CHAPTER I AN UNEXPECTED OFFER
CHAPTER II SOMETHING QUEER
CHAPTER III THE FEDERAL POLICY
CHAPTER IV THE MAGNETIZED BALL
CHAPTER V A MAN OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER VI PECULIAR BEHAVIOR
CHAPTER VII THE TEST
CHAPTER VIII AT NECESSITY'S DEMAND
CHAPTER IX TORTURING DOUBT
CHAPTER X THE ONLY DOOR
CHAPTER XI BURNING SPEED
CHAPTER XII TOO MUCH TEMPTATION
CHAPTER XIII THE PERPLEXING QUESTION
CHAPTER XIV ONLY ONE WAY
CHAPTER XV SIGNING THE MANAGER
CHAPTER XVI THE WRONG STOOL PIGEON
CHAPTER XVII GETTING INTO ACTION
CHAPTER XVIII THE FIRST DEAL
CHAPTER XIX A FLEETING GLIMPSE
CHAPTER XX A RIDDLE TO SOLVE
CHAPTER XXI THE MAN AHEAD
CHAPTER XXII A DOUBTFUL VICTORY
CHAPTER XXIII ALL WRONG
CHAPTER XXIV WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
CHAPTER XXV HIDDEN TRACKS
CHAPTER XXVI NOT MUCH SHOW
CHAPTER XXVII THE SUSPENDED AX
CHAPTER XXVIII THE GAGE OF WAR
CHAPTER XXIX THE JAWS OF THE TRAP
CHAPTER XXX ONE AGAINST THREE
CHAPTER XXXI LIGHT ON A DARK SPOT
CHAPTER XXXII ONE CHANCE
CHAPTER XXXIII ONE IN A MILLION
CHAPTER XXXIV WEEGMAN'S PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XXXV THE SHATTERING STROKE
CHAPTER XXXVI THE TEST OF MYSTERIOUS JONES
CHAPTER XXXVII THE RETURN OF LEFTY
Title: Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager
Author: Burt L. Standish
Language: English
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Lefty had sprained his ankle so seriously that he required assistance to walk from the field. (See Page 103)
LEFTY LOCKE
PITCHER-MANAGER
BY
BURT L. STANDISH
Author of “Lefty o’ the Bush,” “Lefty o’ the Big League,”
“Lefty o’ the Blue Stockings,” “Brick King, Backstop,”
“The Making of a Big Leaguer,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES L. WRENN
PUBLISHERS
BARSE & CO.
NEW YORK, N. Y. NEWARK, N. J.
Copyright, 1916
By
Barse & Co.
Lefty Locke, Pitcher-Manager
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I | An Unexpected Offer | 11 |
| II | Something Queer | 20 |
| III | The Federal Policy | 28 |
| IV | The Magnetized Ball | 37 |
| V | A Man of Mystery | 48 |
| VI | Peculiar Behavior | 56 |
| VII | The Test | 64 |
| VIII | At Necessity’s Demand | 72 |
| IX | Torturing Doubt | 79 |
| X | The Only Door | 86 |
| XI | Burning Speed | 93 |
| XII | Too Much Temptation | 103 |
| XIII | The Perplexing Question | 113 |
| XIV | Only One Way | 120 |
| XV | Signing the Manager | 132 |
| XVI | The Wrong Stool Pigeon | 139 |
| XVII | Getting into Action | 146 |
| XVIII | The First Deal | 155 |
| XIX | A Fleeting Glimpse | 165 |
| XX | A Riddle to Solve | 175 |
| XXI | The Man Ahead | 180 |
| XXII | A Doubtful Victory | 186 |
| XXIII | All Wrong | 194 |
| XXIV | Wheels Within Wheels | 202 |
| XXV | Hidden Tracks | 210 |
| XXVI | Not Much Show | 219 |
| XXVII | The Suspended Ax | 226 |
| XXVIII | The Gage of War | 233 |
| XXIX | The Jaws of the Trap | 240 |
| XXX | One Against Three | 248 |
| XXXI | Light on a Dark Spot | 255 |
| XXXII | One Chance | 266 |
| XXXIII | One in a Million | 274 |
| XXXIV | Weegman’s Proposal | 281 |
| XXXV | The Shattering Stroke | 288 |
| XXXVI | The Test of Mysterious Jones | 296 |
| XXXVII | The Return of Lefty | 308 |
LEFTY LOCKE, PITCHER-MANAGER
