Case of the Missing Coach — V. Gilbert Zabel

Someone doesn't want the Jonesville chargers to win the championship. When they refuse to forfeit, their coach is kidnapped. Several members of the team who formed the Base Stealers Club decide to rescue him. To make matters worse, no sooner do they liberate the coach than a mysterious assailant attacks the star pitcher and injures his pitching arm. Best by problems and facing an almost certain defeat, the team comes together and wins the championship, proving that there is strength in numbers and that winners never quit.