Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net CHANGE SIGNALS BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR. Each Illustrated, 12mo, Cloth, $1.50. Change Signals! 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. [Illustration: “But the ball went true, straight up and up, over the crossbar.”] CHANGE SIGNALS A STORY OF THE NEW FOOTBALL _By_ RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “FOR YARDLEY,” “THE HALF-BACK,” “FORWARD PASS,” ETC. [Illustration] ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912 Copyright, 1912, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published September, 1912_ Printed in the United States of America FOREWORD I am taking this occasion to thank all of my readers, boys and girls alike, who have been so kind as to write to me. Sometimes your letters have gone unanswered for a long time, I fear; and it is possible that now and then, entirely by accident, one has been lost sight of entirely. If so I am both sorry and apologetic, for your letters are always a real pleasure to me, whether, as is so surprisingly often the case, they are filled with praise for my stories, or, as is sometimes the case, they call me to account for mistakes made. Your criticisms, always just, are perhaps better merited than your praise, and are quite as well appreciated. My thanks and my compliments, then, to all my correspondents for their kindly expressions, and my thanks and compliments to all my readers for their kind allegiance. Very truly yours, RALPH HENRY BARBOUR. “Journey’s End,” Manchester, Mass. CONTENTS