Baseball: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 13
For our Lucky Thirteenth posting this month, from the May 1912 outing of Cartoons Magazine, we get to the topic of the nation’s favorite pastime — from back in the days it truly was — Baseball.
Above, the King of Sports, as depicted by Boardman Robinson. Below, cartoonists from local papers, depicting their hometown teams: the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Denver Bears.
Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their text.
Above, cartoonist W.A. Ireland shows the public being saved from politics, by baseball. Meanwhile, the below cartoon from the Socialist Party paper New York Call, makes use of baseball to depict the political situation, or Republicans and Democrats working together against them.
Below, Ole May and an enthusiastic fan.
Billy Ireland
— Doug
