Judge, 1928-11-10 · page 8 of 36
Judge — November 10, 1928 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This is a satirical piece by Dr. Seuss mocking college football coverage and sports journalism prejudice. The central joke: **Mittelmeyer College of Pawnbroking** is a fictional, entirely made-up institution that Seuss presents as historically significant yet mysteriously ignored by sportswriters. The satire targets: 1. **Sports media bias**: Why don't newspapers cover Mittelmeyer's football scores despite the college's supposed importance to American history? 2. **Absurd credibility**: The article solemnly claims Mittelmeyer (a pawnbroking school) produced "Uncles" and benefactors rivaling Yale's donors—obviously ridiculous. 3. **College football excess**: References to lavish stadiums ("Blumenthal Bowl") and betting culture highlight how seriously colleges take football. 4. **Ethnic humor**: Names like "Einhaltheimer" and "Weinstein" suggest Jewish college football, playing on early 20th-century ethnic stereotypes common in Judge magazine. The "unique signal system" cartoon mocks complicated play-calling by depicting the quarterback announcing pawned items like "fine old trombone" instead of actual plays.
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JUDGE Unsung Heroes Mittelmeyer College of Pawn- broking Too Long Ignored By Dr. Seuss A question that has long lexed me is why don't Sunday papers ever » scores of the Mit- ge football The —Mittelmeye of Pawnbroking’ is oldest university in the country, and the fur-reach ing influence of its gradu- ates affects t economic lives 1. Harvard boasts to have produced the Fathers of the Republic, But was it not Mittelmeyer A Unique Signal System The average college football te: has generally but one set and it is not long before t 1 nts catch on, But the Mittelme mbers cannot be t beginning of each y Mosenblum a z > name of a salable object, such as “fine old trombone,” “ten karat broc new set of uppers.” He then’ reels off the prices, and not until a first te bargain has been established does the center relinquish the ball. No one but an expert merchandiser could ever get wise. 5 W599 yy, of the Gridiron that produced all its Uneles? Even Yale must dmit that New Haven’ atest. benefactor other than old S Levi (Mittelm sports writers creamy their prejudice and started ttending the Mittelmeyer There is no stadium country that ean compare with their splendid Blumenthal Bowl, and the undergraduates ean put to y yell in » world with their glori Mittelmeyer, Mittel meyer, hock, hock, hock Map Showing Intersectional Games on Mittelmeyer Schedule The Mittelmeyer season is always such a pogrom of brilliant vietori that betting is almost a sure thin The only contest that worries them all this. y is the big Weinstein Eskimo College clash in yxwyug, Green a If you bet on of the other games here ind you : to make money. (“Wizzy”) Einhaltheimer kick off. (Note the unusual tri- ball system of play.) comicbooks.com