1915 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
The hurricane then curved northwestward early on the following day, shortly after passing Serranilla Bank. Late on September 27, the cyclone moved through the Yucatán Channel and entered the Gulf of Mexico. The storm weakened to a Category 3 hurricane just prior to making landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, with winds of 125 mph (200 km/h) at 18:00 UTC on September 29. The cyclone rapidly weakened to a tropical storm over southern Mississippi early the next day, shortly before becoming extratropical. The extratropical remnants tracked northeastward until dissipating over southwestern Pennsylvania late on October 1.


1915 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
In Antigua, winds generated by the storm downed some fences, while rough seas capsized a sailing boat and force shipping activity to be suspended. Strong gales in Jamaica resulted in a loss of communication between the capital city of Kingston and outlying districts. Ramón Pérez Suárez et al. of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology noted that the hurricane inflicted impacts consistent with a tropical storm in western Cuba. Sustained winds of 36 mph (60 km/h) was observed in Havana, well east of the storm's path.


1915 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
In Louisiana, storm surge along the southeast coast of the state was estimated to have crested between 15 and 20 ft (4.6–6.1 m) in height, while wind gusts reached as high as 130 mph (210 km/h) in New Orleans. Nearly all buildings in the city suffered some degree of damage, while several structures were destroyed. Approximately 25,000 homes were damaged. Approximately 90 percent of structures along Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River south of New Orleans suffered impacts. Property damage in Louisiana was estimated at $13 million, with $5 million of that in the city of New Orleans.


1915 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
In Mississippi, coastal areas likely experienced hurricane-force winds. Abnormally high tides and strong winds caused significant damage to bridges, buildings, railroads, pecan crops, timber, and shipping. Some property damage was reported in Alabama, especially in Mobile. Four deaths also occurred in the city. Overall, the hurricane caused 279 fatalities throughout the United States.


1915 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
In addition to the six tropical cyclones reaching tropical storm intensity, four others remained a tropical depression. On April 29, a depression developed from a trough near southeastern Bahamas. The system moved quickly northeastward before being absorbed by an extratropical cyclone near Bermuda on May 2. Another tropical depression developed on September 17 from an open trough over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The depression moved west-northwestward and struck near the Mexico–Texas border late on September 20. The system dissipated on the following day. On October 6, a tropical depression formed well east of the Lesser Antilles.


1915 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
The depression moved northwestward and crossed the Leeward Islands between October 8 and October 9, bringing sustained winds up to 23 mph (37 km/h). By October 10, the cyclone dissipated north of Anguilla. Another tropical depression developed on October 20 to the south of Bermuda. The depression tracked northeastward, before turning northward by October 22. On the next day, an extratropical storm absorbed the depression well south of Newfoundland.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1915 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' 24th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 11th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2 overall, 5–1 in the SIAA).


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Before the season
Baby Taylor was the only regular left at the start of the 1915 season.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Marion Military Institute
The season starts with a big  78–0 victory over Marion Military Institute.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Florida
Auburn defeated Florida 7–0. Florida played hard for three quarters, until Wren scored the winning touchdown in the final period.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Florida
The starting lineup was Robinson (left end), Sample (left tackle), Taylor (left guard), Campbell (center), Fricks (right guard), Wynne (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Caughman (quarterback), Steed (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Bidez (fullback).


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin had been pointing to since before the season. Auburn had dominated Southern football for the past two seasons, without a single team crossing its line.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt jumped out to a 17–0 lead on a rain-soaked field. A Curry pass to captain Russell Cohen opened the scoring. Cody personally took over from that point. In one of the greatest exhibitions of punt covering Cody smothered the receiver every time, recovering two fumbles, one across the goal line for a touchdown. Then, in the last ten seconds of play, Cody dropped kicked a three-pointer from the 33-yard line. Zerfoss and Friel punted splendidly. Curry's generalship was superb, and late in the game the Vandy line rose as one to throw back three Auburn charges on the five-yard line.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Vanderbilt
The starting lineup : Taylor (left end), Sample (left tackle), Ducote (left guard), Robinson (center), Frickey (right guard), Wynne (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Steed (quarterback), Wren (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Bidez (fullback).


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech closed what was then the greatest season in its history with a 7–0 defeat of Auburn. To begin the second quarter, Everett Strupper had two key plays, the last of which was the game-deciding touchdown. First he made 20 yards around with a pass from Morrison before being forced out of bounds. Next was the 19-yard touchdown. Strupper started around left end, then cut back into the center of the field, away from his blockers. He juked and eluded "every man on the Auburn team." On the last move Strupper faked right and then dove left underneath the outstretched arms of Baby Taylor into the endzone.


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Season summary, Georgia Tech
The starting lineup against Auburn: Taylor (left end), Wynne (left tackle), Campbell (left guard), Robinson (center), Frickey (right guard),  Sample (right tackle), Bonner (right end), Caughman (quarter), Ducote (left halfback), Prendergast (right halfback), Steed (fullback).


