CHAMPION SPORTS STORIES
By NOEL SAINSBURY, JR.
_Every boy enjoys sport stories. Here we present three crackerjackstories of baseball, football, and basketball, written in thevernacular of the boy of today, full of action, suspense and thrills,in language every boy will understand, and which we know will beenthusiastically endorsed by all boys._
_Large 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Jacket in color. Price 50 cents pervolume._
_Postage 10 cents additional._
1. CRACKER STANTON _Or The Making of a Batsman_
Ralph Stanton, big, rawboned and serious, is a product of thebackwoods and a crack rifle shot. Quick thinking and pluck bring him ascholarship to Clarkville School where he is branded "grind" and "dub"by classmates. How his batting brings them first place in the Leagueand how he secures his appointment to West Point make CRACKER STANTONan up-to-the-minute baseball story no lover of the game will want toput down until the last word is read.
2. GRIDIRON GRIT _Or The Making of a Fullback_
A corking story of football packed full of exciting action and good,clean competitive rivalry. Shorty Fiske is six-foot-four and theproduct of too much money and indulgence at home. How Clarkville Schooland football develop Shorty's real character and how he eventuallystars on the gridiron brings this thrilling tale of school life andfootball to a grandstand finish.
3. THE FIGHTING FIVE _Or the Kidnapping of Clarkville's Basketball Team_
Clarkville School's basketball team is kidnapped during the game forthe State Scholastic Championship. The team's subsequent adventuresunder the leadership of Captain Charlie Minor as he brings themback to the State College Gymnasium where the two last quarters ofthe Championship game are played next evening, climaxes twenty-fourpulsating hours of adventure and basketball in the FIGHTING FIVE....
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, Publishers New York