Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grotesque sight. One wing, stripped of its covering, stretched its blackened framework upward at a crazy angle. The other, now unbalanced, dipped its weight into the sea. The hull was blackened, much of the interior flooded. Said Captain Friedrich Christiansen, returning from his shore visit, "It's hard luck, but our ocean trip will not be called off. It is only delayed...
Jane's sister Lily refused to degrade herself by working, instead became the mistress of a Jewish gambler, enjoyed her self no end. Jane envied her, hoped to be seduced by Bryan, but had no luck. He went away, and the wily Ernest got her. Jane did the sensible thing, married Er nest, regretted it when Bryan came back. She was glad when Ernest was drowned. Bryan was kind to her, liked her, but be came alarmed when he discovered she was determined to be had. Wisely he went away forever, leaving Jane, sorrowing but sensible, to marry faithful Fred...
Halfback Johnny Doyle and his friends from West Virginia ripped the Fordham line for a total of 210 yards, almost all of it in the second half which they started twelve points behind. Bad luck and mistaken generalship kept them from adding three touchdowns to their safety. Fordham 18, West Virginia...
Because of the almost total absence of a running attack, Michigan teams have been called extremely lucky. But, obviously, a team must have something besides luck to go along year after year winning football games without a consistent ball carrier. Beaten opponents frequently point to the statistics of the game to show how they outplayed Michigan. What they generally mean is that they outgained Michigan. While Michigan is outgained in nearly every game she plays, she is rarely out-played. Michigan wins (when she does win) because she manages to keep her opponents clear of her own goal, keeps kicking...
Pitcher Burleigh Grimes of the Cardinals was well aware that his job had been made no easier by the way Manager Mack had accepted Street's dare. Other things being equal, Grimes would need a little luck to win. Luck came to him, but it was bad. In the second inning Foxx hit, low and long. In right field, Blades of St. Louis lunged for the hit as it bounced off the wall. He hurried his throw and dropped the ball. Foxx went on to third. Later, in the sixth, hard-hitting Third Baseman Dykes of the Athletics...