Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 53 — page 28: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

WITHOUT LOVE group of girls in a compact body instead of singly. The girls naturally guessed the intention and took counter measures. They in turn formed a sort of half moon, hoping to receive the head of the spear in the middle of the cup and then close in from both sides with the horns of the moon. The buzz from the other boxes quieted down as the opponents went into their formations, and all that could be heard were the high clear voices of the girls and the short grunt that signalled the attack of the “gorillas.” The Dianotrix turned around and gave me-a sharp look. The spear hurled itself, point foremost, at the girls, but instead of heading for the middle it aimed a little to the left of centre. The two forces met and the horns of the moon curved inward. At that moment, however, the haft of the spear detached itself, flanked to the left and circled at full speed around that end of the moon. At its head ran a gigantic, broad shouldered 27 creature, evidently their leader. The head of the spear had penetrated the front line of the girls and stuck. The “gorillas” in it were putting up a good fight, battling the girls back to back. And while these still milled about them, the second group completed its end run and struck from the rear. Using a variety of rabbit punches they cut a broad swath through the con- fused women until they met up with the first group. The force of the girls had been bisected. The “‘gorillas’’ had adapted for their own use the Car- thaginian tactics at Cannae, where Hannibal had, in a similar manner, defeated and routed a large Roman army. And as the Romans were demoralised in their day, so the girls were now. The two bodies of ‘‘gorillas’” had met, they joined, flanked and waded mercilessly through the left wing of the girls’ forces, which was already the smaller. Two or three gorillas fought a rear-guard action, guarding connicloooks.conn