The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-26
REX Finn MAKES
FAST NIAGARA. TEAM
George Mosher Will go Out
With Professionals Next
Year
By Ira HALL

Another Bridgeport youngster has
been unearthed as pitcher. Rex
Finn Of Lewis street, who never did
get around these parts as hurler.
but yet possessed the goods, is the
regular twirler for the Niagara Uni
versity team: Finn for a few years
had no inclination to really play reg
ulariy. In fact Finn did not expect
to work out this season. but in the
early Spring while with Others in CIV
ing the Varsity practice he was dis
covered by the teams coach. The
coach requested him to come ont. with
the result that now Finn Is eating
table and enroute with the team
While around these parts, Finn like
many another youth could put a few
kinks on the pill and possessed a
rather speedy whip. For a time he
worked with the Bengals. Sunday
Niagara trimmed the Buffalo Profs g.
2 and on Saturday walloped the Erie
club of the o. g. p league. Erie is
managed by Billy Gilbert, the former
Giant and the clubs catcher Is Jack
Warner also another former New York
National. Finn worked against the
leaguers for four innings, letting them
get away with four hits. Both Gilbert
and Warner were among his fan VIC
Tins.
The Yosts open their season at Yost
Field Saturday Of this week when
they play the Edgewoods. On Sunday
April 80, the Bengals will be the at
traction.
Shorty Donneliy, owing to i'll
health, will give up the game this
spring. He had signed up to catch
with Bill Taylor's Black Rock club.
Last season Donneliy handled the
shoots for the champion Crane No. 1
team, of the Industrial league and the
Yosts OF the City league.
This will be George Mosher's last
season with the amateurs. MO- has
decided that next season he will try
his hand at the professional game.
George is natural ball player, can
to the other seven. He is a free and
easy hitter, all the pitchers looking
alike to him. This season Mosher will
be found with the Glover club.
With the st. Joes, City league and
City champions, there will be a few
new faces this season. They have
grabbed Jack Egan the crack back
stop Of the Cdovers and Pitcher Cam
pion the best on the South Ends heav-
Ing stair last year. Bob Christy who
has been developing for the past few
years with the Yosts will also be
numbered with the temperance boys
The clubs will line UP something like
this: Catchers. Eddie Lavery and Jack
Egan; pitchers. Will Kelly. ''Doc''
Scanlon and Bill Campion; infielders
Leo Loughlin, Jack Bence, Bob Chris.
ty and Benny Coles; outfielders, "Wig-
gy" Halpin, Dutch" Richards. Tim
Mohyde and Jack Blagrif.
Big Mike Smailing still continues
to clout the pill for the Papermakers
In yesterdays game In which Holyoke
shut out Northampton, Smalling grab,
bed one hit out of four times up. Ir
the field he accepted nine chances
| without an error. He worked in two pu,
| outs. and must have had busy Httlt
session coralhng the pill. as he ha6
seven assists. He managed to get in
| on the start OF a double killing. Il
5mallins keeps up the work ne ha.
| it's pipe he'll stick. Big Mike be,
cause Of his ability to lay the bal
down for sacrifice has been moved
zap to second place on the batting list