Chapter I: Front Matter

FOR THE GOOD
OF THE TEAM

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

_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
UNDER THE YANKEE ENSIGN
BENTON’S VENTURE
THE JUNIOR TROPHY
THE NEW BOY AT HILLTOP
THE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL
THE PLAY THAT WON
OVER TWO SEAS (With H. P. HOLT)
FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, Publishers, New York

FOR THE GOOD
OF THE TEAM

BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “THREE BASE BENSON,” “KICK
FORMATION,” “FOURTH DOWN,” ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK :: 1923 :: LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A HERO RETURNS 1
II. CAPTAIN AND COACH 18
III. A BOY ON CRUTCHES 30
IV. “ONLY THE CAPTAIN!” 45
V. A CLASH OF AUTHORITY 60
VI. DEFEAT 77
VII. THE ATH. FAC. TAKES A HAND 93
VIII. A NEW LEADER IS CHOSEN 105
IX. OUT OF A JOB 118
X. THE HANDICAPS 134
XI. THE LAST LAP 147
XII. NEIL INTERVENES 160
XIII. STUART GOES OUT FOR THE TEAM 170
XIV. WANTED, A KICKER 183
XV. THE CONFERENCE 197
XVI. LE GETTE EXPLAINS 212
XVII. TASKER GOES OVER 226
XVIII. IN THE LAST QUARTER 242
XIX. STUART SPEAKS HIS MIND 257
XX. “FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM” 275

FOR THE GOOD
OF THE TEAM