Behold, beloved Ectomites, the future of sport! Witness the vicious blood feud between Man and Machine; the brutal ballet of Masters of The Sweet Science within the Squared Circle! Thrill as Gladiators with Guts of Gears do battle against the best biological brawlers our species has to offer, the pinnacle of pugilistic perfection! You can’t afford to miss this never in a lifetime event! Free alluvion of alliteration when you mention this post!

Tickets at the door or order by Broca implant.

“I Can Whip Any Mechanical Robot” by Jack Dempsey (Apr, 1934) [Modern Mechanix]

Sometimes, sports teams just pick the wrong mascot, and other times, they pick the wrong mascot a good thirty years when it would have been in vogue. “The Swastikas,” a women’s hockey team from Edmonton, Alberta in 1918, is just such a team. Such a fine set of frauleins — their perky Aryan breasts expertly accentuated by the cross-knit Nazi emblem on their bosoms — would have blossomed a mere three decades later and six thousand miles to the West.

As it is? Exiled to ignominy along with other untimely sports dynasties like the Flaming Goatsexes [1953, Bowling, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Scotland] and The Queerbashers [1899, Women’s Basketball, Mooseknuckle, Ontario]

Women’s Hockey Team Called The Swastikas [Vintage Photo Livejournal]