CHAPTER PAGE I THE MASS-MEETING 1 II TOWNE PLAYS A JOKE 10 III KENDALL MAKES A CALL 25 IV FIRST PRACTICE 41 V KENDALL LEARNS OF A PLOT 56 VI AND FOILS IT 71 VII CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 80 VIII THE FIRST GAME 97 IX NEW ACQUAINTANCES 108 X NED TOOKER 120 XI THE MYSTERIOUS KICKER 127 XII NED USES TACT 147 XIII GOLF WITH BROADWOOD 160 XIV DAN IS OUT OF SORTS 175 XV NED EARNS A QUARTER 194 XVI A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS 205 XVII UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. TOOKER 217 XVIII YARDLEY VISITS NORDHAM 231 XIX CHEERS AND SONGS 244 XX DAN IS KIDNAPPED 256 XXI AT THE “WASHINGTON’S HEAD” 269 XXII KENDALL EXPLAINS 278 XXIII THE MORNING OF THE GAME 289 XXIV KENDALL MEETS AN OLD FRIEND 296 XXV “CHANGE SIGNALS!” 305 XXVI KENDALL MAKES THE FIRST 321 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE “But the ball went true, straight up and up, over the crossbar” _Frontispiece_ “An odd-looking figure in a pair of old gray trousers” 42 “At the pole stood a boy with upraised arm” 74 “‘I think I can win the match if you make it worth my while’” 166 CHANGE SIGNALS CHAPTER I THE MASS-MEETING “Old Yardley can’t be beat, my boy, She’s bound to win the game! So give a cheer for Yardley, and Hats off to Yardley’s fame!”