Chapter I: Front Matter

LEFTY O’ THE TRAINING CAMP

LEFTY
O’ THE TRAINING CAMP

BY
BURT L. STANDISH

Author of “Lefty o’ the Bush,” “Lefty o’ the Big
League,” “Lefty o’ the Blue Stockings.”

_ILLUSTRATED_

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1914, by
GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc.

_All Rights Reserved_

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE GROUCH 11
II THE MAN WITH THE QUEER EYES 18
III A MANAGER’S DILEMMA 25
IV THE UNEXPECTED 32
V THE FACE IN THE MIRROR 38
VI SUSPICIOUS DENIALS 44
VII THE BLUNDER 52
VIII THE TRANSFORMATION 59
IX THE TRAINING CAMP 65
X A PERPLEXING QUESTION 73
XI A VOICE OUT OF THE DARKNESS 78
XII A BIT OF A STAGGERER 87
XIII WHICH ONE? 92
XIV ON THE TRAIL 98
XV THE GUILE OF SAVAGE 106
XVI THE REGULARS ARRIVE 114
XVII THE TRY-OUT OF SAVAGE 122
XVIII THE VANISHING BALL 129
XIX A THING INCREDIBLE 137
XX THE TRAP 143
XXI THE LAST STRAW 151
XXII SAVAGE’S DISAPPEARANCE 155
XXIII THE CATASTROPHE 160
XXIV DIRE PERIL 169
XXV TWO IN ONE 175
XXVI METAMORPHOSIS 184
XXVII ENTER: A GIRL 192
XXVIII THE BETTER MAN DOMINANT 201
XXIX THE ETERNAL FEMININE 206
XXX THE ATLANTA TIGERS 214
XXXI TWO RUNS BEHIND 222
XXXII THE BREAK 227
XXXIII SUSPENSE 232
XXXIV THE EVIL TRANSITION 238
XXXV THE LAST STRAW 244
XXXVI BREAKING A BATTING STREAK 251
XXXVII THE VOODOO CHARM 256
XXXVIII IN THE NIGHT 264
XXXIX THE FACE IN THE CROWD 270
XL BEWILDERING FACTS 280
XLI REVELATIONS 286

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