# Dave Porter and His Rivals

Seventh book in the Dave Porter series
Dave Porter Series
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.
All rights reserved
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 | 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 |
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