DEDICATION

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE WINTER TERM

CHAPTER II THE LOWELL SPIRIT

CHAPTER III GETTING ACQUAINTED

CHAPTER IV THE JERRY HARRIMAN SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES

CHAPTER V THE FIRST LINE-UP

CHAPTER VI PICKING THE VARSITY

CHAPTER VII HAL AND CROSSLEY

CHAPTER VIII BAD NEWS FROM HOME AND FLIGHT

CHAPTER IX THE DIAMOND MEDAL

CHAPTER X UNDER SUSPICION

CHAPTER XI THE STUDENT DETECTIVES

CHAPTER XII HAL IS DISCOVERED

CHAPTER XIII HANS TAKES A TRIP

CHAPTER XIV PREPARATIONS AT THE RIVAL COLLEGE

CHAPTER XV THE "LOWELL REPORTER"

CHAPTER XVI THE ALUMNI GAME

CHAPTER XVII THE MAKING OF A FAN

CHAPTER XVIII THE TRIP TO JEFFERSON

CHAPTER XIX BEFORE THE BATTLE

CHAPTER XX THE FIRST GAME

CHAPTER XXI RETURNING HOME

CHAPTER XXII DISTINGUISHED FANS

CHAPTER XXIII THE SECOND STRUGGLE

CHAPTER XXIV HANS' SECOND TRIP TO NEW YORK

CHAPTER XXV THE FINAL GAME

CHAPTER XXVI HAL-HONUSED

CHAPTER XXVII AWARDING THE PRIZES

CHAPTER XXVIII SATO WRITES HOME

BY

CHRISTOPHER MATHEWSON
THE FAMOUS PITCHER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS

THE FIRST OF A SERIES
OF STORIES FOR BOYS ON
SPORTS TO BE KNOWN AS
THE MATTY BOOKS

EDITED BY W. W. AULICK
THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER ON SPORTS

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FELIX MAHONY

NEW YORK
R. J. BODMER COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910, by
R. J. BODMER COMPANY

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NEW YORK, N. Y.