Chapter I: Front Matter

LEFTY O’ THE BUSH

LEFTY O’ THE BUSH

BY
BURT L. STANDISH

Author of “Lefty o’ the Big League,” “Lefty o’ the Blue
Stockings,” “Lefty o’ the Training Camp.”

_ILLUSTRATED_

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1914, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.

_All Rights Reserved_

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I OUT IN THE BUSH 11
II UNDER COVER 18
III THE MAN TO PITCH 23
IV THE PARSON’S DAUGHTER 29
V A BAD BEGINNING 35
VI “TAKE HIM OUT!” 40
VII HIMSELF AGAIN 47
VIII STEADYING DOWN 53
IX SOME PITCHING! 58
X A PITCHERS’ BATTLE 63
XI ON THE RAW EDGE 67
XII THE “SQUEEZE PLAY” 73
XIII THE LAST STRIKE-OUT 78
XIV AFTER THE GAME 86
XV MAN TO MAN 91
XVI BENTON KING AWAKENS 97
XVII FATHER AND DAUGHTER 104
XVIII THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER 112
XIX THE AGITATION IN BANCROFT 120
XX MEN OF CONSCIENCE! 128
XXI A SECRET MEETING 132
XXII RILEY SHOOTS HIS BOLT 140
XXIII LEFTY’S FICKLE MEMORY 145
XXIV A MATTER OF VERACITY 152
XXV THE TEST AND THE DENIAL 157
XXVI WAS IT A BLUFF? 166
XXVII THE ITEM IN THE NEWS 173
XXVIII THE GAGE FLUNG DOWN 180
XXIX THE FRAME-UP 186
XXX THE LETTER IN THE DESK 193
XXXI TOM, TOMMY AND JANET 201
XXXII THE INITIALS 209
XXXIII KING AROUSED 218
XXXIV GIVEN THE LIE 224
XXXV THE PHOTOGRAPH 230
XXXVI CRUMBLED CASTLES 236
XXXVII THE BELL BOY 244
XXXVIII “AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND” 250
XXXIX BANCROFT COMES TO CONQUER 258
XL PINWHEEL MURTEL 264
XLI GONE WRONG 271
XLII A SUDDEN SHIFT 276
XLIII A GAME WORTH WINNING 282
XLIV FACING HIS ACCUSERS 288
XLV THE FORGERY 294
XLVI CLEARED UP 300

LEFTY O’ THE BUSH