12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 88: what you’re looking at

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

Date W ith the Canvas By Dale Cochrane Buddy Jenkins came East te join his big brother in a two-ring boxing carnival. Instead, he found his brother a worthless setup stooge. And the big show was going to find Buddy, raw and inexperi- enced, pinch-hitiing against a twelve-time kayo artist. UDDY JENKINS got off the bus . B at the Fiftieth Street station and cold shivers of fright ran up and down his spine. He was seared by New York swirling all about him. And the panie of shame squeezed at his stomach. He was ashamed of what his big brother Jimmy would think when he saw him. Buddy looked down at his pants, baggy 86 as a flour sack after six days of riding— all the way from Los Angeles. He rubbed his palm alongside his jaw to feel for beard. There was no beard, but he felt dirty and grimy. And big brother Jimmy was always sharp. A sartorial Adonis! Buddy searched the crowd milling about him, peered into faces. But he did- n’t see Jimmy. He wondered if Jimmy had (e(0) 0\(0)(0) <S (EC)