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...Brook, down the backstretch, past the stands the first time around. At Becher's Brook, on the second circuit, he was still in front, with MacMoffat and James Neill's 50-to-1 shot Gold Arrow close behind. It looked as if the old Aintree jinx on favorites was not working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Almost as Grand National | 4/15/1940 | See Source »

...story of a jinx boy who gets paid to keep away from people and football. Charley Chase of movie fame makes the part a roisterous one, but his lines give him no support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 3/6/1940 | See Source »

Sendak stated, "Anyone can learn the tricks in a couple of hours, including throwing the baton over the goal post, but it does take a great deal of practice." Whoever wins the position will inherit a jinx, for every twirler in the past four years has dropped his stick in the Princeton game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RETIRING DRUM MAJOR MAY SELECT FEMININE SUCCESSOR | 2/8/1940 | See Source »

Harvard fans will be arguing for some time whether a jinx or a couple of unfortunate decisions by the officials gave the Big Green hockey team a questionable 5 to 4 victory after a hectic 10-minute overtime in the Boston Arena Saturday night...

Author: By Peter Dammann, | Title: Big Green Defeats Hockey Team 5-4 In Overtime After Disputed Decisions | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

...escaping this jinx of illness, John D. Daggett 1L, the best man, was forced to rush to New Orleans in order to preserve his own health...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SICK STILLMAN STUDENT GETS HOUR'S LEAVE FOR MARRIAGE | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

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