The Athletics beat the Atlantics, a local amateur side, 17-9 at Columbia Park. Needing a catcher to spell Doc Powers, the only backstop on the roster, manager Connie Mack gave Wissahickon catcher Theodore Schilsky a turn behind the plate.
New first baseman Charlie Carr missed today's game because of illness.
Pitcher Chick Fraser reported to the team.
The team's three chief officers, Connie Mack, Ben Shibe, and Frank Hough filed a statement with the Court of Common Pleas denying “they they are or ever have been co-partners, trading as the Philadelphia American League Base Ball Club.” In the statement, they added that they had never “persuaded” Nap Lajoie to sign a contract and that the Phillies had never given them “due notice” that Lajoie had an exclusive contract with them.