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CHAMPION SPORTS STORIES
By NOEL SAINSBURY, JR.
_Every boy enjoys sport stories. Here we present three crackerjackstories of baseball, football, and basketball, written in the vernacularof the boy of to-day, full of action, suspense and thrills, in languageevery boy will understand, and which we know will be enthusiasticallyendorsed by all boys._
_Large 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Jacket in color. Price 50 cents pervolume._
_Postage 10 cents additional._
1. CRACKER STANTON _Or The Making of a Batsman_
Ralph Stanton, big, rawboned and serious, is a product of the backwoodsand a crack rifle shot. Quick thinking and pluck bring him a scholarshipto Clarkville School where he is branded "grind" and "dub" byclassmates. How his batting brings them first place in the League andhow he secures his appointment to West Point make CRACKER STANTON anup-to-the-minute baseball story no lover of the game will want to putdown until the last word is read.
2. GRIDIRON GRIT _Or The Making of a Fullback_
A corking story of football packed full of exciting action and good,clean competitive rivalry. Shorty Fiske is six-foot-four and the productof too much money and indulgence at home. How Clarkville School andfootball develop Shorty's real character and how he eventually stars onthe gridiron brings this thrilling tale of school life and football to agrandstand finish.
3. THE FIGHTING FIVE _Or the Kidnapping of Clarkville's Basketball Team_
Clarkville School's basketball team is kidnapped during the game for theState Scholastic Championship. The team's subsequent adventures underthe leadership of Captain Charlie Minor as he brings them back to theState College Gymnasium where the two last quarters of the Championshipgame are played next evening, climaxes twenty-four pulsating hours ofadventure and basketball in the FIGHTING FIVE....
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, Publishers New York