Judge, 1930-05-17 · page 11 of 36
Judge — May 17, 1930 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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# "The Hold-Up Game" and "The Sports Writer's Credo" **The Hold-Up Game** (top): A train emergency-cord incident delays a passenger's wedding. The satire suggests petty inconveniences—a three-hour delay—prompt passengers to blame the conductor, mirroring how people reflexively demand someone be held responsible for minor disruptions, regardless of actual fault. **The Sports Writer's Credo** (bottom): A humorous list mocking sportswriting clichés of the era. It ridicules the requirement to use varied vocabulary for athletic actions ("jolted," "lambasted," "assailed") rather than simple verbs; romanticizes athletes as morally flawless; and notes excessive description (Jack Dempsey as "lovable," horse races always won by "a nose"). The caption cartoon jokes about fashion terminology—a woman insists her dress is "Chanel" couture, not merely "Red," mocking materialistic status-signaling. Both pieces satirize contemporary American superficiality: the first in public behavior, the second in sports journalism and consumer culture.
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JUDGE The Hold-Up Game iti a sereech of brakes the New York to Chicago Limited came to u sudden stop. Passengers, hurled from their seats in the third car, were scrambling about excitedly when conductor rushed in. verythin all right,” he shouted. “Someone pulled the emergency cord and the brakes took hold too quickly. The last car has left the rails. No one’s hurt,” he assured them, “but we'll be delayed three hours.” nd Lord!” exclaimed a young man, “three hours and I'm to be mar- ried this evening in Chic conductor swung about and the young man angrily manded, “are you the bird who pulled that cord?” . There's one thing we didn’t get ID ERR ee jie from our ancestors, and that’s the lib- Quick! Follow that car! erty they fought for. The Sports Writer’s Credo With another bow to Mr. Nathan nar it is the high point of wit and humor tom 0) ences to) Mr. ‘Tunney's _ hilarious penchant for books. ut it is an unpardonable offense to call an athlete by the same nick- name twice in one article. That a man biting a dog 1 news, but it's news also if a player has a wife, if he mows his oceasionally, and if he eats corn flakes ast. That college track stars all have hearts of iron and the fearlessness of st. G facing the n. That Jack Dempsey is a lovable old soul without a disagrecable quality in his make-up and that he stands for all that is good in boxing. That Phil Scott spends all of his time lying prostrate on the floor. That all horse races are won by a ‘That only an amateur says “Babe Rath ‘hit’ the ball »n he can say pounced upon,” “jolted,” “tore the cover off,” “lambasted,” “assailed,” nd “ecatapulte That if Shakespeare and Milton » living today they would make ood sports writers, too. And of course the returning tourist, “I don't care what the Bull thinks. This dress is not ‘Red’—it’s when slapped, should turn the other “Chanel’,” hip. comicbooks.com