Word: voelpel
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...Mark Voelpel '82, who has frequented the left-field grandstand of venerable Tiger Stadium for the better part of a decade, agrees with Gottesman. "I think they have a great line-up, but as has been proven many times in the American League, you can't win without a pitching staff. . . .I'm pretty skeptical at this point...
...Voelpel, an Eagle Scout and eternal optimist, still doesn't have it in him to give up yet. "They're a good young team, and they have a core of players that will be around for a long time. One of these years they're going to get some pitching. . . .I think they're going to be in the World Series within five years...
...tone of Voelpel's thoughts are fairly typical among the fans of Detroit, and poignantly express the eternal love affair between the team and its supporters, who regularly number well over 1.5 million a year...
...should comment in conclusion on Melvin Bernhardt's direction and Fred Voelpel's scenery. The pacing of the action has its own exemplary sparkle. The director's hand must be seen in the successful assertion of comic over melodramatic prerogatives in this production. The set is functional and attractive...
...many parts of the world, the executioners' business is booming, but not in Germany. Since Hitler's fall, there has been a sharp recession in the head-chopping line; Gustav Voelpel, Berlin's executioner, has had only 30 calls to the block since the war. "At 1,000 marks a head," he says, "I can scarcely make both ends meet." Hard-pressed, Gustav decided that what he needed was a sideline to supplement his income. He apparently found one. Last week, obligingly wearing his formal professional attire for the benefit of photographers (see cut) Gustav appeared...