Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 53116-h.htm or 53116-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/53116/53116-h/53116-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/53116/53116-h.zip) Transcriber’s note: Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). Text in bold face is enclosed by equal signs (=bold=). RIGHT GUARD GRANT * * * * * * THE FOOTBALL ELEVEN BOOKS BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR LEFT END EDWARDS LEFT TACKLE THAYER LEFT GUARD GILBERT CENTER RUSH ROWLAND FULL-BACK FOSTER QUARTER-BACK BATES LEFT HALF HARMON RIGHT END EMERSON RIGHT GUARD GRANT * * * * * * [Illustration: Then it was that Leonard had his great moment] RIGHT GUARD GRANT by RALPH HENRY BARBOUR Author of Left End Edwards, Full-Back Foster, Right End Emerson, etc. Illustrated by Leslie Crump [Illustration] Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York Made in the United States of America Copyright, 1923, By Dodd, Mead and Company, Inc. Printed in the U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I CAPTAIN AND COACH 1 II TWO IN A TAXI 12 III ENTER MR. ELDRED CHICHESTER STAPLES 25 IV LEONARD GETS PROMOTION 35 V THE BOY ON THE PORCH 49 VI THE SEASON BEGINS 61 VII JUST ONE OF THE SUBS 74 VIII A STRANGE RESEMBLANCE 91 IX LEONARD MAKES A TACKLE 102 X THE SECOND TEAM COMES OVER 111 XI ALTON SEEKS REVENGE 122 XII VICTORY HARD WON 137 XIII AN EVENING CALL 147 XIV MR. CADE MAKES AN ENTRY 159 XV A TIP FROM MCGRATH 171 XVI FIRST TRICK TO THE ENEMY 187 XVII SLIM RETREATS 198 XVIII LEONARD COMES TO THE PARTY 208 XIX NOT ELIGIBLE 219 XX RIGHT GUARD GRANT 233 XXI RENNEKER EXPLAINS 245 XXII BEFORE THE BATTLE 260 XXIII “FIFTY-FIFTY!” 276 ILLUSTRATIONS Then it was that Leonard had his great moment _Frontispiece_ PAGE There was another half-hour for each squad with the tackling dummies 62 “That wouldn’t be playing the game,” he answered 210 On the same play he got one more 282 RIGHT GUARD GRANT CHAPTER I CAPTAIN AND COACH