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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1923
Page
20
A collage of sports opinions on golf faults and intercollegiate testing, plus early 20th century boxing prospects. It quotes readers and notes Firpo's potential, Dempsey avoid, and historical Harvard Yale clashes as context. The piece blends sport critique with athletes’ prospects, training, and public debate.
Washington March 23 Golf players favor two slogans to guide the game. Hole your putts and observe the rules urge discipline on every shot and insist opponents do the same. The aim is to eliminate conceding short putts and enforce strict rule adherence in medal and tournament play.
The giant 25 foot python Nebuchadnezzar, who had not eaten for two and a half years, is rejoining the Reptile House after attempts with fat pigeons and rats. A young alligator named Peter was brought in to encourage appetite, sitting on a keeper's shoulder and munching a treat.
A fragment notes the gaur as one of the strongest wild animals, surpassed only by the rhinoceros and hippopotamus. It mentions a hippo resisting capture when speared, as two native efforts failed to pull it from water to dry land.
Reports from Berlin describe a rise in beggars and con artists impersonating misery. A so called school trains students to simulate poverty and sell worn goods, taking a cut of warnings. Belgian horse stock improvements are noted with the draft horse surpassing expectations for pulling loads.
A Jenner Centenary item recounts how Jenner allegedly conceived the vaccine after a milkmaid’s remark during his Sudbury country practice. Amid smallpox fears the maid warned that the disease could not affect her beauty, prompting Jenner to test the theory.
The loftiest church spire in England is Salisbury Cathedral at 404 feet high, showing the ravages of time only after six hundred years.
England's Ministry of Agriculture weighs windmills to power farm implements and generate electricity. A remark notes the cost of a marriage in Berlin at a nickel but says it is worth every cent.
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