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  Christy Mathewson's Book

  WON IN THE NINTH]

  _A Ripping Good Baseball Story by One Who Knows the Game_

  This book has attained a larger sale than any baseball story everpublished.

  The narrative deals with the students of a large university and theirbaseball team, the members of which have names which enable the readerto recognize them as some of the foremost baseball stars of the daybefore their entrance into the major leagues.

  One gains a very clear idea of "inside baseball" stripped of wearisometechnicalities. The book is profusely illustrated throughout andcontains also a number of plates showing the manner in which Mathewsonthrows his deceptive curves, together with brief description of each.

  _Cloth bound 5-1/2 x 7-5/8_ _Price 50c. per volume_

  THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY 147 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK