Judge, 1914-06-13 · page 18 of 24
Judge — June 13, 1914 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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**The Main Content:** This is primarily a **advertising and humor page** from Judge magazine. The left side features ads for Egyptian Deities cigarettes (with a stylized illustration of two figures), Judge binder preservation, hotel rates, diamonds on credit, and Beeman's Pepsin Chewing Gum. **The Right Side - "About Diamond Stars":** This section contains two anecdotes about baseball players: 1. **George Wiltse** (Giants pitcher): A humorous story about Wiltse deliberately playing poorly during a game, then admitting to the catcher that he couldn't hear signals because his knees were knocking together from nervousness—a self-deprecating joke about his own performance anxiety. 2. **Umpire Kelly**: An old-time baseball anecdote about an umpire who fined a player $5 for sitting on his hat in church, then fined him another $5 the next day during a game argument—satirizing overzealous authority figures and the absurdity of carrying personal grievances into official duties. These are gentle sports humor pieces typical of early 1900s magazines.
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