BASES FULL! By RALPH HENRY BARBOUR _Yardley Hall Series_ FOURTH DOWN FORWARD PASS DOUBLE PLAY WINNING HIS Y GUARDING THE GOAL FOR YARDLEY AROUND THE END CHANGE SIGNALS _Purple Pennant Series_ THE LUCKY SEVENTH THE SECRET PLAY THE PURPLE PENNANT _Hilton Series_ THE HALF-BACK FOR THE HONOR OF THE SCHOOL CAPTAIN OF THE CREW _Erskine Series_ BEHIND THE LINE WEATHERBY’S INNING ON YOUR MARK _The “Big Four” Series_ FOUR IN CAMP FOUR AFOOT FOUR AFLOAT _The Grafton Series_ RIVALS FOR THE TEAM HITTING THE LINE WINNING HIS GAME _North Bank Series_ THREE BASE BENSON KICK FORMATION COXSWAIN OF THE EIGHT _Wyndham Series_ THE FIGHTING SCRUB BASES FULL HOLD ’EM, WYNDHAM! _Books Not In Series_ THE LOST DIRIGIBLE FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS KEEPING HIS COURSE THE BROTHER OF A HERO FINKLER’S FIELD DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM UNDER THE YANKEE ENSIGN BENTON’S VENTURE THE JUNIOR TROPHY THE NEW BOY AT HILLTOP THE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL THE PLAY THAT WON INFIELD RIVALS FOLLOW THE BALL [Illustration: JEFF WOUND UP AND PITCHED] BASES FULL! BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “THE FIGHTING SCRUB,” “INFIELD RIVALS,” ETC. [Illustration] D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: 1925 :: LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS PAGE I. THE WINNING GOAL 1 II. THE TRIUMVIRATE 11 III. CANDIDATES FOR THE NINE 24 IV. MR. BINGHAM ENTERTAINS 36 V. TOM CONFIDES 48 VI. PSYCHOLOGY 59 VII. A STRANGER LOOKS ON 72 VIII. VACATION VISITS 85 IX. “THE OLD WILL POWER” 99 X. “FIGHT! FIGHT!” 112 XI. TOM HITS A “JOLLY CRASH” 122 XII. THE BATTLING FLIVVER 134 XIII. TOM PAYS A CALL 146 XIV. INSIDE STUFF 158 XV. WATTLES IS CARELESS 168 XVI. A DOUBLE DEFEAT 179 XVII. LORING GOES SCOUTING 190 XVIII. WYNDHAM WINS 204 XIX. WALKING PAPERS 214 XX. CLIF GETS AN ERROR 232 XXI. WATTLES INTERVENES 243 XXII. THE FINAL GAME 254 XXIII. BASES FULL! 262 BASES FULL! CHAPTER I THE WINNING GOAL “_Shoot! Shoot!_”