Project Gutenberg 2012-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 84 Chadwick, Lester 1873 1962 Baseball Joe on the School Nine; or, Pitching for the Blue Banner Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Baseball Joe on the School Nine; or, Pitching for the Blue Banner" by Lester Chadwick is a fictional novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a young protagonist named Joe Matson, a talented baseball player with aspirations of becoming a star pitcher at Excelsior Hall, his new boarding school. The narrative highlights themes of ambition, rivalry, and friendship as Joe navigates the challenges posed by Hiram Shell, the school's bully and baseball manager. At the start of the story, we are introduced to Joe and his friends engaging in a playful snowball throwing contest, which escalates into a confrontation with Professor Rodd, a strict instructor at the school. Following this encounter, a budding rivalry emerges between Joe and Hiram, who clearly intends to undermine Joe's ambitions on the school baseball team. As Joe grapples with the dynamics of school life and the competitive sports environment, he remains determined to prove himself on the diamond. The opening lays the groundwork for the conflicts and camaraderie that will define Joe's journey, establishing both the setting and the central characters while hinting at the exciting baseball action to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/38897/38897-h/images/cover.jpg en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Young men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Students -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Baseball stories Envy -- Juvenile fiction Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction 363124 363079 2024-09-16T11:04:48.068526 2023-09-17T05:59:21.876475 text/html text/html 389511 2012-02-16T08:23:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 498224 2012-02-16T08:23:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 526984 2024-09-16T11:04:55.154510 application/epub+zip 529707 2024-09-16T11:04:49.274536 application/epub+zip 207616 2024-09-16T11:04:48.651494 application/epub+zip 664708 2024-09-16T11:04:59.720445 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621520 2024-09-16T11:04:54.424463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301601 2022-09-17T17:21:37.247815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305529 305317 2024-09-16T11:04:46.776542 2023-09-17T05:59:20.783505 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 305248 2012-02-16T08:23:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113094 2012-02-16T08:23:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 305245 2012-02-16T08:23:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113073 2012-02-16T08:23:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22266 2024-09-16T11:04:59.888455 application/rdf+xml 28211 2024-09-16T11:04:48.751508 image/jpeg 4547 2024-09-16T11:04:48.700545 image/jpeg 497084 2024-09-16T11:04:48.129520 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Garis, Howard Roger