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...promising ballplayer he was sold (there were always bills to pay). Now the Phillies clung happily to a 21-year-old, Philadelphia-born rookie named Del Ennis, who was hitting .315 and was one of the season's likeliest new players. The real hero of the team was sparkplug Second Baseman Emil Verban. He got mad when the St. Louis Cardinals sold him down the river to the Phillies two months ago for $40,000. He promptly began doing things around second base he never suspected he could do-especially when the Phillies played the St. Louis Cardinals...
Every Saturday night in Chicago's 2,500-capacity Orchestra Hall, Youth for Christ rallies listen to this sort of old-fashioned evangelistic appeal. The evangelist: blond, cheerleaderish, 36-year-old Torrey Johnson-director, sparkplug and guiding spirit of "Chicagoland Youth for Christ," president of Youth for Christ International...
...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...