Pulp Fiction, 1943 · page 31 of 116
12 Sports Aces, January 1943 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a story illustration and opening page for "Bench Warmer's Grid Grudge" by M. M. Tinney, appearing to be from a sports-themed pulp magazine. The woodcut-style illustration depicts several football players in a locker room scene, with the central figure (Chick Haley) sitting on a bench beside his unused uniform. The story opening establishes that Haley has the talent to make the varsity team but possesses some quality—described as a "plus" that paradoxically becomes a "minus"—that undermines his value to the team, apparently keeping him benched despite his abilities.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Bench Warmer’s Grid Grudge © ‘7 winery. Chick Haley had what it takes to make the varsity. He had every- thing plus—but it was the plus that made him, instead of an addition to his team, a minus on the scoreboard. =e By M. M. Tinney football gear and piled it in a oO: HALEY climbed out of his heap on the bench. He sat down beside it, glanced at the clean, unsoiled blue-and-gold striped jersey and began figuring how much of a laundry bill he had saved Bluefield College. This made it com JOO S