Chapter I: Front Matter

WON IN THE NINTH

BY

CHRISTOPHER MATHEWSON
THE FAMOUS PITCHER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS

THE FIRST OF A SERIES
OF STORIES FOR BOYS ON
SPORTS TO BE KNOWN AS
THE MATTY BOOKS

EDITED BY W. W. AULICK
THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER ON SPORTS

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FELIX MAHONY

NEW YORK
R. J. BODMER COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910, by
R. J. BODMER COMPANY

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY, SALES AGENTS
NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEDICATION

To the memory of Henry Chadwick, “The Father of Baseball,” whose life was centered in the sport, and who, by his rugged honesty and his relentless opposition to everything that savored of dishonesty and commercialism in connection with the game, is entitled to the credit, more than any other, of the high standing and unsullied reputation which the sport enjoys to-day, and to the boys who love the great American game I dedicate this book.

C. M.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE WINTER TERM 1
II. THE LOWELL SPIRIT 9
III. GETTING ACQUAINTED 14
IV. THE JERRY HARRIMAN SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES 23
V. THE FIRST LINE-UP 32
VI. PICKING THE VARSITY 46
VII. HAL AND CROSSLEY 56
VIII. BAD NEWS FROM HOME AND FLIGHT 63
IX. THE DIAMOND MEDAL 79
X. UNDER SUSPICION 84
XI. THE STUDENT DETECTIVES 98
XII. HAL IS DISCOVERED 104
XIII. HANS TAKES A TRIP 117
XIV. PREPARATIONS AT THE RIVAL COLLEGE 133
XV. THE “LOWELL REPORTER” 142
XVI. THE ALUMNI GAME 158
XVII. THE MAKING OF A FAN 169
XVIII. THE TRIP TO JEFFERSON 185
XIX. BEFORE THE BATTLE 193
XX. THE FIRST GAME 204
XXI. RETURNING HOME 220
XXII. DISTINGUISHED FANS 226
XXIII. THE SECOND STRUGGLE 231
XXIV. HANS’ SECOND TRIP TO NEW YORK 245
XXV. THE FINAL GAME 252
XXVI. HAL-HONUSED 271
XXVII. AWARDING THE PRIZES 288
XXVIII. SATO WRITES HOME 293

WON IN THE NINTH