THE FIGHTING SCRUB By RALPH HENRY BARBOUR _Yardley Hall Series_ FOURTH DOWN FORWARD PASS DOUBLE PLAY WINNING HIS Y GUARDING THE GOAL 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 HITTING THE LINE WINNING HIS GAME _North Bank Series_ THREE BASE BENSON KICK FORMATION COXSWAIN OF THE EIGHT _Books Not In Series_ THE LOST DIRIGIBLE FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS KEEPING HIS COURSE THE BROTHER OF A HERO FINKLER’S FIELD DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME THE ARRIVAL OF JIMPSON UNDER THE YANKEE ENSIGN BENTON’S VENTURE THE JUNIOR TROPHY THE NEW BOY AT HILLTOP THE SPIRIT OF THE SCHOOL THE PLAY THAT WON OVER TWO SEAS (With H. P. HOLT) FOR THE GOOD OF THE TEAM INFIELD RIVALS D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, Publishers, New York [Illustration: THE BALL SAILED UP AND AWAY] THE FIGHTING SCRUB BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “INFIELD RIVALS,” “KICK FORMATION,” ETC. [Illustration] D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: 1924 :: LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ROTTER 1 II. GETTING ACQUAINTED 12 III. “LOVEY” MCKNIGHT 22 IV. A BOY IN A WHEEL CHAIR 35 V. OUT FOR THE TEAM 48 VI. WATTLES 60 VII. MR. BABCOCK TAKES HOLD 73 VIII. MR. BINGHAM PAYS A VISIT 86 IX. AN “UNEXPECTED” HONOR 100 X. CLIF GOES FOR A PAPER 114 XI. TOM IS BORED 129 XII. DEFEAT 139 XIII. THE CONSULTING COACH 150 XIV. THE FIGHTING SCRUB 160 XV. TOM’S LUCK TURNS 170 XVI. LORING TAKES COMMAND 183 XVII. WATTLES USES COERCION 193 XVIII. A NEW PLAY IS TRIED OUT 205 XIX. BAD NEWS 215 XX. “COCKY” MAKES A CALL 225 XXI. SCRUB VS. SCRUB 234 XXII. THE SCRUB DISBANDS 243 XXIII. WYNDHAM PLAYS WOLCOTT 254 XXIV. WATTLES AGREES 266 THE FIGHTING SCRUB CHAPTER I THE ROTTER