Judge, 1936-03 · page 9 of 36
Judge — March 1936 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis: Judge Magazine Page This page satirizes boxing and prize-fighting culture through two cartoons. The top illustration, captioned "Hey—Take it easy. He can't get away!," depicts a boxer (likely Muggs Slattery, referenced in the text) being restrained during a bout—mocking the violence and chaotic nature of professional boxing. The bottom cartoon, "In the Pink," shows a man studying a map marked with creditor locations, a visual pun on the phrase "in the pink" (meaning healthy/well). The joke satirizes debt and financial anxiety—the man must literally map out locations to avoid his creditors. The text entries from "The Daily Gazette" provide context about boxing matches and Slattery's fights, but the satire targets both the brutality of boxing entertainment and the broader anxieties of financial hardship among ordinary people.
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Judge town Bat no one watehir n Slattery was all over them flat, and dis- | absent tight left which has the power of a pile driver. ould venture to solve. inst s parring partners the knockit closing a hithe Old boxing critics deel: that never have they known a hter to improve so | amazingly in such a short time. The Daily Gazette, Thursday, Ina wildering’ exhib , Sla' ion of speed an power Mugg tery this afternoon earned the title of the Human J ut, After flooring eleven sparring vartners, he boxed wo rounds g the bear nineteen S.P.C.A. stopped the ht. Aiterwards he pulled up a thirty- on elm tree, and showed that his are right by trotting ten miles in ity minutes, an av e of thirty an Ty Slattery is abs 1 he pink for tomorrow's fight title has a hands, Ticket he last few days, t n 3, tinst a ri grizzly bear, fi nes before th e of ¢ ave picked up in es having leapt | 00. angin ‘0 about te Daily Gaz Saturday. Biff Krau ined his title last night by knockir Mug three seconds « Slattery in twenty he third round. —Parke CumMines. ” “Hey—Take it easy. He can’t get away! In the Pink HE DAILY GAZETTE, Monday. Critics watching Muggs Slattery in his workout this afternoon became con- vinced that the challenger to Biff Krauss’s crown isn't nearly the set-up he vas considered when he was chosen to box Kraw He battered three sparring partners at will this afternoon, and was as fresh as a daisy when he finished. The Dail Tuesd Fistic followers could scarcely believe their eves this afte the whirlwi en they witnessed workout that His right, ! . was dynamite, and s infighting by far the best he has ever ed. Ina forty-five minute work- Slattery knocked out Eddie Flan- n and Chris Plonk, his two leading rring partners, and knocked a third one into the Missaquani River. nag he Daily Gazette, Wednesday. How ypion Biff Krauss will ever weather the terrific onslaught he is certain to re- “That’s my creditor’s map—I have to keep away ceive from Muggs Slattery, the Bingle- from those places whenever I go out!” 7 comicbooks.com