# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Ring Lardner.

- [My Roomy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/my-roomy.md): The chapter 'My Roomy' explores the dynamics of a baseball team's spring training, focusing on the narrator's relationship with his roommate, a rookie pitcher. The narrative delves into the rookie's struggles with contro
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator, a veteran ballplayer, recounts the arrival of a mysterious new player, Mr. Elliott, at spring training. Elliott is a phenomenal hitter but a disastrous fielder, and his odd behavior and lack of equipment pu
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md): The chapter details the difficulties of rooming with Elliott on the training trip. He has strange habits, such as running the bathtub all night and shaving in the middle of the night while staring at his roommates, which
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md): The narrator, a baseball player, engages in a playful and superstitious rivalry with his roommate Elliott. He pretends to be asleep while Elliott turns off the water he left running, then retaliates by shaving at night, 
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md): The narrator describes Elliott's eccentric behavior, including his loud singing at night, his confidence in his hitting, and his plan to marry a girl in Muskegon if he ever gets five hundred dollars. Despite fines and th

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Sick ’Em](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/sick-em.md)
- [Horseshoes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/horseshoes.md)
- [Back to Baltimore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/back-to-baltimore.md)
- [Phil and His 4d](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/phil-and-his-4d.md)
- [Tour No. 2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/tour-no-2.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Alibi Ike](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/alibi-ike.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Harmony](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/harmony.md)
- [The Poor Simp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-poor-simp.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Where Do You Get That Noise?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/where-do-you-get-that-noise.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Oh, You Bonehead!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/oh-you-bonehead.md)
- [Good for the Soul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/good-for-the-soul.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [The Crook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-crook.md)
- [Champion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/champion.md)
- [A One-Man Team](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-one-man-team.md)
- [The Facts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-facts.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Tour Y-10](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/tour-y-10.md)
- [The Holdout](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-holdout.md)
- [Ball-a-Hole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ball-a-hole.md)
- [Gas, Oil and Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/gas-oil-and-air.md)
- [The Yellow Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-yellow-kid.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [The Last Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-last-night.md)
- [The Clubby Roadster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-clubby-roadster.md)
- [A Chip of the Old Block](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-chip-of-the-old-block.md)
- [The Young Immigrunts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-young-immigrunts.md)
- [I: My Parents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i-my-parents.md)
- [II: Starting Gaily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii-starting-gaily.md)
- [III: Erie Lake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii-erie-lake.md)
- [IV: Buffalo to Rochester 76.4](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv-buffalo-to-rochester-76-4.md)
- [V: My Father’s Idear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v-my-father-s-idear.md)
- [VI: Syracuse to Hudson 183.2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi-syracuse-to-hudson-183-2.md)
- [VII: Hudson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii-hudson.md)
- [VIII: Hudson to Yonkers 106.5](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii-hudson-to-yonkers-106-5.md)
- [IX: The Bureau of Manhattan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ix-the-bureau-of-manhattan.md)
- [X: N.Y. To Grenitch 500.0](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/x-n-y-to-grenitch-500-0.md)
- [XI: How It Ended](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xi-how-it-ended.md)
- [The Big Town](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-big-town.md)
- [I: Quick Returns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i-quick-returns.md)
- [II: Ritchey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii-ritchey.md)
- [III: Lady Perkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii-lady-perkins.md)
- [IV: Only One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv-only-one.md)
- [V: Katie Wins a Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v-katie-wins-a-home.md)
- [A Frame-Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-frame-up.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Some Like Them Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/some-like-them-cold.md)
- [The Battle of the Century](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-battle-of-the-century.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [A Caddy's Diary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-caddy-s-diary.md)
- [The Golden Honeymoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-golden-honeymoon.md)
- [Bedtime Stories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/bedtime-stories.md)
- [How to Tell a True Princess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/how-to-tell-a-true-princess.md)
- [Cinderella](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/cinderella.md)
- [Red Riding Hood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/red-riding-hood.md)
- [Bluebeard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/bluebeard.md)
- [A Closeup of Domba Splew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-closeup-of-domba-splew.md)
- [What of It?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/what-of-it.md)
- [Haircut](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/haircut.md)
- [Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/mr-and-mrs-fix-it.md)
