Judge, 1927-10-15 · page 13 of 68
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# Judge Magazine Satire: "Official Football Regulations for 1927" This page satirizes Prohibition-era college football culture by mock-seriously presenting "Official Football Regulations" that are actually about **smuggling and drinking alcohol at games**, not playing football itself. The joke plays on the contrast between legitimate sports rules and the elaborate social codes governing **flask-passing** among spectators—treating contraband liquor distribution like actual football plays ("forward passing," "running down kicks," "scrimmage"). References include: - **"Flask"** as the central "player" being moved around - **"D.T."** (delirium tremens—alcohol withdrawal hallucinations) - **Yale-Harvard game** (major college football rivalry) - **"Psi U"** (fraternity reference) The cartoons depict disheveled drinkers and the chaos of intoxicated fans. This mocks both Prohibition's ineffectiveness among the wealthy college set and the absurdity of trying to hide drinking at public events. The satire suggests that at 1920s football games, consuming illegal alcohol was as organized and rule-governed as the sport itself.
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JUDGE WIG Now that the football season is in full swing it is high time cer- tain rules and regulations should be laid down for the players in the stands as well as the players in the field . only — twenty- players and usually about fifty thousand look- ers on, and as the Athletic Asso- ciation doesn’t seem to want to do anything about it, I will! ... So, here are the Official Football Regulations for 19 at 7 o'clock the eve- ning before the battle’ and last until the dawn following the next day. This time shall be divided into four periods: The Evening Before, the Morning After, the Afternoon and the Following Evening. Cad » moment the flask is in game has _ officially started. The flask is considered down when it is empty. HoLDine / 3. FORWARD PASSING. In passing the flask the player does so at his own risk. If it is intercepted he is thrown for a loss. If it is dropped it is considered down—and out. When run- ning with the flask it is con- 5. RUNNING DOWN KICKS. approaching you a Psi U? ton!’ other who looks as if he might be carrying the flask must be polite at all times, and under no circumstances may he slap the aforesaid player on the back and say “Hello, Fe Aren't because he’s probably a D.T. 6. SCRIMAGE. It is considered very bad form to: (a) at 3 girl. (b) To cut in on a Harvard man. (c) To kick the player sitting in front of you in the mid- dle of the b “at the Y money from a New Haven man, sidered unfair to tackle, so that the player falls on his hip. It is also unfair for a player to hide the flask under his clothes. Sf 4, A player is considered out when he is lying flat on his face, or on his back. Time is taken out and if a player is unable to resume the game a substitute may be called in. It is considered un- ethical to attempt to revive a player that is out with cold water. One player mpt to flirt with another player’s (d) To yell “Hurrah for Prince- e-Ha d game. (e) To borrow comicbooks.com