- Jules and Fernand are two boys from the Café des sports in Marseille who take part in their corporation's annual race.
- Jules and Fernand are waiters in a bar in Marseille. Fernand, in addition to the secret passion he feels for Antoinette, his friend's daughter, only lives for sport, which he practices as soon as his free time allows it. Here they are both engaged in the annual race of the waiters. Against all odds, Jules wins and prepares to pocket the 5,000 francs prize. But Burette, a crooked impresario, manages, thanks to one of these pirouettes of which he has the secret, to steal the jackpot from him, before leaving for Paris. Jules, in his footsteps, does the same, soon followed by Fernand. Once in the capital, repeated misunderstandings successively make Fernand pass for an automobile champion, then for a boxing ace.
- Jules and Fernand are two boys from the Café des Sports in Marseille, who take part in their guild's annual race. Jules wins the race (by some illicit means) and pockets 5,000 francs, which he immediately puts back into a bet with Burette, a Parisian sports impresario. Jules bets on the Canebière soccer team, whose goals Fernand keeps, to face the Montmartre team. The Phocéenne team wins 4-3, Jules wins his bet, but Burette has disappeared. Jules takes the train to Paris, where he meets up with his debtor, who suggests a more fruitful association: organizing sports shows and pocketing the profits. For example, American boxing champion Jim Sandford is coming to Paris to play a match that will draw the crowds and line their pockets. Sandford has just arrived in Marseille, where he sits down at the Café des Sports. There he finds Fernand, who has chosen to stay with Antoinette, the daughter of Jules, with whom he is in love. The American befriends Fernand, who has introduced him to pastis, and takes him to Paris. On the train, Fernand falls asleep in a drunken stupor, while in Valence, Sandford gets off and, because of a fight, doesn't get back on. When the train arrives, Burette's secretary Vachette and the press photographers mistake Fernand for the boxer. In Sandford's absence, Jules and Burette see only Fernand to play his part. To gain time in finding the real Jim Sandford, Burette proposes to the press that Fernand/Sandford take part in the Tasse d'Argent car race. During the race, Jules takes Fernand through the back roads, enabling him to win the race. The day of the boxing match arrives. The boxer's manager in spite of himself, Jules busies himself in all four corners of the ring and finds a way to put his opponent to sleep. Fernand/Sandford wins by KO. The real Sandford arrives, rather angry, and corrects Fernand, who finds himself with Jules under lock and key. Burette, of course, has disappeared again. Released, the "kings of sport" return to their cafe. Fernand marries Antoinette, and Jules advises them to give birth to waiters rather than athletes.
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