Judge, 1928-09-29 · page 20 of 36
Judge — September 29, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This *Judge* page contains two satirical pieces: **Top cartoon**: A joke about fire-dogs (decorative andirons) featuring what appears to be Smoky Joe Horowitz asking someone about his "new fire-dogs." The accompanying text mocks a "comic artist" named Perelman who claims to Detective Donnelly he lost his scarf. The humor is obscure without more context, likely relying on period references to vaudeville or local personalities. **Bottom section**: "The 100 Best Tricks in Football" parodies sports instruction by describing an absurdly complicated football play that devolves into nonsense (mentioning Cape Race, longitudes, chess pieces, and election results). It's mock-serious pseudo-technical writing meant to ridicule overly complex sports strategy explanations. **Cartoon below**: A "Breathless Messenger" announces a political candidate is actually divorced, claiming alimony-payers will vote for him as a "landslide." This satirizes how candidates manipulate voting blocs and highlights class/economic divisions in elections—likely referencing 1920s-era politics.
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NEW FIRE-DOGS, BOYS ASKED SMOKY JOK HOROWITZ I'd like to they get you, you lost?” demanded Detective Donnelly of the handsome plain- tiff. “Flat; I'm a comic artist!” asserted Perelman, smoothing S scarf, vow, stupid, what shape husband's just left for Pittsburg. The 100 Best Tricks in Football V.—The Hopping Demon, or tl Motorboat Girls ons. This y to the } Between lay is somewhat similar pping Nibbler, or Old Maid’s Frolic, which has been de- scribed in future articles. The only difference is that it is exe- cut ‘ound left instead of right end, depending on the direction the opposing team is going, if any, and it is often safer to play it from a gallop instead of a canter. The hoax is especially effective if the opposing nine happen to be away ona vi are spending a quiet evening at home with their respective sweethearts or kiddies. In this ion or ase the left tackle dou- bles back across right end, after starting in the wrong direction. After being spun around a half Brratuness Messen as the pocketbook Come out from under the sink, precious, the (to polities dozen times or so, the blindfold is removed and you'll be amused at the zigzag course he takes be fore recovering his poise, or as the French say, his poison iv If the re; or American plan, formation is being used, the right halfback then takes the ball from the president of the Student Council and field across left end, passing between the southern promont of Cape Race and a point midway between Longitudes #6:40:26 and 10 per cent for call money. This brings us out not far from Texas and with a moderate amount of skill the careful motor- ist can avoid the remaining play ers, including the black queen and the two pawns, and run clear across the field for a couple of field reverses his called an “old-fash- ioned” and if you aren't used to it it will knock you cold in a few minutes. It was first used in the famous classic between the De- troit Cardinals and the Roving Buccaneers, resulted in a vie- tory for the Thirty Dainty, Dim- pled Darlings by the score of 164 in favor of Al Smith and Herbert Hoover. —Ricuaro S. Warrace his is ler, on Election Day)—Our candidate is a divorced man—the alimony payers are all voting for him—it's a landslide! 18 comicbooks.com