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title: Putting Power in Paul's Pitching
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-putting-power-in-pauls-pitching-1939/
description: 'A large central portrait of a Cincinnati pitcher, labelled Paul Derringer, is ringed by small comic panels: a Yankee batter complaining about a strikeout.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Putting Power in Paul's Pitching, 1939 US cartoon: A large central portrait of a Cincinnati pitcher, labelled Paul Derringer](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-putting-power-in-pauls-pitching-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-putting-power-in-pauls-pitching-1939.jpg)

# Putting Power in Paul's Pitching

A large central portrait of a Cincinnati pitcher, labelled Paul Derringer, is ringed by small comic panels: a Yankee batter complaining about a strikeout, an umpire and a protesting player, and a batter flinching from a pitch. The tell is admiring build-up of a sports figure through praise language ('sharp-breaking curve', 'gets his hits when they're needed'); it is a preview feature rather than political persuasion, so the technique is a weak fit.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
WORLD SERIES RECORD 2 LOSSES !
JUDGE LANDIS IS GONNA HEAR ABOUT THIS ! TH' NERVE OF THAT GUY--- STRIKIN' OUT ME--A YANKEE !
HIS SHARP-BREAKING CURVE MAY BE A LITTLE EMBARRASSING TO MURDERERS' ROW........
WE WUZ ROBBED ! -- WE MUSTA BEEN ! MY BOYS GOT 14 HITS --AN' ONLY 2 RUNS ! -- IT'S A FRAME UP !
WHY---TH' BIG LUG ! HE CAN'T HIT THAT KIND OF PITCH ! HE CAN'T DO THIS TO ME !
PAUL IS NOT QUITE THE POWER AT THE PLATE HIS TEAMMATE, WALTERS, IS--BUT HE GETS HIS HITS WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED !
THE BIG HURLER GIVES A FLOCK OF HITS-- BUT SOMEHOW HE MAKES THEM COUNT MORE IN THE BATTING AVERAGES THAN ON THE SCOREBOARD.......
PAUL DERRINGER.....
VETERAN TOSSER OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE'S ENTRY IN THIS YEAR'S SERIES... HAS MORE THAN THE REDS' HONOR AT STAKE..HE HASN'T FORGOTTEN WHAT THE A'S DID TO A YOUNG KID PITCHER IN HIS FIRST AND ONLY WORLD SERIES... BACK IN 1931.......
```

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