And although the market crash was more a symptom than a cause of the crisis, the church had been complicit in the speculative frenzy that precipitated the crash: «The people who were gambling most recklessly sat in its pews, and never felt the slightest incongruity between their presence at worship on Sunday and their luck in the profit -
chase during the rest of the week» (November 25, 1931).
With the
rest of the Central Division going 8 -0-1
during the Wild's nearly
week off, Minnesota knew it couldn't ease back into action while trying to stay in the playoff
chase.