Center fielder Socks Seybold tracked down and caught a long Frank Shugart fly ball that looked sure to score the two men on base and tie the game to preserve a 5-3 win for the Athletics over the White Stockings at Columbia Park.

The Record reported that Bones Ely and Lave Cross would miss the rest of the season because of injury and had already returned to their respective homes for the off-season

Outfielder George Browne signed with the Phillies, despite a report on the 21st that he had joined the A's.