Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...foretold a slump in these markets. Shrewd business sense has therefore dictated the policy of unloading the present inventory of raw material quickly, and at a loss if need be, in order that a falling market may not catch the manufacturer with a very costly inventory and the prospect of having to make it up for sale at a still greater loss. He must lose something; the sooner he does it the more he can save...
...promptly suspended the seven indicted men now members of the club. In so doing he has virtually wrecked the team which it has cost him years of labor to build up; he has practically for felted his chances of winning the pennant this year, and has faced the prospect of heavy financial loss. Mr. comiskey did not hesitate to take the honorable course, regardless of the effect upon his own fortunes. He has enjoyed the confidence of the devotees of the game, and he has heightened that confidence by his course in this emergency. His action will tend to restore...
...catchers, Holmes and Aldrich, to third base and shortstop respectively. Due to their inexperience in their new positions, the right side of the Yale infield is crude compared with the fast fielding Keyes and Trimble of Princeton. The other side of the infield is an even affair, with every prospect of stellar playing by McPhee and Cook, and Sawyer and Diamond respectively. In the outfield Princeton will make up for Yale's advantage in her heavier-hitting infield with the best college outerworks of the season. McNamara, Strubing and Lee are all dangerous batters and have had but on error...
...Prospect Union-H. Davis, H. McFadden, H. Howe, G. H. Huddleston, J. W. Jacobs, W. H. Bieringer, B. Prescott, J. Pike, S. Gilkey, I. Resenbloom, W. M. Pond...
...finds the Harvard Endowment Fund within hailing distance of the 80 percent of the desired amount, with every prospect that the fund will enter the final fifth before the first of June. The fund management is looking forward to a substantial increase with the return of graduates next month for commencement. The latest fund totals were: Boston, $4,720,677 New York, 4,105,322 Outside, 3,356,788 Total...