Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball

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Duffield J. W.. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball

CHAPTER I. Touching Second

CHAPTER II “Making the Team”

CHAPTER III. The “Inside” Game

CHAPTER IV. The Triple Play

CHAPTER V. Winning His Spurs

CHAPTER VI. The Fire

CHAPTER VII. Taking His Medicine

CHAPTER VIII. Shooting Them Over

CHAPTER IX. A Gallant Rescue

CHAPTER X. A Wild Ride

CHAPTER XI. The Ninth Inning

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Here, too, as in the greater world outside, Bert found all sorts and conditions. There were the rich and the poor, the polished and the uncouth, the lazy and the energetic, good fellows and bad. But the good predominated. The great majority were fine, manly fellows, sound to the core. Dick’s wide acquaintanceship with them and his familiarity with college customs were immensely helpful to Bert from the beginning, and he was soon a general favorite.

The football season had been a triumphant one, and another gridiron championship had been added to the many that had preceded it. There had been a surplus of good material left over from the year before, and the time was so short that Bert had not tried for the team. At the outset, too, his studies taxed him so heavily that he did not feel justified in giving the necessary attention to the great game, that, in his estimation, almost divided honors with baseball. He had done a little playing with the scrubs, however, and on his class team, and the qualities he displayed in “bucking the line” had marked him out to the coaches, as a factor to be reckoned with in the following seasons.

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“One swallow doesn’t make a summer,” answered Bert. “I had Drake buffaloed all right, but I only pitched two balls. He might knock me all over the lot to-morrow.”

“Well,” said Bert, “if the lightning strikes my way, all right. But now I’ve got to get busy on my ‘Sci’ work, or I’ll surely flunk to-morrow.”

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