Judge — August 4, 1923 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine features an illustration by an artist (signature visible) accompanying an article titled "In the game of tennis, its not so much the overhand, as it is the underthings" by John Held, Jr. The cartoon depicts four figures in dynamic tennis poses with exaggerated movements. The humor appears to play on a double entendre: while ostensibly about tennis technique ("underhand" vs. "overhang"), the title puns on "underthings" (undergarments). The illustrated figures—rendered in Held's characteristic style with bold black hair—seem designed to showcase athletic movement while the wordplay suggests the satire focuses on what players wear beneath their tennis attire, reflecting *Judge*'s typical risqué humor about fashion and bodily display during this era.