Dave Porter and His Rivals

by Edward Stratemeyer

Dave Porter Series

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DAVE PORTER AND HIS RIVALS

OR

THE CHUMS AND FOES OF OAK HALL

BY

EDWARD STRATEMEYER

Author of "Dave Porter at Oak Hall," "The Gun Club Boys of Lake-
port," "The Old Glory Series," "Pan-American Series," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN GOSS

BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
1930

Copyright, 1911, by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co.

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All rights reserved

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Dave Porter and His Rivals

PRINTED IN U.S.A.

THE PUCK WAS FAIRLY STOLEN FROM MALLORY HIMSELF BY DAVE

Page 304.

PREFACE

"Dave Porter and His Rivals" is a complete story in itself, but forms the seventh volume in a line issued under the general title of "Dave Porter Series."

When I brought out the first volume of this series, entitled "Dave Porter at Oak Hall," I trusted that the story would please the young people for whom it was written, but I did not imagine that so many thousands of boys and girls all over our broad land would take to Dave as they have, and would insist upon knowing more about him.

My opening tale was one of boarding school life, and this was followed by "Dave Porter in the South Seas," whither our hero had gone in search of his father, and then by "Dave Porter's Return to School," in which book Dave met all of his friends again and likewise a few of his enemies.

So far our hero had heard about his father, but had not yet seen his parent, and the next volume, "Dave Porter in the Far North," related the particulars of a trip to Norway, where the youth had some stirring adventures amid snow and ice in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Coming back to America, the lad was sent again to Oak Hall, as set down in the next volume, called "Dave Porter and His Classmates." During that term at school many complications arose, and our hero did something for the honor of Oak Hall that was a great credit to him.

Dave's father was now with him, but his sister Laura was in the Far West, and upon her return he received an invitation to visit a large ranch, and how he went, and what strenuous times he had, were related in "Dave Porter at Star Ranch."

As soon as his Western outing was at an end, Dave returned home, and then betook himself once more to Oak Hall. Here, to his surprise, he found an unusual state of affairs, the particulars of which are given in the pages that follow.

Once again I thank those who have praised my books in the past. I hope the present volume will also please them and do them good.

Edward Stratemeyer.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	An Automobile Ride	1
II.	Dave and his Past	11
III.	What Happened at the Falls	21
IV.	An Unexpected Arrival	31
V.	The Boys and a Bull	41
VI.	A Talk with Aaron Poole	51
VII.	On the Way to Oak Hall	61
VIII.	About Some New Students	70
IX.	The Football Meeting	80
X.	Looking for a Missing Rowboat	90
XI.	A Midnight Feast	100
XII.	An Earthquake for Job Haskers	110
XIII.	In Which Some Shoes Are Missing	120
XIV.	What the Girls Had to Tell	130
XV.	A Runaway Motor-boat	140
XVI.	A Struggle on the Gridiron	150
XVII.	Reorganizing the Eleven	160
XVIII.	An Initiation and What Followed	170
XIX.	Sneak Against Sneak	180
XX.	The Great Game with Rockville	190
XXI.	Thanksgiving, and a Snowballing Contest	200
XXII.	In Which the Shoes Come Back	210
XXIII.	Hooker Montgomery's Strange Request	220
XXIV.	A Race on Skates	230
XXV.	In the Hands of the Enemy	240
XXVI.	A Dash for Liberty	250
XXVII.	A Game of Ice Hockey	260
XXVIII.	A Discovery of Interest	270
XXIX.	Hooker Montgomery's Revelation	280
XXX.	The Enemy Runs Away	290
XXXI.	Another Victory—Conclusion	297