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# "Judging the Sports" - Judge Magazine Sports Commentary Page This page satirizes sports journalism and the difficulty of predicting sports outcomes. The main article discusses how sportswriters struggle to judge games fairly, mentioning baseball, horse racing, and boxing. The cartoons illustrate the chaos of sports commentary: one shows a wrestling match with judges, another depicts a man racing against a horse (labeled "TO THE TRAINS"), mocking the absurdity of certain sporting predictions or matchups. The text humorously notes that sportswriters jealously guard insider knowledge about games and athletes, creating an exclusive "Baseball Writers Association." The satire targets both the pretentiousness of sports experts and readers' fascination with their dubious predictions and gossip about athletes.

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