Sports Leaders Magazine, April 1948

About this issue

This magazine issue from April 1948 contains sports fiction centered on athletics. The featured content includes "Hoop-Marvel's Hardcourt Comeback" by Robert Turner, a basketball novel about a player joining Parkside College's team after success at Metropolitan University; "Base Hits Are Big Business," concerning a baseball player's mercenary motivations; "No Glory for a Ball-Hog," a basketball story about a player outshining his creator; "Fullback Frankenstein," a football tale featuring an inhuman player; and "Seven Rounds to Revenge," a feature-length boxing yarn. Additional short stories cover hockey ("Blue-Line Solo"), horse racing ("Duel in the Stretch"), and golf ("Champions Follow Through"). The issue includes a "Sports Oddities" section with historical facts about athletics, and advertisements including radio training courses. A mail-order book advertisement for "Bachelor's Quarters" features literary stories by Hemingway, D.H. Lawrence, and others about relationships.