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
- Date
- October 22, 1933
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Media and information
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, local ID 5743095 (NAID 5743095).
Text on the object
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
