Chip Hilton sports series ;

Forced by a knee injury to sit out part of the basketball season at State University, Chip Hilton watches in dismay as his team suffers through a losing streak, while his friend Soapy is suspected of a series of robberies.

As a member of the college baseball team at State University, Chip Hilton finds his sense of sportsmanship challenged when he is wrongfully suspected of playing for a professional team.

Chip and his teammates come to the aid of their Chinese American friend so that he can pursue an education while also playing basketball at State University.

While playing baseball for the steel company where he works during the summer, high school star athlete Chip Hilton comes up against professionals participating illegally in amateur sport.

While continuing to lead State's football team to victory, Chip finds time to help an underprivileged boy working with him at the drugstore.

Chip Hilton and his teammates doubt that even Chip's scoring prowess will be enough to help State University win the Holiday Invitational Tournament, but a seven-foot-tall junior might, so they hope to find a way to get him to play for their team.

Chip's summer plans change when State is selected to represent the United States in the college baseball series with two of Japan's finest teams, and he soon finds himself helping a Japanese college student improve his pitching.

Home for the summer, college athlete Chip Hilton hopes to occupy the restless and destructive young people of the town by involving them in a sports program, with an emphasis on baseball.

When an injury prevents him from joining the college basketball team, Chip keeps busy serving as an emergency replacement coach for the high school and participating in an important basket shooting tournament.

As a member of the freshman football team at State University, Chip Hilton encounters cliques, rivalries, and a conspiracy by the Booster Association to favor some players over others.

Chip and Soapy work to sustain the morale of their teammates while trying to change an arbitrary decision to exclude State University's basketball team from the National Tournament.

Chip faces difficult challenges in dealing with a new basketball coach and increased responsibilities at Mr. Grayson's store.

In the process of learning to go beyond himself and to reach out to others, high school star football player Chip Hilton uncovers an act of sabotage at the local pottery.

Chip takes a job at a summer camp and meets a talented athlete who may be joining him on the football team at State University, and whose arrogance hides a secret problem.