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title: The Lion's Share Wasn't Much
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-the-lions-share-wasnt-much-1939/
description: A caricatured Native American figure in feathered headdress, labelled 'Washington' on his leg, leaps over a roaring lion labelled 'Detroit' with a football
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** A Native American mascot caricature in feathered headdress representing the Washington football team leaps over a lion representing Detroit, as published in a sports-page cartoon. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![The Lion's Share Wasn't Much, 1939 US cartoon: A caricatured Native American figure in feathered headdress, labelled](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-the-lions-share-wasnt-much-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-the-lions-share-wasnt-much-1939.jpg)

# The Lion's Share Wasn't Much

A caricatured Native American figure in feathered headdress, labelled 'Washington' on his leg, leaps over a roaring lion labelled 'Detroit' with a football under his arm, beside the score '31-7' and two small football panels with captions about players named Todd, Filchock, Baugh, Malone and Millner. The technique tell is identity-fusion, a weak fit: a city and its football team are merged into a single costumed mascot figure, and the lion likewise stands for Detroit.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
LITTLE DICKIE TODD WASN'T AT ALL IMPRESSED BY THE LIONS' EXCESS POUNDAGE......
GEE! THESE GUYS AIN'T SO TOUGH! MAYBE THEY GOT SOME BIG ONES THEY'RE HOLDIN' BACK!
MANHATTAN!-- HERE I COME! ---AN' I HOPE IT DOESN'T RAIN !
WASHINGTON
DETROIT
31-7
EE-YOW! I NEVER SAW SUCH A LACK OF RESPECT FER TH' KING OF BEASTS!
NAW! THAT'S FILCHOCK!--YOU'LL SEE BAUGH NEXT QUARTER!
IT SEEMED TO MAKE NO DIFFERENCE WHO THREW 'EM--MALONE AND MILLNER HAD GLUE-FINGERS!......
JIM BERRYMAN
```

[← Putting Power in Paul's Pitching](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-putting-power-in-pauls-pitching-1939/) [A Seasonal Proclamation →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-a-seasonal-proclamation-1939/)

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