, 1876-08-06
HARTFORD GOSSIP.

Nine men have been already engaged for the
Hartford Club for the season OF 1877, viz,
Ferguson, Bond, Carey, Highau1, Burdock
York, Harbidge Start, and Holdsworth. All
are members of the present team except Start
and Holdsworth. Manager Bulkelcy expects
to engage two more men.
The baseball community OF Hartford would
like to see Mills the Hartford nine next sea-
son. If Start is to play first base, Mills would
make an excellent man for right field, to take
Highlands place, who is to play behind the bat.
Mills is trustworthy player aud capital fellow
every way.-Hartford Times.
There is an unpleasant despondency in Hart
ford over the failurc of their Club to "brace
up,' and the general expression has ceased to
be that they could win the pennant. In place
thereof the papers mournfully discuss the stu
alton, and assure their readers that the Dark
Blues will give the St. Louis a hard rub for sec
ond place yet"
The Hartford Times pokes fun ut the Club in
| the second place, as witness: '' ST. Louis
! BY the Lousvillcs on your own ground. Going
| for the pennant, eh!'' In view OF the result Of
| the last two Mutual-Hartford games and yestcr-
| days Chicago-Lousville contest, the Browns
| wobld be justified in answering the question
! with e71pTessen7ept.
| The programme Of the Hartford with other
| League clubs 80 far as arranged IS: Monday,
| Tuesday, Aug. s, Hartfords vs. Athletics, at
| Hartford; Wednesday, Aug. 8, Hartfords vs.
Athletics, at Hartford; Friday, Aug. II, Hart
| fords vs- Mutuals, at Brooklyn; Saturday, Aug.
| u, Hartfords ys: Athletics, At Philadelphia; !;
Monday, Aug: II, Hartfords rs. Athletics, at
Philadelphia; Tuesday, Aug. Is, Hartfords VS..
| Mntuals, at brooklyn
The Hartford Ifmes announces that Manager
Bulkelev, Of the Hartfords, has received his
signed and sealed contracts for 1877 with Joseph
Start and Holdsworth, OF the present Mutual
team. Concerning tho latter, the Times says:
sth6r. Holdsworth, who Is engaged as centre
fielder in place of Remsen, who goes to ST.
Louis, is an honest, earnest player, and has a
good record in the field and at the bat He is
| not perhaps the equal Of Remsen in making
| near him, or when he can possibly get at it,
Holdsworth is q sure CATCH he is stronger at
! the bat than Remsen, and though Hartford peo-
ple will hate to lose Jack they would rather
i see Holdsworth than any other man in his
| place."
The widely-spread report that the Hartford
nine would be moved to Brooklyn at the end o.
this season is pitched upon by the Hartford
papers with great Vfgor and torn limb from
limb. The Cotsrant says, on the authority q
Mr. Bulkeley, that the report is untrue, and II
wy fas is as soa for
proposed removal, as Hartford from financial
point Of view is much better than Brooklyn
| When times are good and money is plenty Hart
ford people turn out quite nu1nerously to wit
ness the ball games. The hard times this yea1
in great measure accounts for tie rather small
attendance at games here, but as the receipts
have been sufficiently large to cover
all expenses, Manager Bu!keley vii
| Aud thcn the Times adds: 's Hartford is BY far
the best paying baseball city in the country in
proportion to its population: The attendance
Is uniformly larger than in Brooklyn, Or even
Philadelphia The Louisville Courier Journal
retorts: '' We hope the Hartfords will change
their quarters to Brooklyn next season. Then
visiting clubs will not have to stand such inter
cstcd Spectators of close races between gate re
ceipts and hotel bills, with the hotel bills hot
| favorite to win" The truth is somewhere be:
| tween these extremes. But Hartford is not and
| never was a large enough town to support 9
club without some wealthy man to run his hand
into his pocket at the close Of the season. MIR:
Bulkcley has enjoyed that pleasure several
years, and seems to like it.