1907 London County Council election, Results
The Municipal Reform Party won 79 seats on the council, a gain of 45 compared with the performance of the Moderates in 1904. The Progressive Party fell from 83 seats to only 38, and the only other candidate elected was an independent, who held their seat.


1907 London County Council election, Results
The Progressives blamed their defeat on high spending by the Municipal Reform Party, with the support of the Daily Mail and Daily Express and the fact that they had increased rates.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season
The 1907 Los Angeles Angels season was the fifth season for the Los Angeles Angels playing in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The Angels compiled a 115–74 record and won the PCL pennant. The team played its home games at Chutes Park and Prager Park in Los Angeles.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season
Henry Berry was the team's manager. In January 1907, he also purchased a controlling interest in the team.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Pitchers
Pitcher Dolly Gray was the dominant pitcher in the PCL in 1906. He appeared in 53 games and led the league with 32 wins and a 1.71 earned run average (ERA). He ranked second in the league with 216 strikeouts. Gray had five 20-win season for the Angels between 1903 and 1908. He went on to play for the Washington Senators from 1909 to 1911.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Pitchers
"Sleepy Bill" Burns appeared in 42 games finished third in the PCL with a 2.10 ERA and fifth with 24 wins. Burns went on to play five seasons in the majors from 1908 to 1912.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Pitchers
Judge Nagle was the Angels' No. 3 pitcher. Contemporary records indicate that he compiled a 16–14–1 record with 50 strikeouts. Baseball-Reference.com indicates he had a 16–12 record with a 2.26 ERA.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Pitchers
Franz Hosp compiled a 12–7 record with a 2.73 ERA and 56 strikeouts in 23 games.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
First baseman Pop Dillon appeared in 181 games. His batting average of .304 was the best among the Angels and third best in the PCL. He tallied 192 hits, 34 stolen bases, and 30 doubles. Defensively, his .988 fielding percentage was the best among the league's first basemen who played more than 13 games. He tallied 1,889 putouts, 128 assists, and 25 errors.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Right fielder Gavvy Cravath appeared in 182 games, compiled a .303 batting average, tallied 186 hits, scored 106 runs, and stole 50 bases. He tied for first in the PCL with 45 doubles and tied for second with 10 home runs. He also played well in the outfield, tallying 287 putouts, 41 assists, and 9 errors in 173 games in the outfield for a .973 fielding percentage. He later played 11 seasons in the majors, leading the National League in home runs six times between 1913 and 1919.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Left fielder Walter Carlisle appeared in 179 games, led the PCL with 14 home runs and 114 runs scored, and finished second with eight triples. He also stole 39 bases. Defensively, he tallied 320 putouts, 18 assists, and 16 errors for a .955 fielding percentage.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Center fielder Rube Ellis appeared in 171 games. He compiled a .239 batting average with 29 stolen bases, 15 doubles and seven triples. He tallied 315 putouts, 18 assists, and 14 errors for a .960 fielding percentage.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Curt Bernard appeared in 141 games for the Angels, 94 at second base and 47 in the outfield. He compiled a .271 batting average with 35 stolen bases, 23 doubles, and 77 runs scored.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Kitty Brashear appeared in 159 games, 95 at second base and 65 at third base. He compiled a .270 batting average with 36 stolen bases and 30 doubles.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Third baseman Jud Smith appeared in 118 games. He compiled a .243 batting average with 20 stolen bases. He tallied 161 putouts, 294 assists, and 30 errors for a .938 fielding percentage.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
Shortstop Del Delmas appeared in 175 games. He compiled a .227 batting average with 25 stolen bases and 23 doubles. He led the league's shortstops with a .938 fielding percentage, tallying 311 putouts, 581 assists, and 59 errors.


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Position players
The team's catching duty was shared by Wallace Hogan (109 games) and Bobby Eager (83 games).


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Statistics, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage


1907 Los Angeles Angels season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1907 Louisiana Industrial football team
The 1907 Louisiana Industrial football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Industrial Institute—now known as Louisiana Tech University—as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach George L. Watkins, Louisiana Industrial compiled a record of 9–1. The team's captain was Dave Caldwell.


1907 Major League Baseball season
The 1907 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 11 to October 8, 1907. The Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Cubs then defeated the Tigers in the World Series, four games to none (with one tie).


