Judge — April 24, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This is a humorous cartoon satirizing early 20th-century golf culture and the "bigger and better" competitive ethos of the era. The illustration depicts absurdly exaggerated golf equipment and techniques: - A golfer stands on an impossibly tall tee structure using outsized implements - The golf ball weighs "100 lbs" (marked on the image) - Multiple figures operate mechanical contraptions to hit the ball 25 miles for the "first hole" - A UFO-like device hovers overhead, suggesting fantastical technology The joke mocks the era's obsession with size, power, and technological advancement applied to golf. The phrase "Here's ft a half!" suggests competitive one-upmanship. The title "Bigger and Go-Getter Golf" parodies contemporary business jargon ("go-getter") by applying it absurdly to leisure. It's commentary on American excess and competitive materialism disguised as sports humor.