Life, 1926-11-11 · page 17 of 45
Life — November 11, 1926 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **1926 Life magazine humor page** featuring football-related content. The main cartoon titled "Handicapped" shows a coach addressing his team, illustrating the caption: "Player (coming to): I got his number, all night, but I couldn't tell if it was an Illinois or a New Jersey license." The joke references **inter-state rivalry in college football**, specifically between University of Illinois and presumably Rutgers or another New Jersey school. The humor comes from a player being hit so hard during the game that he couldn't identify which state's rival tackled him—suggesting the collision was so violent it scrambled his perception. The other pieces ("Upsets," "Just Between Us Girls," and "Royal Marks") are unrelated humor columns typical of Life's satirical format during this era.
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cen- * not rket. nity 1 on ose Be tate, ilver to 1 be leap phi- Tur- ged. able. nedi- vill ake tt. rpaus far, the football season of 1926 has been one of upsets. Nothing has turned out according to the dope. Therefore, in its remaining weeks, we predict the following startling deviations from form: 1. It will not rain on the day of the Big Game. 2, We shall have no more than a dozen requests for “a couple of se: ~ 3. Our own seats will be, not in the wooden stands behind the scoreboard, but out in full vie f the field. (We have to laugh even when writing this in fun.) +. There will not be an intoxicated man in a rhi- noceros coat directly in front of us who jumps up at the sound of the whistle. 5. There will not be a small man with a 13% collar behind us who has ideas on how the team should be run. 6. The game will not have started while we are milling around in the crowd at the gate. 7. Nobody will fall down the steps. Holding tickets for two seats, we shall find that ¢ left in which two people can sit without being married to cach other. 9. We shall not be too hot above the waist and too cold below. 10. Harvard will win and we shall see ten dollars of Donald Ogden Stewart’s money. , Robert Benchley. Handicapped “ wre was the unluckiest woman in the world?” “Eve. She couldn't throw up to Adam the bet- ter men she had known.” THE only formal calls made nowadays are those made by the installment man. Ve venneb—e +AR Player (coming to): 1 GOT 11s NUMBER, ALL RIGHT, BUT 1 COULDN’T TELL IF “MRHERE come the PRINCEtons, my dear! Haven't they the most MARvelous PHYSICS you've ever SEEN? I mean I ACtually think they're SIMply adorable-looking because they look like Greek GODS or something. HONestly, my dear, I'm so exCITED I can’t SEE straight because I mean I KNOW two perf'ly SWEET boys on the team this year who are ACtually the MOST adorable things y KNOWN becau they're so kind of MOD being on the TEAM which is ACtually a terrI Fic honor and everything. My HEAVENS! Did you EVER hear such a POISonous UProar? The YALES must be coming on the field! LOOK, my dear. YALES! HONestly, I can’t BEAR it because I mean they look so kind of ROUGH and everything and I HONéestly think they are ACtually half pre SION- als or something because I mean I don’t know a SINGLE man on the TEAM this year, my don’t care if they're NOT proF mean I ACtually don’t think they men or anything because they are kind of ROUGH- looking. Your BROTHER! Well, HONestly, my dear, how on EARTH could you exPECT me to KNOW he was on the YALES? I mean I think he’s SIMply diVINE- looking and of COURSE I'm only saying what I HEARD about the YALES, my dear, which is prob'ly just obNOXious GOSSIP or some- thing and I mean I’m FRIGHT- fully sorry about it because I ACtu- ally thought your BROTHER went to HARvard! ANYways, this is ACtually the FIRST time I've seen the YALES and I mean I HONestly think they have just as fine PHYS- ICS and everything as the PRIN tons and prob'ly they are REALLY justas much GENTI en. I mean I think they 4 Lloyd Mayer. Royal Marks IFF: Why don’t you brush your clothes? You're all spattered with mud. Garr (proudly): Never! That IT WAS AN ILLINOIS OR A NEW JERSEY LICENSE. mud is from Queen Marie's car! f td comicbooks.com