The Three-Two Pitch

Here is a book for all sports-minded boys, a gripping, fast-moving baseball story packed with action and filled with fascinating "inside" baseball. Bronc Burnett wanted to be a ballplayer, and a good one, more than anything in the world, and he wants to play on the Sonora High team. His powerful arm, natural ability and courage make him a star pitcher until he becomes victim to what big-leaguers call "rabbit ears," an inability to ignore yells of the crowd or the jockeying of the opposing players. Soon, under the wise coaching of "Cap'n Al" Carter, an ex-big-leaguer, Bronc begins to get control of himself, and also learns a great deal about how real baseball should be played. As Bronc and his teammates learn big-league strategy from Cap'n Al, Sonora High begins to play head-up ball and becomes a factor in the league championship. Their fight to get into the state eliminations of the American Legion Junior Baseball Tourney makes an exciting climax, in which teamwork, "percentage" baseball, and Bronc play equally important parts. The Three-Two Pitch is a rousing baseball story which will take the reader vividly and accurately right onto the diamond with Bronc Burnett.