1915 Auburn Tigers football team, Postseason
Guard Baby Taylor was a unanimous All-Southern selection, and was selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp.


1915 Auckland City mayoral election
The 1915 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1915, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1915 Auckland City mayoral election, Background
This was the first election following the Borough of Grey Lynn's amalgamation with Auckland City which saw the number of councillors increased from eighteen to twenty-one.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season
The 1915 season, and 7th of Auckland Rugby League saw the First Grade competition begin on 8 May featuring the same 6 senior clubs who had competed in 1914.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season
The First World War was in full effect by the time the 1915 season began. War had been declared just as the 1914 rugby league season was concluding in August 1914. As a result, several efforts were made during the 1915 season by the Auckland Rugby League to raise funds for Auckland Hospital Ship and Wounded Soldiers Relief Fund.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season
On 12 June, a seven-a-side tournament was arranged to be played at Victoria Park to raise money for the Auckland Hospital Ship and Wounded Relief Fund. In total £200 was raised with "almost 1,000 people" in attendance. All senior clubs entered teams and the final was played between North Shore Albions and City Rovers though the match was not completed owing to the fact that some earlier matches went to extra-time and the final saw an injury requiring a stoppage. As it had become dark it was decided to call the game off with North Shore leading by 3pts. A further £35 was raised from the 19 June round of matches at Victoria Park for the same cause.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season
Grafton Athletic were crowned First Grade champions for the first time after defeating City Rovers 10–5 in the championship final at Victoria Park in front of 4,000 spectators.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, The beginning of the Roope Rooster
A trophy which is still played for today saw its beginnings in the 1915 season. Namely the Roope Rooster trophy which was donated by Mr. R Roope. It was a knockout competition with one round of matches before semi-finals were played. With the semi-final between Newton and Grafton being drawn (after North Shore received the bye) the management committee decided rather than replaying a match between the same teams there would be more interest in a match between Grafton and North Shore, with Newton progressing to the final.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, The beginning of the Roope Rooster
The second semi-final was played at Victoria Park and saw both teams wearing white armbands in memory of 3 men killed in action at the Dardanelles who had played club rugby league in Auckland (Charles Savory from Ponsonby United, Charles James Hally from Otahuhu, and William Moeki from City Rovers). A charge was made for the semi-final between North Shore and Grafton with the proceeds going to the Door of Hope, the Salvation Army Maternity and Rescue Homes, Sister Esther's Relief Work, and the St John Ambulance Brigade. The final was played on 11 September at Victoria Park between North Shore Albions and Newton Rangers, with North Shore winning 10 points to 7.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Obituaries, Charles Savory
Charles Savory was born on 23 March 1889 and grew up in Auckland. In 1910 he was suspended from playing rugby for two years for kicking an opponent and he switched to rugby league where he joined the Ponsonby team. Savory played for Ponsonby United from 1911 to 1914 and scored 16 tries and kicked 13 goals. For Auckland he played 4 times, scoring 3 tries and kicking 11 goals all in the 1914 season. He had made a quick impression after switching codes and was selected to play for the touring New Zealand side on their visit to Australia.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Obituaries, Charles Savory
He was then selected for the 1911–12 tour of the United Kingdom for the Australasian side. In 1912 he was sent off in a club match versus Newton which meant he was unable to tour with the New Zealand team to Australia. In 1913 he was accused of injuring a player from Manukau and was banned for life however on appeal the New Zealand Council refused to confirm the ban and ultimately sacked the entire Auckland Rugby League board and selected a new one. Savory was also an outstanding boxer and in 1914 he became the National Amateur Heavyweight Boxing champion. In 1915 he enlisted in the army and on 8 May 1915 he was killed by a shell to the head before he reached shore at the Dardanelles aged 26.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Obituaries, William Moeki
William Moeki was born at Port Awanui on the East Coast. He was also known as Wātene Moeke and William Moeke. He played for the City Rovers from 1911 to 1914 in the forwards and scored 8 tries. He joined the Auckland Infantry Battalion and embarked for Suez, Egypt on 16 October 1914. William Moeki was killed in action at the Dardanelles on 25 April 1915. In a letter back to New Zealand by well known Auckland boxer Private Alfred Gault, Moeki was said to have last been seen in a bayonet charge. His name is memorialised on the Lone Pine Memorial, at Lone Pine Cemetery in Anzac Cove, Turkey and at Tikitiki Church's War Memorial. He was awarded the 1914–1915 Star, and British War & Victory Medals.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Obituaries, Charles James Hally
Charles James Hally was born on 18 May 1889 in Cambridge, New Zealand. Hally was also an outstanding sprinter and in 1913 was runner-up in the 100 and 220-yard championships of New Zealand. In 1914 he had moved to Auckland and played for the Otahuhu senior team where he scored 2 tries. He had moved to Morrinsville where he was farming before enlisting in the army soon after the outbreak of the war on 11 August 1914.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Obituaries, Charles James Hally
He was injured in battle on 8 May in an attack on the Daisy Patch at Gallipoli and recovered on Hospital Ship Franconia and at Cairo once ashore. He again joined the battle on the attack at Courtnays Post, Gallipoli serving in the Hauraki Company of the Auckland Infantry however this time he was wounded more seriously in the lungs and legs and succumbed to his injuries on 26 July 1915. He was buried at sea off Gaba Tepe. Like William Moeki he is commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial in Anzac, Turkey.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, 1st Grade championship
The 1st grade championship had been competing for the Myers Cup from 1910 to 1914 but after the beginning of the war the league decided to not award trophies though the grade competitions were still competed for as normal. Twenty eight matches were played in the 1st grade competition. Nine full rounds were played followed by the final. Victoria Park was the main ground used, with matches also played at the Auckland Domain, Devonport Domain, and Otahuhu.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, 1st Grade championship, 1st Grade fixtures, Round 4
In the match between Ponsonby and Otahuhu following a penalty being awarded to Ponsonby Arthur Hardgrave threw the ball and it struck the referee. It was unclear if this was accidental or deliberate according to the NZ Herald reporter of the time.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, 1st Grade championship, 1st Grade fixtures, Round 7
In the match between Newton and North Shore both Kiwi international Stan Walters, and Roope were sent off for "rough play".


