BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF
LEFT END EDWARDS,
FULL-BACK FOSTER, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
E. C. CASWELL

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK


Copyright, 1916, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I THE BOY FROM KANSAS[1]
II IN NUMBER SIX[11]
III AMY HOLDS FORTH[21]
IV THE FIRST GAME[35]
V DON GOES TO THE SECOND[46]
VI THE SEARCH OF ADVENTURE[58]
VII FIGHTING FIRE[71]
VIII COACHING THE TACKLES[85]
IX THE WIDTH OF A FINGER[103]
X TIM EXULTS AND EXPLAINS[118]
XI MR. BRADY FORGETS[128]
XII THE JOKE ON MR. MOLLER[139]
XIII SOUTHBY YIELDS[155]
XIV WALTON WRITES A NOTE[166]
XV A PROPOSITION[177]
XVI DON VISITS THE DOCTOR[186]
XVII DROPPED FROM THE TEAM[195]
XVIII "GOOD-BYE, TIMMY!"[206]
XIX FRIENDS FALL OUT[216]
XX AMY APPEARS FOR THE DEFENCE[231]
XXI THE DOCTOR TELLS A STORY[247]
XXII COACH ROBEY IS PUZZLED[260]
XXIII CROSS-EXAMINATION[268]
XXIV "ALL READY, BRIMFIELD?"[277]
XXV TIM GOES OVER[289]
XXVI LEFT GUARD GILBERT[300]