1907 Major League Baseball season
The Philadelphia Phillies set a Major League record for the fewest at bats by a team in a season—4,725.


1907 Maltese general election
General elections were held in Malta on 20 May 1907. All candidates were elected unopposed.


1907 Maltese general election, Background
The elections were held under the Chamberlain Constitution, with members elected from eight single-member constituencies.


1907 Maltese general election, Results
A total of 7,091 people were registered to vote, but no votes were cast as all candidates were unopposed.


1907 Manitoba general election
The 1907 Manitoba general election was held on March 7, 1907 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.


1907 Manitoba general election
The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won 28 seats, against 13 for the opposition Manitoba Liberal Party under new leader Edward Brown.


1907 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Beautiful Plains (James H. Howden appointed to cabinet, March 16, 1907), March 26, 1907:


1907 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Brandon City (Stanley McInnis appointed to cabinet, June 26, 1907), July 16, 1907:


1907 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Brandon City (dec. Stanley McInnis, November 4, 1907), November 25, 1907:


1907 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Portage la Prairie (Hugh Armstrong to cabinet, November 19, 1908), November 30, 1908:


1907 Manitoba general election, Post-election changes
Virden (dec. John Agnew, November 9, 1908), January 9, 1909:


1907 Marquette Blue and Gold football team
The 1907 Marquette Blue and Gold football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Cody Clark, the team compiled a 6–0 record.


1907 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1907 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall College (now Marshall University) in the 1907 college football season. Marshall posted a 3–2–1 record, outscoring its opposition 38–35. Home games were played on a campus field called "Central Field" which is presently Campus Commons.


1907 Maryland Aggies football team
The 1907 Maryland Aggies football team represented Maryland Agricultural College (later part of the University of Maryland) in the 1907 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Charles W. Melick, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by all opponents, 61 to 45.


1907 Maryland gubernatorial election
The 1907 Maryland gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1907.


1907 Maryland gubernatorial election
Democratic candidate Austin Lane Crothers defeated Republican candidate George R. Gaither, Jr.


1907 Massachusetts Aggies football team
The 1907 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1907 college football season. The team was coached by Matthew W. Bullock and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1907 season marked Bullock's return to the Aggies, as he had previously coached the team during the 1904 season. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 5–3–1.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5. Incumbent Republican Governor Curtis Guild Jr. was re-elected for a third one-year term.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The election was noted for the split in the Democratic Party and the very strong third-party performance for Independence Party nominee Thomas Hisgen. Hisgen actually received more votes than the Democratic ticket, though Democratic nominee Henry M. Whitney received more votes than Hisgen when considering votes Whitney received on three independent tickets.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican nomination, Campaign
The contest for the Republican nomination was seen as a referendum on the Roosevelt administration. The Massachusetts political establishment, led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Governor Guild, was solidly in support of Roosevelt, Lodge's close personal friend. Republican critics of Governor Guild included State Senator Arthur M. Taft, over the governor's allegedly insufficient support for the protective tariff.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Campaign
In a poll taken of the Democratic state legislators in May, 25 favored Whitney and 8 favored Bartlett, with 5 scattering and 32 noncommittal.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Convention
The Democratic convention was held in Springfield on October 5. Whitney delegates gained control of the convention hall and barred Bartlett delegates from entry. The Bartlett delegates assembled themselves to nominate their candidate and adopt their own platform. Bartlett's supporters were generally aligned with the presidential campaign of William Jennings Bryan, while Whitney's were in opposition to Bryan's third campaign for the Democratic nomination. Bartlett supporters also cited seniority and Whitney's support of the merger of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and Boston and Maine Corporation.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Aftermath
Whitney's nomination led Grenville MacFarland, the Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, to resign his post and his membership in the State Committee. MacFarland felt that Whitney represented corporate interests over "true Democratic principles" in his support of the merger of New York, New Haven and Hartford with Boston and Maine railroads.


1907 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
The split in the Democratic Party assured Guild of re-election in the normally Republican state. Guild ran a quiet, positive campaign emphasizing his record in office, largely ignoring his three main opponents. He characterized his party's record as: "a larger amount of progress legislation, a larger amount of radical reorganization of state institutions, and for a larger amount of new appointments than has ever occurred before in any similar period in the whole history of the commonwealth."


