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  • Baseball attendance falls off sharply during the Depression
  • Cubs: three pennants, two seconds, and three thirds, 1931-1938
  • They have great players, and fans who will pay to see them
  • Sox bring in Manager Jimmy Dykes in the middle of the decade but . . .
  • . . . can't outdraw the Cubs until they install lights for night games
    • Year Sox Cubs Winner Comments
    1931 403,550 1,086,422 CUBSSox in cellar, Cubs in 3rd, with five starters over .300
    1932 233,198 974,688 CUBSCub President: William Veeck. Maybe it's the genes?
    1933 397,789 594,112 CUBSSouthsiders host baseball's first All-Star Game
    1934236,559 707,525 CUBSSox finish last with 99 losses
    1935 470,281 692,604 CUBSCubs ride 21 game win streak to pennant
    1936 440,810 699,370 CUBSBest in century: Luke Appling bats .388
    1937 589,245 895,020 CUBS36 year old Gabby leads Cubs with .354 average
    1938 338,278 951,640 CUBSGabby's homer in the gloaming wins pennant
    1939 594,104 726,663 CUBSMonty Stratton is unable to stage come back
    1940660,336 534,878 SOX Mike Kreevich: a name like old bricks ....
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