Word: afoul
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With but one more day of preparation before Harvard's first invasion of a Middle-Western gridiron, the University football squad went through a light but brisk workout yesterday afternoon. There was no contact work whatsoever, as the Crimson coaching staff was taking no chances of running afoul of the injury jinx...
...convert his woman into his wife is played by Walter Huston who last week delighted Manhattan in person in The Commodore Marries (see p. 18). While this couple are buffeted about by the vicissitudes of their liaison, chiefly consisting of the lawyer's bumptious children, they often run afoul of the lawyer's drinking crony (Charles Ruggles). Anyone who has ever laughed at drolleries induced by the decanter will be amused by this gentleman whose dialog is so real that it suggests the use of a dictaphone. Best shot: Claudette Colbert being told by her lover that...
...must to all men, Death came last week to Victor Louis Berger, famed Milwaukee Socialist. Twenty-two days prior he had eluded an automobile, run afoul of a street car, suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs. His body lay in state in the Milwaukee City Hall. Municipal offices were closed the day of his funeral. He it was who had nursed Wisconsin Socialism from a pink Fauntleroy to a ruddy, vote-mighty brawnyman...
...hope that three of those five touchdowns will be made by the Crimson-jerseyed hosts. I should like to see the score Harvard 20, Dartmouth 14, I suggested as much to the stars, but they refused to confirm my suggestion definitely. But even the stars don't lightly run afoul of a Forecast in anger, and I promise severe astronomical disturbances if they fail me this afternoon and give all those five touchdowns to the Big Green...
Since that engagement down in the nation's capital, Georgetown has cut a wide swath in collegiate baseball ranks, until its nine ran afoul of Holy Cross at Worcester last Saturday. There Burch was chased from the mound by a salvo of hits that produced eight runs in the fifth, while Davidson of Holy Cross pitched shutout ball throughout the contest, holding his opponents to two hits. The two Georgetown counters that made the final score 9 to 2 came in on errors...