Judge, 1914-09-05 · page 20 of 24
Judge — September 5, 1914 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** with a brief sports anecdote. The main content includes: **Advertisements:** - Egyptian Deities cigarettes - Field and Stream magazine's fishing contest ($3,000 in prizes) - Beeman's Pepsin Chewing Gum **Sports Content:** A short humorous piece titled "About Diamond Stars" by Ed A. Goewey profiles **Walter Johnson**, the famous Washington Senators pitcher. The joke presents an anecdote where Johnson confronts umpire Tom Connolly about bad calls. Connolly deflects by claiming Johnson's pitches "take all sorts of jumps and waves," making them hard to judge—implying Johnson's exceptional skill rather than admitting umpire error. A second joke describes a ballplayer who received a lucrative offer to write game commentary but cannot accept because he only learned to spell two hundred words in school—satirizing athletes' limited education. The content reflects early 1910s baseball culture and the tension between players and umpires.
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THE UTMOST IN CIGARETTES If you catch a fish like this or any big one you will want to know about our PRIZE FISHING CONTEST There are $3,000.00 In prizes (over 200 in all) being given away for the largest fresh and salt water game fish caught daring 1914. @ Before you go on that trip purchase a copy of the current issue of FIELD AND STREAM and see the list of prizes and conditions, It may mean your winning one of these handsome prizes, which range all the way from a $10 rod to a $50 shotgun or silver trophy cup. EVERY COPY CONTAINS AN ENTRY BLANK Your newsdealer will supply you, or take advantage of oar special Contest rcertclarainrrrecrtetnertenrecent FTE ED STORIES OF 1913 WINNERS APPEAR MONTHLY IN Ss T REAM THE ORIGINAL PEPSIN GUM About Diamond Stars Bu ED A, GOEWEY Walter Johnson Pitcher, © J Washington, A. L. CCORDING to many of the closest students of the national pastime, as played in the American League, Walter Johnson, the premier boxman of the Wash- ington forces, has exceptional “stuff” on his delivery this season. But whether this is a fact or not, Umpire Tom Con- nolly recently took advantage of the widely circulated rumor to extricate him- self from a possibly wordy war with the wonderful ball tosser. Walter was not exactly satisfied with some of Connolly's announcements on balls and strikes, and after one inning he remarked to the um- pire, as he was going to the players’ bench, that the indicator holder was off in his decisions in several instances. “‘Well, maybe I am, Walter,’’ Connolly replied diplomatically; ‘‘but I never saw the balls perform in such a manner. They are taking all sorts of jumps and waves when they come toward the: plate, and they are awfully hard to judge, let alone hit.” Johnson, who seldom has been known to make a kick on an umpire’s decision, made no reply, but walked smilingly to the bench, Occasionally Walter tells a good base- ball yarn. One of these concerns a cer- tain big-league star, who had spent the greater part of his youth in pursuit of the horsehide instead of the ‘‘three Rs."’ Just before the 1913 world’s championship series, Johnson met the player, who said, “I'm in an awful fix. I've got the finest chance in the world to make some easy money, and yet I’ve got to turn it down.”” “*How’s that?’’ asked Walter. “Well, it’s this way,’’ replied the other. ‘‘A St. Louis paper has asked me to send in five hundred words every night on these big games, and how am I ever going to do it when I only learned to spell two hundred in school?"’ comicbooks.com