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Title: The High School Pitcher
Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond

Author: H. Irving Hancock

Release Date: June 23, 2004 [EBook #12690]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE HIGH SCHOOL PITCHER

or Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond

CONTENTS

CHAPTERS
I. The Principal Hears Something About Pennies
II. Dick Takes Up His Pen
III. Mr. Cantwell Thinks Twice---or Oftener
IV. Dave Warns Tip Scammon
V. Ripley Learns That the Piper Must be Paid
VI. The Call to the Diamond---Fred Schemes
VII. Dave Talks with One Hand
VIII. Huh? Woolly Crocheted Slippers
IX. Fred Pitches a Bombshell into Training Camp
X. Dick & Co. Take a Turn at Feeling Glum
XI. The Third Party's Amazement
XII. Trying out the Pitchers
XIII. The Riot Call and Other Little Things
XIV. The Steam of the Batsman
XV. A Dastard's Work in the Dark
XVI. The Hour of Tormenting Doubt
XVII. When the Home Fans Quivered
XVIII. The Grit of the Grand Old Game
XIX. Some Mean Tricks Left Over
XX. A Tin Can for the Yellow Dog
XXI. Dick is Generous Because It's Natural
XXII. All Roads Lead to the Swimming Pool
XXIII. The Agony of the Last Big Game
XIV. Conclusion

CHAPTER I

THE PRINCIPAL HEARS SOMETHING ABOUT "PENNIES"

Clang!

"Attention, please."

The barely audible droning of study ceased promptly in the big
assembly room of the Gridley High School.

The new principal, who had just stepped into the room, and who
now stood waiting behind his flat-top desk on the platform, was
a tall, thin, severe-looking man of thirty-two or three.

For this year Dr. Carl Thornton, beloved principal for a half-score
of years, was not in command at the school. Ill health had forced
the good old doctor to take at least a year's rest, and this stranger
now sat in the Thornton chair.

"Mr. Harper," almost rasped out Mr. Cantwell's voice, "stop rustling
that paper."

Harper, a little freshmen, who had merely meant to slip the paper
inside h