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050 4 _aPZ
100 1 _aChadwick, Lester,
_d1873-1962
245 1 0 _aBaseball Joe in the Central League; or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-01-14
508 _aE-text prepared by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"Baseball Joe in the Central League; or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher" by Lester Chadwick is a sports fiction novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story follows Joe Matson, a young and talented pitcher who has left Yale University to pursue his dream of becoming a professional baseball player in the Central League, aiming to make a name for himself in the competitive world of minor league baseball. The opening of the novel introduces Joe returning home after his decision to leave Yale, where he excitedly reunites with his mother and sister. However, the family faces financial troubles due to Joe's father's risky investments, which casts a shadow over Joe's aspirations. As he prepares to embark on his professional career, the narrative explores themes of ambition, family support, and the potential pitfalls of the sports world. During his journey, Joe saves a man from an oncoming train and encounters a young woman named Mabel Varley in a dramatic sequence where he stops her runaway horse from going over a cliff. Their subsequent interaction hints at budding romance, setting the stage for Joe’s adventures as he navigates life as a professional player. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aYoung men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFriendship -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aDiligence -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSuccess -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBaseball stories
653 _aBaseball players -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41847
999 _c82686
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