Pulp Fiction, 1943 · page 73 of 100
12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 73: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a story page from an early-20th-century pulp magazine featuring "Meet Me Under the Grandstand" by George Richmond. The page includes a black-and-ink illustration of three baseball players and begins the story's narrative. The plot appears to involve a mysterious discrepancy: a man named Tom Mellick is spotted playing baseball for the Grays, despite supposedly being enlisted in the Army, prompting investigation into whether military personnel or the team's pennant hopes are being compromised. The visible prose shows an interrogation scene where a nervous character named Jeff is questioned by a gray-haired man.
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Meet Me Under the Graudstand By George Richmond When that sharp-eyed grandstand shark saw Tom Mellick at bat fer the Grays, he knew something was screwy on the diamond. For a man can’t be in two places at once and Tom Mellick was sup- posed to be in the Army. He wondered what was being double-crossed—Uncle Sam’s soldiers or the pen- nant hopes of the Grays. ind the desk looked up with ex- for going to pieces like a stage-struck asperation. “Quit stuttering, boy, schoolboy. He could feel clammy sweat in when I ask you a question, You’re Mellick, the palms of his hands and he knew his aren’t you?” eheeks must be red as apples. He said: “Y-yes, sir.” : “TI got your wire, Mr. Turner. i’m glad ¥i sk stocky gray-haired man be- Jeff bit on his lip and cussed himself h IDOOKSECOM: GoM (@)