Judge, 1923-07-28 · page 13 of 36
Judge — July 28, 1923 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a humorous sports commentary page mocking the contrasting behavior of losing athletes across different sports. The top sketch references "Sarazen" (likely golfer Gene Sarazen), showing a defeated player returning home where his family fears his angry reaction. The middle section contrasts tennis and boxing: tennis players must maintain genteel composure, shaking hands and offering false compliments ("Well played, old fellow!") while seething internally with rage and violent impulses. The bottom illustration depicts a losing pugilist being carried away on a stretcher, suggesting he's too physically exhausted or injured to feel disappointment—thus achieving genuine peace unavailable to other athletes constrained by social etiquette. The satire critiques the hypocrisy of "civilized" sports requiring emotional suppression, versus boxing's brutal honesty where defeat's physical toll provides its own catharsis.
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SPORT PAGE sketches by wee When the defeated local Sarazen returns to the bosom of his family, is it nice to make little Willie shake with apprehen- sion and the better half quail with terror? How Game Is the Game Loser? How we do love to see a losing tennis player shake hands with his conqueror and murmur: “Well played, old fellow!” when we know that murder and mayhem are in his thoughts and his very soul yearns for expression. Happy is the lot of the losing pugilist. For him the lark singeth and perfect peace abideth with him.