Front matter
Reading edition
Purple Pennant Series
The Lucky Seventh
The Secret Play
The Purple Pennant
Yardley Hall Series
Forward Pass
Double Play
Winning His Y
For Yardley
Around the End
Change Signals
Hilton Series
The Half-back
For the Honor of the School
Captain of the Crew
Erskine Series
Behind the Line
Weatherby’s Inning
On Your Mark
The “Big Four” Series
Four in Camp
Four Afoot
Four Afloat
The Grafton Series
Rivals for the Team
Winning His Game
Hitting the Line
Books not in Series
The Brother of a Hero
Finkler’s Field
Danforth Plays the Game
Benton’s Venture
The Junior Trophy
The New Boy at Hilltop
The Spirit of the School
The Arrival of Jimpson
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, Publishers, New York
The footsteps pounded behind on the frosty turf.
HITTING THE LINE
BY
RALPH HENRY BARBOUR AUTHOR OF “RIVALS FOR THE TEAM,” “THE PURPLE PENNANT,” “DANFORTH PLAYS THE GAME,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK LONDON 1917
Copyright 1917, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America