[3] He was in the starting lineup, batted third and played right field for the franchise's inaugural game on April 19 against the defending champion Boston Red Stockings.

[5] The New Haven club was struggling financially, and in August and September, played a series of exhibitions in New York City and Canada to earn additional income.

An investigation revealed that several valuable items of clothing, including a fur coat, were missing, and when the hotel contacted the New Haven team, they turned the matter over to the police.

The stolen items were discovered in Luff and Geer's shared room in a New Haven boarding house, and both players were arrested by the police and released from their contracts by the Elm Citys.

Luff skipped the next two baseball seasons and worked with his father's real estate business and as a government office clerk.

A coroner's report stated that Apker "came to her death from congestion of the brain, the result of criminal malpractice at the hands of Harry Luff."

He played for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association but was cut from the club when they discovered he was in secret negotiations with the Buffalo Bisons.

[2] He left his civil engineering job after one year and joined the minor league Brooklyn Grays of the Inter-State Association.