12 Sports Aces, May 1943

ACE SPORTS, May 1943 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.