Word: jinx
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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George Owen Jr. '23, who in his three years of football at Harvard was a jinx to Yale teams, commenting yesterday to the CRIMSON on today's game, said: "Harvard has shown on several occasions this fall that it has power. But it has not yet shown the sustained power that will be necessary in its biggest game, and whether it attains that power is a question that only the team can decide...
...injury jinx reappeared at Soldiers Field yesterday when G. E. Donaghy '29, substitute halfback, who started against Dartmouth last Saturday and starred with his punting throughout the game, reported with a leg injury which will definitely keep him on the sidelines in the Indiana contest this week...
...while Conklin and Bancroft are not always funny, they are always fast in a brand new comedy background, namely the railroad field which seems to have infinite possibilities, especially when this pair are out to make a run. Indeed, these two comedians seem to be out to undo the jinx that makes so many slapstick favorites of the footlights flops of the Kleig lights. They spare neither themselves nor each other in making "Tell It To Sweeney" extremely hectic and reasonablly funny...
Moreover it is well to bear in mind that association of one form or another is inevitable since 97% of the Free State's exports go to Great Britain and Northern Ireland and 81% of its imports come from the same source. The guarantees against a real jinx in the Irish stew seem adequate...
...Blimp Jinx. At Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex., the nonrigid dirigible TC-10 243 of the U. S. Army was ready to take the air. But one of its anchors stuck, causing a cable to rip a hole in the gas bag. Unbalanced, the dirigible floundered stupidly, smashed its gondola (cabin) against the ground, ripped its gas bag to shreds, let loose 200,000 cubic feet of valuable helium. The crew of seven escaped unhurt. Major Harold A. Strauss, who was in command of this unfortunate blimp, recalled that another blimp of his had exploded on the same spot...