Baseball Joe at Yale
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"Baseball Joe at Yale" is an exciting book by Lester Chadwick that follows the journey of a young baseball player named Joe Matson. Joe dreams of becoming a professional pitcher, and this series chronicles his efforts to achieve his goal. In this particular volume, Joe decides to attend college and enrolls at Yale University. However, he faces a setback when he realizes that a Yale rule prevents freshmen from joining the varsity baseball team. The story takes us through Joe's college adventures during his first and second years, with a focus on his struggles to make the team in his second year. Along the way, Joe also faces challenges from a rival pitcher who tries to keep him off the team. Written as part of a series of children's books, "Baseball Joe at Yale" is penned by Lester Chadwick, one of the many pseudonyms created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate in the early 1900s. The syndicate employed various contract writers to contribute to different series