Chapter I: Front Matter

Baseball Joe
Champion of the
League

OR

The Record That Was Worth While

_By_ LESTER CHADWICK

Author of
“BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS,” “BASEBALL JOE,
CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM,” “THE RIVAL PITCHERS,”
“THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS,” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

=BOOKS BY LESTER CHADWICK=

=THE BASEBALL JOE SERIES=

=12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.=

BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS
BASEBALL JOE ON THE SCHOOL NINE
BASEBALL JOE AT YALE
BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE
BASEBALL JOE IN THE BIG LEAGUE
BASEBALL JOE ON THE GIANTS
BASEBALL JOE IN THE WORLD SERIES
BASEBALL JOE AROUND THE WORLD
BASEBALL JOE, HOME RUN KING
BASEBALL JOE SAVING THE LEAGUE
BASEBALL JOE, CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM
BASEBALL JOE, CHAMPION OF THE LEAGUE

=THE COLLEGE SPORTS SERIES=

=12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.=

THE RIVAL PITCHERS
A QUARTERBACK’S PLUCK
BATTING TO WIN
THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN
FOR THE HONOR OF RANDALL
THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York

Copyright, 1925, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

=Baseball Joe, Champion of the League=

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A PROMISING START 1
II THE JAWS OF DEATH 15
III CONSTERNATION 33
IV REGGIE TURNS UP 42
V A SURPRISE PARTY 57
VI WHIZZING THEM OVER 67
VII A BITTER STRUGGLE 76
VIII HITTING A HOMER 85
IX SKIRTING THE EDGE 93
X QUICK PUNISHMENT 105
XI DISCOMFITED CROOKS 117
XII ON THE UPWARD CLIMB 124
XIII A NO-HIT GAME 133
XIV STEALING BASES 140
XV A SINGULAR OCCURRENCE 148
XVI KNOCKED OUT OF THE BOX 156
XVII A BEWILDERING MYSTERY 162
XVIII THE SPIDER AND THE FLY 168
XIX IN THE WEB 175
XX THE MYSTERY DEEPENS 180
XXI GOING DOWN 186
XXII STAGING A COMEBACK 192
XXIII ON THE RAMPAGE 198
XXIV A STARTLING DISCOVERY 204
XXV THE JINX 211
XXVI THE DEADLY RAY 216
XXVII TOO LATE 221
XXVIII RACING TOWARD THE PENNANT 226
XXIX ROUNDING UP THE SCOUNDRELS 231
XXX A MERITED THRASHING 237

BASEBALL JOE
CHAMPION OF THE LEAGUE