1907 Massachusetts legislature
The 128th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1907 during the governorship of Curtis Guild Jr.. William D. Chapple served as president of the Senate and John N. Cole served as speaker of the House.


1907 Mercer Baptists football team
The 1907 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1907 college football season. They finished with a record of 3–3 and were outscored by their opponents 28–170.


1907 Miami Redskins football team
The 1907 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1907 college football season. Led by coach Amos Foster in his first year, Miami compiled a 6–1 record, shutting out four opponents and outscoring them 120 to 37.


1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1907 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Chester Brewer, the Aggies compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored their opponents 127 to 60.


1907 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On October 12, 1907, the Aggies lost to Michigan by a 46 to 0 score at Ferry Field. It was the third game in the Michigan - Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan had won the two prior meetings by a combined score of 158 to 0. In 40 minutes of play, Michigan scored eight touchdowns and did not allow a single first down to be made by the Aggies. Team captain Paul Magoffin made his first appearance of the season and scored five touchdowns. The game was played in 20-minute halves.


1907 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team
The 1907 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1907 college football season. In their second season under head coach Henry Schulte, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–2, shut out three of five opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 72 to 13. The team defeated Central Michigan Normal School (later renamed Central Michigan University), 38–0. Ashley P. Merrill was the team captain.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1907 college football season. The team's head football coach was Fielding H. Yost in his seventh season at Michigan. The team finished the season with a record of 5–1, allowing an average of one point per game. The team did not give up a single first down in its first four games and won its first five games by shutouts, outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 107 to 0. In the final game of the season, the Wolverines lost, 6–0, to the Penn Quakers. The Quakers were in the early stages of a 23-game winning streak that was broken by the 1909 Michigan team.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team
Center Germany Schulz was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp. In 1951, Schulz was selected as the greatest center in football history in a poll conducted by the National Football Foundation and became one of the initial inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame. Halfback Paul Magoffin was the team captain and led the team in scoring with 35 points and seven touchdowns. Right tackle Walter Rheinschild was the second leading scorer with 25 points. Five Michigan players received All-Western honors: Schulz, Magoffin, Rheinschild, "Octy" Graham, and Harry S. Hammond.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Case
Michigan opened its 1907 season with a 9–0 victory over the team from Cleveland's Case Scientific School. The game was played in front of a crowd estimated at 3,000 persons at Ferry Field. The game was the 11th meeting between the two programs, and Michigan had won all 10 of the prior games by a combined score of 319 to 25.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Case
The game was scoreless in the first half. Michigan drove the ball to the Case 15-yard line early in the second half, and "Octy" Graham drop-kicked a field goal from the 20-yard line to give Michigan a 4–0 lead. Later in the half, Jack Loell scored the game's only touchdown on a five-yard run. On defense, the Wolverines did not allow Case to convert a first down. On offense, fumbles and a lack of success in forward passes stymied several drives. The Michigan Alumnus wrote that "Michigan's offensive playing fell far below the high standard of its defense." The Alumnus also noted that "Schulz was a rock at center and Loell and Rheinschild alternating at tackle and fullback both did splendid work."


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Case
Michigan's lineup against Case was Casey (left end), Crumpacker (left tackle), Watkins and Primeau (left guard), Schulz, (center), Graham (right guard), Loell and Rheinschild (right tackle), Evans and Witmire (right end), Wasmund (quarterback), Miller (left halfback), Rumney and Lehr (right halfback), and Rheinschild and Loell (fullback). Rowe of Michigan served as referee and umpire. The game was played in 20-minute halves.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan Agricultural
In the second week of the season, Michigan defeated Michigan Agricultural, 46–0, at Ferry Field. It was the third game in the Michigan – Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan had won the two prior meetings by a combined score of 158 to 0.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan Agricultural
In 40 minutes of play, Michigan scored eight touchdowns and did not allow a single first down to be made by the Aggies. Team captain Paul Magoffin made his first appearance of the season and scored five touchdowns. Walter Rheinschild scored two touchdowns, and Jack Loell scored one. "Octy" Graham converted six of eight extra point kicks. Right end Harry S. Hammond was praised for his punting, as several of his kicks spiraled for 50 yards.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan Agricultural
On offense, the Wolverines had used the forward pass with "great success" early in the game, but abandoned it with the game in hand, saving it for a time of "greater necessity." The Chicago Daily Tribune wrote that, "Michigan used the long forward pass from Loell to the ends with telling effect."


