12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 33: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Pop-Off Rookie — By W. H. Temple 2 de te te” A S USUAL, Jig Clayton was late getting to the training camp. Jig Jig Clayton was more inter- was always late, but this year ested in his own baiting aver- the team was training in the North and Se, , so Jig held out a month. It wasn’t the ect than in his team’s stand salary really, the contract was O.K., but ing. But when a_ pop-off if the owners wanted to loosen up for an- shortstop took Jig’s mind off other grand Jig had no objection. the bail, he found himself Jig lived in Florida anyway and he fighti alone against that liked warm weather. Pete Bland, the man- PRE = g ager of the Bears, called up twice and x oller g uy’s infield teud. wanted to know where the hell he was. xk“* x “Sittin’ in the sun,” Jig said. “Don’t you wish you was me?” Gomichooksico