• The American League's Philadelphia entry had yet to procure a place to play ball and league president Ban Johnson attributed the problem solely to “red tape” and the “Philadelphia way of doing things” rather than to any effort by the National League's Phillies to block the move
• The American League's Philadelphia team was trying to lease grounds at 26th and Jefferson, the site of the old Athletics during the American Association days, but the city's Property Committee delayed a vote on the matter to give potential opponents more time to submit their arguments
• A bit in Sporting Life repeated a story attributed to the Milwaukee Sentinel that the American League's Philadelphia team was “backed by Milwaukee capital”
• All seven current American League teams, including Philadelphia, submitted 51 percent of their team's stock and rights to land for ballparks in trust to the league to prevent the possibility of defection during what was expected to be a costly battle with the National League for survival