Roller derby revival.
Photo by Chuck Kirman, September 15, 1972
The Midwest Pioneers take on the Los Angeles Thunderbirds at a rockin‘ Comiskey Park. An announced crowd of 50,118 fans—more people than had watched a White Sox game in 17 years—came to see the blockers and jammers square off. Another 15,000 were reportedly turned away. The sport, started in 1935 at the Chicago Coliseum, flourished in the decade after World War II, but it fell victim to overexposure on TV.