Pulp Fiction, 1943 · page 33 of 100
12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is the opening page of a short story titled "Pop-Off Rookie" by W. H. Temple, appearing in what is likely a sports-themed pulp magazine. The page features a dramatic black-and-white illustration showing a baseball player sliding into base while another player stands nearby, with a crowded stadium in the background. The visible text introduces the protagonist, Jig Clayton, a baseball player more interested in his personal batting average than team performance, who arrives late to spring training in Florida rather than joining his team, the Bears, in the North. The story establishes conflict between Clayton and his manager, Pete Bland, who is frustrated with the player's tardiness.
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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