From the Dec. 11th Chicago Tribune "Flashback Update: Bears-Cardinals game went on as U.S. went to war."
After the Dec. 5th Flashback article, the Tribune writers were not able to find out how the fans attending the Dec. 7, 1941, football game between the two Chicago teams found out about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
There was nothing in the Tribune from those days to say.
But reader Wallace Rosenbaum was at the game and let them know.
He was nearly 15 that day and living on Chicago's West Side. he went to the game with four buddies, all with free tickets from the Chicago Times. And that's considering this was a big rivalry game since both teams were from Chicago (the Cardinals later moved to St. Louis and are in Atizona now).
"We took three street cars to get to Comiskey Park, said Rosenbaum. "We were sitting where they put the kids (with free tickets), way up there."
More to Come. --Cooter
No comments:
Post a Comment