The New York herald., 1877-09-09
ASEBALL.

HARTFORD vs. ST. LOUIs-THE HARrFORDS
ADD ONE MORE VICTORY TO THEIR LIST.
AND ADVANCE ANOTHER STEP TOWARD THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
About eight hundred people gathered At the Union
Ground yesterday afternoon to the game between
the Hartford and ST. Louis clubs Notwithstanding tho
stormy. unpleasant weather Tho rain began to fail
after the game commenced, and during the last
half Of the nrst inning It foil fast that large num-
bsr OF the spectators made = stampede Tor shelter,
bat timc was not called, and the players re-
mained In their positions and went on with the
game Those spectators who were fortunate enough
have umbrellas put them up, and those who did not
have any substituted their coat collars The rain icl
almost continually throughout the game, though not
hard enough TO interfere with the play NJ Tho game
commenced about twenty minutes to four During the
first two innings the heldng sharp on both
sides that neither club able to In the third
inning the first two strikers, Harbidge and Lar
kim made clean hits. Burdock went ont on
foul bound splondidly taken by Dehman
Holasworth followed with another clean hit
which filled tho bases AS Start stepped up
to the bat greeted with rounds of applause. He
hit hot ground ball to Force which bounded over his
head, ana Harbdsc scored tho first run of The game
Carey hit to Batrn, who nelded the ball IN splendid
style and threw home to head of Larkin, but as
Clapp ont OF his position thcy tailed to capture
Larkin. Ferguson made sale hit and Holdswortn
scored. The TWO strikers were disposed by
prciy running ny catch by Remscn aud a finely
iieldcd bail by McGeary to DenIman leaving Start,
Carey and Ferguson on bases During the last half
OF tho inning the visitors made TWO runs tBlonS.
the first striker, hit easy ground ball
W Ferguson, who made overthrow owing TO tho
slippery con titlon the ball, Blong making third
base on The Dehlman followed with a sato
hit and sent Bong ovcr The homo plato Dorgan
made pretty inc hit ovor second base, and on Carey's
error OF Clapp's hit Dehnan scored his run. the
next retired SUCCESSION, and the tn-
ming closed with the score a. TO In favor
Of the Hartfords Two earned runs were
made by the Hartfords in tho fourth inning
on splendid hts by harbidge, l. .rkn, Bur-
dock ana Holdsworth, Larkin's nit beng u
three baser In the nth inning the harttords added
more TO their score which put ,hcm out OF dan
ger SIX base hits, two rst base errors and one
base on called balls doing the business. Harbidgc and
Lark ed of in the sixth nning with safe hits Har-
bdge SCORING earned run on Larkin's hit This
was loo much Tor The VISITORS SO they made an I'M
por laut change in thor nine, which worked admir-
ably. Boug went 10 right field, Dorean
to second base, and Bntlin pitched. Tnis
change rather got the best Of tho Hartfords,
who we're unable 10 hit his difficult pitching until the
ninth inning whom tney scored two earned runs OH
single hit by Burdock, three baser by Start and
IA single by Carey. In the seventh and eighth innings
tho ST. Louis club scored four runs, Two in Zach inn
Ing on hits, assisted by OF arkn Carey,
Start and Burdock, the ball beng so slippery that tho
play yers unable 10 handle II. The following Is the