Finkler's Field: A Story of School and Baseball

The message that had taken Sam away from practice had been brought to him by one of the younger boys and, scrawled hurriedly on the back of an envelope, was as follows: “Sam: I’...

Hal Morris, as a pitcher, was not in the same class with Sam Phillips, nor was he nearly so good as Mort Prince. He had speed and two or three simple curve balls that weren’t ve...

That evening, according to custom, the nine banqueted in the New Dining Hall behind tightly closed doors. The New Dining Hall was not as grand as its name sounded, being only a...

Sam noiselessly closed the stairway door and subsided on the lower step, a prey to disappointment. To win by Perkins was out of the question, while to reach the stable end of th...

Number 4, North Dormitory, was a revelation to Jack. The room he shared with Sam Phillips in South was comfortable enough and not at all badly furnished, but Sam “didn’t go in m...

It was about a fortnight after the unsuccessful visit to Farmer Finkler’s that Jack asked permission to cut practice and go to town. His mission in Charlemont was the purchase o...

Sam was a hero amongst the Boarders for many days. But, as Sam himself said and as most of the fellows agreed, the real hero of the game was Hal Morris, who, with very little pr...

The coach hit a swift grounder toward second, and second baseman, reaching it with one hand, snapped it quickly to first, from whence, it sped back to the plate and the outstret...

Maple Ridge played her second game that afternoon, winning from Warrenton High School, 11 to 5. Jack played in left field during the last four innings, and did very well; so wel...

Maple Ridge and Chase were natural rivals. The schools were similar in character and size and had been founded within five years of each other, whatever advantage pertained to s...

Mr. Talcott stooped, unlaced his shoes and kicked them off. Then he sprang up the ladder and joined the boys on the barn roof. Sure enough, the flames were pouring through venom...

When Jack narrated his talk with Farmer Finkler to Dolph and Ted they agreed unanimously that any further efforts at securing the land would be wasted. Perhaps Dolph was a littl...

Jack Borden had made the mistake of entering Maple Ridge in January at the beginning of the Winter Term, for the boy who enters school after his fellows seldom quite catches up....

It was not until the beginning of the second inning that anything happened, although in the first Chase got a runner to first on a single. But Ted threw him out at second when h...