Chapter I: Front Matter

Baseball Joe
Saving the League

OR

Breaking Up a Great Conspiracy

_By_ LESTER CHADWICK

Author of
“BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS,” “BASEBALL JOE
AROUND THE WORLD,” “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

=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, 1923, by
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

=Baseball Joe Saving the League=

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A SUDDEN CRASH 1
II CROOKED WORK 14
III UNDER COVER 25
IV LINING IT OUT 35
V PLAYING THE GAME 48
VI A HILARIOUS WELCOME 54
VII GROWING BEWILDERMENT 61
VIII A BLACK CONSPIRACY 66
IX THE TELLTALE PHOTOGRAPH 75
X WONDERFUL WORK 84
XI ON THE TRAIL 90
XII THE POLICE RAID 96
XIII KEEPING IT CLOSE 105
XIV A NO-HIT GAME 112
XV THE STARTLING TELEGRAM 124
XVI REGGIE TO THE RESCUE 132
XVII SNATCHED FROM THE FIRE 140
XVIII THICKENING CLOUDS 148
XIX A FURIOUS FIGHT 156
XX TAKEN CAPTIVE 164
XXI AIR-TIGHT PITCHING 173
XXII JIM PUTS ONE OVER 180
XXIII A TERRIBLE ALTERNATIVE 189
XXIV THE ESCAPE 198
XXV DOWN THE ROPE 205
XXVI SCATTERING THE RASCALS 212
XXVII LARRY HAS HIS SAY 219
XXVIII A COUNCIL OF WAR 227
XXIX WEAVING THE WEB 234
XXX SAVING THE LEAGUE 240

BASEBALL JOE SAVING THE LEAGUE