The team was traveling back to Philadelphia where they would again play the Tigers.

While they were en route, back in Philadelphia a team employee discovered the unconscious form of manager Connie Mack's brother Dennis McGillicuddy in the clubhouse, the apparent victim of foul play. He was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a fractured skull, possibly caused by a baseball bat, and his life was thought to be in the balance. McGillicuddy, a ticket taker for the team, was said to have been in the company of a groundskeeper, Thomas Murphy, the previous evening. Murphy was wanted for questioning by the police, but he hadn't yet been found.