Hoodoo
Sirs:
Well, well! I see that the Brown Bomber, otherwise known as the Dark Destroyer (Joe Louis to you) did it at last. Did what? Broke that hoodoo. What hoodoo? Why, that hoodoo that seems to settle firmly on the shoulders (or withers, in case of a horse) of luminaries in the sports world who get their pictures on TIME'S front cover.
Remember? Just a minute while I look at my TIME files. In 1934, TIME-covered Colonel Edward Riley Bradley, winner of four Kentucky Derbies, lost the Derby that year and hasn't copped one since. Same year, TIME-covered Cavalcade hurt his foot and...
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