• The Sporting Life reported that the Athletics had signed third baseman Clyde "Rabbit" Robinson, who was with Kansas City of the Western League last season

• Despite receiving an offer from Brooklyn, outfielder Dave Fultz said he planned to stay with the Athletics for the 1902 campaign

• Coincidentally, Fultz had suffered a sprained ankle and twisted knee while participating in a game of (American) football for the Philadelphia pros against the Homestead team in Pittsburgh

• Fultz said he was “done with football for good” and was expected to be ready to go for spring training in April