The Wasp — 1892 — page 303: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The page features a sports column with an illustration showing boxers in a fighting stance. The text discusses San Francisco boxing circles, particularly focusing on a boxer named "Spider" Gallager's defeat and commentary on various fighters including Young Mitchell, Corbett, and Joe McAuliffe. The column criticizes a fellow named Kemmick, described as a "twentieth-century ringer" and "insinuating cad," for making false claims about his boxing credentials and misrepresenting himself in San Francisco's sporting circles. The text suggests Kemmick fraudulently posed as an experienced boxer while lacking genuine experience. The right column contains a humorous poem titled "De Cake-Walk," using repetitive verse about "Mistah Hogan" with racial dialect typical of period sports humor—reflecting era-specific satirical conventions now considered offensive.