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title: Upsetting the Cart
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-upsetting-the-cart-1933/
description: A multi-panel sports cartoon shows a worried football player labelled 'Chosen Teams' behind a smashed cart, with footballs bearing upset scores
section: Collection
---

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[![Upsetting the Cart, 1933 US cartoon: A multi-panel sports cartoon shows a worried football player labelled 'Chosen Teams'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-upsetting-the-cart-1933.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-upsetting-the-cart-1933.jpg)

# Upsetting the Cart

A multi-panel sports cartoon shows a worried football player labelled 'Chosen Teams' behind a smashed cart, with footballs bearing upset scores (Carnegie 7, Notre Dame 0; GWU 19, Auburn 6; Minn 7, Pitt 3; Harvard 10, Holy Cross 7; Army 6, Ill. 0) spilling out. The technique tell is weak: a homely, humorous everyman framing of the forecasters' misses, with no persuasive aim beyond comment.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FOOTBALL DOPESTER EASING ALONG HOME AFTER THE SCORES CAME IN !!
THE OLD CLAN SPIRIT....
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE CIPHER
CARNEGIE TECH
NOTRE DAME
CHOSEN TEAMS
THE LITTLE FELLOW WITH THE BIG SURPRISE
W&L 7 V.. 0
GWU-19 AUBURN 6
MINN-7 PITT-3
CARNEGIE 7 NOTRE DAME 0
HARVARD 10 HOLY CROSS 7
ARMY 6 ILL.-0
G.W.U.
AUBURN
TOO BAD SON, BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO UPHOLD THE HONOR OF OUR TERRITORY !
JIM BERRYMAN
```

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