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, 1st Grade championship, Roope Rooster knockout competition
Newton, Grafton and North Shore were round 1 victors and North Shore received a bye meaning they should have advanced to the final directly. However Grafton and Newton played out a 2–2 draw in their semi-final. Rather than play a replay the league decided to have a second semi-final match between Grafton and North Shore, with Newton progressing to the final. North Shore beat Grafton and then defeated Newton in the final to win the inaugural Roope Rooster trophy which is still played for today.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, 1st Grade championship, Top try scorers and point scorers
The following point scoring lists include both Senior Championship matches and the Roope Rooster competition. Unlike in previous seasons where there were several matches with incomplete scoring lists the 1915 season was well reported by the New Zealand Herald and only two tries were unattributed (one for Ponsonby and one for Newton). For the second year in a row the outstanding Karl Ifwersen easily topped the point scoring lists.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Charity Carnival
Then on 3 July a "Patriotic Carnival" was held involving the Auckland Hockey Association, Auckland Rugby League, Auckland Rugby Union, and the Auckland Football Association. In addition there was a golf competition and a school basketball competition. Over 15,000 people crammed into the Auckland Domain to watch the matches. In the league matches Grafton Athletic defeated City Rovers by 15 points to 10, in the second grade match City Rovers beat Mangere 8 points to 3, and in the fourth grade match the Manukau Rovers defeated Ponsonby United by 8 points to 3 also.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Lower grades
The lower grades consisted of second, third, fourth, and for the first time a fifth grade. New teams included Thames Old Boys, made up of players from Thames who had settled in Auckland, Richmond, who were affiliated with the Eden Ramblers club. The teams in each grade with the winning team in bold:


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative season
Due to World War I having broken out and the large number of players who had gone to fight the representative season was far reduced from previous years. The Auckland Rugby League did however decide to play 3 fixtures at the end of the season to support fledgling country leagues. Auckland had seen the death of a representative player already when Charles Savory died of his wounds at Gallipoli. The first representative match of the season was played on 28 August when Auckland defeated Thames by 27 points to 16 at Victoria Park with over 4,000 in attendance.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative season
In the return match a week later Thames won 25–13. The following weekend saw Auckland lose to Waikato in Huntly, though they had several new combinations and the first ever Roope Rooster club final was played at the same time in Auckland. A junior representative fixture was played as the curtain-raiser with Auckland winning by 16 points to 3 over a Lower Waikato team.


1915 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative season, Representative fixtures, Auckland v Thames
In the return match 350 Auckland supporters made the journey on board the Wakatere and were entertained by the Onehunga Brass Band.


1915 Australasian Championships
The 1915 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Auchenflower, Brisbane, Australia from 13 August January to 21 August. It was the 11th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 2nd held in Brisbane, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The men's singles title was won by Gordon Lowe.


1915 Australasian Championships, Finals, Doubles
Horace Rice /  Clarence Todd defeated  Gordon Lowe /  Bert St John, 8–6, 6–4, 7–9, 6–3


1915 Australasian Championships – Singles
Gordon Lowe defeated Horace Rice 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1915 Australasian Championships.


