Chapter I: Front Matter

WINNING HIS GAME

By Ralph Henry Barbour

PURPLE PENNANT SERIES

The Lucky Seventh
The Secret Play
The Purple Pennant

YARDLEY HALL SERIES

Forward Pass
Double Play
Winning His Y
For Yardley
Around the End
Change Signals

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
Winning His Game

BOOKS NOT IN SERIES

The Brother of a Hero
Finkler’s Field
Danforth Plays the Game
Benton’s Venture
The Junior Trophy
The New Boy at Hilltop
The Spirit of the School
The Arrival of Jimpson

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, Publishers, New York

WINNING
HIS GAME

BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR
AUTHOR OF “RIVALS FOR THE TEAM,” “THE PURPLE PENNANT,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
WALT LOUDERBACK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1917

Copyright, 1917, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. DUD WONDERS 1
II. THE ENTERING WEDGE 13
III. 29 LOTHROP 25
IV. A CHANCE MEETING 36
V. DUD LOSES HIS TEMPER 49
VI. FIRST PRACTICE 59
VII. BEN MYATT ADVISES 69
VIII. A WILD PITCH 81
IX. JIMMY TAKES CHARGE 93
X. THE CHALLENGE 104
XI. WITH THE SCRUBS 118
XII. ON THE RIVER 130
XIII. CONFESSION 138
XIV. MAROONED! 148
XV. DUD SERVES THEM UP 160
XVI. THE TRACK MEET 172
XVII. BASEBALL, TENNIS AND OYSTERS 184
XVIII. DUD GOES TO THE RESCUE 192
XIX. BACK TO THE BENCH 207
XX. JIMMY ENCOURAGES 219
XXI. ON THE MOUND 230
XXII. DUD COMES BACK 240
XXIII. BEN TELLS A SECRET 253
XXIV. THE FIRST GAME 264
XXV. LEFT BEHIND 274
XXVI. THE BORROWED HAND-CAR 286
XXVII. WINNING HIS GAME 301

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

“The ball, curving inward, met his bat fairly and screeched
off into short center” _Frontispiece_

FACING
PAGE

“‘You’re a sneaky little bounder, that’s what you are!’” 38

“‘The canoes have gone!’” 144

“Jimmy ... was rolling over on the platform and Dud ...
with him” 282

WINNING HIS GAME