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Right Half Hollins

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS
By Ralph Henry Barbour
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An energetic school football narrative follows a right halfback through a season of practice, games, and campus life as teammates, coaches, and rivalries shape his development. Episodes range from missed catches, fumbles, and strategic shake-ups to social gatherings, managerial antics, and editorial interventions, all rendered with humor and detail. The plot traces team selections, crucial plays, personal tests of courage and loyalty, and a climactic game that rewards perseverance, highlighting camaraderie, sportsmanship, and the everyday ups and downs of youth athletics.

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Title: Right Half Hollins

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Illustrator: Leslie Crump

Release date: January 17, 2017 [eBook #53986]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RIGHT HALF HOLLINS ***

RIGHT HALF HOLLINS

THE FOOTBALL ELEVEN BOOKS

BY

Ralph Henry Barbour

  • LEFT END EDWARDS
  • LEFT TACKLE THAYER
  • LEFT GUARD GILBERT
  • CENTER RUSH ROWLAND
  • FULL-BACK FOSTER
  • QUARTER-BACK BATES
  • LEFT HALF HARMON
  • RIGHT END EMERSON
  • RIGHT GUARD GRANT
  • RIGHT TACKLE TODD
  • RIGHT HALF HOLLINS

RIGHT HALF
HOLLINS

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF

LEFT END EDWARDS,
FULL BACK FOSTER,
RIGHT TACKLE TODD, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

LESLIE CRUMP

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS      NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1925,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Tommy Parish, Critic 1
II Bert Refuses an Invitation 16
III An Humble Member 28
IV The Manager Gives a Party 42
V Tommy Makes a Prediction 56
VI Mooney’s 68
VII Bert Goes Through 82
VIII Expert Advice 94
IX Subs vs. Scrub 108
X Chick Misses a Forward-pass 125
XI A Shake-up 136
XII The Editor Calls 149
XIII Around the End 161
XIV Devore Comes to Collect 175
XV Fumbles 192
XVI Peanuts and Conversation 209
XVII Bert Is Sent For 225
XVIII Mr. Cade Receives 236
XIX Tommy Issues an Ultimatum 253
XX The Night Before 266
XXI Alton Celebrates 276

ILLUSTRATIONS

Once more Bert gave an imitation of a corkscrew Frontispiece
  PAGE
From across the hall came an agonized wail of “Cut that out!” 52
On the next attempt Nip put the ball over the cross-bar 126
“Who did it? How did it happen?” 238