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Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles By: Lester Chadwick |
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Baseball Joe in the Big League OR A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles By LESTER CHADWICK AUTHOR OF "BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS," "BASEBALL JOE AT YALE," "BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE," "THE RIVAL PITCHERS," "THE EIGHT OARED VICTORS," ETC. ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY Copyright, 1915, by CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY Baseball Joe in the Big League Printed in U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I TWO LETTERS 1 II TO THE RESCUE 11 III AN UPSET 19 IV AN APPEAL 30 V THE THREAT 38 VI A WARNING 46 VII BASEBALL TALK 54 VIII THE QUARREL 61 IX JOE IS DRAFTED 70 X OFF TO ST. LOUIS 77 XI GOING DOWN SOUTH 87 XII THE QUARRELING MAN 97 XIII UNDER SUNNY SKIES 103 XIV HARD WORK 112 XV ANOTHER THREAT 122 XVI JOE'S TRIUMPH 129 XVII "PLAY BALL!" 140 XVIII HOT WORDS 148 XIX JOE GOES IN 153 XX STAGE FRIGHT 162 XXI A QUEER MESSAGE 175 XXII IN DANGER 182 XXIII A LAME ARM 191 XXIV A TIGHT GAME 201 XXV IN NEW YORK 208 XXVI ADRIFT 217 XXVII THE RESCUE 223 XXVIII MOVING PICTURES 229 XXIX SHALLEG'S DOWNFALL 234 XXX THE HARDEST BATTLE 240 BASEBALL JOE IN THE BIG LEAGUE CHAPTER I TWO LETTERS "Whew!" whistled Joe Matson, the astonishment on his bronzed face being indicated by his surprised exclamation of: "Well, what do you know about that, Sis?" "What is it, Joe?" asked his sister Clara, as she looked up from a letter she was reading to see her brother staring at a sheet of paper he had just withdrawn from an envelope, for the morning mail had been delivered a few minutes before. "What is it?" the girl went on, laying aside her own correspondence. "Is it anything serious anything about father's business? Don't tell me there is more trouble, Joe!" "I'm not going to, Clara. It isn't trouble, but, if what he says is true, it's going to make a big difference to me," and Joe looked out of the window, across a snowy expanse of yard, and gazed at, without consciously seeing, a myriad of white flakes swirling down through the wintry air. "No, it isn't exactly trouble," went on Joe, "and I suppose I ought to be corkingly glad of it; but I hadn't counted on leaving the Central Baseball League quite so soon." "Oh, Joe! Have you lost your place?" exclaimed Clara. "And just after you have done so well, too; and helped them win the pennant! I call that a shame! I thought baseball men were better 'sports' than that." "Listen to her my little sister using slang!" laughed Joe. "'Sports' isn't slang," defended Clara. "I've heard lots of girls use it. I mean it in the right sense. But have you really lost your place on the team, Joe?" "Well, not exactly, Sis, but I'm about to, I'm afraid. However, I guess I may as well make the best of it, and be glad. I sure can use the extra money!" "I certainly don't know what you're talking about," went on Clara, with a helpless look at her big, handsome brother, "and I suppose you'll take your own time in telling me... Continue reading book >>
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