Complete classic literature • Five-line readings • Clear US narration
VELMORA ACADEMY
Academy of Archival Languages & Memory Studies
Menu Close
Cover of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball
Project Gutenberg Library B1C1

Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball

Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball by Lester Chadwick is available here as the complete text, split into 891 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Lester Chadwick34 chapters

Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball by Lester Chadwick. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #41206.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
Open Chapter I

Academic course · 34 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball

Select a chapter to continue in the Cinema Lecture Hall with line-by-line English learning.

0 of 873 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 59 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball by Lester Chadwick carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #41206, divided into 34 chapters and 891 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

Where can I read Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball in full?

The complete text of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #41206 and divided into 891 sections.

This page carries the whole of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball by Lester Chadwick, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #41206, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4451 sentences across 34 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.

How is Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball divided for reading?

Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball is presented in 34 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 891 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 34 chapters.

Can I hear Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball

Common questions about reading Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball by Lester Chadwick on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball?

Yes. All 4451 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #41206 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #41206, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball take to read?

About 370 minutes of reading across 891 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball section by section

How to work through Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 34 chapters of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball

Words and structures a reader meets early in Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Lester
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Chadwick
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Rival
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Batting to Win: A Story of College Baseball; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.