Baseball Joe on the School Nine


Read by Donald Cummings

(4.6 stars; 27 reviews)

"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to go to boarding school and play on the school team, in this second volume of the Baseball Joe series. Joe is a wide-awake country boy who enjoys playing baseball. We follow his career in the series, and his adventures, as he and hometown chum Tom Davis enroll in Excelsior Hall and join the school nine, are recounted here. When not on the diamond, Joe is saving lives and assisting his father against foes who are once again trying to steal Mr. Matson's machinery patents.

Lester Chadwick is one of dozens of house pseudonyms created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate in the early to mid 1900's, to "author" children's series. Contract writers (whose identities were to remain unknown under tight secrecy) were hired to write the books in the series under the various names, usually multiple writers contributing volumes to a particular series. Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) is thought to have ghost-written most, if not all, of the 14-volume Baseball Joe series. - Summary by Donald Cummings (4 hr 44 min)

Chapters

Hitting a Teacher 12:35 Read by Donald Cummings
Planning a Battle 13:01 Read by Donald Cummings
An Angry Bully 9:21 Read by Donald Cummings
Joe Learns Something 10:22 Read by Donald Cummings
The Tables Turned 14:05 Read by Donald Cummings
The Bully Sneers 7:06 Read by Donald Cummings
A Clash with Luke 11:24 Read by Donald Cummings
'Who Will Pitch?' 6:42 Read by Donald Cummings
Tom's Plan Fails 9:09 Read by Donald Cummings
The Banner Parade 11:40 Read by Donald Cummings
Joe Hopes and Fears 6:56 Read by Donald Cummings
On the Scrub 9:03 Read by Donald Cummings
Joe's Great Work 10:28 Read by Donald Cummings
The Game at Morningside 10:33 Read by Donald Cummings
A Strange Discovery 7:11 Read by Donald Cummings
A Hot Meeting 6:33 Read by Donald Cummings
The Initiation 8:14 Read by Donald Cummings
'Fire!' 8:10 Read by Donald Cummings
A Thrilling Rescue 11:29 Read by Donald Cummings
The Warning 8:25 Read by Donald Cummings
Bad News 6:50 Read by Donald Cummings
Bitter Defeat 11:18 Read by Donald Cummings
Hiram is Out 8:11 Read by Donald Cummings
Two of a Kind 9:28 Read by Donald Cummings
By a Close Margin 16:14 Read by Donald Cummings
The Overturned Statue 8:09 Read by Donald Cummings
On Probation 6:44 Read by Donald Cummings
Luke's Confession 10:56 Read by Donald Cummings
A Glorious Victory 8:28 Read by Donald Cummings
Good News--Conclusion 6:06 Read by Donald Cummings

Reviews

Fantastic book


(4.5 stars)

This is an awesome book. It is old fashioned but it is very exciting. It gives you an insight into what baseball was like 50 years ago. You will enjoy every minute of it.