Judging by the famous movie Cinderella Man about the down-on-his-luck boxer James Braddock during the Great Depression, it may seem that boxing was the go-to sport during America's worst financial crisis. But, if that is the case, what about other sports, like Hoover Ball, for example? You know, the game named after then-divisive President Herbert Hoover.

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