Baseball Joe at Yale
Howard R. Garis and Lester Chadwick
Read by Donald Cummings
"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to become a professional baseball pitcher. The Baseball Joe series follows his career as he seeks to attain his goal. In this volume, Joe follows the wishes of his parents and attends college, and seeks to join the Yale University varsity baseball nine. Much to his disappointment, he finds that he cannot immediately do so, due to a Yale rule barring Freshmen from placement on the varsity. We follow his college adventures through his first and second years, with emphasis on his trials in making the team in year two, including the attempts of a rival pitcher to keep him off the team.
Lester Chadwick is one of dozens of house pseudonyms created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate in the early to mid 1900's, to "author" children's series. Contract writers (whose identities were to remain unknown under tight secrecy) were hired to write the books in the series under the various names, usually multiple writers contributing volumes to a particular series. Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) is thought to have ghost-written most, if not all, of the 14-volume Baseball Joe series. - Summary by Donald Cummings (5 hr 9 min)
Chapters
Just In Time | 17:35 | Read by Donald Cummings |
A Home Conference | 10:06 | Read by Donald Cummings |
One Last Game | 8:43 | Read by Donald Cummings |
A Sneering Laugh | 8:02 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Off For Yale | 13:36 | Read by Donald Cummings |
On the Campus | 8:37 | Read by Donald Cummings |
A New Chum | 13:23 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Ambitions | 8:23 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Shampoo | 13:10 | Read by Donald Cummings |
A Wild Night | 11:37 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Red Paint | 8:34 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Joe's Silence | 8:39 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Early Practice | 11:26 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Surprise | 13:31 | Read by Donald Cummings |
His First Chance | 11:40 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Joe Makes Good | 11:43 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Another Step | 17:27 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Plotting | 6:33 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Anonymous Letter | 7:00 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Cornell Host | 8:54 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Eager Hearts | 9:04 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Crimson Spot | 10:30 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Joe's Triumph | 8:23 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Hard Luck | 13:01 | Read by Donald Cummings |
At West Point | 7:51 | Read by Donald Cummings |
A Sore Arm | 8:28 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Accusation | 8:29 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Vindication | 8:02 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Bucking the Tiger | 3:59 | Read by Donald Cummings |
The Championship | 12:58 | Read by Donald Cummings |
Reviews
good read
obx12
The college sports of a bygone era and the student life of the time are presented with an all-male character Llosa. Reminds me of authors of the same time period whose writing gives an all girls view. This book is well read and enjoyable with some unexpected twists. Worth the listen—