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan Agricultural
Michigan's lineup against the Aggies was Miller and Witmire (left end), Casey (left tackle), Embs (left guard), Schulz, (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild and Crumpacker (right tackle), Hammond (right end), Wasmund and Sullivan (quarterback), Magoffin and Miller (left halfback), Allerdice and Rumney (right halfback), and Loell and Rheinschild (fullback). Eldridge of Michigan served as referee. The game was played in 20-minute halves.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Wabash
On October 19, 1907, Michigan defeated the Wabash Little Giants, 22–0, at Washington Field in Indianapolis. The game was the first and only meeting between the schools. Although the bleachers were mostly filled with Wabash supporters presenting "a solid front of red", the game was also attended by a large gathering of Michigan alumni wearing "maize and blue." As the Michigan team ran onto the field, Michigan's "brass band" led the alumni in "The Victors." Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin (who was also Yost's brother-in-law) and Col.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Wabash
J.B. Fite of Nashville (the father-in-law of Yost and McGugin) sat on the Michigan bench during the game. Wabash's head coach Francis M. Cayou was a member of the Omaha tribe and had played quarterback for the Carlisle Indians. According to the Chicago Daily Tribune, Wabash's cheer leader directed the Wabash fans to "yell in praise of the redskin coach, 'Cayou that's who, who's who, Cayou. Who's he, big chief! Ugh.'" The Little Giants compiled a record of 10–3–1 during the 1906 and 1907 seasons under Cayou.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Wabash
The game was played under clear skies in what the Chicago Daily Tribune described as "ideal football weather." Dave Allerdice returned the opening kickoff 90 yards, but he fumbled on the next play from scrimmage. After neither team scored through most of the first half, Michigan recovered a fumble at the Wabash 30-yard line. Walter Rheinschild scored the touchdown shortly before the end of the half. "Octy" Graham kicked the extra pint, and Michigan led, 6–0, at halftime. The Michigan Alumnus  gave credit to the Little Giants, who were outweighed by almost 20 pounds per player, for holding Michigan to a single touchdown in the first half.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Wabash
Early in the second half, Dave Allerdice kicked a field goal, but the points were not allowed. Michigan later drove 40 yards on two 20-yard runs by Walter Rheinschild and Paul Magoffin. Magoffin's run was good for a touchdown, and Allerdice added his second extra point. Michigan led, 12–0. On the next drive, Michigan took the ball to Wabash's one-yard line, but was held on downs. Wabash was then forced to punt from behind its own goal line, and Jack Loell blocked the punt, and Prentiss Douglass recovered the ball for a touchdown.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Wabash
Harry S. Hammond kicked the extra point, and Michigan led 18–0. Graham added a field goal from the 45-yard line. Graham's kick hit the goal bar, but bounded across for four points. With Michigan ahead 22–0, Coach Yost played his substitutes and called a punting game for the remainder of the game. The Michigan Alumnus reported that the game was marked by "numerous spectacular plays" and "the new style of open play."


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, vs. Wabash
Michigan's lineup against Wabash was Miller and Witmire (left end), Casey (left tackle), Embs and Flanagan (left guard), Schulz, (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), Hammond (right end), Wasmund and Sullivan (quarterback), Magoffin and Douglass (left halfback), Allerdice and Rumney (right halfback), and Loell (fullback). Esterline of Purdue served as referee. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
On October 26, 1907, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 22–0, in front of a crowd of 7,000 spectators at Ferry Field. The game was the ninth meeting in the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry, with Michigan having won seven of the prior meetings and tied once.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
The game was played in a cold rain and stiff wind, resulting in numerous fumbles and an inaccurate kicking game. Michigan's offense tried 10 forward passes in the game with seven completions for gains of 20 to 40 yards. The passes were thrown by William Wasmund and Dave Allerdice with Walter Rheinschild and Paul Magoffin as the principal receivers. Most of the first half was fought between midfield and Ohio State's 15-yard line. Near the end of the first half, Michigan began to employ its passing attack.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Jack Loell scored the first touchdown on a short run, and "Octy" Graham kicked the extra point. In the second half, Magoffin caught a forward pass from Wasmund and eluded Ohio State's tacklers on a 40-yard touchdown play. Michigan missed the extra point and led, 11–0. Rheinschild later ran for a touchdown. The extra point kick failed, and Michigan led, 16–0. Rheinschild then scored a second touchdown on a forward pass from Wasmund, with Rheinschild running 40 yard after the catch. Allerdice converted the extra point. The Michigan Alumnus wrote that "the Yost 'style' of passing received a thorough vindication."


