This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...with you a long time. Our next game is with Madison, and Dixon plays in our line-up. Now get out of here." Mellen went out of the room on the run. First he had found Bartley ready to battle it out with him, and now the coach was seeking war. It was the first time Jenkins had treated him harshly, and it quite ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...with you a long time. Our next game is with Madison, and Dixon plays in our line-up. Now get out of here." Mellen went out of the room on the run. First he had found Bartley ready to battle it out with him, and now the coach was seeking war. It was the first time Jenkins had treated him harshly, and it quite took his breath away. Truly, this had been a day of staggering surprises. Bartley, when he found that Jenkins backed him up in what he had done, ceased to look upon the Orion game as a calamity. But the approval of the coach and the approval of the school were two different propositions. The students were interested only in games won. They didn't know the cause of Mellen's banishment. If the captain was going to throw away contests, they asked, who could tell where he would stop? Their attitude had a disquieting effect on the players of both 'Varsity and scrub. Then, too, when practice was resumed, they piled into the stands and watched the work in a sort of hopeless silence. Usually, no matter how black the prospects of a team, the fellows will turn out and cheer their heads off. This spring, however, everything seemed to be going wrong. The players began to lose heart--and Bartley began to lose weight, and his pitching lost the slight improvement it had won. When Jenkins, still somewhat pale, came back to St. Mary's field to take charge of the practice, he found the nine almost disorganized. He studied the stands. "How long has this been going on?" he asked Bartley. "Every day." "It never happened before, and it won't happen again," the coach flared; and that night the campus bulletin board carried this message: Hereafter, the nine will practice behind closed gates. Students will not be admitted to the grounds. T ., Jenkins, Coach....
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Very Good. Book First edition, first printing D. Appleton 1912. Very good brown cloth hardcover with white lettering. No writings or bookplates. Binding firm. Slight darkening to spine. A very clean attractive copy.