1915 Avezzano earthquake
The 1915 Avezzano earthquake or 1915 Fucino earthquake occurred on 13 January in central Italy at 07:52:42 local time. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The epicenter was located in the town of Avezzano (which was destroyed) in the Province of L'Aquila. Around 30,000 direct fatalities and $60 million in damage resulted from the earthquake.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Tectonic setting
The central Apennines of Italy are dominated by extensional tectonics as a result of either roll-back associated with continuing subduction of the Adriatic Plate or northeastward movement of the Adriatic Plate relative to the Eurasian Plate. The epicentral area of the earthquake lies within the Fucino Basin, an area of active rifting with a Pliocene to recent fill of greater than 1 km of fluvial to lacustrine sediments. Since the Late Pliocene the subsidence has controlled by a set of NW-SE trending, SW-dipping normal faults, including the Marsican Hwy Fault (MHF) and the San Benedetto dei Marsi–Gioia dei Marsi Fault (SBMGF), which bound the northeast side of the basin.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, History
Central and southern Italy in particular have been struck by deadly earthquakes in the last 300 years, with the deadliest earthquake dating back to at least the 1693 Sicily earthquake. Powerful shocks in 1693, 1783, and 1908 as well as 1915 have killed over 30,000 people each.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5 Ms, recalculated as 6.7 Mw. The calculated epicentre lies about 4 km west-northwest of San Benedetto dei Marsi. Surface ruptures that were mapped at the time show that parts of both the MHF and SBMGF moved during the earthquake. Focal mechanisms calculated using the limited instrumental data available for the earthquake suggest strike-slip faulting, but this is at odds with the known geological structure and the mechanism is thought to be purely extensional.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake took place at around 8:00 local time affecting thousands of people throughout central and southern Italy; the shaking was even felt in Rome. The town of Avezzano was literally toppled from the shaking and only one high-rise building survived. According to Robinson (1915), ninety-six percent of its population was eliminated almost simultaneously, the worst casualty zone. Several other settlements were demolished in the worst of the earthquake. This damage was attributed to the length of the shock, over 1 minute, and the enormous amount of energy released during the tremor. Compound motion of the fault was also a likely contributor to the earthquake's destruction. The structure of the housing also contributed to the collapse; many homes had been built from simple rocks of varying size and were not reinforced by mortar or even wood.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Damage and casualties
Damage of the earthquake was distributed throughout central and southern Italy. St John's Lateran reported one fallen statue in addition to cracks in the Column of Marcus Aurelius; Rome experienced other minor damage. In fact, damage from the earthquake was diverse; either the location was destroyed or experienced little to no damage.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Damage and casualties
Survivors were pulled out slowly from the ruins of earthquake-stricken zones. One man survived in a barn for a period of 25 days living solely off of grains and water. After a short time the searchers ran out of space to dispose of the debris as it was too overwhelming in mass, forcing the workers to give up. As E.V. Robinson later described, the remaining "work of excavation seemed to go on in an unsystematic and half hearted way".


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Response and relief efforts
Initial reports did not mention serious damage, and not until later that night did the scale of the devastation become clear. The government in Rome assumed local authorities had delayed reporting the facts, and it was rumored that they even tried to remove one mayor from office. However, when trying to serve him notice it became clear that he, together with most of his town's people, had died in the earthquake. Because of World War I the government decided not to accept foreign assistance, and a national rescue and relief effort was promptly started.


1915 Avezzano earthquake, Response and relief efforts
Among those nursing the victims was the Venerable Suzanne Aubert. She wrote back to New Zealand in August There are now very few of the victims of the earthquake left in hospitals, but the wounded soldiers keep on arriving. Theirs is a pitiful sight, but I think that the sight of the crushed people was worse. You see only men in the soldiers, while with the other people, there was such a number of women and children. I feel quite at home with my work, but I am forgetting English in trying to understand the different dialects of the poor sufferers. Each province, almost each district has its own, it makes the service difficult. Fortunately we can go a long way with signs.


1915 Baltimore Terrapins season
The 1915 Baltimore Terrapins season was a season in American baseball. The Terrapins finished in 8th place in the Federal League, 40 games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded.


1915 Baltimore Terrapins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Baltimore Terrapins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Baltimore Terrapins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Baltimore Terrapins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Baltimore Terrapins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Baltimore mayoral election
The 1915 Baltimore mayoral election saw the reelection of James H. Preston.


1915 Baltimore mayoral election, General election
Other candidates included Socialist nominee C. F. Saunders and Labor nominee Robert W. Stevens.


1915 Barcelona City Council election
The 1915 Barcelona City Council election was held on Sunday, 14 November 1915, to elect half of the Barcelona City Council. 25 out of 50 seats were up for election.


1915 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system
The number of seats of each council was determined by the population count, according to the 1877 Municipal Law. As Barcelona had more than 200,000 inhabitants, the number of seats composing the city council was 50. The municipal law also established that half of the seats had to be renewed every two years. Therefore, in these elections 25 seats had to be renewed. Additionally, any vacant seat would also be renewed. The municipality was divided in 10 multi-member constituencies, corresponding to the city districts. Seats were elected using limited partial block voting. Candidates winning a plurality in each constituency were elected. In districts electing. Voting was on the basis of universal manhood suffrage, which comprised all national males over twenty-five, having at least a two-year residency in a municipality and in full enjoyment of their civil rights.


