WEATHERBY’S INNING BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR. Each, 12mo, Cloth, Illustrated. Weatherby’s Inning. Illustrated in Colors. $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional. Behind the Line. A Story of School and Football. $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional. Captain of the Crew. $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional. For the Honor of the School. A Story of School Life and Interscholastic Sport. $1.50. The Half-Back. A Story of School, Football, and Golf. $1.50. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. [Illustration: Perkins was speeding for second.] WEATHERBY’S INNING A Story of College Life and Baseball BY RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF BEHIND THE LINE, THE HALF-BACK, ETC. _Illustrated by C. M. Relyea_ [Illustration] New York D. Appleton and Company 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1903 BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published September, 1903_ TO ALFRED LOUIS BAURY AGED ELEVEN YOUNGEST AND MOST LENIENT OF CRITICS CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.--COWARD! 1 II.--AN INTERRUPTION 11 III.--MR. TIDBALL INTRODUCES HIMSELF 19 IV.--CATCHER AND PITCHER 30 V.--AN ENCOUNTER IN THE YARD 39 VI.--IN DISGRACE 47 VII.--AT THE BATTING NETS 57 VIII.--THE LAST STRAW 68 IX.--ANTHONY STUDIES A TIME-TABLE 80 X.--FLIGHT 94 XI.--ANTHONY MAKES A STATEMENT 106 XII.--A FLY TO LEFT-FIELDER 120 XIII.--JOE IS PESSIMISTIC 127 XIV.--THE MASS-MEETING 139 XV.--ANTHONY ON BASEBALL 148 XVI.--JACK COURTS THE MUSE 156 XVII.--ERSKINE _vs._ HARVARD 167 XVIII.--JACK AT SECOND 176 XIX.--ANTHONY TELLS A SECRET 184 XX.--STOLEN PROPERTY 194 XXI.--OFF TO COLLEGETOWN 203 XXII.--AT THE END OF THE SIXTH 213 XXIII.--A TRIPLE PLAY 223 XXIV.--WEATHERBY’S INNING 239 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Perkins was speeding for second. _Frontispiece_ He leaned back, clinging to the planks behind him. 7 Anthony waved the coffee-pot hospitably. 47 “What’s wrong, Weatherby?” 99 Weatherby sprang straight upward, two feet above the turf. 238 With a gasp for breath he leaped forward. 246 WEATHERBY’S INNING CHAPTER I COWARD! UNIVERSITY BASEBALL.--All men who wish to try for the team report in the cage on Monday, February 25th, at 3.30 sharp. JOS. L. PERKINS, _Capt._