wɪððə wˈɔːl stɹˈiːt kɹˈæʃ ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn fˈɑːloʊd baɪ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt dᵻpɹˈɛʃən, ðɪ ˈoʊnɚz fˈaʊnd ðɛmsˈɛlvz hˌævɪŋ tə sˈɛl ˈɔf ðɛɹ stˈɑːɹ plˈeɪɚz tə mˌeɪk ˈɛndz mˈiːt.
With the Wall Street Crash of 1929 followed by the Great Depression, the owners found themselves having to sell off their star players to make ends meet.