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Title: Rival Pitchers of Oakdale

Author: Morgan Scott

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RIVAL PITCHERS OF OAKDALE

by

MORGAN SCOTT

Author of "Ben Stone at Oakdale,"
"Boys of Oakdale Academy," Etc.

With Four Original Illustrations by Elizabeth Colborne

[Frontispiece: PHIL SENDS THE FIRST BALL.]

New York
Hurst & Company
Publishers

Copyright, 1911,
by
Hurst & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE BOY WHO WANTED TO PITCH
II. BASEBALL PRACTICE
III. TWO OF A KIND
IV. LEN ROBERTS OF BARVILLE
V. HOOKER'S MOTORCYCLE
VI. A DEAD SURE THING
VII. RACKLIFF FISHES FOR SUCKERS
VIII. READY FOR THE GAME
IX. THE FIRST INNING
X. THE CRUCIAL MOMENT
XI. A CHANGE OF PITCHERS
XII. WON IN THE NINTH
XIII. RACKLIFF'S TREACHERY
XIV. JEALOUSY
XV. PLAIN TALK FROM ELIOT
XVI. DREAD
XVII. THE BOY ON THE BENCH
XVIII. A LOST OPPORTUNITY
XIX. POISON SPLEEN
XX. FELLOWS WHO MADE MISTAKES
XXI. A PERSISTENT RASCAL
XXII. SELF-RESTRAINT OR COWARDICE
XXIII. HOOKER BREAKS WITH RACKLIFF
XXIV. ONCE MORE
XXV. THE WYNDHAM PITCHER
XXVI. THE PLUNGE FROM THE BRIDGE
XXVII. A REBELLIOUS CONSCIENCE
XXVIII. WHEN THE SIGNALS WERE CHANGED
XXIX. PHIL GETS HIS EYES OPEN
XXX. THE GREATEST VICTORY

ILLUSTRATIONS

Phil sends the first ball . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

Ere the horsehide was brought down between Rod's shoulder-blades,
his hand had found the plate

"Several prominent memb