• Manager Connie Mack was named to the American League's rules committee along with Baltimore manager John McGraw and Chicago owner Charles Comiskey

• While the Inquirer reported a week ago that the team had decided to call themselves the “Athletics”, Mack said nothing had been decided and added that “so long as our team performs to suit the fans, I don't care what name they use to designate our team”

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