====== September 6, 1901 ======

===== News =====

•	By the third inning of today's game between the Athletics and [[Tigers]] in Detroit, news filtered into the ballpark of the shooting of President William McKinley in Buffalo

•	After the top half of the sixth inning, umpire Joe Cantillon, with the agreement of both teams' managers and captains, called an end to the game with the Tigers winning, 8-3

•	The A's had put together a three-run rally in the sixth to get back into it, but given the circumstances, neither manager [[Connie Mack]] nor captain [[Nap Lajoie]] had any objection to the umpire's decision

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