Center Rush Rowland

BY

RALPH HENRY BARBOUR

AUTHOR OF

LEFT END EDWARDS,
LEFT GUARD GILBERT, Etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY

E. C. CASWELL

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS      NEW YORK

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Copyright, 1917, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I ROWLAND ARRIVES 1 II A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE 17 III GETTING SETTLED 36 IV FOUND—A ROOMMATE 48 V SCHOOL BEGINS 61 VI THE ENEMY CALLS 78 VII THE FIGHT 94 VIII IRA DECLINES AN INVITATION 108 IX AN ULTIMATUM 126 X ON THE FOURTH SQUAD 140 XI IRA RENEWS AN ACQUAINTANCE 157 XII

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46592@[email protected]#CHAPTER_XII" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">IN THE LINE-UP 169 XIII A CONFERENCE 182 XIV HARD KNOCKS 196 XV PARKINSON HAS A CHANGE OF HEART 211 XVI IRA PLANS 224 XVII THROUGH THE ENEMY’S LINE 234 XVIII “OLD EARNEST” 251 XIX CALLERS 264 XX BEFORE THE GAME 278 XXI PARKINSON SCORES 288 XXII COACH DRISCOLL APOLOGISES 297

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Ira Felt the Blood Pouring into His Cheeks As He Jumped to His Feet (Page 304) Frontispiece   FACING
PAGE “The Coat Slips Off Right Easy” 14 More Circling Then, Each Watching the Other Warily 98

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@46592@[email protected]#image04" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">“I Want to Tell a Story,” He Said 220

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