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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Touching Second | 1 |
| II. | Making the Team | 16 |
| III. | The “Inside” Game | 33 |
| IV. | The Triple Play | 53 |
| V. | Winning His Spurs | 65 |
| VI. | The Fire | 93 |
| VII. | Taking His Medicine | 107 |
| VIII. | Shooting Them Over | 123 |
| IX. | A Gallant Rescue | 144 |
| X. | A Wild Ride | 160 |
| XI. | The Ninth Inning | 182 |
BERT WILSON’S
Fadeaway Ball
BY
Author of “Bert Wilson at the Wheel,”
“Bert Wilson, Marathon Winner,”
“Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator.”
Copyright, 1913, By
SULLY AND KLEINTEICH
All rights reserved.
Published and Printed, 1924, by
Western Printing & Lithographing Company
Racine, Wisconsin
Printed in U. S. A.
Bert Wilson’s Fadeaway Ball
CHAPTER I
Touching Second
Crack!—and the ball soared into center field,while the batter, swift as a flash, sped downto first. A tremendous roar went up from thethirty thousand loyal “fans” who packed thegrandstands and filled the bleachers to overflowing.Staid citizens danced up and down likehowling dervishes, hats were tossed into the airor jovially crushed on their owners’ heads, andhappy riot reigned everywhere. Pandemoniumbroke loose.
The fight for the pennant had been a bitter oneall season. First one team and then anotherhad taken the lead, while the who