Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Engaged. William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, world's champion pugilist, to Mrs. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor), cinema actress, who a fortnight ago secured her final decree of divorce from Malcolm Peacock, Philadelphia bank clerk. Pugilist Dempsey plans to become a business man, to devote his time to managing his real estate interests...
...Coach Dempsey will start the same line-up that performed so creditably against Cushing. Adams seems to have clinched the goal position from Morril and will be at the cage at the start of today's game...
Divorced. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor, cinema actress, whose engagement to Pugilist Jack Dempsey has been long reported) from one Kenneth Malcolm Peacock, in Philadelphia. She charged cruel and barbarous treatment. Said the Daily Mirror, Manhattan, gum-chewers' sheetlet: "It now appears as if a romance started when Jack was a gangling youth and Estelle was a giggling girl would lead to wedding bells...
...Coach Dempsey has been giving his men thorough workouts in preparation for this inaugural contest. The material he has had to work with has been excellent, and if the form in practice is to be taken as a criterion, the team should equal the record of the undefeated 1927 Freshmen stickmen...
...start today's contest. J. P. Chase is slated to play center ice this afternoon against the schoolboys. Chase starred for Milton and Exeter before entering the University. W. G. Saltonstall will play left wing. Saltonstall was a regular end on the first year eleven. At right defense Coach Dempsey expects to start D. L. Garrison, former Country Day athlete. Garrison's excellent stickwork and all-round play have been features of the preseason practice sessions. J. B. Robinson's ability to break up his opponents' offensive play has won him the assignment at the other defense position. Robinson played...