Word: sparked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Joseph Bert Tinker, 68, last survivor of baseball's immortal double-play combination, "Tinker to Evers to Chance"; of a heart ailment; in Orlando, Fla. Fiery little Shortstop Tinker helped spark the Chicago Cubs to four National League pennants, two World Series victories (1907-08), left in 1913 to manage the Cincinnati Reds, later won and lost a fortune in Florida real estate...
...approached the target he let down a powder charge on the wire, and touched it off with a spark from two flashlight batteries. The resulting bang was heard for half a mile around. U.N. was not visibly affected, except that a guard, who disliked loud noises, complained of a stomachache and was sent home...
Billy, a balding wise man in his 50s, had brought hustle and hope to the Braves (they hadn't won a pennant in 34 years). Pepperpot Eddie Stanky, a refugee from Durocher's Brooklyn, added spark to the infield before breaking an ankle fortnight ago, which will keep him out of the lineup for 60 days. Outfielder Tommy Holmes put zing into the batting order. Southworth didn't seem to be worried about Durocher's new Giants, or Shotton's new Dodgers-only about his old alma mater, the St. Louis Cardinals, "who stand...
With such unpleasant people to pillory, and New York's pseudo-society and phony-intellectual scene to prowl about in, a sharp satirist should be able to get in some telling licks. But Van Gelder simply hasn't the satirist's spark, nor even a malicious ear for dialogue, without which good satire is impossible...
...spark had been the matter of eleven dockers and a cargo of zinc oxide. The eleven had refused to finish loading the cargo last month without more pay. They said, with more anger than truth, that the zinc oxide turned them blue. Penalties for the stoppage (including loss of seven days' pay) were clapped on them. The eleven-and many another docker-thought the penalties grossly unfair. Communists eagerly sniffed their opportunity...