Judge, 1922-08-19 · page 10 of 36
Judge — August 19, 1922 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# "The Manly Art and Jefferson Machamer" - Judge Magazine This page satirizes the Leonard-Tendler boxing match and contemporary prize-fighting culture. The top strip follows a fan's exhausting journey to and from the fight via subway, depicting the physical ordeal of attending. The humor targets: - **Boxing spectators**: depicted as rowdy, drunk ("flask"), and socially crude - **The radio broadcast**: a new technology criticized for enabling commentary from "ringside" commentary that intrudes on the experience - **Intellectual pretension**: Professor Broun's claim that boxing represents "intellectual force rather than brute" is mocked as absurd - **Boxing culture generally**: presented as lowbrow entertainment attracting unsophisticated crowds The cartoon critiques both the sport itself and the fans who attend, suggesting boxing draws hard-drinking, crude individuals. The repeated emphasis on counting ("ten"), tickets, and technical rules underscores the satirist's view of boxing as a somewhat disreputable spectacle despite its growing popularity in the 1920s.
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