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• The book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.Now then, Joe, send it over! Show us what you can do! Make the ball hum! Split the ozone! These and a host of similar cries greeted Joe Matson as he carelessly caught the ball tossed to him by one of his friends and walked over to a corner of the gymnasium that was marked off as a pitchers box. All right, fellows, he answered, laughingly. Anything to oblige my friends. And that means all of us, Joe, cried one of the boys heartily. You bet it does! chorused the others, with a fervor that spoke volumes for the popularity of the young pitcher.

• The book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.Now then, Joe, send it over! Show us what you can do! Make the ball hum! Split the ozone! These and a host of similar cries greeted Joe Matson as he carelessly caught the ball tossed to him by one of his friends and walked over to a corner of the gymnasium that was marked off as a pitchers box. All right, fellows, he answered, laughingly. Anything to oblige my friends. And that means all of us, Joe, cried one of the boys heartily. You bet it does! chorused the others, with a fervor that spoke volumes for the popularity of the young pitcher.

CHAPTER I. PUTTING THEM OVER“Now then, Joe, send it over!”“Show us what you can do!”“Make the ball hum!”“Split the ozone!”These and a host of similar cries greeted Joe Matson as he carelessly caught the ball tossed to him by one of his friends and walked over to a corner of the gymnasium that was marked off as a pitcher’s box.“All right, fellows,” he answered, laughingly. “Anything to oblige my friends.”“And that means all of us, Joe,” cried one of the boys heartily.“You bet it does!” chorused the others, with a fervor that spoke volumes for the popularity of the young pitcher.It was a cold day in late winter and a large number of the village youth had gathered at the Riverside gymnasium. Riverside was Joe’s home town where his people had lived for years, and where he always spent the months between the ending of one baseball season and the beginning of the next.Joe wound up, while the spectators stretched out in a long line and waited with interest for the first ball.“Not too hot at the start, Joe,” cautioned Tom Davis, his old-time chum, who stood ready at the receiving end. “Remember I’m out of practice just now and I don’t want you to lift me off my feet.”“All right, old scout,” returned Joe. “I’m not any too anxious myself to pitch my arm out at the start. I’ll just float up a few teasers to begin with.”He let the ball go without any conscious effort, and it sailed lazily across the sixty feet that represented the distance between himself and Tom, who stood directly behind the plate that had been improvised for the occasion. It was a drop that broke just before it reached the plate and shot downward into Tom’s extended glove.“That was a pretty one,” said Tom. “Now give us an upshoot.”Joe complied, and then in response to requests from the crowd gave them specimens of his “knuckle” ball, his in-and-out curves, his “fadeaway,” and in fact everything he had in stock.Then with a twinkle in his eyes, seeing that Tom by this time was pretty well warmed up, he cut loose a fast one that traveled so swiftly that the eye could scarcely follow it. It landed in Tom’s glove with a report like the crack of a whip, and a roar of laughter went up from the crowd as Tom danced around rubbing his hands.“Wow!” he yelled. “That one had whiskers on it for fair. Have a heart, Joe. I’m too young to die.”“Don’t worry about dying, Tom,” piped up Dick Little. “Only the good die young, and that makes you safe for a while.”“Is that the kind you feed to old Wagner when he comes up to the plate and shakes his hat at you?” asked Ben Atkins.“It doesn’t matter much what you serve to that tough old bird,” answered Joe grimly. “He lams them all if they come within reach.”“How fast do you suppose that last ball of yours was traveling anyway, Joe?” asked Ed Wilson.CONTENTS1. Putting Them Over2. A Fearful Situation3. A Crack Shot4. The Telegram5. At the Jail6. Glorious News7. Great Expectations8. The Coming of Reggie9. A Trusting Disposition10. Reggie Confesses11. A Startling Discovery12. The Call to Battle13. Off for the Training Camp14. Diamond Heroes15. A Charming Vision16. The Giant Team17. Away Down South18. In Harness19. Driving Them Hard20. A Test of Nerve21. Making Good22. A Hot Campaign23. An Evil Influence24. A Close Call25. Fighting for the Lead26. The Slump27. From Bad to Worse28. Locking Horns29. An Unexpected Meeting30. A Glorious Success

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Baseball Joe is the fictional hero of a number of children's books written by Howard R. Garis under the name of "Lester Chadwick". The series follows the main character, a star baseball player named Joe Matson, from high school to college (at Yale University) and then to success as a professional. In the Baseball Joe series, Chadwick chronicles the adventures of Joe Matson from the sandlots to prep school, the Ivy League, the minors, the majors, and on to a world tour and other adventures.

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Excerpt from Baseball Joe on the Giants: Or Making Good as a Ball Twirler in the MetropolisPutting them over Now then, Joe, send it over! Show us what you can do! Make the ball hum 1 Split the ozone I These and a host of similar cries greeted Joe Matson as he carelessly caught the ball tossed to him by one of his friends and walked over to a corner of the gymnasium that was marked off as a pitcher's box.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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“Now then, Joe, send it over!” “Show us what you can do!” “Make the ball hum!” “Split the ozone!” These and a host of similar cries greeted Joe Matson as he carelessly caught the ball tossed to him by one of his friends and walked over to a corner of the gymnasium that was marked off as a pitcher’s box. “All right, fellows,” he answered, laughingly. “Anything to oblige my friends.”