Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $22.00, good condition, Sold by The Book House - Saint Louis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1909 by Grosset & Dunlap.
Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Yesterday's Muse Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEBSTER, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 7x5x1; Reissue. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, boards a bit rubbed, pages heavily toned. 1937 Hard Cover. 310 pp. A sports novel by the author best known for his westerns. Hoping to make enough money to start his own business, seventeen-year-old Chase Alloway quit his factory job to become a baseball player. Every town in Ohio had a baseball club, and Chase dragged himself from place to place, drifting until his money was exhausted and his clothes was dirty and ragged. He was just at the point when he was ready to go back and beg to be rehired at his lousy factory job when the tables turned for Chase Alloway in this look at early baseball and one boy's love of The Game.
Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $42.00, fair condition, Sold by Uinta Library Foundation rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Evanston, WY, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Grosset & Dunlap.
Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $51.95, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Grosset & Dunlap.
Add this copy of The Shortstop (Desperado Books) to cart. $9.98, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by Desperado Books.
Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $11.74, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Walter J. Black.
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Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $11.75, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published by Walter J. Black.
Add this copy of The Shortstop to cart. $11.77, good condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tontitown, AR, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Walter J. Black.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
Add this copy of Shortstop, the to cart. $29.50, good condition, Sold by Austin Book Shop LLC rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Richmond Hill, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Grosset & Dunlap.
Add this copy of Shortstop, the to cart. $31.00, good condition, Sold by Austin Book Shop LLC rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Richmond Hill, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Farm lad makes good. Pictorial end papers. Frontis by H.S. DeLay. 310pp plus a seven page list of other title for boys available from this publisher. Orange cover with black lettering and a black illus of a short stop. Top right corner of front cover mildly bumped. Interior very good, pages have browned but are not brittle. (loc bbx/1)
The Short Stop is the story of Chase Alloway who has to persuade his mother to let him quit his job in a factory to become a ball player; and of the many exploits he encounters on his way to the big leagues. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries baseball was "the grand ole game" every one played, and nearly every town of any size at all had its own team which competed in a league. The players were paid, and rivalries between towns reached fever pitch when they competed against one another. Incidents such as having a "ringer" inserted into a game were common, so when a team had an exceptional player he was looked on with suspicion by the other team. This is great stuff for any sports fan to read, and shows the beginnings of the writing style Zane Grey would later become renown for.
