⦁ The Athletics and the Senators split a double header at Columbia Park

⦁ Socks Seybold had the key hit, a two-run sixth-inning homer, as the A's took the morning contest, 4-1

⦁ Washington's Pop Foster returned the favor with a three-run blast in the first inning of the afternoon game and the Senators took it, 7-4

⦁ Business manager Billy Sharsig had left a couple of games in previous days due to what was thought to be heat-related illness and, according to the Times, he was “still a sick man”

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