LEFT HALF HARMON [Illustration: “Go out and play full-back as it should be played”] Left Half Harmon BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF LEFT END EDWARDS, QUARTER-BACK BATES, FULL-BACK FOSTER, ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY LESLIE CRUMP [Illustration] GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Made in the United States of America Copyright, 1921 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE THREE GUARDSMEN 1 II KIDNAPPED! 17 III HELD BY THE ENEMY 29 IV HARMON COMES TO TERMS 37 V THE WRONG BOY 53 VI FIRST DAYS AT ALTON 65 VII IN THE COACH’S ROOM 76 VIII THE BOY IN THE GREEN SWEATER 87 IX MCNATT ON SCIENCE 101 X ALTON SQUEEZES THROUGH 116 XI THE FIRST DEFEAT 128 XII “DO YOUR BEST” 146 XIII A FORTY-YARD RUN 157 XIV ONIONS! 167 XV MARTIN CALLS QUITS 180 XVI DIPLOMACY 193 XVII MCNATT JOINS THE TEAM 213 XVIII REVENGE! 227 XIX BLACK PAINT 239 XX EVIDENCE 250 XXI BOB SAYS SO 262 XXII ON PROBATION 274 XXIII MCNATT TRIES PHOTOGRAPHY 287 XXIV ALTON CELEBRATES 302 ILLUSTRATIONS “Go out and play full-back as it should be played” _Frontispiece_ “You don’t come that, Harmon! That’s off! You hear me?” 54 One brief instant they tarried to admire 242 It was Alton’s day all through 310 LEFT HALF HARMON CHAPTER I THE THREE GUARDSMEN