Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant

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Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant

by Hugh S. (Hugh Stuart) Fullerton

EN·~5 hours·39 chapters

Chapters

39 total
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"Now kick his shins"

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BY - HUGH S. FULLERTON

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ILLUSTRATED BY - CHARLES PAXSON GRAY

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JIMMY KIRKLAND - AND THE - PLOT FOR A PENNANT

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PHILADELPHIA THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY PUBLISHERS

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To CHARLES A. COMISKEY The man to whom, more than all others, the honesty and high standard of professional baseball is due, this little volume is dedicated with the sincere regard of a student to his preceptor.

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JIMMY KIRKLAND AND A PLOT FOR A PENNANT

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CHAPTER I - Panthers or Bears?

10:25
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CHAPTER II - A Miracle Called McCarthy

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CHAPTER III - Hope for the Bears

13:40

Description

The drama opens as the season’s final series pits the Bears against the Panthers, and a crushing defeat already threatens the Bears’ championship hopes. With their star batter Carson sidelined by a broken leg and their pitching staff exhausted, manager William Clancy faces a daunting dilemma while the nation watches the race for the pennant tighten.

Enter Jimmy Kirkland, a wiry, confident youngster whose arrival at the hotel lobby catches the eye of the team's star left‑hander, Adonis Williams. Jimmy’s keen sense of the game and his quiet determination promise to stir the clubhouse, offering a glimmer of hope for a team on the brink. As the Bears regroup and the rivalry intensifies, listeners will be drawn into the gritty world of early‑20th‑century baseball, where every play can change a season’s destiny.

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Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (309K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Al Haines

Release date

2010-04-18

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Hugh S. (Hugh Stuart) Fullerton

Hugh S. (Hugh Stuart) Fullerton

1873–1945

A sharp-eyed early sportswriter, he became famous for seeing patterns in baseball before most people did and for helping expose the 1919 Black Sox scandal. His work helped shape modern American sports journalism.

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