• On a drizzly day and a wet field in Weehawken, New Jersey, the team beat Jersey City of the Eastern League, 13-11, in a spring training contest

• Second baseman Nap Lajoie had five hits

• Pitchers Bill Bernhard, Snake Wiltse, Eddie Plank, and Bill Duggleby, and catcher Farmer Steelman arrived in Philadelphia from Charlotte

• New player Lou Castro, who was with Norwich and New London in the Connecticut State League last year, made his Athletics debut at third base