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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1927
Page
8
Chicago observers report Jack Dempsey spent a second idle day with no sparring. Manager Flynn halted practice at the last moment. Around 2:30 p.m. the fighter awoke to see about 2,500 people gathered outside Lincoln Fields gates, awaiting activity.
Boxing star Dempsey aroused disappointment by not fighting as fans had paid to see him box Dees Road Work. He ordered free entry and sent seven sparring partners for glove entertainment. He watched boxing from a club balcony and later played golf at Olympia Fields. Future bouts remain uncertain as Flynn defers decisions until Dempsey returns.
Cambridge hitters struck early and often, tallying eight runs while Rose's pitching and offense fueled the win over Crisfield 8 to 2. Gravatt, White, and Rose contributed at the plate with key hits as Cambridge pulled away after a tight start.
Randolph Bowen Moore, 21, son of the Rev and Mrs E W Moore, was struck by a speeding motorist in St Michaels Md Aug 30 and taken to Emergency Hospital in critical condition with possible neck and back injuries.
Mapleville notes a Sunday morning prayer service at 9 50 in the San Mar chapel with the protracted meeting ongoing since August 21 and planned through September 4. The week’s topics include The Speechless Man and The Four Ideals of Jesus. Nearby social visits and house guests are listed, highlighting local residents and those from Keedysville and Baltimore.
In Asbury Park New Jersey on August 30 two fish hawks unable to feed on muddied lake water attacked a four foot imitation tarpon hung in front of a fish store observers report the birds believed to rely on signs for food.
The report lists a sixty acre farm purchase near Maugansville by a family who plan to relocate in spring. It notes visits by Russell Detrow and wife and Robert Cunningham with family to Frank Dick near Downsville, where they received twenty three pound carp. Additional items include local store expansion by J. R. Markley, a hen setting on eggs, lima bean prices and shipments affected by cool weather, and a Fahrney reunion at City Park Hagerstown with numerous attendees from the area.
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