Word: bets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jacunski was mentioned specifically in the controversial column, which was written by alumnus Dave Egan '22. Egan began: "So now, dear friends, go out and bet that next head coach at Holy Cross will be Hugh Devore. Go out and bet, too, that his line coach will be Harry Jacunski...
...young neophyte was buried in a volume of "Lost Harrison." As a sly Green Flick-cred over his Mofile said, "I fear there's trouble Bruin but Gorczynaki for yourself if Houston't believe me. Now is the time to Colo the score. I will bet all the Nicholas you have that you can't Peckham right...
Meanwhile, Elizabeth was trying desperately to decide on a future bower (Windlesham Moor in Surrey was still the odds-on bet), and the gifts were piling up. at St. James's Palace. Among them...
...Shot. The odds on Man o' War were so prohibitive that few people bothered to bet on him-though Plunger "Chicago" O'Brien once wagered $100,000 on him at 1-to-100, and picked up an easy $1,000. Big Red's owner, Pennsylvanian Sam Riddle, once refused a $1,000,000 offer for his wonder horse. Riddle retired him to stud in the prime of his career. "Improving the breed," now a worn-penny phrase spoken cynically around the tracks, had meaning in Man o' War's case. Only the choicest mares were...
...Albany, Virginia McMenamy sued Western Union for $209.73, explained that it was the amount she would have won if she had bet on a horse, which she said she would have done if a hot tip had been delivered to her in time...