Judge, 1923-09-15 · page 12 of 36
Judge — September 15, 1923 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# "The Impressionable Reporter and the Champ" This appears to be a humorous story sequence from an early 20th-century Judge magazine about a boxing match event. The narrative depicts an encounter between "Pug" Purdy (a boxer, indicated by the caricatured physical exaggeration), a sports reporter named Harry Gates, and a young woman, Miss Gilling. The joke centers on Purdy's crude behavior and lower-class manners—he's dressed in exaggerated "extreme fashion of his class" and speaks with poor grammar ("I'll see you after de show"). The satire mocks both the boxer's lack of refinement and the "impressionable reporter's" fascination with athletic celebrities. The cartoons illustrate physical comedy typical of the era: boxing training routines, jumping rope, and physical altercations. The humor derives from class contrast and the period's fascination with prizefighting as entertainment, portraying boxers as uncouth but colorful characters worthy of journalistic attention.
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out of her sport car and was walking toward the clubhouse she was accosted by a strange person, a fellow dressed in the extreme fashion of his class, accom- panied by an older man with a crooked who carried 4 grip. Hello, s ie! » you live here, 2” was the greeting of the younger man. Miss Gilling gave the fellow a glance that should have frozen him, but he grinned and leered at her as Harry Gates came up. Harry took in the situation in a flash, ou are ‘Pug’ Purdy, I believe,” he said as Grace took his arm. mittes [TRAINING a tele CAMP ind g e cory promi Purdy not a this v collisi The impressionable reporter and the champ. “You guessed!” was “Pug’s” reply. “Well, you are here to do your stunt, and not sc Better run along.” “Come, said the man with the crooked nose, “you're in wrong!” and he took the pugilist’s arm and moved with him toward the clubhouse. “Pug” turned his head to look back, and through a corner of his mouth re- moved to the vicinity of his ear retorted: “Stick around, you, an’ I'll you after de show!” Harry paid no attention to him did he say to you, Miss Gilling? asked. see Vhat 10 he to be manly club t f the, some the el aceon! rue had sy the d robe, crook climb a cor with ; in the replac Har Miss his co: chairn holdin Mr. volunt rising plaud Gilling the « “Pug appar on the men fi The it was “He was very impertinent. He spok« to me once on Fifth avenue, a long tin ago, as I was getting into my car. | suppose he saw I was alon Harry made no repl They entered the clubhouse. The (gymnasium — was already crowded close to a ring that been erected in the center. A box been improvised for the president, Jasper Gilling, and after Grace had whispered to her father he invited Harry to oceup it with them and several others. Almost half an hour passed, increasing impatience of the audience, when the chairman of the house com- with comicbooks.com