”] 162
[“Jack met it squarely with a good sharp crack!”] 212

FINKLER’S FIELD

[CHAPTER I]
ON THE BENCH

“One out; men on first and third!”

The coach hit a swift grounder toward second, and second baseman, reaching it with one hand, snapped it quickly to first, from whence, it sped back to the plate and the outstretched glove of Dolph Jones, catcher and captain of the Maple Ridge School Nine.