Left Tackle Thayer

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Ti­tle: Left Tack­le Thay­er

Au­thor: Ralph Hen­ry Bar­bour

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<b>Left Tack­le Thay­er</b>

BY

RALPH HEN­RY BAR­BOUR

AU­THOR OF

LEFT-​END ED­WARDS, LEFT GUARD GILBERT, ETC.

IL­LUS­TRAT­ED BY CHARLES M. RE­LYEA

1915

CON­TENTS

CHAP­TER PAGE I A NEW BOY AND AN OLD ONE . . 3 II CAP­TAIN INNES RE­CEIVES . . . 18 III AMY AIRS HIS VIEWS . . . 31 IV CLINT CUTS PRAC­TICE . . . 42 V ON THE SEC­OND . . . . 53 VI THE RUN­AWAY WHEEL . . . . 65 VII LOST! . . . . . . 77 VI­II THE MYS­TE­RI­OUS AU­TO . . . 89 IX UN­DER SUS­PI­CION . . . . 104 X BURIED TREA­SURE . . . . 118 XI BRIM­FIELD MEETS DE­FEAT . . . 129 XII PEN­NY LOS­ES HIS TEM­PER . . . 148 XI­II AMY WINS A CUP . . . . 163 XIV THE TEAM TAKES RE­VENGE . . . 180 XV A BRO­KEN FID­DLE . . . . 196 XVI AMY TAKES A HAND . . . . 210 XVII A STRANGER IN­TER­RUPTS . . . 223 XVI­II A RAID ON THE SEC­OND . . . 233 XIX MR. DE­TWEIL­ER IN­STRUCTS. . . 244 XX 'VAR­SI­TY vs. SEC­OND TEAM . . 259 XXI THE LET­TER THAT WASN'T WRIT­TEN . 270 XXII DREER LOOKS ON . . . . 288 XXI­II CLINT HAS STAGE-​FRIGHT . . . 297 XXIV IN THE EN­EMY'S COUN­TRY . . . 313 XXV VIC­TO­RY! . . . . . 327

IL­LUS­TRA­TIONS

VIC­TO­RY . . . . . _Fron­tispiece_

NOW AND THEN THEY SPOKE, BUT SO SOFT­LY THAT THE BOYS COULD NOT HEAR WHAT WAS SAID . . . . . . . 90

“FUN­NY YOU DIDN'T MAKE A SUC­CESS OF IT!” CHUCK­LED CLINT . . . . . 170

“NO, HE WON'T!” EX­CLAIMED CLINT, JUMP­ING TO HIS FEET . . . . . . 292

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