Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Cubs/White Sox edition

The Cubs beat the White Sox 8-1 in a spring game Friday, so now let’s take a look at a long-ago game between these two teams.

The Facebook page where I found this photo said it was from 1937, but that is literally impossible.

Why? Because in 1937, the Wrigley Field scoreboard had two flagpoles, one on each end. That was changed, before the 1938 season, to the yardarm that you see on the board here, and that exists to this day.

Thus this photo cannot be from the 1937 City Series that was played between the Cubs and Sox in October 1937.

There’s no ivy on the wall visible here, hinting that this could have been an exhibition game between the two teams the following spring — note the lack of leaves…