Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

l Danny joined Fred Does Norwich cIui as a second sacker and was a biz
 help in landing the flag in the east | ern town that year. -,e
 l Many will also remember his sensa. | tidnaI burst upon the big league firm | ament and his sensa tional seasons
 with the Maqkmen. Danny lives at tht
 shore here while the season of ball i. | on but at its close hies himself bacl
 to Norwich. where he is in the cafe l business.
 Harry Weaver. rated as quite the ] best of the fine collection of Murlir ! pitchers, has joined the Chicago Ma l tionals to whom he was, sold severa
 weeks ago by Owner Collins. Harry l comes from Philadelphia and was the l coach of the Niagara university nine 1 early last spring. Last year. he was ! tried out by the Boston Red. Sox but
 eventually landed in New Haven. He l was beaten only ai few times this summer.
 RoIlie Nayior is another pitcher de serving of much in the way of hon orable mention. He came to New Ha- ven after the season opened but i'm diately made good. He was with the A thletics a year ago and it is expect cd that he will be drafted soon by the majors. Recently he was drawn for the new army in his. home town of Ardmore. Okla, but took his exams in West Haven and passed with a rat i ing of 100.
 
 boy, who pitched in the Panama Canal zone all of last winter. proved a real find. for the club. A product of the local sand lots, under the tutelage of Murphy he has gone ahead with rapid strides. .-, .
 Fred Walker, who used to pitch for New Haven during the Colonial league days. was taken on by the Murlins several weeks after they had gotten under way, but he has proved won 9d a r is college boy and formerly played baseball and football at the University of Chicago. He played a position in the backfeid on one of the Windy City elevens on which Hugo Bezdek the Pirate manager, played center.
 Harry Donovan. the other hurler, was dug up by Murphy last season while the club was down east on a trip, Donovan pitched in the Indust- rial league in his home town of Law renee Mass. and he was signed after the New Haven manager had seen him work out He didn't go very well last season but has had a better time this year.
 Mickey Devine, behind the bat, proved the same reliabi backstop that he did last year. Mickey joined the training trip this year and was kept by the Boston management until. the opening of the season. Devine has proved valuable man and his az SC0SSlVeneSS ana SpITll ana pep nave been noticeable in every game.
 Mickey FlahertN, who used to play in Springfield and later in Bridgeport, was acquired by the New Haven man agement from the Marlin shop team in New Haven. Flaherty hasn't had much to do because Devine proved so reliable. but Collins retained him to the. end in case of emergency:
 Moose Miller is the same first sack CT who played orl- the championship nh of a a good natured player who has always worked so. hard for New Haven, club He is one of the most val uable; infielders New Haven: has eyer sackers who has eyer; played on the f'rairie- r,i es Neal Ball. former Yankee and cleve- land: Nap, although not as spry as he head for baseball and ability to stage | some real inside diamond stuff proved l $ great sstea dier for the team at his | place at second. Neal managed the l and was always popular ] wherever he went He is one of the l few players credited with staging a 1 triple play unassisted. this coming in | his major league days. -
 The weakest spot in the eptire Mur- | in inf1eid developed at shortstop | where have been developed before New ! Haven 7devotees of, the national pas -lme men ike Roger -fecktnpaGgh, the |. 'ormer Cleveland brilliant and now l captain of the New York American and Joe Pope, now a New. York State eague feature player. Walter Torphy anne eon from Lowell early. in the sea i son. and essayed the job of short. Red Whalen was tried and eventually Ri- .onda. former Springfield player. was ittedr. into the hole. None of the hert stops tried was a a.wonder but the strength of the rest of the team car fhrOnOh. l : Red Whalen. or as he would have t, Fenten Whalen. was with the team ast summer. but didn't get away to
 very good start at third this year 4e. failed to hit well and a lack of 1 on1dence in himself practically ruin d him for several weeks. He came 'ack. however, but not enough to inn 'ress and Bradshaw has been aying he. dizzy corner.
 It is in the outfield that New Ha- en brflliancy is apparent. Earl 'timpson is a downeaster and for lerly played with both Lowell and Worcester. He has proved steady nder all kinds of attacks, hits well
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