GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1925,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I[Tommy Parish, Critic]1
II[Bert Refuses an Invitation]16
III[An Humble Member]28
IV[The Manager Gives a Party]42
V[Tommy Makes a Prediction]56
VI[Mooney’s]68
VII[Bert Goes Through]82
VIII[Expert Advice]94
IX[Subs vs. Scrub]108
X[Chick Misses a Forward-pass]125
XI[A Shake-up]136
XII[The Editor Calls]149
XIII[Around the End]161
XIV[Devore Comes to Collect]175
XV[Fumbles]192
XVI[Peanuts and Conversation]209
XVII[Bert Is Sent For]225
XVIII[Mr. Cade Receives]236
XIX[Tommy Issues an Ultimatum]253
XX[The Night Before]266
XXI[Alton Celebrates]276

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Once more Bert gave an imitation of a corkscrew]Frontispiece
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[From across the hall came an agonized wail of “Cut that out!”]52
[On the next attempt Nip put the ball over the cross-bar]126
[“Who did it? How did it happen?”]238