Project Gutenberg 2011-08-12 Public domain in the USA. 256 Chadwick, Lester 1873 1962 Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars; or, The Rivals of Riverside Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars; or, The Rivals of Riverside" by Lester Chadwick is a novel written in the early 20th century. Centered around the sport of baseball, the story follows a young boy named Joe Matson who has aspirations of becoming a pitcher and finding his place on a local amateur team, the Silver Stars. With engaging themes of rivalry, ambition, and youthful determination, the narrative highlights Joe's journey as he navigates the challenges of fitting into a new community and striving to prove himself on the baseball field. The opening of the book sets the scene with a lively baseball game in the town of Riverside, establishing the competitive spirit and camaraderie among the boys on the Silver Stars team. Joe is introduced as a newcomer with aspirations to play, but he quickly encounters hostility from Sam Morton, the team's established pitcher, who feels threatened by Joe's ambition. As tensions rise, Joe demonstrates his talent during an informal practice and is eventually given the opportunity to fill in for a regular spot on the team. The beginning chapters not only develop the excitement surrounding the game but also establish Joe's character and the challenges he faces as he seeks acceptance and success within the team dynamic. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/37056/37056-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 92.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Young men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Baseball stories Envy -- Juvenile fiction Patents -- Juvenile fiction Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Sports/Hobbies 359037 2025-06-15T06:47:01.221490 text/html 384879 2021-01-08T00:41:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1004498 2021-01-08T00:41:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1043214 2025-06-15T06:47:07.881456 application/epub+zip 1045793 2025-06-15T06:47:02.384516 application/epub+zip 192025 2025-06-15T06:47:01.784510 application/epub+zip 1182197 2025-06-15T06:47:12.374448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1139257 2025-06-15T06:47:07.219501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286680 2022-09-17T04:51:09.512757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304480 2025-06-15T06:47:00.003550 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 304286 2021-01-08T00:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111959 2021-01-08T00:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20641 2025-06-15T06:47:12.532436 application/rdf+xml 20881 2025-06-15T06:47:01.889532 image/jpeg 3278 2025-06-15T06:47:01.837518 image/jpeg 1001763 2025-06-15T06:47:01.281491 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Garis, Howard Roger