12 Sports Aces, May 1943

About this issue

This issue of the bimonthly pulp sports magazine contains twelve complete short stories and novelets featuring baseball, boxing, wrestling, horse racing, and track. The featured novelets are "Spike That Man Out!" by Joe Archibald, concerning Lou Bracker, a veteran shortstop demoted to the Boston Blues after being passed over for the managerial position he expected with the Métros, and "The Punch Professor" by C. Paul Jackson, following Matty Rourke navigating treacherous double-crosses at a boxing school. Additional stories include "Red Leather Day" by Joe Archibald (boxing), "Say It with Homers" by Duane Yarnell (baseball), "The Ghost in the Ring" by Zene Tunler (boxing), "Miles for Sale" by Richard Brister (track), and "Meet Me Under the Grandstand" by George Richmond, addressing military service conflicting with professional sports careers. The issue also includes "Sportfolio," an illustrated feature of unusual sports moments.

In this issue

• “SPIKE THAT MAN OUT!” by Joe Archibald
• “THE GHOST IN THE RING” by Zene Tuttler
• “MILES FOR SALE” by Richard Brister
• “POP-OFF ROOKIE” by W. H. Temple
• “SPORT PROMO” by Joe Archibald · feature
• “THE PUNCH PROFESSOR” by C. Paul Jackson
• “THE CROWD ROARS” by Edwin Laird
• “HOMESTRETCH HEADACHE” by David X. Manners
• “MEET ME UNDER THE GRANDSTAND” by George Richmond
• “THE TOUGHEST FIGHT” by Ned Cady
• “MAT MONSTER” by Norman Talley
• “DATE WITH THE CANVAS” by Dale Cochrane
• “SAY IT WITH HOMERS” by Duane Yarnell
• “RED LEATHER DAY” by Joe Archibald