Chapter I: Front Matter

HOLD ’EM, WYNDHAM!

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

_Wyndham Series_

THE FIGHTING SCRUB
BASES FULL
HOLD ’EM, WYNDHAM!

_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
FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM
UNDER THE YANKEE ENSIGN
BENTON’S VENTURE
THE JUNIOR TROPHY
THE NEW BOY AT HILLTOP
THE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL
THE PLAY THAT WON
INFIELD RIVALS
FOLLOW THE BALL

HOLD ’EM, WYNDHAM!

BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF “BASES FULL!”, “THE FIGHTING SCRUB,” ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK :: 1925 :: LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
THE MEMORY OF

PERCY DUNCAN HAUGHTON

SKILLFUL PLAYER, INSPIRING LEADER,
BRILLIANT COACH AND GALLANT GENTLEMAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. COACH AND PLAYER 1
II. NEW QUARTERS 11
III. WATTLES IS WELL 25
IV. THE FIRST GAME 36
V. CLIF MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE 51
VI. THE “HOUSEWARMING” 61
VII. OVER THE CROSSBAR 75
VIII. SLOGANS 89
IX. “NO DEFEATS!” 101
X. JUST KITTENS 115
XI. LEMUEL JOHN 127
XII. A NEW MAN JOINS UP 139
XIII. THE BOY WITH THE FUNNY CHIN 150
XIV. WATTLES ON THE TRAIL 167
XV. THE TRIUMVIRATE CONSPIRES 179
XVI. RUN TO EARTH 189
XVII. MR. BINGHAM IS STERN 202
XVIII. TOM HAS NERVES 212
XIX. DEFEAT BY TELEPHONE 222
XX. THE CAMEL EXPLAINS 232
XXI. LORING TAKES A WALK 248
XXII. “HOLD ’EM, WYNDHAM!” 261

HOLD ’EM, WYNDHAM!