GUARDING HIS GOAL By Ralph Henry Barbour YARDLEY HALL SERIES Guarding His Goal Forward Pass Double Play Winning His Y 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 Winning His Game Hitting the Line BOOKS NOT IN SERIES For the Freedom of the Seas Under the Yankee Ensign Keeping His Course The Brother of a Hero Finkler’s Field Danforth Plays the Game The Arrival of Jimpson Benton’s Venture The Junior Trophy The New Boy at Hilltop The Spirit of the School The Play that Won D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, New York [Illustration: TOBY, A LITTLE PALE, CROUCHED AND WATCHED] [Illustration: GUARDING HIS GOAL] BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS,” “UNDER THE YANKEE ENSIGN,” ETC. [Illustration] ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE AVISON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1919 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Copyright, 1917, by THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER ASSOCIATION PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCING OUR HERO 1 II. OFF FOR HOME 14 III. THE MAN IN THE BROWN OVERCOAT 31 IV. THE CAPTURE 49 V. CHRISTMAS DAYS 61 VI. FRIENDS FALL OUT 73 VII. FIRST PRACTICE 90 VIII. THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 107 IX. T. TUCKER PLAYS GOAL 119 X. WITH THE FIRST TEAM 135 XI. TRADE FALLS OFF 150 XII. THE MARKED COIN 164 XIII. TOMMY LINGARD EXPLAINS 187 XIV. A QUESTION OF COLOR 199 XV. TOBY ENTERTAINS 212 XVI. ABSENT FROM CHAPEL 223 XVII. THE GRAY CARD 238 XVIII. IN THE OFFICE 251 XIX. A PAIR OF GLOVES 264 XX. CAPTAIN AND COACH 280 XXI. THE RESCUE 299 XXII. THINGS COME OUT ALL RIGHT 316 ILLUSTRATIONS