Chapter I: Front Matter

THIRD BASE THATCHER

THE BASEBALL BOOKS

PITCHER POLLOCK
CATCHER CRAIG
FIRST BASE FAULKNER
SECOND BASE SLOAN
THIRD BASE THATCHER

THIRD BASE
THATCHER

BY
EVERETT (Deacon) SCOTT

SHORT STOP OF THE YANKEE BASEBALL TEAM
1922 CHAMPIONS OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
LESLIE CRUMP

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1923

Copyright, 1923,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
The Quinn & Boden Company

BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I FOUL! 1
II THE FIGHT IN THE DARK 9
III FORCED OUT 18
IV ON HIS OWN 25
V THE CUB REPORTER 35
VI WITH THE WRECKERS 45
VII THE WRECK 49
VIII THE VICTIM 58
IX TO THE RESCUE 64
X ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 70
XI BACK TO PENNINGTON 79
XII “ALL OUT FOR BASEBALL” 85
XIII “YOU, TOO, THATCHER” 94
XIV INDOOR PRACTICE 100
XV ALL OUT FOR BASEBALL 120
XVI THE SCRUB TEAM 131
XVII A STIFF SCHEDULE 148
XVIII ON THE BENCH 157
XIX GOULD IS SET DOWN 167
XX FIRE! 177
XXI THIRD BASE THATCHER 198
XXII TREACHERY? 210
XXIII VOICES 229
XXIV THE BIG GAME 250

ILLUSTRATIONS

He leaned on the very first ball pitched _Frontispiece_

FACING
PAGE

He rushed into another furious attack 16

“I――I――think he’s still alive,” Jeff answered 116

With a terrific jump Jeff shot up in the air 282

THIRD BASE THATCHER