O J Elder Publisher (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Not Indicated. Color & b/w Photos (illustrator).

Very Good condition. Larry Doby is one of the featured athletes on the cover. This magazine is an issue of SPORT from March 1949. SPORT was a popular sports magazine that covered a variety of sports topics, including baseball, basketball, boxing, hockey, and racing. Some key details about this particular issue: ? The cover story seems to be about Ralph Beard of Kentucky, a prominent basketball player of that time. ? Featured articles include: o "The Stan Musial Nobody Knows" by Jack Sher, about baseball legend Stan Musial. o "The Man Who Could Beat Me" by Joe Louis, possibly a profile or reflection on a prominent boxing opponent. ? ? The cover illustration shows a basketball player in a shooting motion, likely highlighting the main feature on Ralph Beard. ? Small illustrations at the top include other sports figures, such as Ted Lindsay (hockey), Ted Atkinson (jockey), and Bobby Layne (football).…

Condition: Very Good. V8 N4, April; 25c cover price, distributed by ID, 96pp, b/w/color throughout, side-stapled perfect bound. Vintage magazine devoted to sports, mostly baseball. Three pages on cockfighting, or game fowl, and its associations with prominent historical figures, its legal and moral issues, recent vice raids, and images of dueling cocks, spectators/participants. Casey Stengel front cover (ph. Ozzie Sweet), boxing referees, Eddie Waitkus, John McGraw, Detroit hockey, Leo Durocher, Slammin' Sam Jackson Snead, boxer Joann Hagen, Kyle Rote, Andy Pafko, horse racing, Grover Cleveland Alexander, golf fashion, smoking Kirk Douglas rear cover. This issue with variant covers, all changing the white banner headlines on the front cover, this being the only one crediting Lardner's cockfighting. Very Good, light rubbing, small tears and bruises, rear panel creased.…