Word: sparkplugs
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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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...
...been the sparkplug of the Crimson trio for two years and is at the present time probably the outstanding intercollegiate polo player. He is far and away the high scorer of his team and is chiefly responsible for its string of victories, marred only by the one defeat. Major Sargent ranks him, with Skiddy Von Stade, star of two years ago, and Pete Rumsey, who was killed in Mexico last summer, as the best player during his stay at Harvard. As far as handicaps go Corey is Dillingham's equal, with five goals indoors and four outside...
High scorer Warren Winslow, who sank the rubber 10 times this season, usually sparks the Crimson attack at the center position on the first line. A good stick-handler and passer, Winslow has been surprisingly subtle in evading opposing defensemen and in setting up plays. Main sparkplug of the second forward trio, Stacy Hulse, is second highest scorer, with nine tallies to his credit...