Judge, 1931-03-28 · page 7 of 36
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two satirical pieces: **"Forecast of the Baseball Season"** lists humorous predictions about 1920s baseball, including jokes about rookies, famous players like Babe Ruth and Judge Landis, and umpire behavior. **"The Red Menace"** section critiques contemporary politics with biting commentary. It references the "wandering Mayor" (likely Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York), Congress's unemployment relief efforts, presidential veto power ("pocket veto vogue"), and economic issues like egg prices and hen productivity. The cartoons are lighter—one depicts someone asking "Ronald Colman" (a silent film star) for dishwashing help, likely mocking celebrity culture or labor shortages of the era. The satire targets government incompetence, economic anxiety, and celebrity obsession typical of post-WWI American society.
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Forecast of the Baseball Season youne rookie from Oklahoma will get six home runs the first week and by the middle of the summer will be playing back in Oklahoma. Roger Hornsby will visit a sick boy and present him with an autographed baseball. Some one will be hailed as the great- et player since Ty Cobb. Judge Landis will have his picture taken without his hat. A Brooklyn resident will be fined fve dollars for hitting an umpire with a pop bottle. It will be discovered to the great de- light of the newspapers that a player on the Detroit team reads Shakespeare in his idle hours. At the end of the season Babe Ruth will ask for a raise ia salary. One of the Boston teams will win two games in a row. In May sixteen big league managers will give out interviews in which each one will say that his team is sure to win the pennant. In October sixteen big league man- agers will give out interviews in which each one will say that his team is sure to win the pennant next year. “Confound these lion tracks, now I’ve lost Bill’s footprints!” The Red Menace Ambulances go right through red lights. But that’s no novelty to some of their best customers. New Yorkers’ Chorus: Where is our wandering Mayor tonight? Congress is still doing its bit for the unemployed; just look at all the free amusement it keeps furnishing. And this pocket veto vogue must make the First Lady think twice before she gives Herb any letters to post. With business what it is, the nearest we come to traveling is having that far-away look. The major leagues this year have a new ball. And let’s wh Ree hope that the candy butchers get some new peanuts. “Oh, yeah! Well, does Ronald Colman help you And the price of eggs is so low they say the hens have with the dishes every night?” stopped cackling and now blush every time they lay one. comicbooks.com