Lefty O' the Big League by Burt L. Standish

The quickness with which a man can be forgotten is never flattering to his self-esteem. For a full month Lefty Locke had been a member of the Hornets' training camp squad. During all that time he had been well liked by the majority of the older men, and admitted by some to terms of intimacy which are rarely accorded a new recruit. Ever since the strenuous contest with the team of Texas bushers his fellow cubs had also made him one of them in every sense of the word.

Then came the catastrophe. For a brief space his name was in every mouth. The players took sides on the question of Brennan's judgment, some contending that the manager was right, others voicing their continued faith in the disgraced player.