Download or read book Dick Merriwell's Backers; Or, Well Worth Fighting For written by Burt L. Standish and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sports-themed novel, we are introduced to Dick Merriwell, a young boy who is part of his school's baseball team. The story begins at the beginning of the sixth inning when Sam Kates went into the box against the Tufts freshmen. The score then stood seven to one, in favor of Yale Umpty-ten. Tufts had shown no ability to connect with Dick Merriwell's shoots and benders. This was the opportunity to give Sam a good try-out, and so, at Dick's suggestion, he changed places with Kates, who had been playing first.