Judge, 1931-02-28 · page 8 of 36
Judge — February 28, 1931 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page features sports commentary about baseball player **Orville Perkins**, a pitcher signed by the New York Yankees from Walla Gulch, New Mexico. The text celebrates him as a promising talent who might help fans forget stars like Joe Jackson and Rube Waddell. The top cartoon depicts a **demon or mischievous spirit** labeled "Process Server—Hot tempered, these boxers!" emerging from clouds near a building, satirizing legal troubles in boxing. The bottom cartoon shows a crowded **traffic jam or parking situation** with the caption "Heg, barber, send a man out here to give me a haircut!"—a humorous complaint about congestion. The page mixes sports news with lighthearted social commentary typical of Judge's satirical approach.
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American Tragedy By Rex Deane Orvete Perkins (Orv te nis inti- mate friends) has been signed by the New York Yankees. Orv will be remembered for his sensational twirl- ing last season whilst a member of the a Gulch Mudhens. Orv says that ty Grove and Herbie Pennock will see a new fast one when he steps on the mound. Attaboy, Orv! The whole town is pulling for you! —Tue Watra Guten Bre Manager Magowan told the press yesterday that never before had he seen such a likely bunch of rookies as the Yanks have signed this year. One in particular, Orville Perkins, a pitcher from Walla Gulch, N. M., seemed impressiv —A, P. Dispatcn The Yankees have unearthed a tleman by the name of Orv Per from the far-off spaces of New Mex- ico who promises to help the fans for- get the singular vagaries of Shocless Joe Jackson and Rube Waddell, that is, if he lasts that long. Orv seems to be a quaint soul at heart, and the boys in their own crude re en- joying his little eccentricities no end. and a monocle. He wore Bal uniform at his first workout yesterday and need I say that this careless gesture was well received by the members of the Varsity squad? Orv also says that he can pitch . . why bothe WaT —Wesranox Hacien in “Sport Spots” The regulars and the rookies played their first game of the season at the Yankee training camp yesterday. Thi slaughter was stopped at the end of the sixth when the Babe poled one over the right field fence. The rook- ies lost the pogrom, 18-4. Orville Perkins pitched for the losers. —Basenatt Dispatcit Orville Perkins is back in town “Those big leaguers haven't got a thing,” Orv told ye Ed over a soda in Zeb's drugstore last night. “They just couldn't meet my terms, so I came back home.” Orvill aking a tem porary job in Joe Miller's filling sta tion and expects to do some doughty deeds for the Mudhens again this summer, “Hey, barber, send a man out here to give me a haircut!” —Tue Watta Gercn Ber comicbooks.com