Word: jinx
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cantabrigian prejudices, I am forced to decree that only those will watch this afternoon's game in the Stadium who can not afford to travel to Maine, where Colby will clinch the state championship, or to Yale where "Der Tag" has arrived and the Big Green will shake the jinx at the Bowl. If the going is wet, Dartmouth should have a decided edge; if dry, the Bulldog will battle them on nearly even terms...
...injury jinx which has been appearing and reappearing on the Harvard scene all year returned yesterday again and sent two of the Crimson players out of the game. Talbot, first string guard, and Faxon, tackle and center, were both hurt and will be out of the game for one and two weeks respectively...
Last year the Freshmen broke a jinx which the Elis had held over the Crimson for 20 years to win 81 2-3 to 53 1-3. Many of the men who are picked to win points Saturday come up to the University forces from that team...
...defeated Bacon, who was a heavy favorite, by a fall in eight minutes, 31 seconds. This was the only Harvard victory until the 165-pound bout was called. With the score at 12 to 5 in favor of the Elis, J. F. Solano '32 met Brodie and broke the jinx with a fall in four minutes, 25 seconds. The tables were turned successfully, for C. D. Newhart '31 and Captain Nathaniel Warner '30 took the final bouts by falls in four minutes 43 seconds and five minutes two seconds, respectively...