Chapter I: Front Matter

FORWARD PASS

BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

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FORWARD PASS

A STORY OF THE “NEW FOOTBALL”

_By_

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF “THE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL,” “THE
HALF-BACK,” “WEATHERBY’S INNING,”
“ON YOUR MARK,” ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK
1908

Copyright, 1908, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

_Published September, 1908_

TO

GILBERT H. SHEARER, JR.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--OFF TO SCHOOL 1
II.--MR. FINDLAY SETTLES THE QUESTION 14
III.--THE FIRST ACQUAINTANCE 24
IV.--“28 CLARKE” 36
V.--YARDLEY HALL 56
VI.--“TUBBY” JONES SURRENDERS 66
VII.--PAYSON, COACH 75
VIII.--DAN JOINS THE FOOTBALL SQUAD 92
IX.--THE FIRST GAME 105
X.--DROPPED! 124
XI.--A RESCUE 140
XII.--AT SOUND VIEW 148
XIII.--A RICH MAN’S SON 162
XIV.--DAN JOINS A CONSPIRACY 170
XV.--GERALD VISITS YARDLEY 183
XVI.--AN AFTERNOON AFLOAT 194
XVII.--LIGHT BLUE OR DARK? 205
XVIII.--LORING DECIDES 215
XIX.--FOOTBALL WITH BREWER 225
XX.--MR. AUSTIN LOSES HIS TEMPER 236
XXI.--MR. PENNIMORE CONSENTS 251
XXII.--NORDHAM SPRINGS SOME SURPRISES 261
XXIII.--WHAT HAPPENED “BLUE MONDAY” 275
XXIV.--DAN WONDERS 291
XXV.--ON PROBATION 304
XXVI.--“TUBBY” PACKS A BAG 316
XXVII.--VINTON’S VICTORY 331

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING
PAGE

“He went staggering around the goal-post for a touchdown
and victory” _Frontispiece_

“He staggered to his feet, stumbled blindly through the
doorway” 142

“‘Go in for Minturn.... Use your brains,’ he added” 232

“Tubby went over backward in his chair” 258

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