By the third inning of today's game between the Athletics and Tigers in Detroit, news filtered into the ballpark of the shooting of President William McKinley in Buffalo. After the top half of the sixth inning, umpire Joe Cantillon, with the agreement of both teams' managers and captains, called an end to the game with the Tigers winning, 8-3.

The A's had put together a three-run rally in the sixth to get back into it, but given the circumstances, neither manager Connie Mack nor captain Nap Lajoie had any objection to the umpire's decision.