Word: sparkplugs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...chances against a Harvard squad which stands undefeated in two years of dual meet competition. The Cornell squad, moreover, will be handicapped by the loss of Co-Captain Bill Luke, who is suffering from sinus. Luke, veteran in the sprints and free style, was expected to be a sparkplug for the Red. Mel Blessing, backstroker, will also be missing because of illness...
High-scoring Captain Walt Foertsch heads the list of returning lettermen, and he is paired with Sophomore Jim Bennett at the forwards. Another second year man, Duke Ramsay, has been a real sparkplug for the Gullionites in his center position...
...Demeter, Elephant shortstop, was the sparkplug of the Eliot attack; his two timely blows were responsible for the winning tallies. Jeff Levin pitched for Lowell...
...Louis; Manager Gabby Hartnett who, knowing Dizzy Dean's love for dramatic spots, smartly selected him to pitch the crucial game, then next day socked the homer that put the Cubs in first place; and Owner Philip K. Wrigley, who selected Go-getter Hartnett as the necessary sparkplug to win this year's pennant...
...director of the A. B. C. L. and its sparkplug since Mrs. Margaret Sanger (mother of two) took to the international field, is Mrs. Allison Pierce Moore (mother of three). Mrs. Moore was agitated about the Massachusetts police who raided and closed clinics in Salem last July. That case comes up for appeal this month, and Mrs. Moore opened for the defense by declaring: "The historian of the future may record for 1937-first, great advances from the standpoint of health and eugenics; second, that in Salem, Mass, a backward step was taken, reminding us of the witch burnings...