Life — January 13, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 87 This page critiques commercialization of college football through Mr. Julian W. Curtiss, described as a Yale athlete and coach. The article argues that Curtiss and others profit excessively by selling football merchandise—shoes, leather jackets, nose-guards, head-caps, ankle-guards, bandages, and medical supplies—to boys playing the sport. The satire's point: while defending football itself as important, the author objects to specialists like Curtiss treating the game primarily as a commercial enterprise rather than sport. The article advocates that sports figures should prioritize the game's integrity over profit-taking. The Remington illustration depicts a crowded streetcar scene, likely representing ordinary people's lives contrasted with such commercial opportunism in athletics.