Life, 1926-09-23 · page 15 of 40
Life — September 23, 1926 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains sports reporting and humor rather than political cartoons. The top section reviews a Cardinals-Giants baseball game, using "sport-writing style" to analyze key moments. The detailed play-by-play mentions players like "Long John" and Manager Hornsby. The middle illustration depicts a dock or pier scene, labeled "Prominently Located." A police officer directs a stranger to "prohibition enforcement headquarters" between "those two saloons"—satirizing the contradiction of Prohibition-era enforcement, where illegal drinking establishments operated openly near official enforcement offices. The bottom piece, "Her Nicest Compliment," is a humorous anecdote about a woman and boy at a beach, followed by a joke about movies eliminating "everyday life" by cutting drinking scenes—another Prohibition-era reference showing how alcohol's legal ban affected entertainment content.
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Cards Beat Giants (Iwo Fans Review the Game in Sport-Writing Style) the easy fashion in which the Cardinals were able tu trounce the Giants to-day. Secoxp: The pitching of Rhem and the fielding of Manager Hornsby were potent factors in the triumph of the Mound City crew. Fist: With the exception of the fifth and eighth innings the tall right-hander was master of the s tion all stages of the fray. Srconp: The McGraw clan proved easy prey to the deceptive offerings of the St. Louis mound artist in all other innings. Fist: Hornsby supported Rhem brilliantly, several times preventing Giant rallies by the execution of sen- satioual plays. Seconp: The Cards found the deliveries of Long John Scott much to their liking. Three safe blows and two bases on balls in the fourth chukker, which netted three runs, brought an end to his reign on the hillock. Finst: Barnes, who relieved him, fared no better. In the seventh chapter, Hornsby’s men solved his delivery for a trio of t. s on O'Farrell’s double, a base on balls, and singles by Blades, Southworth and Bell. Srcoxp: In scoring their final two runs in the eighth canto the Louis representatives clinched the victory. The Cards were aided materially in this frame by the weak defense presented by the New York infield. rors hy Jackson and Kelly paved the way for the scor- FED. AND I DO HOPE NON PMY ILUS- ing of the two markers. BANDS WILL BE : First: At no time during the battle did it appear that the New Yorkers were to be seriously reckoned with, Seconp: The victory marked Rhem’s eighteenth of thanks to the effective hurling of Flint Rhem. the season. His work in the box for St. Louis this sea- son is undoubtedly one of the out- standing features of the National League race. First: Billy Southworth, former Giant, led the attack on his old team- mates to-day with three lusty bin- gles out of four trips to the plate. Seconn: A crowd estimated at close to five thousand were on hand when hostilities began. Prices The score of eight to five does not indicate Norman St. Denis. Her Nicest Compliment LADY at the beach, sitting on a bench along the boardwalk, was asked by a small boy of six to keep his sand pail and shovel while he ran out on the pier. “But IT am leaving soon,” she said. “Perhaps that lady on the next bench would keep them.” He observed the second lady a moment, then shook his head. “She doesn’t look honest,” he said. . HE movies have lost their only Stranger: CAN YOU DIRECT ME TO THE PROMIBITION ENFORCEMENT contact with everyday life.” HEADQUARTERS? “How’s that?” Cop: Ric? OVER THERE BETWEEN THOSE TWO SALOONS. They've cut out drinking scenes.’ comicbooks.com