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The great depression and the dust bowl were two big events that overwhelmed the 30's. More than enough things kept us going. Sports was on of those things. The 1930’s were a sports time worth remembering, with more than enough exciting wins that made a year, and losses that broke hearts. Records had been set that still have not been broken. Though teams have moved and names of teams have also changed the 1930’s was a time that was chock-full of memorable moments.

In the 1930’s there was plenty for fans to be thankful for in baseball especially in the World Series. Most likely the most exciting decade of baseball. In the 1930 world series two teams were set to face off against each other. The Philadelphia Athletics held the National League Pennant while the St. Louis Cardinals held the American Leagues’ Pennant. Game 1 was held on October 1st with a full house at Shibe Park the Athletics took a 5-2 win. Game 2 was held on October 2nd with a full house at Shibe Park, and the Athletics took a 6-1 win. Game 3 was held on October 4th with 36,944 fans in attendance at Sportsman's Park the Cardinals came around shuting down the Athletics 5-0.Game 4 had the Cardinals winning again at Sportsman's Park with 39,946 in attendance on October 5th 3-1. In game 5 the Cardinals couldn’t keep on winning, losing by 2 and they got shutout.It turned out having game 6 as the last game with another full house at Shibe Park because the Cardinals fell in with a 1-7 loss. In 1932 the same two teams came to play and the Cardinals took the win. Two powerful teams came to the World Series this year the Yankees from the American League and the Cubs from the National and Yankees swept the Cubs. The 1933 World Series featured the New York Giants and the Washington Senators, with the Giants winning in five games. The 1934 World Series featured the Cardinals once again and the Detroit Tigers, but the Cardinals were the ones who won in seven games. The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games. Those game although mostly the 1930 World Series were the most exciting in the 1930’s. media type="youtube" key="TbDiExEn-88&rel=1" height="355" width="425"



World cup winners 1930-1938 1930 was the first World Cup, was carried out in Uruguay, there were the long-lasting and never ending difficulties to organize the World Cup and the absence of most of the European football nations. And as it was planned so far in 1930, no European country volunteered to be the organizer. Uruguay at that time was well known for its good football team, and in addition to that they had the biggest football stadium in the world, but this small country was quite unknown; the journey to get there was by ship and as such too difficult and too expensive. As European countries there were Belgium, France, Yugoslavia and Romania under the 13 participating nations; the final was - as expected and hoped by many - a pure South American: Uruguay vs. Argentina 4:2.

The second was in 1934 and this World Cup took place in Italy, which forced the decision to make old stadiums bigger and to build new ones. For the first time the CSR, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Hungary took part. The title-holder Uruguay did not take part in the competition. All in all more than 30 nations showed high interests to take part in the World Cup. As a result, 16 teams had to qualify because the championship in Italy started with the eighth-final. Austria - beside the CSR, Hungary and the South-American teams - was one of the absolute favorites. In 1932 Austria, which was known as the wonder team in the entire Europe, and the title-holder would have been the only favorite teams, since Austria won against teams like Germany (6:0, 5:0) or Italy (4:2) in a very impressive way. In 1934 Austria unexpectedly failed in the semi-final against Italia due to a contested goal for Italy (0:1). Germany loses the match against the CSR (1:3). But they win the match against Austria (3:2) and became third. In the final match Italy beat CSR (2:1) and won the World Cup for the second time.

In 1938 it was no surprise at all that Germany played 1:1 against Switzerland in the very first game in Paris and after the 2:4 defeat in the repetition game against the Switzerland, the German team was separated from the tournament. From South-America only Brazil and Cuba came to France, the other South-American football teams did not want to take part in the World Cup any longer after it became public that in contrast to the change interval proposed by the South-Americans the next World Cup would again take place in Europe. The participating teams of the semi-final were Italy against Brazil (2:1) and Hungary against Sweden (5:1). In the final match Italy beat Hungary with a 4:2 and became champion for the second time.

The first televised game was on October 22,1939 and was by NBC only the lucky enough to have a tv in New York. The game was two hours 39 minutes and 10 seconds and there were no commercial interruptions. The green bay packers won the championships in 1929 through 31 and again twice in 1936, and 1939 (that was before they called it the super bowl in 1967). They have 9 NFL championships, west division 4 times, western conference 6 time, and 10 more division win. And have won the first super bowl in 1967 and in 68, and the most recent win 1997. Fans wouldn't of spent alot of money to go se the game like we do now, or to watch the game on HD TV like you're at the game. All they could do is listen to the tune into the radoi and try to pick up what the man is saying. Only did they open to the TV in 1939 and it was black and white TV. They didn't have as many teams as we do now. They only had 13 teams; the Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Detriot Lions, Chicago Cardinals, Boston Redskins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Rams, Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Philadephia Eagles. Some team stayed the same name and state but most NFL teams moved and changed names. And of course more teams and fans.

THE DUST BOWL It was hard enough for farmers to make a living as it was. When the Dust Bowl came around things definitely got a whole lot harder. Eyewitness accounts from farmers like the one from Lawrence Svobida state that times only got harder and as it did the southern Great Plains became as he said crippled.

Dust storms were feirce. Farmers would come upon a barrier when it would come to protecting their crops. Since farmers grow their own food and sell some of their crop for money if their crop didn't survive they would lose money and be short food. This is another account from Lawrence Svobida when his crops had died,"...When I knew that my crop was irrevocably gone I experienced a deathly feeling which, I hope, can affect a man only once in a lifetime. My dreams and ambitions had been flouted by nature, and my shattered ideals seemed gone forever. The very desire to make a success of my life was gone; the spirit and urge to strive were dead within me. Fate had dealt me a cruel blow above which I felt utterly unable to rise." This proves that when some had all their hard work was destroyed it was like being trapped in a cage there was no way out.

Life was paralyzing during this time in which farmers struggled to survive and if they did they barely scrapped by.

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