Word: sparkplugs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sparkplug of UNRRA's present spurt was the Royal Australian Navy's fast-talking, reddish-haired R.G.A. Jackson. He had organized Malta's submarine supply line during the island's blitz. Later, as head of the Middle East Supply Center at Cairo, he had directed the imports of 20 countries. When Herbert Lehman made him senior deputy director of UNRRA, Jackson was given a job bigger but not much different from the one at Malta...
Dick Harlow will not find his team at peak strength for the encounter, for Leo Flynn, sparkplug of the Cantabs' offense all season until his injury in the Merchant Marine game, will see little if any action in the Bowl. With his leg in almost perfect shape for the final contest this week, he pulled the tendon once again in a practice session Wednesday. Right end Bob-Champion is also a doubtful starter, but the chances are that he will see considerably more action than will Flynn...
Coach Chesneau, who has had the largest squad to date, said that he thought he could build a good team around Tom Lynch '49, left halfback, who looks like a sparkplug. Kirkland could be made, Chesneau felt, into one of the best of the intramural teams...
...American League pennant odds even-Stephen at "6-to-5 and take your pick," the first-place Detroit Tigers limped into Washington last week for the payoff. Lefty Hal Newhouser (won 22, lost 9) had the miseries in his back; Slugger Hank Greenberg was out with a sprained ankle; Sparkplug Eddie Mayo had a wrenched shoulder...
Ernie King was opposed. It would take a hefty task force to move him (such as Navy Secretary Forrestal and President Truman combined), but such a task force was being assembled. One sparkplug of it was Assistant Secretary Artemus L. ("Di") Gates, who last week was boosted to Under Secretary, a spot in which he can make his voice heard. A thrice-decorated World War I pilot, "Di" Gates is a red-hot airman...