• The Athletics won their sixth straight, a 13-2 decision over Cleveland at Columbia Park

• The Inquirer reported that Brooklyn had offered A's pitcher Rube Waddell a $500/month salary and $1,000 bonus to defect and join their team with the promise of the same deal for 1903

• Waddell asked for time to think about it, then reported the offer to manager Connie Mack who endeavored to be with Waddell when he next met the Brooklyn representative, but the representative never showed at the appointed place and time