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Busik, a 185 pound Junior who passes, runs, punts, blocks, and does everything but tear down the goal posts after the game, is the head sparkplug of Navy's eight cylinder backfield. Not only is he a dealer in speed but he also is highly dangerous as a broken field runner...
Felmeth has been the sparkplug of the Bell Boy outfit in every game. His passes to Sorlein and Axtell have kept the team in the thick of the flight, and at present Lowell is tied with Kirkland for league-leading honors. A win today will give the Bell Boys sole possession of first...
Individual stars on the B. C. independents were Chet Gladchuk, long shot artist, export passer Charley O'Rourke, and Mickey Connolly, sparkplug of the team. Best man on the floor, however, was Ben Kerr of the Crimson, who was high scorer with fourteen points...
From the South comes Loren MacKinney, the popular Chapel Hill product who has been a sparkplug all year long. The other three main contenders are George Heiden, Vern Miller, and Dick Pfister, all from the Mid-West...
Some fans attributed the Yankee breakdown to Sparkplug Joe Di Maggio's absence from the lineup for three weeks because of an injured knee. Others said rival managers, discovering that the Yankees were allergic to left-handed pitchers, fed them nothing but southpaws (lefties were responsible for nine of their 14 defeats). Still others suggested ennui, overconfidence, the law of averages, and a recent American League ruling that forbids a World Champion club to trade or buy players from rival clubs. But Manager Oscar Vitt of the Cleveland Indians, chuckling over his team's position just behind...