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Title: Fourth Down!

Author: Ralph Henry Barbour

Release date: November 26, 2020 [eBook #63892]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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FOURTH DOWN


FOURTH DOWN!

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “THE PLAY THAT WON,”
“THE LOST DIRIGIBLE,” ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK                LONDON
1920

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Back to School 1
II. New Quarters 15
III. Sid Offers Advice 25
IV. G. W. Tubb 37
V. With the Second 46
VI. Signals 57
VII. Toby Makes a Call 67
VIII. Tubb Tries Football 79
IX. Yardley Plays Greenburg 94
X. Toby Empties His Locker 105
XI. Tom Fanning, Optimist 117
XII. First Team Vs. Second 136
XIII. Team-Mates Fall Out 146
XIV. Toby at Quarter 156
XV. The “Tough Bunch” 169
XVI. Tubb Wins Promotion 189
XVII. An “Accident” 201
XVIII. A Quarter-Back Run 218
XIX. Arnold Has a Thought 231
XX. An Encounter on the Beach 241
XXI. Tubb Barks a Knuckle 255
XXII. A Visit to the Office 269
XXIII. Tubb on the Trail 283
XXIV. Frick Is Called Away 294
XXV. Fourth Down 305