1915 Barcelona City Council election, Electoral system
The Municipal Law allowed the King of Spain to elect directly the Mayor of Barcelona.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election
The 1915 Bay of Islands by-election was a by-election held on 8 June 1915 during the 19th New Zealand Parliament in the Northland electorate of Bay of Islands. The by-election came about because Vernon Reed's win in the 1914 general election was declared void by an electoral court. The seat was won by William Stewart of the Reform Party. Reed, who was also of the Reform Party, was barred by the court from standing for election for 12 months.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Background
Reed was first elected to the Bay of Islands electorate in the 1908 general election as a candidate of the Liberal Party. The 1911 election resulted in significant losses for the Liberal Party and Joseph Ward's government survived a no-confidence motion on the casting vote of the speaker only. Ward chose to resign, though, and made way for a new liberal Prime Minister, Thomas Mackenzie. Reed expected to be part of the new cabinet and the media discussed that he might be appointed Attorney-General due to his legal background. Reed was invited to cabinet, but he did not join because the majority of the cabinet did not support his views of freehold. When the Mackenzie government faced a no-confidence vote in July 1912, Reed voted with the opposition, thus effectively joining the Reform Party.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Background
Reed's switch to Reform caused problems in the 1914 election. George Wilkinson had been the Reform candidate in the Bay of Islands electorate in 1911, he was keen to represent Reform in that electorate in 1914, and he had the backing of the local electorate committee. Reed also wanted to run for Reform, and as he had the backing of the party head office, he was declared the official Reform candidate. Reed narrowly won the election against Te Rangi Hīroa of the Liberal Party, with Wilkinson coming third.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Background
Bill Veitch, at the time a United Labour Party MP in Wanganui, claimed that Wilkinson had been under immense pressure from the Reform Party not to contest the Bay of Islands election, and that William Massey had promised him a seat in the Legislative Council in return, an allegation later picked up by other media outlets but also implicating Reed in the affair.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Background
This complaint was elevated to a formal election petition in April 1915 by Waipapakauri resident Edward Evans and Edward Parsons of Waipuna on the Whangaroa Harbour, who engaged a King's Counsel, John Findlay, and a solicitor, Bill Endean, as their counsel. Reed used his brother John, also a King's Counsel, as his legal representative. The primary complaint was that Reed had, through an intermediary, tried to convince Wilkinson to retire by promising him a seat on the Legislative Council, and to reimburse him for his election campaign expenses.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Background
On 8 May 1915, the petition was upheld Justice Chapman and Justice Hosking, the election declared void, and Reed barred from standing in another election for one year. Since 1913, there have been over 100 by-elections held in New Zealand, and this was one of only five cases where a general election was declared void by the courts.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Result and aftermath
On 8 June 1915, Stewart won the by-election against George Gardiner Menzies of the Liberal Party. Stewart resigned his seat again in March 1917 owing to not being able to give enough time to his constituents and because of business pressures, but the editor of the North Otago Times offered a different explanation:


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Result and aftermath
Mr Stewart silently served in the House of Representatives as a sort of political warming pan for the Bay of Islands seat while Mr Vernon Reed, its former occupier as a supporter of the Reform Party, marked time during the period of his technical disqualification as a candidate at the 1914 election. Immediately that time was over, Mr Stewart resigned owing to pressure of private business.


1915 Bay of Islands by-election, Result and aftermath
Stewart's resignation caused the 1917 by-election and Vernon Reed stood again for the Reform Party. In accordance with the agreement between the Reform and Liberal parties during World War I, the Liberal Party did not field a candidate, as the Reform Party held the seat prior to the by-election. With no other candidates having come forward, Reed was declared elected unopposed. When the Massey government made 19 appointments to the Legislative Council in May 1918, Stewart was one of the appointees.


1915 Baylor Bears football team
The 1915 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University during the 1915 college football season. Baylor won a later-vacated Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship.


1915 Bendigo by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bendigo on 6 February 1915. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP and External Affairs Minister John Arthur.


1915 Biddle football team
The 1915 Biddle football team represented Biddle University—now known as Johnson C. Smith University—in the 1915 college football season as an independent. Biddle played one game, losing against rival Livingstone in an annual Thanksgiving game.


1915 Birthday Honours
The 1915 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette and in The Times on 3 June 1915.


1915 Birthday Honours
Many of the honours were awarded for efforts in the war. The Times noted, "The lists of Honours conferred on the occasion of the King's Birthday reflect the mood of the time, and contain, for the most part, the names of those who have been engaged in forwarding the national cause, in one way or another." A second list of birthday honours  "for services rendered in connection with military operations in the field" was released on 23 June, with appointments to date from 3 June. The list included nine recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Four of the recipients of the Victoria Cross were killed in actions and received the honour posthumously.


