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The narrative follows students at a New England preparatory school where spring baseball and the Boarders versus Towners rivalry shape daily life; practices, lineup calls, and the cramped diamond with its adjacent meadow drive much of the action. Central figures include Sam Phillips, an exceptional pitcher, teammates and managers, and a coach whose choices affect the team's fortunes. Episodes range from spirited scrimmages and a batting slump to a missing player, a kidnapping scare, an alarm of fire, and a climactic intersquad championship. The story emphasizes teamwork, school loyalty, sportsmanship, and the ways athletic competition tests judgment and friendship during adolescence.

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Title: Finkler's Field: A Story of School and Baseball

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator: Howard Heath

Release date: March 27, 2019 [eBook #59136]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FINKLER'S FIELD: A STORY OF SCHOOL AND BASEBALL ***

FINKLER’S FIELD


BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

Each Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.


  • For Yardley.
  • Finkler’s Field. ($1.25.)
  • Winning His “Y.”
  • The New Boy at Hilltop.
  • Double Play.
  • Forward Pass!
  • The Spirit of the School.
  • Four in Camp.
  • Four Afoot.
  • Four Afloat.
  • The Arrival of Jimpson.
  • Behind the Line.
  • Captain of the Crew.
  • For the Honor of the School.
  • The Half-Back.
  • On Your Mark.
  • Weatherby’s Inning.

D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NEW YORK.



FINKLER’S FIELD

A STORY OF SCHOOL AND BASEBALL

By

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “FOR YARDLEY,” “WINNING HIS ‘Y,’” “THE
HALF BACK,” “DOUBLE PLAY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1911


Copyright, 1911, by

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Published October, 1911

Printed in the United States of America


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— On the Bench 1
II.— “Kansas” 17
III.— Sam is Missing 28
IV.— Boarders vs. Towners 48
V.— Kidnapped 67
VI.— Three Out 92
VII.— Chester is Puzzled 111
VIII.— The Peace Embassy 129
IX.— Jack Gets a Lift 145
X.— The Slump 164
XI.— An Alarm of Fire 176
XII.— The Batting List 190
XIII.— A Garrison Finish 205
XIV.— Finkler’s Field 215


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

    FACING
PAGE
“Sam shed his coat ... and walked toward the plate” Frontispiece  
“Tilted against the casing in the sunlight and reading a newspaper, was Perkins”   90
“‘Thank you,’ replied Jack stiffly, ‘but I guess I’ll stand with my friends, sir.’”   162
“Jack met it squarely with a good sharp crack!”   212