Captain of the Crew

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  CAPTAIN OF THE CREW

  BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR.

  Each Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.

  For Yardley. Finkler’s Field. ($1.25.) Winning His “Y.” The New Boy at Hilltop. Double Play. Forward Pass! The Spirit of the School. Four in Camp. Four Afoot. Four Afloat. The Arrival of Jimpson. Behind the Line. Captain of the Crew. For the Honor of the School. The Half-Back. On Your Mark. Weatherby’s Inning.

  D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NEW YORK.

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  CAPTAIN OF THE CREW

  By

  RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

  Author of For the Honor of the School and The Half-Back

  _Illustrated by C. M. Relyea_

 

  NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912

  Copyright, 1901, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

  INTRODUCTION

  In this, as in the two preceding volumes of the series--The Half-Backand For the Honor of the School--an attempt is made to show thatathletics rightly indulged in is beneficial to the average boy and isan aid rather than a detriment to study. In it, too, as in the previousbooks, a plea is made for honesty and simplicity in sports. There isa tendency in this country to-day to give too great an importance toathletics--to take it much too seriously--and it is this tendency thatshould be guarded against, especially among school and college youths.When athletics ceases to be a pleasure and becomes a pursuit it shouldno longer have a place in school or college life.

  Many inquiries have been received as to whether Hillton Academy reallyexists. It doesn’t. It is, instead, a composite of several schoolsthat the author knows of, and is not unlike any one of a half dozeninstitutions which are yearly turning out hundreds of honest, manlyAmerican boys, stronger, sturdier, and more self-reliant for just suchtrials and struggles as in the present volume fall to the lot of DickHope.

  To those readers who have followed the varying fortunes of Joel March,Outfield West, Wayne Gordon, and their companions, this book isgratefully dedicated by

  THE AUTHOR.

  PHILADELPHIA, _June 19, 1901_.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I.--THE BOY ON THE BOX 1 II.--INTRODUCING DICK HOPE 11 III.--’IS ’IGHNESS 20 IV.--IN THE GYM 31 V.--THE INDOOR MEETING 42 VI.--THE RELAY RACE 53 VII.--TREVOR’S VICTORY 62 VIII.--CANDIDATES FOR THE CREW 70 IX.--THE HOCKEY MATCH 77 X.--BUYING AN ICE-YACHT 92 XI.--ADVENTURES OF A BULL PUP 106 XII.--MUGGINS IS EXPELLED 115 XIII.--THE VOYAGE OF THE SLEET 124 XIV.--DICK TELLS HIS STORY 133 XV.--IN THE ROWING-ROOM 142 XVI.--A DECLARATION OF WAR 155 XVII.--IN THE BOAT 166 XVIII.--DICK SURRENDERS 179 XIX.--DEFIES THE LAW 191 XX.--AND EXTORTS A PROMISE 204 XXI.--A DISAPPOINTING HERO 214 XXII.--TAYLOR ACCEPTS DEFEAT 224 XXIII.--PROSPECTS OF VICTORY 231 XXIV.--STEWART’S REVENGE 238 XXV.--“ARE YOU READY? GO!” 248 XXVI.--AT THE MILE 257 XXVII.--AT THE FINISH 265 XXVIII.--TREVOR IS COMFORTED 273