Life, 1926-04-22 · page 6 of 40
Life — April 22, 1926 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three separate humorous pieces: 1. **"What They Really Say"** - A sketch depicting a boxing championship fight, showing the actual crude banter between a champion boxer and his manager, contrasting what spectators imagine versus reality. The humor lies in exposing the unglamorous, mercenary nature of professional boxing. 2. **"The Hazard"** - A brief joke about a man who made a golf hole-in-one, with his wife's response about giving up golf if married. 3. **"Definitions"** and **"No Mediator"** - Short satirical pieces defining a filling station and depicting workplace conflict between employees. The overall tone is early 20th-century American satire, mocking professional boxing culture, golf obsession, and labor relations through observational humor.
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4 > LSPE'E, « Th {~ 34+ a2) a Tae ey Ihe eet “OM, LOOKY, MAMA, THE CHICKENS AKE ALL DOIN’ THE CHARLESTON !” Definitions FILLING-STATION is @ place where gasoline and Aw: are sold A good filling station is a place where you can blow up your tires, fill your radiator, drive on a ramp to change ¢ washin your oil, borrow a real jack, use the hose and all a friend on the tele- tche stand, test and fill your battery, phone, help yourself get a free road map and square yourself with the proprietor by purchasing three gallons of gasoline. Bill Sykes. No Mediator MPLOYER: Sam, I hear you and George almost had a fight Sam: Yassah, boss, we all would ‘a’ had a terrible fracas, only they wasn't nobody there to hold us apart. What They Really Say N another minute or so the gong will ring for the cham- pionship fight. Seated pion is en) 1 the stool in his corner, the cham- ed in earnest conversation with his mann ager. The ringsiders notice this. “See, he’s giving his man ast-minute advice,” they say; “he’s going over their plan of gn again.” Manacer: Well, 1 sees this promoter passin’ in. two guys as deadheads, an’ I says to . where's our cut comin’ from on them two? We're fightin’ fer a percentage, ; not fer love.” Thass th’ stuff, kid; don’t let them guys put nothin’ over on us. Whadda you figger th’ gate’ll be? Manacer: Well, if that guy ain't passed in two more of his frien’s when I wasn’t lookin’, it should go a hun'red an a half grand. CHAM there in th’ fittenth row Manacex (in alarm); Where? 10N: Still, they’s a couple of empty seats back (He looks around.) Oh, thass aw rite; th’ ushers threw them two eggs out fer fight in’. Th’ seats is paid fer Campion when they ain't paid fer it? MAawacer: I dunno; jes’ a coupla saps, 1 guess. Cuamrion: Say, you di forget to stick that St. Paul promoter fer two ra fares out fer our next go, did Whadda them two guys wanna fight fer you? Manacek: Do T look like a sap? An’ I added another two grand fer trainin’ ex Cuamrion: Thass th’ stuff The g towards hi ses. The champion rises and slides indolently ponent, They spar carciully.” Voices among the ringsiders comment, “See, his manager told him to be cautious; he’s going to take it slow at the start.” James Kevin MeGuinnes The Hazard LYDE: She said if I married her I nv Frep: What did you do? “LT made it in 74 yesterday! give up golf Sympathetic Twin Brother: ovcn, ror, THAT HURTS! comicbooks.com '