Chapter D: APPLETON AND COMPANY = Publishers = New York

DANFORTH
PLAYS THE GAME

STORIES FOR BOYS
LITTLE AND BIG

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “THE HALF-BACK,” “FOR
THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL,”
“DOUBLE PLAY,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHN A. COUGHLIN

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1915

Copyright, 1915, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Copyright, 1914, by the Sprague Publishing Company.
Copyright, 1913, 1914, by The Century Company.
Copyright, 1915, by Doubleday, Page & Company.

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

PAGE DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME 3 “BLACK-ON-BLUE” 105 JONESIE USES HIS INFLUENCE 143 THE MAGIC FOOTBALL 183 SPORTSMEN ALL 221 THE EMBASSY TO MEARSVILLE 255 JONESIE AND THE ALL-STARS 287

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“Tommy hit the ball smartly with his instep ... and
said, ‘Og!’” _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

“Harry ... catching the well-aimed pass coolly, romped
unmolested over the line” 100

“‘There they go! Sick ’em, pup! Go after ’em, you fool
dog!’” 242

“Jonesie didn’t pretend to catch them” 328

DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME