The Wasp — 1895 — page 687: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two satirical articles about San Francisco boxing and sporting culture, illustrated with cartoons depicting fight scenes. The main article "Colonon and Lanigan" describes a boxing match between two local fighters, with detailed commentary on the venue, spectators, and participants. The cartoons show boxers in exaggerated fighting poses—one depicts "An Uppercut That Meant Murder" and another shows "Lanigan Lands with His Left." The satire appears to mock the pretensions and chaos of San Francisco's sporting world: the elaborate preparations, the wealthy patrons, the colorful language of sportswriters, and the various personalities involved (including political figures and minor celebrities attending). The tone is humorously irreverent toward both the fighters and the society figures who gathered to watch—poking fun at the spectacle and drama surrounding boxing as entertainment for San Francisco's elite.