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# "Over the Hills and Far Away" - Judge Magazine Sports Page This page celebrates prominent American athletes from the 1920s with satirical biographical captions beneath their photographs. The title references a popular song, suggesting these sports figures are riding high on success. The satire is gentle: **Rogers Hornsby** (St. Louis Cardinals) is relentlessly chasing batting records. **William J. Tilden** (tennis champion) credits his success to punctuality and good sportsmanship. **Walter Hagen** (golfer) is so distracted pursuing both British and American trophies that he can't focus on either. **John J. Black** (golfer) lost a championship by one stroke—with a pun on his name ("prospects would have been very black"). The humor is primarily about sports obsession and the single-minded pursuit of victory. These are celebratory profiles of athletic excellence rendered slightly ridiculous through exaggeration—typical Judge magazine treatment of contemporary celebrities.
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“Over the Hills and Far Away” ¢ Ss » Rogers Hornsby Rogers 4“ Hornsby, the second sacker of the St. Louis Cardinals, is after the Ruthlessly batting honors of the baseball sea- is now batting over four hun- No; runs—per cent. present son. dred. Walter Hagen Walter Hagen, with the cup for the British golf honors in one hand and one eye on the American trophy; it wasn’t so surprising that he couldn’t keep his eye on the ball long enough to cop the cup Rogers William J. Tilden William J. Tilden, the silver cup collector, who has won so many tennis championships he’s lost count of ‘em, attributes his success to a habit of always meeting his appoint- ments and returning good for evil home John J. Black John J. Black, the mid- ironmonger and dark horse in the American golf classic, lost by only one stroke. Sar- azen admits, however, that were it not for that stroke his prospects would have been very black indeed Paul Thompson comicbooks.com