Project Gutenberg 2012-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 215 Chadwick, Lester 1873 1962 The Rival Pitchers: A Story of College Baseball Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Rival Pitchers: A Story of College Baseball" by Lester Chadwick is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of college life and sports, the story focuses on the rivalry between freshmen and sophomores at Randall College as they engage in a series of humorous and competitive antics, primarily revolving around baseball. The narrative introduces key characters such as Fred Langridge, a wealthy and somewhat arrogant student, and Tom Parsons, a newcomer with aspirations of making the college baseball team. The opening of the novel introduces a group of freshmen who are navigating the social dynamics of their new environment, highlighting their customs and the hazing rituals from upperclassmen. As tensions rise, Langridge emerges as a confident figure amongst the freshmen, while Tom Parsons quickly earns recognition for his pitching skills. The chapter sets up an early clash between the classes with the freshmen attempting to steal the clapper from the college bell as a rite of passage. Through lively banter and character interactions, the initial chapters establish both camaraderie and rivalry, setting the stage for the subsequent baseball competitions and conflicts that will unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39582/39582-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en College sports -- Juvenile fiction Baseball stories PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: American Literature Category: Sports/Hobbies 462863 2025-09-16T06:37:40.399858 text/html 498532 2012-04-30T10:27:02 text/html 455667 2025-09-16T06:37:47.824799 application/epub+zip 459475 2025-09-16T06:37:41.736856 application/epub+zip 232091 2025-09-16T06:37:41.034837 application/epub+zip 623552 2025-09-16T06:37:52.515806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 574380 2025-09-16T06:37:47.056808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348953 2022-09-18T07:04:17.066245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394201 2025-09-16T06:37:39.060870 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 393944 2012-04-30T10:27:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 393940 2012-04-30T10:27:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20994 2025-09-16T06:37:52.654784 application/rdf+xml 27366 2025-09-16T06:37:41.127828 image/jpeg 4124 2025-09-16T06:37:41.081841 image/jpeg 147212 2012-04-30T10:27:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 424448 2012-04-30T10:27:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 147181 2012-04-30T10:27:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 422315 2025-09-16T06:37:40.467855 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