Judge — June 9, 1928 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine features two team photographs labeled "The Scrub Team" and "The Track Team." The names listed—particularly in the Track Team (Mencken, Nathan, Dreiser, De Maupassant)—reference prominent American and European literary figures of the early 20th century. The satire appears to mock intellectual or literary circles by presenting these celebrated writers as if they were athletic teams. The humor likely derives from the incongruity of serious literary figures being treated as competitors in sports, suggesting either that literary feuds were common knowledge to contemporary readers, or that *Judge* was satirizing pretentiousness in the literary establishment. Without additional context about the specific publication date, the precise satirical target remains unclear.