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The Colonia voyage and the missing second baseman
James Winton Shute, a Giants famed player, wakes on the steamship Colonia with no memory of how he arrived. He believes a knockout drug was used and tries to alert the captain to stop the ship as a world series game looms. He encounters wireless operator Jed Mansel and falls for Miss Riley while a fugitive search begins onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giantkillers
Naples
Ball Park
James Winton Shute
James
Shute
New York
Win Shute
Win
Mr. Mansel
Jerrold Mansel
Mansel
Jed Mansel
Regent
Colonia
United States
Mebbe
Sage
S. S. Colonia
Tris Ford
Mr. James
High Seas
W. James
J. W. Shute
Fifet
S. W. James
Gibraltar
Miss Riley
Daniel Riley