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Title: The Half-Back

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

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THE HALF-BACK

A Story of School, Football, and Golf

By

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

Illustrated by B. West Clinedinst

[Illustration]

TO
EVERY AMERICAN BOY
WHO LOVES HONEST, MANLY SPORT,
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I.--THE BOY IN THE STRAW HAT.

II.--STATION ROAD AND RIVER PATH.

III.--OUTFIELD WEST.

IV.--THE HEAD COACH.

V.--A RAINY AFTERNOON.

VI.--THE PRACTICE GAME.

VII.--A LETTER HOME.

VIII.--THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.

IX.--AN EVENING CALL.

X.--THE BROKEN BELL ROPE.

XI.--TWO HEROES.

XII.--THE PROBATION OF BLAIR.

XIII.--THE GAME WITH ST. EUSTACE.

XIV.--THE GOODWIN SCHOLARSHIP.

XV.--THE BOAT RACE.

XVI.--GOOD-BY TO HILLTON.

XVII.--THE SACRED ORDER OF HULLABALOOLOO.

XVIII.--VISITORS FROM MARCHDALE.

XIX.--A VARSITY SUB.

XX.--AN OLD FRIEND.

XXI.--THE DEPARTURE.

XXII.--BEFORE THE BATTLE.

XXIII.--HARWELL _vs_. YATES--THE FIRST HALF.

XXIV.--HARWELL _vs_. YATES--A FAULT AND A REQUITAL.

XXV.--THE RETURN.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

A leap in the nick of time.

Joel's arrival at school.

His next drive took him cleanly over Rocky Bunker.

"Stay where you are; the fellows are bringing a boat".

The left-guard bore down straight upon Joel.

Instantly the crimson crew seemed to lift their boat from the water.

DIAGRAMS.