CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I TOM HUNTS A JOB

CHAPTER II AND FINDS IT

CHAPTER III UNCLE ISRAEL SAYS "NO"

CHAPTER IV AT CUMMINGS AND WRIGHT'S

CHAPTER V TOM LOOKS AT HIS HAIR

CHAPTER VI TWO PAIRS OF SKATES

CHAPTER VII TOM GAINS PROMOTION

CHAPTER VIII AN OUT-CURVE

CHAPTER IX TOM WANTS TO KNOW

CHAPTER X TOM PLAYS IN A REAL GAME

CHAPTER XI THE BLUES VISIT LYNTON

CHAPTER XII "BATTER'S OUT"

CHAPTER XIII TOM TWIRLS TO VICTORY

CHAPTER XIV COACH TALBOT MAKES A CALL

CHAPTER XV THE PUMP CHANGES HANDS

CHAPTER XVI THE DETECTIVE DONS A MASK

CHAPTER XVII AFTERNOON PRACTICE

CHAPTER XVIII TOM TWIRLS FOR THE SCRUBS

CHAPTER XIX WITH THE TEAM

CHAPTER XX AMESVILLE LOSES THE GAME

CHAPTER XXI KNOCKED OUT OF THE BOX

CHAPTER XXII UNCLE ISRAEL SITS UP

CHAPTER XXIII "PLAY BALL!"

CHAPTER XXIV PITCHER POLLOCK

CHAPTER XXV THREE OUT

PITCHER POLLOCK

PITCHER POLLOCK

BY

CHRISTY MATHEWSON

AUTHOR OF

FIRST BASE FAULKNER,
CATCHER CRAIG, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

CHARLES M. RELYEA

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS      NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1914, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.