The evil eye is trained upon the Senate. Washington, D.C., May 25. Ben 'Evil Eye' Finkle, ringside character, who, this said by those in the know, possesses a rather extraordinary power of putting 'the jinx' on fighters. Tales are told of terrified fight managers paying certain sums of money to have
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