1915 Birthday 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.


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Privy Councillor
The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
'"On 26th April, 1915, subsequent to a landing having been effected on the beach at a point on the Gallipoli Peninsula, during which both Brigadier-General and Brigade Major had been killed, Lieutenant-Colonel Doughty-Wylie and Captain Walford organized and led an, attack through and on both sides of the village of Sedd-el-Bahr on the Old Castle at the top of the hill inland. The enemy's position was very strongly held and entrenched, and defended with concealed machine-guns and pom-poms. It was mainly due to the initiative, skill and great gallantry of these two Officers that the attack was a complete success. Both were killed in the moment of victory."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
"On the afternoon of 25th April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of Ypres, when in charge of an advanced dressing station in some farm buildings, which were being heavily shelled by the enemy, he directed under heavy fire the removal of the wounded, and he himself carried a severely wounded Officer out of a stable in search of a place of greater safety. When he was unable alone to carry this Officer further, he remained with him under fire till help could be obtained During the very heavy fighting between 52nd and 25th April, Captain Scrimger displayed continuously day and night the greatest devotion to his duty among the wounded at the front."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
"For most conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on April 20th, 1915, when he was commanding a company of his battalion in a front trench on "Hill 60," which was subjected to' a most severe bombardment throughout the day. Though wounded in several places, he remained at his post and led his company in repelling a strong German assault. During a lull in the bombardment he had his wounds hurriedly dressed, and then insisted in returning to his trench, which was again being subjected to severe bombardment.


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
Towards evening, his company being dangerously weakened, he went back to his battalion headquarters, represented the situation to his Commanding Officer, and brought up reinforcements, passing backwards and forwards over ground swept by heavy fire. With these reinforcements he held his position throughout the night, and until his battalion was relieved next morning. This young Officer was one of the few survivors of his company, and showed a magnificent example of courage, devotion and tenacity, which undoubtedly inspired his men to hold out till the end."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
"On 24th April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of Ypres, when a wounded man who was lying some 15 yards from the trench called for help, Company Sergeant-Major Hall endeavoured to reach him in the face of a very heavy enfilade fire which was being poured in by the enemy. The first attempt-failed, and a Non-commissioned Officer and private soldier who were attempting to give assistance were both wounded. Company Sergeant-Major Hall then made a second most gallant attempt, and was in the act of lifting up the wounded man to bring him in when he fell mortally wounded in the head."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
"On the early morning of 13th May, 1915, when in charge of a portion of an advanced breastwork south of the Wieltje-St. Julien Road during a very fierce and continuous bombardment by the enemy, which frequently blew in the breastwork, Lance-Sergeant Belcher with a mere handful of men elected to remain and endeavour to hold his position after the troops near him had been withdrawn. By his skill and great gallantry he maintained his position during the day, opening rapid fire on the enemy, who were only 150 to 200 yards distant, whenever he saw them collecting for an attack. There is little doubt that the bold front shown by Lance-Sergeant Belcher prevented the enemy breaking through on the Wieltje Road, and averted an attack on the flank of one of our Divisions."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
"On 23rd April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of St. Julien, he went forward with the machine gun, of which he was in charge, under heavy fire, and most gallantly assisted in covering the retreat of a battery, losing four men of his gun team. Later, after obtaining four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and was himself killed while bringing his machine gun into action under very heavy fire, in order to cover the advance of supports."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
"During a violent thunderstorm on the night of 22nd May, 1915, he left his trench near Cambrin, and crept out through the German wire entanglements till he reached the emplacement of a German machine gun which had been damaging our parapets and hindering our working parties. After climbing on the top of the German parapet he threw a bomb in under the roof of the gun emplacement and heard some groaning and the enemy running away.


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Victoria Cross (VC)
After about a quarter of an hour he heard some of them coming back again, and climbed up on the other side of the emplacement and threw another bomb among them left-handed. He then lay still while the Germans opened a heavy fire on the wire entanglement behind him, and it was only after about an hour that he was able to crawl back to his own trench. Before starting out he had requested a serjeant to open fire on the enemy's trenches as soon as he had thrown his bombs. Rifleman Mariner was out alone for one and a half hours carrying out this gallant work."


