Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 41847-h.htm or 41847-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41847/41847-h/41847-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41847/41847-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). [Illustration: JOE STEADIED HIMSELF, AND SMILED AT HIS OPPONENT.] BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE Or Making Good as a Professional Pitcher by LESTER CHADWICK Author of "Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars," "Baseball Joe at Yale," "The Rival Pitchers," "The Eight-Oared Victors," etc. Illustrated [Illustration] New York Cupples & Leon Company * * * * * =BOOKS BY LESTER CHADWICK= =THE BASEBALL JOE SERIES= =12mo. Cloth. Illustrated= BASEBALL JOE OF THE SILVER STARS Or The Rivals of Riverside BASEBALL JOE ON THE SCHOOL NINE Or Pitching for the Blue Banner BASEBALL JOE AT YALE Or Pitching for the College Championship BASEBALL JOE IN THE CENTRAL LEAGUE Or Making Good as a Professional Pitcher (_Other Volumes in Preparation_) =THE COLLEGE SPORTS SERIES= =12mo. Cloth. Illustrated= THE RIVAL PITCHERS A Story of College Baseball A QUARTER-BACK'S PLUCK A Story of College Football BATTING TO WIN A Story of College Baseball THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN A Story of College Football THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS A Story of College Water Sports (_Other Volumes in Preparation_) =CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, New York= * * * * * Copyright, 1914, by Cupples & Leon Company =Baseball Joe in the Central League= Printed in U. S. A. CONTENTS