In a game that featured much umpire baiting, the Athletics lost to Boston, 9-3, at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston.

A’s second baseman Nap Lajoie was tossed in the top of the first by umpire Jack Haskell for the use of a “violent oath” when complaining about a close call at first base. Pitcher Wiley Piatt, who didn’t play, was fined five dollars for the ferocity of the abuse he hurled at Haskell from the bench. To adjust for Lajoie’s departure, manager Connie Mack moved center fielder Dave Fultz to second, first baseman Socks Seybold to center field, and Morgan Murphy made his A’s debut at first base.

Mack was rumored to be in pursuit of 23-year-old right-handed pitcher Ben Beville, who played last year for Butte in the Montana League and Oakland in the California League