The Rival Pitchers

by Lester Chadwick

THE RIVAL PITCHERS

A Story of College Baseball

BY

LESTER CHADWICK

AUTHOR OF "A QUARTER-BACK'S PLUCK," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

THE GAME WON—PHIL, AMID A RIOT OF CHEERS, KEPT ON TO
SECOND—Page 92.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The Old Bell Clapper	1
II	A Good Throw	19
III	A Baseball Meeting	27
IV	The Hazing	42
V	A Scrub Game	51
VI	The Pole Rush	62
VII	Tom Holds His Own	69
VIII	At Practice	77
IX	A Game with Boxer Hall	86
X	A Coil of Wire	93
XI	An Electric Shock	104
XII	Tom Doesn't Tell	112
XIII	A Girl and a Game	120
XIV	Tom's Curves	132
XV	A Sophomore Trick	139
XVI	Tom Makes a Discovery	147
XVII	An Expostulation	152
XVIII	Some "Old Grads"	160
XIX	Tom in Cold Water	168
XX	A Game of Another Sort	176
XXI	On the Grill	185
XXII	Dark Days	192
XXIII	At the Dance	200
XXIV	Dress Suits Come High	208
XXV	Tom in a Game	216
XXVI	The Freshman Dinner	227
XXVII	Tom Is Kidnapped	234
XXVIII	The Escape	240
XXIX	Anticipations	247
XXX	A Great Game	255
XXXI	Langridge Appeals	272
XXXII	The Final Contest	281
XXXIII	Victory	293