Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gavin is just another man who has an exaggerated idea of his own intelligence," cracked Wilson last week, informing Detroit reporters that he does not plan to read the book. "I never had much to do with General Gavin. He just wasn't that far along in the thing...
...Yankees trailed Detroit 5-4 in the seventh inning one day last week, and to hold the Tigers in check until his pennant-bound New Yorkers could score some more runs, Manager Casey Stengel knew just the man he needed. In from the Briggs Stadium bullpen strode Rinold George Duren. the 29-year-old righthander who is baseball's hottest relief pitcher...
...warmup slab in the bullpen. I believe in getting adjusted to it by throwing as hard as I can, and sometimes it goes wild." The record shows that the brown-eyed fastballer is no scatter-arm pitcher. He has walked only 24 batters this season, hit only two. Says Detroit's Kaline: "Maybe he was wild once, but when I saw him in spring training he was getting those corners any time he needed to, and I said, 'This...
...signs of recovery appeared last week in still another anxiously regarded sector of the U.S. economy: corporate profits. A few hard-goods industries still showed losses; aluminum earnings reflected the profit-cutting effects of a 2?-per-lb. price cut in April. Except for small-car-champion American Motors, Detroit's automakers bumped steadily on through their worst year in a decade. Railroads continued to lose. But many another industry reported itself over the worst of the recession, with improving sales and earnings. Steel earnings climbed along with the operating rate at the mills. Most chemicals also rose, demonstrating...
...There was even a small but bright spot of light in the auto industry. Although July stocks of unsold cars and trucks amounted to 695,000 units, it was the smallest inventory for this time of year since July 1954. To help work off the rest of the load, Detroit carefully held back from rushing in to replenish dealer stocks, allowed shortages to develop in some lines of convertibles and station wagons. Looking ahead, the industry anticipated that July, August, September and October would pare inventories to new lows and clear the showrooms for new models...