Project Gutenberg 2012-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 180 Chadwick, Lester 1873 1962 Baseball Joe at Yale; or, Pitching for the College Championship Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Baseball Joe at Yale; or, Pitching for the College Championship" by Lester Chadwick is a fictional sports novel set in the early 20th century. The story centers around Joe Matson, an aspiring pitcher, as he navigates his transition from his hometown to the prestigious Yale University amid his passion for baseball. The narrative hints at Joe’s internal conflicts, particularly his reluctance to pursue a college education while yearning for a professional baseball career. The opening of the novel introduces Joe Matson, who is ambivalent about attending Yale, feeling pressure from his family while harboring dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. A conversation with his friend Tom reveals Joe’s apprehensions, but he ultimately acknowledges that he has to comply with his mother’s wishes. As he prepares for college life, Joe encounters a man in distress whose carriage is damaged; he helps the man reach the train station just in time, foreshadowing Joe's own urgent ambitions. The chapter sets up key themes around personal ambition, societal expectations, and the youth's bittersweet journey towards maturity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40105/40105-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 83.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Young men -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction College students -- Juvenile fiction Diligence -- Juvenile fiction Success -- Juvenile fiction Yale University -- Juvenile fiction Baseball stories Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction Universities and colleges -- United States -- 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 366159 2025-06-16T10:41:35.582500 text/html 396021 2012-06-28T18:55:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 286099 2025-06-16T10:41:42.762454 application/epub+zip 288525 2025-06-16T10:41:36.959445 application/epub+zip 194778 2025-06-16T10:41:36.279513 application/epub+zip 426080 2025-06-16T10:41:47.489378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387465 2025-06-16T10:41:42.070451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294263 2022-09-18T11:18:47.690281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310773 2023-09-17T12:35:19.782153 text/plain 17836 2025-06-16T10:41:47.826422 application/rdf+xml 18376 2025-06-16T10:41:36.396441 image/jpeg 3062 2025-06-16T10:41:36.338440 image/jpeg 261291 2025-06-16T10:41:35.633439 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