Judge — October 18, 1924 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two comic panels satirizing baseball and reckless driving: **Top panel**: Baseball players discuss game etiquette. One player has lost a mouthful of teeth, prompting the comment about not "holdin' up the game" by swallowing them. This mocks rough play and missing teeth as routine hazards of early baseball. **Bottom panel**: A chaotic car crash scene. The driver explains he obtained his license "without a trial" because the testing officer "was scared" to ride with him. This satirizes the ease of obtaining driving licenses and dangerous drivers on early 1900s roads—when automobile regulation was minimal and licensing standards were loose or nonexistent. Both panels use exaggerated humor to critique safety standards in contemporary American leisure and transportation.