Judge — March 14, 1925 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Amateurs" - Judge Magazine Cartoon This cartoon depicts six young male athletes in various sports attire (baseball, basketball, tennis uniforms visible) standing on a platform, with a winged angel figure looming above them. Two younger boys sit below. The title "AMATEURS" suggests satire about amateur athletics. The "$" symbols visible on some uniforms indicate the cartoon's likely point: **mocking the hypocrisy of "amateur" athletes who are secretly paid**. This references the early-20th-century tension between officially amateur sports (Olympic standards, college athletics) and athletes receiving under-the-table compensation. The angelic figure may represent ideals of athletic purity being corrupted by commercialism. The artist is credited as "Mac Donale" (possibly misspelled).