Chapter I: Front Matter

FOLLOW THE BALL

By RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

_Yardley Hall Series_

FOURTH DOWN
FORWARD PASS
DOUBLE PLAY
WINNING HIS Y
GUARDING THE GOAL
FOR YARDLEY
AROUND THE END
CHANGE SIGNALS

_Purple Pennant Series_

THE LUCKY SEVENTH
THE SECRET PLAY
THE PURPLE PENNANT

_Hilton Series_

THE HALF-BACK
FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL
CAPTAIN OF THE CREW

_Erskine Series_

BEHIND THE LINE
WEATHERBY’S INNING
ON YOUR MARK

_The “Big Four” Series_

FOUR IN CAMP
FOUR AFOOT
FOUR AFLOAT

_The Grafton Series_

RIVALS FOR THE TEAM
HITTING THE LINE
WINNING HIS GAME

_North Bank Series_

THREE BASE BENSON
KICK FORMATION
COXSWAIN OF THE EIGHT

_Books Not In Series_

THE LOST DIRIGIBLE
FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS
KEEPING HIS COURSE
THE BROTHER OF A HERO
FINKLER’S FIELD
DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME
THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON
UNDER THE YANKEE ENSIGN
BENTON’S VENTURE
THE JUNIOR TROPHY
THE NEW BOY AT HILLTOP
THE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL
THE PLAY THAT WON
OVER TWO SEAS (With H. P. HOLT)
FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM
INFIELD RIVALS

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, Publishers, New York

FOLLOW THE BALL

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “INFIELD RIVALS,” “FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM,”
“COXSWAIN OF THE EIGHT,” ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK :: 1924 :: LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Copyright, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, by The Sprague Publishing Company
Copyright, 1920, 1922, 1923, by The Century Company

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. FOR THE TEAM 1
II. A SACRIFICE FOR KENTON 14
III. FRIENDS AT OUTS 23
IV. GHOSTS 37
V. THE VIGILANTES 48
VI. JOE FINDS A CLUE 59
VII. THE LONE CHASE 70
VIII. JOE RESIGNS 80
IX. GUS BILLINGS NARRATES 93
X. GUS BILLINGS CONCLUDES 104
XI. CAMP RESTHERE 116
XII. UNINVITED GUESTS 127
XIII. DOWN THE BROOK 139
XIV. ALONZO JONES SPEAKS 149
XV. ALONZO GOES ON 163
XVI. GINGER BURKE 176
XVII. ONE ALL 187
XVIII. THE DECIDING GAME 199
XIX. GINGER SIGNS UP AGAIN 212
XX. CALLED TO THE COLORS 223
XXI. JOE FOLLOWS THE BALL 237

FOLLOW THE BALL