# Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship — Character guide

> Key figures in Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship by Noah Brooks.

- [Larry Boyne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/larry_boyne.md): Larry is the new third baseman of the Catalpa Nine, equally at ease flirting with Judge Howell's daughter on the bridge and trading plain sense with the blacksmith who shoes his nag. He treats baseball as a bridge over a
- [Ben Burton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/ben_burton.md): Ben Burton is a Catalpa player whose running commentary on other men's plays — like mocking John Brubaker's catch as 'a two-old-cat fly' — sours the mood of the bench and draws Larry's polite rebuke. His derisive smile w
- [Alice Howell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/alice_howell.md): Alice Howell begins the day pressing her nose to a foggy window, desperate for the decisive Catalpa–Jonesville match to be played, and trades barbs with her amused, disapproving father over breakfast. She loves the game 
- [Albert Heaton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/albert_heaton.md): Albert Heaton belongs to the moneyed, respectable side of Catalpa life, the kind of man whose son's place on the nine matters to the town's sense of itself. His stake in the club is bound up with his pride in Al, and the
- [Hiram Porter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/hiram_porter.md): Captain Hiram Porter is the sort of player the Catalpas lean on when nerves fray: he fields a hot ball handsomely and turns it into an out while others fumble. His captaincy places him among the men — alongside Larry and
- [Al Heaton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/al_heaton.md): Al Heaton steps to the bat amid a rustle of welcome from the crowded seats, admitting to Larry that he felt 'a little shaky' before the crowd braced his muscles. He drives a hard ball to right field only to see it neatly
- [Charlie King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/charlie_king.md): Charlie King anchors the Catalpa Nine as the kind of player whose quiet consistency lets flashier teammates take risks around him. When others falter at the plate, his tremendous drives to right field keep innings alive 
- [Ellis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/ellis.md): Neddie Ellis belongs to the scrappier, more human side of the Catalpa Nine, the player whose effort never quite matches his results. His earnestness makes him sympathetic even when his play invites groans, and his strugg
- [Hank Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/hank_jackson.md): Hank Jackson is the Catalpas' power at the plate and their most restless presence off it, pacing and demanding word from the seat of war. His bulk and blunt manner intimidate younger hangers-on like Mike, yet his anxious
- [Lew Morris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/lew_morris.md): Lew Morris cuts a striking figure at the top of the Catalpa batting order, praised for his build and bearing even before he swings. His admirers expect heroics every at-bat, and his occasional failures land harder becaus
- [Samuel Morse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/samuel_morse.md): Samuel Morse stands among the opposing talent the Catalpas must overcome across their championship campaign, a player whose presence on rival nines raises the stakes of every contest. His reputation as a formidable compe
- [Rob Peabody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/rob_peabody.md): Rob Peabody represents the fierce opposition the Catalpas encounter as they test their new nine against the region's best clubs. His competitive spirit turns ordinary matchups into grudge contests, pushing the Catalpa pl
- [Judge Howell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/judge_howell.md): Judge Howell anchors Catalpa's respectable society, and his handsome house is a landmark the young ballplayers pass with a respectful tip of the cap. He dismisses Alice's baseball enthusiasm as unladylike, but at the big
- [Tom Selby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/tom_selby.md): Tom Selby works at the forge where Larry brings his nag, and their talk reveals the older man's shrewd, unsentimental judgment of the town's baseball-mad youth. He admires Larry as 'older than your years' yet worries the
- [Sam Morrison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/sam_morrison.md): Sam Morrison patrols the field for the Catalpas, catching easy flies, fumbling occasionally under pressure, and appearing on Alice's handwritten roster of the men she wants for the new nine. In the tense innings against 
- [Hart Stirling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/hart_stirling.md): Hart Stirling plays second base for the Catalpas, turning a neat putout on Wheeler when the Jonesviller overruns the bag, and later scoring on Will Sprague's strong hit to right field. His name sits high on Alice's list 
- [James Kennedy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/james_kennedy.md): Jamie Kennedy steps to the plate for the Calumets and reaches first when Morrison fumbles his line drive, then steals second on a passed ball and scores on Charlie Webb's base hit. His small, scrappy sequence of plays ty
- [Bill Van Orman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/bill_van_orman.md): Bill Van Orman is the Dean County catcher Larry Boyne calls the best man available for the position, better even than himself, and Morris rides out to Sugar Grove to secure him. The Dean County boys are 'just wild' to jo
- [John Brubaker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/john_brubaker.md): Brubaker belongs to the core of Catalpa's club, the sort of dependable player whose name comes up whenever the town weighs its chances for the pennant. In a season full of hot-headed kids and scheming rivals, his honesty
- [Miss Anstress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/miss_anstress.md): Older sister to the baseball-mad Alice, Anstress moves in the domestic sphere of Judge Howell's house, where she has promised the little servant Jessie a day off to see the game. Unlike her sister's open fervor, she work
- [Ida Boardman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/ida_boardman.md): Ida belongs to the cluster of young women in Catalpa whose enthusiasm for the game matches the players' own, and whose talk and gossip carry the season's stakes through the town. Her friendship with Alice places her at t
- [Mike Costigan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/mike_costigan.md): Costigan is one of the Nine's supporting players, the sort whose contributions on the field and off quietly shape the club's chances. His alertness sets him apart from teammates content to simply play their positions, an
- [Glenn Otto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/glenn_otto.md): Otto wears the Catalpa uniform but carries a reputation for hot-headedness that makes him a liability as much as an asset. On a team built around steady men like Brubaker and calculating ones like Larry Boyne, his flare-
- [Charlie Webb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/charlie_webb.md): Webb stands opposite the Catalpa Nine as one of the crafty opponents they must outwit over a long season. Where honest players like Brubaker win by steady merit, Webb wins by guile, and the contrast sharpens the moral te
- [Darius Ayres](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/darius_ayres.md): As captain of an opposing club, Ayres embodies the competitive pressure that shadows the Catalpa Nine's championship ambitions from the earliest scheduling talk. His presence sharpens the team's awareness that talent alo
- [James McWilliams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/james_mcwilliams.md): McWilliams belongs to the circle of players whose fielding prowess gives the Catalpa Nine a fighting chance in a schedule crowded with tough matches. His agility on the diamond contrasts with the anxious talk among teamm
- [Editor Downey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/editor_downey.md): Downey runs the local daily and sees the baseball club's troubles as prime material, especially with his hated rival, The Dean County Banner, lurking for the same scoop. He chafes when the players persuade him to spike a
- [Dr. Selby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/dr_selby.md): A doctor and father of Tom Selby, a community figure.
- [Hank Mitchell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/hank_mitchell.md): A minor player, briefly mentioned in the team's activities.
- [Armstrong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/armstrong.md): An honest player, briefly part of the team's roster.
- [Tony May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/tony_may.md): A minor character, possibly a narrator or observer.
- [Jason Elderkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/jason_elderkin.md): A minor character, mentioned in passing during events.
- [George Buckner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/george_buckner.md): A player for an opposing team, briefly noted.
- [Squire Mead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_baseball_club_and_how_it_won_the_championshi_se/characters/squire_mead.md): A local squire, a minor community figure.

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