Word: hoekstra
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thursday, the Tigers, previously blanked twice by Tony Hoekstra, jumped on him for eight runs in the second to thump the Browns, 10 to 5, and move into the finals against Ensign Bill Cousins' aggregation Tuesday...
Company I--Pitchers: Hoekstra and Dill; catcher: Gould; infielders: Donovan, Berra, Fisher, Davis and Bloom; outfielders: Armstrong, Arsulich, Droomers and Delph...
After the Browns clinched the pennant two weeks ago by nosing out the Tigers in extra innings, 2 to 0, behind Hoekstra's no-hit pitching, the playoffs monopolized last week's attention. The Browns coasted to a 16 to 0 win over the Dodgers in the first round while the Tigers were forced to come from behind with three in the seventh to oust the Beavers, 4 to 3 with Bob Zehrung's single bringing in the tying and winning runs...
Tommy Donovan's Beavers, after downing Bob Stewart's Cardinals, continued through the week undefeated and retained top ranking. Bud Bloom's Browns, after dropping the opener, have won three straight and are currently the hottest team in the league. Tony Hoekstra, Brownies' mainstay, out pitched the Tigers' Keith Miller to hang up the only shutout of the season. Then Tony checked the Cards, 8-4, on Friday...
...Future planes weighing 700 tons seem a "conservative" prediction, to H. D. Hoekstra of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.* Use of the metal beryllium he called a "tantalizing dream" because it would reduce the weight of a Douglas DC-3 (now 13 tons) by more than a ton. Glass fabric, bonded by plastics, seems to him an "almost Utopian material" for plane structures and wing covering. But he thinks that aluminum alloys will remain the leader for some time, with competition from stainless steel where corrosion is involved...