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
The game ended with Michigan in possession of the ball at the Ohio State one-yard line, poised to score another touchdown. After four games, the defense had not allowed a point to be scored or a first down to be gained. The Michigan Alumnus noted: "It is doubtful if any team in the country today can boast of four games played without yielding a single first down. Michigan's defense is all that could be desired." The Chicago Daily Tribune wrote: "On defensive Michigan was solid as a rock."


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Michigan's lineup against Ohio State was Rumney and Witmire (left end), Casey (left tackle), Embs (left guard), Schulz, (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), Hammond (right end), Wasmund (quarterback), Magoffin and Lehr (left halfback), Loell and Allerdice (right halfback), and Douglass and Sullivan (fullback). McCornack of Dartmouth served as referee. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Vanderbilt
On November 2, 1907, Michigan defeated Vanderbilt, 8–0, in front of a crowd of 8,000 at Dudley Field in Nashville. The crowd was the largest up to that date to see a football game south of the Mason–Dixon Line. The game was "a big society event in the south", and the elite of Nashville, Chattanooga, and Memphis were in attendance. Students from every college and preparatory school in Tennessee, including Belmont College and "other seminaries", also attended the game. The game matched Michigan head coach Fielding H. Yost against his former player and brother-in-law, Dan McGugin. Owing to the relationship between Yost and McGugin, the two teams played nine times between 1905 and 1923, with Michigan winning eight games and tying one.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Vanderbilt
The game was played under clear skies and warm weather, the temperature being too warm "for the invaders' liking." Michigan drove deep into Vanderbilt territory on several drives, but was unable to push the ball across the goal line. "Octy" Graham scored all of Michigan's points, converting on two of three field goal attempts. The tide of the game was set when Vanderbilt's quarterback, Sam Costen, dropped six of the first punts he received. Two of Costen's fumble led to Michigan's field goals. The first score was set up when Costen fumbled a punt at the Commodore's 15-yard line.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Vanderbilt
Rumney recovered the fumble, and Graham kicked a field goal from the 25-yard line. Graham's second field goal was set up when Costen fumbled another punt, this one recovered by Prentiss Douglass at the 35-yard line. Michigan drove to the five-yard line, where Vanderbilt took over on downs. On the possession that followed, Vanderbilt was unable to gain, and Michigan took over at the 15-yard line after Vanderbilt was forced to punt from behind its goal line. After three runs failed to gain the yardage for first down, Graham converted his second field goal.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Vanderbilt
In the second half, Michigan played a punting game. Right end Harry S. Hammond ran for a 35-yard gain on a fake kick for the longest gain of the game. In the closing minutes of the game, Jack Loell led a drive to Vanderbilt's one-yard line when time expired. Michigan attempted four passes, all incomplete.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Vanderbilt
The game most prominently featured a duel between star German centers. The Michigan Alumnus wrote: "'Germany' Schulz was far and away the star of the game. In his usual style he was in every play, tackling runners for loss, falling on the ball in fumbles, and opening wide holes in the line for Michigan gains. . . . [ H]e showed conclusively that he has no equal in the keystone position." A Nashville source wrote "In the duel of centers, Stone of Vanderbilt, had the best of "Germany" Schulz. Michigan's massive center. Stone's play was spectacular all the way."


