Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 115 Forbes, Graham B. The boys of Columbia High on the gridiron : $b or, The struggle for the silver cup Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Anne Folland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron; or, The Struggle for the Silver Cup" by Graham B. Forbes is a fictional sports novel likely written in the early 20th century. The book revolves around the spirited students of Columbia High School as they engage in football practice and prepare for a fierce competition against rival schools, specifically focusing on the challenges and rivalries they face along the way. The opening of the story introduces us to several characters, including Ralph West, who shows great promise on the field, and Tony Gilpin, a player threatened by Ralph's talent. Tensions build as Tony and his companion, Asa Barnes, plot against Ralph, motivated by jealousy and a sense of rivalry intensified by the prestigious Wallace Cup, a trophy to be awarded to the winning football team. The plot unfolds with Ralph being warned of imminent danger by a young girl, leading to a dramatic conflict between Ralph's supporters and the scheming rivals. The beginning sets the tone for a thrilling narrative filled with sportsmanship, friendship, and the overarching theme of overcoming adversities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en High school students -- Juvenile fiction Football -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 316383 316384 2024-10-03T11:15:33.222890 2023-10-03T09:55:50.278175 text/html text/html 314914 2014-03-19T20:23:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 116267 2014-03-19T20:25:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 214229 2024-10-03T11:15:42.045346 application/epub+zip 218441 2024-10-03T11:15:37.080886 application/epub+zip 186577 2024-10-03T11:15:35.630892 application/epub+zip 472673 2024-10-03T11:15:45.530361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462623 2024-10-03T11:15:41.084382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357983 2022-09-03T14:02:20.287680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295109 295004 2024-10-03T11:15:32.388937 2023-10-03T09:55:49.620170 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 294850 2014-03-19T20:23:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113423 2014-03-19T20:25:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19287 2024-10-03T11:15:45.657325 application/rdf+xml 23653 2024-10-03T11:15:36.197871 image/jpeg 4499 2024-10-03T11:15:35.911044 image/jpeg 210583 2024-10-03T11:15:33.250891 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