The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 4361

Exciting Sports [Vol. 2 No. 2, Winter (December 1941) 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] Gala all-football fiction number. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 10 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 15 · The Dope · Walt Bruce · ss; football. 26 · The Key-Man End · T. W. Ford · nv; football. 41 · National Football Forecast for 1941 · The Editor · ar 42 · Single-Threat Man · Jack B. Creamer · ss; football. 53 · College Gridiron Aces of 1941 · [uncredited] · ar 56 · The Money Player · Don Tracy · nv; football. 75 · Back to Back · Jackson Cole · ss; football. 84 · The Biggest Little Football City in the World · Ray Barbuti · ar 92 · Football Fantasy · William Heuman · ss; football. 98 · Running Bodyguard · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss; football.

Exciting Sports [Vol. 2 No. 3, Spring (March) 1942] (Better Publications, 10¢, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] Gala All-Star Baseball Number. Details supplied by Monte Herridge from Table of Contents. 8 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 14 · Homers for Sale · William O’Sullivan · nv; baseball. 33 · Take the Bum Out · Nelson A. Hutto · ss; baseball. 44 · Bean Ball Payoff · Sam Carson · nv; baseball. 59 · And I Mean Bunt! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss; baseball. 66 · The Champion Ball Player of Them All · John Drebinger · ar; Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb?. 73 · Four Inning Flipper · Ross Russell · ss; baseball. 81 · Batteries for Today · Don Tracy · ss; baseball. 92 · Sack Shy · Alexis Rossoff · nv; baseball.

Exciting Sports [v3 #1, Summer (June) 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] All-star baseball fiction number. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 8 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 11 · The Cracked Pitcher · Arthur Mann · ss; baseball. 22 · The Final Out · Will Bruce · nv; baseball. 58 · You Can’t Steal First · Don Tracy · nv; baseball. 71 · Thrills in Baseball · Jack Kofoed · cl 75 · Sandlot Sweethearts · William Heuman · ss; baseball. 87 · Hunger at the Plate · A. R. Thurman · ss; baseball. 96 · World Series Walkout · W. H. Temple · nv; baseball.

Exciting Sports [v3 #2, Fall (September) 1942] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] “Gala Football Fiction Number”. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 13 · Shadow of the Goal · Herbert L. McNary · na; football. 52 · Boot ’Em, Cowboy · Cosmo Bennett · ss; football. 62 · Navy Team · C. Paul Jackson · nv; football. 77 · Woes Bowl · Johnston McCulley · ss; football. 88 · Watch Those Guards · Joe Alexander · ar 95 · Gridiron Scoop · Jackson V. Scholz · ss; football. 102 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl

Exciting Sports [v3 #3, Winter (December 1942) 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] All-star football fiction number. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 10 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 15 · Pigskin Topkick · T. W. Ford · na; football. 63 · Squad Clown · Johnston McCulley · ss; football. 72 · Touchdown Taboo · C. Paul Jackson · nv; football. 90 · Gilt-Edge Halfback · Henry Bela Bachrach · ss; football. 99 · Back That Block · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss; football.

Exciting Sports [v4 #1, Spring (March) 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] All-star baseball fiction number. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 8 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 15 · Hit and Run · Duane Yarnell · na; baseball. 55 · Play It Safe! · Nelson A. Hutto · ss; baseball. 62 · Baseball Is Winning the War · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ar 66 · The Millionaire Kid · Herbert L. McNary · nv; baseball. 85 · The Luck of the Bengals · Carter Sprague · ss; baseball. 88 · Fresh Heir · A. R. Thurman · ss; baseball. 99 · War Horse · William Heuman · ss; baseball.

Exciting Sports [v4 #2, Summer (July) 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] All-star baseball fiction number. Reduction in pages to 96. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 13 · Fallen Hero · Tracy Mason · nv; baseball. 45 · Diamond Palooka · Theodore J. Roemer · ss; baseball. 53 · First Base Flop · Richard Brister · ss; baseball. 61 · Fish for Food · Charles E. Jackson · ms 62 · Starstruck Southpaw · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; baseball. 77 · Baseball Ghost · Ronald Oliphant · ss; baseball. 84 · The Voodsman from Vermont · Harold de Polo · ss; baseball.

Exciting Sports [v4 #3, Fall (October) 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 8 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 15 · Touchdown in Tunisia · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; football. 37 · It Has to Be Football · Vance Porter · ss; football. 44 · Little Tin Whistle · Tracy Mason · nv; football. 59 · Tanglefoot’s Place · Jack O’Brien · ss; football. 68 · Blame It on the War · Ted Stratton · nv; football. 81 · Sport Must Prove Itself · John R. Tunis · ms 82 · Four-F Charley · Carter Sprague · ss; football.

Exciting Sports [v5 #1, Winter (January) 1944] (Standard/Thrilling Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] Gala Football Fiction Number. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 13 · Backfield Bomber · C. Paul Jackson · nv; football. 28 · The Running Back · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; illustrated by R. S. Pious; football. 41 · The Ghost of Danny Frayne · Johnston McCulley · ss; football. 50 · The Eleventh Sucker · Jack O’Brien · nv; illustrated by R. S. Pious; football. 62 · The Scoring Game · Carter Sprague · ar 65 · Gridiron Softie · Willis S. Graham · ss; football. 73 · Crutch Brigade · Raley Brien · ss; illustrated by R. S. Pious; football. 81 · Touchdown for the Army · Jack Terry · ss; football. 86 · Our Freedom and Honor · Ralph Henry Barbour · ms; War Bonds message.

Exciting Sports [v5 #2, Spring (May) 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] All-Star Baseball Fiction Number. Details supplied by Monte Herridge from Table of Contents. 6 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 13 · The Rookie Shortstop · William O’Sullivan · na; baseball. 31 · What a Relief · A. R. Thurman · ss; baseball. 42 · Double or Anything · Carter Sprague · ss; baseball. 48 · The Nothing Ball · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; baseball. 57 · Most Valuable Player · Don Tracy · ss; baseball. 68 · Big League Busher · W. H. Temple · ss; baseball.

Exciting Sports [v5 #3, Fall (September) 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 80pp+, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) [] Gala baseball fiction number. A missed issue (Summer 1944) and another reduction in pages. Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · The Cheer Leader · The Editor · cl 11 · First Place or Bust! · Herbert L. McNary · nv; baseball. 26 · Say It with Curves · Jackson Cole · ss; baseball. 34 · Diamond Dynamite · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv; baseball. 48 · Jughandle Jonah · Carter Sprague · ss; baseball. 51 · For the Good of the Game · Don Tracy · ss; baseball. 61 · Sometimes You Gamble · Jack O’Brien · ss; baseball. 69 · First Base Blues · Richard Brister · ss; baseball.