Life, 1923-11-15 · page 14 of 40
Life — November 15, 1923 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains sports humor rather than political satire. The main feature is a detailed football play diagram titled "Chart of the Final Period" showing a Harvard-Yale game, credited to George M. Gribskey, '99. The diagram uses symbols to humorously track ball movement, including references to "partial fog," "sack race by four strange men," and a "particularly beautiful pin-wheel display." These absurdist annotations mock the overwrought detail of sports reporting while poking fun at the actual chaos of live football. The surrounding text—"As It Is Written," "Respite," and "The Big Game"—features brief humorous commentary about college football culture, including references to betting and spectator enthusiasm at this elite Northeastern matchup. The satire targets both the sport's intensity and contemporary journalism's breathless coverage style.
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12 As It Is Written (The Sporting Editor's Rubber Stamps Fit Any Game.) Tee quaint little college town of . is already filling up with the v agward of the hordes of visitors who will be on hand to-morrow, to witness the annual struggle between the warriors of gridiron and their chaperons gayly bedecked with ancient _ rivals, the ee vying Pretty are everywhere, girls the colors of the with the Just as the sun was setting to- night, a sudden flash of filled the sky, which the supporters of took to be a good, omen. Undergradu tes and alumni alike are busily placing wagers on their re- spective alma maters, the prevailing odds being on takers a rettli #@ es \ 3 ae 25 30 35 AS SEEN BY MR. GEORGE M. GRIMSEY, O warvarn’s BALL O yvate’s BALL @ princeton’s BALL END RUN BY MAN WITH TWO SETS OF FEET BY WHAT SEEMED TO BE igtF7 FORWARD PAs orthtrtetrre PARTIAL FOG + see TOTAL BLANK LIFE Both teams are reported to be in fine shape, with the exception of the giant ... who turned his ankle in the last prac- tice. He is expected to get into the game before the final whistle blows, however. The two coaches are plainly opti- mistic, but refuse to make any definite statements. “It will be a good game,” “and the best team “It ought to be a ‘and will win, I hope.” dandy game,” said may the best team win. Clear, cold weather is prophesied for the morrow, and indications point to a total attendance of ..,000. Geoffrey Respite IRST Macazine Writer: sell t article on the Worry? Seconp M. W.: Yes; have to worry for a week. Did you Folly of now I don’t The Big Game HE missed sleeper connection back to Jonesville. The crush at the desk of the Hotel New Trianon and the cot in Sample Room No. 3. The seat on the forty-yard line which Simpson, ’03, said he would get and didn’t. The seat at the corner of the field which the speculator said he would sac- rifice for $20 and did. The triumph of the University of Jonesville over Midlandia in the last minute of play. The wreck of the ten-dollar hat. The pre-war stuff in Smith’s room at the New Trianon. The return reservation on the sleeper you forgot to get. The twelve hours in a day coach. The realization that you are forty- two years old. McC. H. og §0 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 L | OH ae Tee CHART OF THE FINAL PERIOD 30S 40 45 50 45 40 35 30 25 ’99, WHO BROUGHT HIS FLASK ALONG IN CASE HE GOT COLD. “ey PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL PIN-WHEEL DISPLAY A LADY WEARING A SET OF MINK FURS ‘~ SEISMIC DISTURBANCE TIME OUT comicbooks.com