“Just as the ball was going over his head straight as a bullet, he put up his right handand caught the ball.”

WON IN THE NINTH

BY

CHRISTOPHER MATHEWSON
THE FAMOUS PITCHER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS

THE FIRST OF A SERIES
OF STORIES FOR BOYS ON
SPORTS TO BE KNOWN AS
THE MATTY BOOKS

EDITED BY W. W. AULICK
THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER ON SPORTS

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FELIX MAHONY

NEW YORK
R. J. BODMER COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910, by
R. J. BODMER COMPANY

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY, SALES AGENTS
NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEDICATION

To the memory of Henry Chadwick, “TheFather of Baseball,” whose life was centeredin the sport, and who, by his rugged honestyand his relentless opposition to everythingthat savored of dishonesty and commercialismin connection with the game, is entitled to thecredit, more than any other, of the high standingand unsullied reputation which the sportenjoys to-day, and to the boys who love thegreat American game I dedicate this book.

C. M.

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