- [Zone of Quiet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/zone-of-quiet.md)
- [Women](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/women.md)
- [The Love Nest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-love-nest.md)
- [A Day with Conrad Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/a-day-with-conrad-green.md)
- [Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/reunion.md)
- [Who Dealt?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/who-dealt.md)
- [Rhythm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/rhythm.md)
- [Travelogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/travelogue.md)
- [I Can’t Breathe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i-can-t-breathe.md)
- [The Jade Necklace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-jade-necklace.md)
- [The Story of a Wonder Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-story-of-a-wonder-man.md)
- [I: The Birth of a Wonder Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/i-the-birth-of-a-wonder-man.md)
- [II: The Boy Grew Older](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ii-the-boy-grew-older.md)
- [III: Young Man Goes West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iii-young-man-goes-west.md)
- [IV: Bright College Years](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/iv-bright-college-years.md)
- [V: How Spanish War Ended](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/v-how-spanish-war-ended.md)
- [VI: How I Threw Big Party for Jane Austen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vi-how-i-threw-big-party-for-jane-austen.md)
- [VII: New York's Noon Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/vii-new-york-s-noon-life.md)
- [VIII: Football Trick Uncorked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/viii-football-trick-uncorked.md)
- [IX: Yale, Beaten by Blind Boys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ix-yale-beaten-by-blind-boys.md)
- [X: A Gay Christmas Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/x-a-gay-christmas-eve.md)
- [XI: How I Swam the Hudson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xi-how-i-swam-the-hudson.md)
- [XII: I Transfer from Princeton to Medicine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xii-i-transfer-from-princeton-to-medicine.md)
- [My Medical Career](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xiii-my-medical-career.md)
- [My 2 Big Inventions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xiv-my-2-big-inventions.md)
- [XV: Sport Writer on The Rabies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xv-sport-writer-on-the-rabies.md)
- [XVI: Star Reporter for The Rabies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xvi-star-reporter-for-the-rabies.md)
- [Promoted to Contest Editor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xvii-promoted-to-contest-editor.md)
- [XVIII: Halloween in Polyandry Hospital](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xviii-halloween-in-polyandry-hospital.md)
- [XIX: A Soft Job](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xix-a-soft-job.md)
- [Dan Boone's Joke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xx-dan-boone-s-joke.md)
- [XXI: I First Marry in Central Park—Lapland Lady for Bride](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxi-i-first-marry-in-central-park-lapland-lady-for-bride.md)
- [On My Honeymoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxii-on-my-honeymoon.md)
- [XXIII: My Romance Blasted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxiii-my-romance-blasted.md)
- [My Divorce Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxiv-my-divorce-trial.md)
- [XXV: Even Judge Ogle Smiled](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxv-even-judge-ogle-smiled.md)
- [I Revolutionize Theatre Business](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxvi-i-revolutionize-theatre-business.md)
- [XXVII: A Postmortem Message](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/xxvii-a-postmortem-message.md)
- [Sun Cured](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/sun-cured.md)
- [Hurry Kane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/hurry-kane.md)
- [Now and Then](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/now-and-then.md)
- [The Spinning Wheel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-spinning-wheel.md)
- [The Venomous Viper of the Volga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-venomous-viper-of-the-volga.md)
- [Man Not Overboard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/man-not-overboard.md)
- [Anniversary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/anniversary.md)
- [Nora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/nora.md)
- [Liberty Hall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/liberty-hall.md)
- [There Are Smiles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/there-are-smiles.md)
- [Mr. Frisbie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/mr-frisbie.md)
- [Wedding Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/wedding-day.md)
- [Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/dinner.md)
- [The Maysville Minstrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/the-maysville-minstrel.md)
- [Ex Parte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/ex-parte.md)
- [Old Folks' Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/old-folks-christmas.md)
- [Contract](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/contract.md)
- [Absentminded Beggar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/absentminded-beggar.md)
- [High-Rollers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/high-rollers.md)
- [Stop Me—If You’ve Heard This One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/stop-me-if-you-ve-heard-this-one.md)
- [Pity Is Akin—](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/pity-is-akin.md)
- [That Old Sweetheart of Mine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/that-old-sweetheart-of-mine.md)
- [Great Blessings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/great-blessings.md)
- [Second-Act Curtain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/second-act-curtain.md)
- [Enter the Heroine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/enter-the-heroine.md)
- [Inspiration from the Muse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/inspiration-from-the-muse.md)
- [It's Got to Be Funny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/it-s-got-to-be-funny.md)
- [Wasted Sympathy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/wasted-sympathy.md)
- [Detected!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/detected.md)
- [Mamma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/mamma.md)
- [Words and Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/words-and-music.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_62_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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