Life, 1923-08-30 · page 27 of 36
Life — August 30, 1923 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This multi-panel comic depicts a golfer's vivid dream sequences while sleeping, showing exaggerated golf performances. The humor contrasts his imaginary prowess—eagle twos, impossible long putts, spectacular shots—with reality's likely mediocrity. The title "Post-Season Sport" suggests this is satirizing golfers' obsessive mental replaying of games during off-season. The repeated exclamations ("Ho—ly white-eye!!," "BINNNNNc!") mock both the golfer's excited self-commentary and sports reporters' breathless coverage. The final panel shows him achieving "the 2th in a par quart"—likely nonsensical dream-logic humor. The overall satire targets amateur golfers' tendency to fantasize about perfect play while sleeping, contrasting their delusional nighttime golf with waking reality. It's gentle mockery of golf obsession among the leisure class.
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Takes the first in an eagle two, after driving green. QBs y Mtbon} Sommmmmmme drive on that second! Right down the alley. Perfect jigger approach. Birdie 3. Ahhhbhhbhbhbhbhbbn!! 11111 "Nother eagle two on th Almost drove green, too. The old midiron fifth. Is that a one” No? O,well. Taps ina six inch putt for a 2. Drives deyond apple tree. just fae it. Lovely Ray on j- nanimously lets himself off with par. Ho—ly white-eye!! Drives edge BINNNNNc! (Reporters verify 370. of water, Down in 2 on the Sis Second una Re ond, seri f green. La ta ta Giah ta yah! Etc. Eagle }. Takes ovation modestly. fy Drives beyond reservoir. Lax was20 Only 234 335 Plays it safe with yds. short, week before) On in 2. OR put, Fogle 5. Ho hura! midiron. Birdie 2. Lessee, 38 there. O, that'll kind o'do, Iguess. O-—h, BAbee!! Go on, sweetie,go Rottenest tee in the world, but— on! O, just a nice, snappy lil old 196 sommme drive!! (Fails out of bed, , thassall. Water most of eway groping wildly for chair) under 35, ON IN 2!! Just like Ray. Sinks 60 ft. putt. Beiter Ray. Eagle On the seventh! All Mashie pitch descending into cup for a1 is gummed by cutting in. Concedes the I, however. Be-yond both sand pits! Runs down 90 yd. approach. Come on, show me a hard hole, somebody. Wife spoils a sure birdie 3 on the fourth. Concedes himself a. par 4. Second reaches hardest par 4 green in world, bar none. Imagination lags and putt just accelerates in time. Bircie. Over the hill and far away. Ho— ly cat! will she ever dome down! ‘Takes modest par4. 0! in. putt. brings out the best in a man, douit it? “OP e tty | [ury, POST-SEASON SPORT DUB GOLFIAC GOLFING HIMSELF TO SLEEP Sleep at last, and doing the 2th in @ par quart. comicbooks.com