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, at Vanderbilt
Michigan's lineup against Vanderbilt was Rumney (left end), Embs (left tackle), Casey (left guard), Schulz, (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), Hammond (right end), Wasmund (quarterback), Magoffin (left halfback), Douglass and Allerdice (right halfback), and Loell (fullback). Bradley Walker of Virginia served as referee, and Neil Snow of Michigan was the umpire. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Penn
Michigan concluded its season on November 16, 1907, with a 6–0 loss to Penn in front of a crowd of nearly 20,000 spectators in Ann Arbor. After leaving the Big Ten Conference, Michigan played annual rivalry games against Penn at or near the end of the season. Penn was one of the dominant football programs of the era, winning seven national championships between 1894 and 1912 (including the 1908 national championship). The loss was the first sustained by Michigan at Ferry Field. Penn's left guard Gallagher scored the game's only touchdown, and right end Scarlett kicked the extra point. A controversial ruling resulted in a touchdown by Michigan being called back.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Penn
Michigan's lineup against Penn was Rumney (left end), Casey (left tackle), Embs (left guard), Schulz, (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), Hammond (right end), Wasmund (quarterback), Magoffin (left halfback), Allerdice and Miller (right halfback), and Watkins and Loell (fullback). Murphy of Brown served as referee. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
At the end of the 1907 season, several Michigan players were recognized on the All-American and All-Western teams. Germany Schulz was the only Western player included on Walter Camp's All-American first team in Collier's Weekly. Camp also recognized Harry S. Hammond and Paul Magoffin with honorable mention on his All-American team. E. C. Patterson of Chicago picked the All-Western team for Collier's. He selected Schulz and Hammond as first-team All-Western player and included Magoffin and "Octy" Graham as second-team selections. The Michigan Daily published a consensus All-Western team based on its averaging of the All-Western teams and included four Michigan players on the consensus team: Schulz, Magoffin, Hammond, and Walter Rheinschild.


1907 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Starters
The following 12 players received varsity "M" letters for their participation on the 1907 football team:


1907 Milan–San Remo
The 1907 Milan–San Remo was the 1st edition of the Milan–San Remo, a classic one-day cycle race organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy. The single day event was held on 14 April 1907 and stretched 288 km (179 mi) from Milan to its end in Sanremo. The winner was Lucien Petit-Breton from France.


1907 Milan–San Remo
33 riders rode the 288 km course, starting at 4am.


1907 Milan–San Remo, Organisation
Eugenio Costamagna (manager of La Gazzetta dello Sport) was the man with the vision. After being approached by the Unione Sportiva Sanremese with idea of finishing a cycle race in San Remo, Costamagna decided on Milan as a starting point, connecting the hub of the Italian cycling industry with the hub of tourism.


1907 Milan–San Remo, Organisation
A route was decided on that included Passo di Turchino and Costamagna had no idea if the route was humanly possible. He invited top cyclists of the time to test the course in the 1907 edition of the race.


1907 Milan–San Remo, Organisation
The race rules made the event even harder; no changing of bicycles, no supplies or accessories and no team support was allowed.


1907 Milan–San Remo, The race
62 riders had signed up to ride, but at 4am on 14 April 1907 it was cold and windy and only 33 riders set off.


1907 Milan–San Remo, The race
90 km into the race Giovanni Gerbi, known as "the red devil", attacked the lead group through the sleet on the climb of the Turchino gaining 3 minutes by the summit. He was caught by Gustave Garrigou in Savona. Gerbi decided to play the team card and waited for his Bianchi teammate Lucien Petit-Breton. The three entered the outskirts of San Remo together. Gerbi then impeded Garrigou allowing Petit-Breton to attack and gain a lead of a minute and winning the first ever Milan - San Remo. Gerbi finished ahead of the angered Garrigou who complained to the jury and was subsequently promoted to second. The fourth placed Luigi Ganna arrived over thirty minutes later. Only 14 riders finished.


1907 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1907 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1907 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2–2–1 record (0–1–1 against Western Conference opponents) and outscored all opponents 55 to 52.


1907 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team
The 1907 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team represented the Mississippi A&M Aggies of Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi during the 1907 college football season.


1907 Mississippi College Collegians football team
The 1907 Mississippi College Collegians football team represented Mississippi College as an independent during the 1907 college football season.


1907 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1907 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1907, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat James K. Vardaman was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term.


1907 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on August 1, 1907, with the runoff held on August 22, 1907.


1907 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election
In the general election, Democratic candidate Edmond Noel, a former state senator, ran unopposed.