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Citation —  The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Distinguished Service Order in respect of the undermentioned Officers, in recognition of their services with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force:


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Citation — The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the following rewards for gallantry and devotion to duty in connection with the operations at the Dardanelles (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force):


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following award of the Distinguished Service Cross in respect of the undermentioned Officers, in recognition of their services with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
Citation —His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award to the undermentioned Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men, for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty whilst serving with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders:


1915 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Indian Order of Merit (IOM)
"His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned Rewards to Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Indian Army for gallantry and devotion to duty whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force:"


1915 Boston Braves season
The 1915 Boston Braves season was the 45th season of the franchise. The Braves finished second in the National League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses, seven games behind the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. The 1915 season was notable for the opening of Braves Field on August 13, the last of the National League's "jewel box" stadiums to be built. (Weeghman Park in Chicago, while opened in 1914, would not be occupied by the Cubs until the next season.) Prior to the opening of Braves Field, the Braves had played in Fenway Park for the first half of the 1915 season and the last 27 games of the 1914 season, having left their only previous home, South End Grounds, on August 11, 1914.


1915 Boston Braves season
In the final game of the season, a 15–8 loss to the New York Giants, Joe Shannon made his final Major League appearance, and Red Shannon made his first Major League appearance. The two were twins, marking the first of three times that twins played on the same team (along with Eddie and Johnny O'Brien and Jose and Ozzie Canseco).


1915 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Boston College football team
The 1915 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College during the 1915 college football season.


1915 Boston Red Sox season
The 1915 Boston Red Sox season was the 15th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 101 wins and 50 losses.


1915 Boston Red Sox season
The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 1915 World Series, which the Red Sox won in five games to capture the franchise's third World Series. While the Red Sox' home field was Fenway Park, their two home games of the World Series were played at Braves Field, due to its larger seating capacity.


1915 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Boston Red Sox season, 1915 World Series
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (1)


1915 British football match-fixing scandal
The 1915 British football betting scandal occurred when a Football League First Division match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 2 April (Good Friday) 1915 was fixed in United's favour, with players from both sides benefiting from bets placed upon the result. In all, seven players were found to have participated in the scandal and all were subsequently banned for life, although most later had their bans overturned.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, The match
At the time of the match, Manchester United were struggling to avoid relegation, while Liverpool were in mid-table and neither challenging for honours nor facing the threat of relegation themselves. The effects of the First World War provided further motivation to perpetrate a fix – by the end of March it was almost certain that the league would suspend operations after the 1914–15 season was finished, interrupting and possibly ending the footballing careers of everyone then playing in the league. Also, the players perhaps thought that the diversion of the conflict would lessen the attention that would normally be paid to a dubious match result.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, The match
The match ended in a 2–0 win to United, with George Anderson scoring both goals. However, the match referee and some observers noted Liverpool's lack of commitment during the game – they had missed a penalty that had been awarded to them, and when Fred Pagnam hit the Manchester United crossbar late in the match, his teammates publicly remonstrated with him.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, Investigation and punishments
After the match, handbills started to appear, alleging that a large amount of money had been bet at odds of 7/1 on a 2–0 win to United. The Football Association launched an investigation and found that players from both sides had been involved in rigging the match: Sandy Turnbull, Arthur Whalley and Enoch West of United, and Jackie Sheldon, Tom Miller, Bob Pursell and Thomas Fairfoul of Liverpool; Sheldon was a former United player himself and was found to be the plot's ringleader. Some players, such as Pagnam and United's George Anderson, had refused to take part.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, Investigation and punishments
Pagnam had threatened to score a goal to ruin the result, hence his late shot against the crossbar; he later testified against his team-mates at the FA hearing. At the same hearing, United player Billy Meredith denied any knowledge of the match-fixing, but stated that he became suspicious when none of his teammates would pass the ball to him.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, Investigation and punishments
All seven players were banned from playing for life in a decision handed down on 27 December 1915. The FA concluded that it had been a conspiracy by the players alone – no official from either club was found guilty of wrongdoing, and neither club was fined or had points deducted. West vociferously protested his innocence, even going so far as suing the FA for libel. However, he lost the case and the ban stood.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, Investigation and punishments
In itself, the ban had no immediate effect on the players' footballing careers, as by that point the Football League had suspended operations for the duration of the First World War. The ban did not apply in Scotland (four of the suspended players were Scottish), however the Scottish Football Association was never called upon to issue any sort of ruling on the players' eligibility there.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, Investigation and punishments
Sandy Turnbull was killed while serving in the war, but all the other players, except West, had their bans lifted by the FA in 1919 in recognition of their service to the country; Turnbull received a posthumous reinstatement. The intervention of the First World War meant that the Football League did not resume until 1919–20. This meant that West was the only player involved who was actually unable to play League football due to suspension. Fairfoul also did not return to football although he was re-instated, however the other four players resumed their careers after the war. West had to wait until 1945 for his ban to be lifted, by which time he was 59.


1915 British football match-fixing scandal, Consequences
Although the players' main motives for the match-fixing appear to be financial, and not to save United from relegation, the two points United won from that game were enough to earn them 18th place and safety, one point ahead of 19th-placed Chelsea, who were nominally relegated. Before the 1919–20 season started, the League decided to expand the First Division by two teams; Chelsea (along with Arsenal) were elected back into the First Division and thus spared the drop.


