Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1924 · page 12 of 71
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This page celebrates Captain Billy (the magazine's editor) being selected for the American Olympic trap-shooting team competing in Paris. The humor is self-deprecating: the author acknowledges that Billy was absent, so he's using the opportunity to promote his brother's accomplishment—something Billy might modestly decline to do himself. The photograph shows Billy posing over a buffalo he killed on a South Dakota ranch, establishing him as a skilled marksman. The clipping headlines from Minneapolis newspapers announce his selection to the U.S. team. The satire is light: the title "Oh! You Gay Paree!" plays on Paris's reputation for sophistication, contrasting it with Billy's rugged American frontier hunting credentials. The joke suggests this Minneapolis trap-shooter represents authentic American marksmanship competing on the world stage. The article frames this as newsworthy boasting by a colleague rather than self-promotion.
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Oh! You Gay Paree! Minneapolis Man on American Olympic Trapshooting Team Fawcett Is Picked From Lakes Zone Chas. Powers of Decatur, Ill., Is Alternative—From Hughor Aming Other Gunners Selected. W. H. FAWCETT IS GREAT LAKES ZONE GUNNER SELECTED Eight Minnesotans and Eight Other United States in Paris—Picks Fires Best Pay For Pillars Chicago, Dec. 24— W. H. Fawcett, of Minneapolis, was of the American of the While Brother Bill was trekking over the effete east, I thought I'd take advan- tage of his absence to put in a personal page that he might be too modest to insert. The picture shows him over the carcass of the wild buffalo he shot on the ranch of Scotty Phillips near Pierre, S. D. And the headlines, taken from the Minneapolis Journal and Tribune make known the fact that Captain Billy has been chosen a member (later manager) of the American trap-shooting team which will compete in the Olympic games at Paris next summer.—H. F. 10