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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

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FINKLER’S FIELD

BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

Each Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

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.

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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