Word: slump
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson players' defeat at the hands of the Rhode Island hoopmen was somewhat of an upset in basketball for followers of both teams. A decided slump was shown in the Harvard players' spirit and speed which had carried them to victory in the three games previous...
...Johns-Manville president is Theodore F. Merseles, 63. He has been, successively and with much success, a railroader, bicycle maker, cloak and suit mail order man. In 1921, when the price slump had dragged Montgomery Ward & Co. (everything by mail, from engagement rings to fox-traps) into a nine million dollar deficit, he was called in as its president. The 1922 balance sheet showed profits of $4,562,607. He revolutionized the buying and inventory control, tripled gross sales in five years (to some 200 millions in 1926), and made record profits of $11,358,498. When he resigned...
With such emphasis on defensive baseball, the team fielding averages have risen, while the batting aggregate has suffered a slump of three points. From the 294 figures to its credit last week, the nine has dropped to 291, a mark still well above last year's record at the first of June. The fielding average has mounted from...
According to a statement made by Coach Wachter last night, the team is in excellent physical condition, and is recovering rapidly from its post-midyear slump...
...Manhattan the diamond buying public instantly reacted to last week's news, causing a slump of two-thirds in the usual pre-Christmas diamond trade. Alarmed, the great Fifth Avenue jewelers issued a joint statement: "The price of diamonds will continue upward, as it has for 30 years. . . . The interview quoted from South Africa was obviously inspired for political purposes. . . . The London Diamond Trust has itself bought up most of the independently mined diamonds, and will undoubtedly continue to keep prices...