Word: hard-luck
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...December 1943, he landed on Cape Gloucester. He was put in command of a hard-luck battalion which had never been able to work well together. His inspired men paced the attack...
...Business . . . Right and Wrong." Several years ago Roundy had two sets of cards printed - "Right Business" and "Wrong Business." The bearer of a hard-luck story is handed the latter. The former is a hallmark of Roundy's approbatipn. "Right business" has become a standard phrase in Wisconsin sports lingo...
Garnisheed Money. Committee members reeled under this drumfire of hard-luck statements. But John Alessi went on to testify that his false teeth cost $105, that his rent is $38 (which is reduced to $30 because his wife tends the apartment furnace), that his pay is garnisheed $3.78 a week by the National City Bank, that he has to buy three quarts of milk a day for his children. This last reminded John Alessi...
Winthrop kicked off again, but after a few plays the hard-luck Dudley team fumbled and Winthrop recovered. In a few power plays through the center of the line, the Puritans drove to their second first quarter touchdown. In the second quarter fast wingback Joe Moore scored Winthrop's third tally on a long reverse...
...infield error in a tight situation meant the run that gave Brown a 1-0 decision over hard-luck Warren "Moe" Berg in last Wednesday's tilt at Soldiers Field. It was a blazing pitchers' duel all the way, with the Bruins' veteran right hander Nichols allowing the Crimson only five hits, while Berg let the Brown team down with seven singles. Although the Crimson mounds man racked up seven strikeouts, Nichols' superior support from a hustling Bruin aggregation that made only one error, gave him the edge...