1907 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1907 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1907 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2 record (1–1 against MVC opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 278 to 41. W. J. Monilaw was the head coach for the second of three seasons. The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.


1907 Montana football team
The 1907 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1907 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Albion Findlay, and finished the season with a record of four wins, one loss and one tie (4–1–1).


1907 Montenegrin parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 31 October 1907.


1907 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Background
The elections were boycotted by the People's Party (The Club members), which had complained of intimidation and claimed that they had been portrayed as hostile to Prince Nicholas. The offices of the People's Party's journal in Nikšić was wrecked on two occasions, whilst a café known to be a meeting place of People's Party members was also attacked. The newly-formed royalist True People's Party (The Rightists) were supported by the royal court and the army.


1907 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Aftermath
The newly elected National Assembly of Montenegro (parliament) met for the first time on 21 November 1907. Following the elections, 150 members of the boycotting People's Party (NS) were arrested for alleged treason.


1907 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1907 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.


1907 NYU Violets football team
The 1907 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their first year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 5–2 record.


1907 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1907 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1907 college football season. In their first and only season under Joseph M. Reeves, the Midshipmen compiled a 9–2–1 record, shut out eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 118 to 34. A. H. Douglas made Walter Camp's third-team All-America, the second Southerner ever to have done so.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1907 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach William C. "King" Cole and played its home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA).


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Prior to the season, Nebraska joined the MVIAA, the first time since 1897 the Cornhuskers had been a member of a conference.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
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1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Peru State
Nebraska held Peru State without a first down in Cole's first game, also the first meeting between the teams.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
Nebraska scored first after a Minnesota fumble, but a pair of field goals gave the Golden Gophers the lead and another victory over NU.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
A second-half touchdown gave Nebraska a 10–9 win over Iowa State. On a late Cyclones field goal attempt, the ball hit the ground short of the uprights and bounced through. Because of this, Iowa State lists this game as a 13-10 victory.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Kansas
This was Nebraska's only conference game in 1907, as the Cornhuskers had recently joined the MVIAA and were unable to schedule the other teams with such short notice. The 16–6 win gave NU a share of the conference title.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Doane
The Cornhuskers shut out Doane 85-0, the largest margin of victory in Antelope Field history.


1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Saint Louis
Saint Louis shut out Nebraska 34–0 in the only meeting between the teams.


1907 New Hampshire football team
The 1907 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1907 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under second-year head coach Edward Herr, the team finished with a record of 1–5–2.


1907 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
Scoring during this era awarded five points for a touchdown, one point for a conversion kick (extra point), and four points for a field goal. Teams played in the one-platoon system, and games were played in two halves rather than four quarters.


1907 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
The September 21 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Norwich football programs.


1907 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
New Hampshire's second team (reserves) defeated Berwick Academy in Berwick, Maine, 5–4.


1907 New Hampshire football team, Roster
A team roster published early in the season had 32 names; after the season, 13 players plus the student team manager were awarded varsity letters:


1907 New Hampshire football team, Roster
In December 1908, Carl Chase and another student drowned while canoeing in the nearby Great Bay. Edson D. Sanborn later coached the Student Army Training Corps (SATC) personnel of the 1918 New Hampshire football team that competed in place of the varsity.


1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1907. Republican nominee John Franklin Fort defeated Democratic nominee Frank S. Katzenbach with 49.28% of the vote.


1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Republican nomination, Results
The Republican State Convention was held in Trenton on September 10.


1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Democratic nomination, Results
The Democratic State Convention was held in Trenton on September 17.


1907 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1907 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1907 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach John O. Miller, the Aggies compiled a 3–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 6. The team played its home games on College Field, later renamed Miller Field in honor of coach Miller.


1907 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The team was undefeated for the third consecutive year. During the 1905, 1906, and 1907 seasons, the Aggies compiled a 10–0 record under coach Miller.


1907 New South Wales state election
The 1907 New South Wales state election was held on 10 September 1907 for all of the 90 seats in the 21st New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 20th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 19 August 1907 by the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, on the advice of the Premier, Sir Joseph Carruthers.


1907 New South Wales state election, Results
New South Wales state election, 10 September 1907 Legislative Assembly << 1904–1910 >>


1907 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1907 were appointments by Edward VII to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 1 January 1907.


1907 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.