Judge, 1931-05-02 · page 10 of 36
Judge — May 2, 1931 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page satirizes spring baseball season and the clash between urban office culture and outdoor leisure. The main comic shows a woman unfamiliar with baseball terminology confusing "serving" (tennis) with "pitching," and mixing up baseball vocabulary—calling the plate a "dish," misunderstanding "striking out," and misusing the word "hand" instead of "mitt." The satire targets white-collar workers, particularly office men, taking rare breaks from work. The woman's cluelessness about sports reflects 1920s-era gender stereotypes (she's unfamiliar with "masculine" pursuits), while her complaints about "silly women secretaries" suggest frustration with the modern office workplace. The smaller cartoon shows a woman at a lunch counter, establishing the broader theme: spring brings relief from confining office routines. The humor rests on contrasting sophisticated urbanites' ignorance of common athletic knowledge and their eagerness to escape mundane professional life.
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| JUDGE SPRING IS HERE! or Sur's At Ir Acatx, Boys “Presse, why doesn’t the one in the middle go ahead and serve ““Pitch'! “Oh, pitch. That's right. I guess I got mixed up with tennis—or else on account of the dish. You know—serving on dish.” Whadoyamean, dish?” “You know, the thing he throws it at. Didn't you hear the people yelling, ‘Right over the dish’? “The plate “Oh, the plate. Well, it's all the same thing. What's happening now ae SNe “That was a ball he just threw.” | i! . i \ } ] | “You get your coffee over here, sir.” . 8 “This is Station WHAM, Chicago. .. . My nezt numbe Ml be— ‘Ban bang, would you like to take a ride? “Well, don’t you suppose I can. see it was a ball? Did you think I thought it was an egg? Oh, look at that other one run—now he's turned around and goin k! Is he the one they call the stop-short, Frank? “Come on, sock that pill! Oh, look at that—he’s out.” “Out?” “Yeah, out!” “Oh, the poor thing. Which one, Prank? Whi Flannag They struck him out “Oh, for Heaven's sake. I shouldn't think the referee would let them play I think the a control if hv had a bat right in his hand and didn't strike them back. But I don't see hin yet, Frank. Is he really unconscious ? “Oh, for crying out loud! No. Th fanned him. They fanned him, s “Oh, I understand—and that brought Well, that’s a Oh, look. all walking away Sure,.I told you it was a strike.” ad A stuke! to play any “Nonono. They're just going to tak: a rest.” “Oh! Which one is the catcher, Frank?” “The guy that's waving his mitt.” “Hand, my dear, for Heaven's sake. Since when have you been using such vulgar expressions? But oh, 1 think this is thrilling. Isn't it a treat for you, Frank, to get out for a com- plete change away from your old office. where you have a lot of silly women secretaries bothering you all the ti and asking a lot of foolish question - guy with the bat n they refus: comicbooks.com