====== August 26, 1901 ====== ===== News ===== • The Athletics committed eight errors in an 11-4 loss to the [[White Sox|White Stockings]] at Columbia Park • The Sox were just days removed from a wild affair against Cleveland that involved pitcher Jack Katoll deliberately injuring umpire Jack Haskell with a pitched ball and shortstop Frank Shugart throwing and landing a punch on the very same arbiter • Both players had been immediately suspended with Shugart on the brink of receiving a permanent ban imposed by the league office ===== Injury Updates ===== • Third baseman [[Lave Cross]] was still out with a knee injury and now second baseman [[Nap Lajoie]] was forced to the bench with an "incipient abscess" of the knee as the result of a spike wound that hadn't yet healed properly • [[Joe Dolan]] continued to play third in Cross's absence and [[Dave Fultz]] came in from center field to take Lajoie's spot • [[Socks Seybold]] moved from right field to center and pitcher [[Bill Bernhard]] was sent out to patrol the pasture out in right • Pitcher [[Eddie Plank]], who had been absent since a beaning on the 14th was back in uniform and was thought to be able to get back on the mound by the end of the month ---- [[august-25-1901|< Aug 25, 1901]] [[1901 calendar|Back to Calendar]] [[august-27-1901|Aug 27, 1901 >]]