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• Catcher Craig (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1915), by Christy Mathewson, illust. by C. M. Relyea (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics: or, Dick and Co. Make Their Fame Secure, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• The High School Pitcher: or, Dick and Co. on the Gridley Diamond, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• Our Base Ball Club and How it Won the Championship (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1884), by Noah Brooks, contrib. by A. G. Spalding
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at Harvard
• The Shortstop, by Zane Grey (PDF at arfalpha.com)
• Won in the Ninth (New York: R. J. Bodmer Co., 1910), by Christy Mathewson, ed. by W. W. Aulick, illust. by Felix Mahony (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Young Pitcher, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• The Humming Bird (New York: Baker and Taylor Co., 1910), by Owen Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rover Boys on a Tour: or, Last Days at Brill College (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1916), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team: or, Bitter Struggles on the Diamond (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1924), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe Saving the League: or, Breaking Up a Great Conspiracy (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1923), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe, Home Run King: or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1922), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe Around the World: or, Pitching on a Grand Tour (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1918), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Baseball Joe at Yale: or, Pitching for the College Championship (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1913), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe in the Big League: or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1915), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Baseball Joe in the Central League: or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1914), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe in the World Series: or, Pitching for the Championship (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1917), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars: or, The Rivals of Riverside (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1912), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe on the Giants: or, Making Good as a Ball Twirler in the Metropolis (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1916), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Baseball Joe on the School Nine: or, Pitching for the Blue Banner (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1912), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories, by Zane Grey
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text
• The Rival Pitchers: A Story of College Baseball (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Those Smith Boys on the Diamond: or, Nip and Tuck for Victory (Chicago and New York: M. A. Donohue and Co., c1912), by Howard Roger Garis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The High School Freshmen: or, Dick and Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)

• Mr. Evans: A Cricketo-Detective Story (London: Macmillan and Co., 1922), by Cyril Alington
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• The Spell of the White Sturgeon (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1953), by Jim Kjelgaard (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• A Pilgrimage of Anglers (Hartford: Connecticut printers, c1952), by Eugene E. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The High School Boys' Fishing Trip: or, Dick and Co. in the Wilderness, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• Blue Nets and Red Sails (New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1936), by Helen Bradley Preston, illust. by Margaret Temple Braley (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
• Out With Gun and Camera: or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains (published under "Ralph Bonehill" pseudonym), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text)
• Young Hunters of the Lake: or, Out With Rod and Gun (published under "Ralph Bonehill" pseudonym), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text)
• Budd Boyd's Triumph: or, The Boy-Firm of Fox Island (New York: A. L. Burt, c1890), by William P. Chipman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Dick Hamilton's Football Team: or, A Young Millionaire on the Gridiron (Cleveland: Goldsmith Pub. Co., c1912), by Howard Roger Garis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The High School Left End: or, Dick and Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• The High School Captain of the Team: or, Dick and Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• A Quarter-Back's Pluck: A Story of College Football (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1910), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Winning Touchdown: A Story of College Football (New York: Cupples and Leon Co., c1911), by Lester Chadwick (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Girl on the Boat, by P. G. Wodehouse (Gutenberg text)

• Natural-Born Proud: A Revery (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2010), by S. R. Martin
  • PDF with commentary at usu.edu
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Four Boy Hunters: or, The Outing of the Gun Club (published under "Ralph Bonehill" pseudonym), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text)
• The Hunters' Feast, by Mayne Reid (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Out With Gun and Camera: or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains (published under "Ralph Bonehill" pseudonym), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text)
• Young Hunters of the Lake: or, Out With Rod and Gun (published under "Ralph Bonehill" pseudonym), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text)
• The Lost Hunters: A Story of Wild Man and Great Beasts (New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1939), by Joseph A. Altsheler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rover Boys on a Hunt: or, The Mysterious House in the Woods (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1920), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Battle and the Breeze: or, The Fights and Fancies of a British Tar, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)

• Pizza for Everyone (Elgin, IL: Chariot Books, c1988), by Josh McDowell and Dottie McDowell, illust. by Meredith Johnson (PDF at josh.org)
• Bad, Bad Bunny Trouble, by Hans Wilhelm (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• The Croxley Master, and Other Tales of The Ring and Camp (New York: George H. Doran company, ca. 1925), by Arthur Conan Doyle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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