1915 Brooklyn Robins season
The 1915 Brooklyn Robins improved enough to finish in third place, just 10 games behind the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.


1915 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season
The 1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season was a season in American baseball. The Tip-Tops finished in 7th place in the Federal League, 16 games behind the Chicago Whales. The season was notable in that it featured one of the only known major-league professional baseball games of the modern era in which admission was free (June 28, 1914, vs. the Chicago Whales).


1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Brown Bears football team
The 1915 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach Eddie N. Robinson, Brown compiled a 5–3–1 record in the regular season, lost to Washington State in the second Rose Bowl game, and outscored all opponents by a total of 166 to 46. The team played its home games at Andrews Field in Providence, Rhode Island. Notable players included Fritz Pollard, Zach Siebel, and Wallace Wade.


1915 Bucknell football team
The 1915 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Johnson, the team compiled a 2–6–3 record.


1915 Buffalo All-Stars season
The 1915 Buffalo All-Stars (or just "All-Buffalo" as they were known in local papers) played in the Buffalo Semi Pro Football division which was considered part of the New York Pro Football League.


1915 Buffalo All-Stars season
The Buffalo All-Stars went through the season without suffering a defeat or having their goal line crossed while beating some of the best football squads in western and central New York, according to the manager's official report.


1915 Buffalo All-Stars season
The team posted a record of 6–0-1 outscoring opponents 182-0 and considered themselves the champions of western New York football for 1915.


1915 Buffalo All-Stars season
The team was called All-Buffalo, in part, because every section of the city of Buffalo, NY was represented on the squad. The team consisted of the following players: Lynch, Provonsha, Bailey, Knapp. Tallchief, Gabriel, Gregory, Dooley, Sherman, Jeffrey, Henneman, Jones, Johnson and Shoemaker. There were three former college players in the lineup, among them Johnson, an end from Penn State; Jeffrey, a half back from North Carolina; and Provonsha, a tackle from Oberlin.


1915 Buffalo All-Stars season
Eugene F. Dooley played quarterback and also managed the team.


1915 Buffalo Bisons football team
The 1915 Buffalo Bisons football team was an American football team that represented the University at Buffalo—now known as the University at Buffalo—as an independent during the 1915 college football season. Led by Frank Mount Pleasant in his first and only year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 4–4.


1915 Buffalo Blues season
The 1915 Buffalo Blues season was a season in American baseball. The team, which did not have an official nickname but was generally known as the Buffeds the previous year, adopted the "Blues" nickname for the 1915 season. They finished 74–78, good for 6th place in the Federal League, 12 games behind the Chicago Whales. After the season, both the team and the league folded. It would be 105 more years—when the Toronto Blue Jays temporarily moved to Buffalo to play the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and avoid border restrictions—before Buffalo hosted Major League Baseball again.


1915 Buffalo Blues season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Buffalo Blues season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Buffalo Blues season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Buffalo Blues season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Buffalo Blues season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1915 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic School, now California Polytechnic State University, in the 1915 college football season. In its inaugural season, the team was led by D.W. Schlosser, and played just two games against Santa Barbara High School.


1915 Calgary municipal election
The 1915 Calgary municipal election took place on December 13, 1915 to elect a Mayor to a one year term and six Aldermen on a two year term, and two Aldermen for a one year term, to sit on the thirty-first Calgary City Council. In addition, a Commissioner, four members for the Public School Board, three members for the Separate School Board, two plebiscites on daylight savings time and extension of coving franchise both passed.


1915 Calgary municipal election
The eight elected Aldermen joined Aldermen John Sidney Arnold, Arthur Walter Ellson Fawkes, James Abel Hornby, and Isaac Gideon Ruttle who were previously elected for two-year terms in 1914 on Calgary City Council.


1915 Calgary municipal election, Background
The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor, commissioner and six ballots for Aldermen who were elected at-large with the city as one large district.


1915 Calgary municipal election, Background
Voting franchise was open to all men or women listed on the City's assessment roll with real property valued over $400. The 1915 election would be the last municipal election in Calgary requiring property ownership, and was the last without a citizenship requirement.


1915 Calgary municipal election, Background
Two one-year Alderman position was opened on Council following John William Mitchell and John Leslie Jennison resigned during their two year term. The six candidates with the most votes were elected to two year terms, while the next two highest candidates were elected to a single year term.


1915 Calgary municipal election, Background
Mayor Costello and Commissioner Graves were acclaimed upon the close of nominations on December 7, 1915.


1915 Calgary municipal election, Plebiscite, Franchise extension
Extension of voting franchise to all residents male or female who are British subjects 21 years of age who have been residents of the city for six months prior to June 1 of the year of a municipal election.


1915 California Golden Bears football team
The 1915 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1915 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach Jimmie Schaeffer and compiled a record of 8–5. This was Cal's first season of football since 1905 and final season as an independent.


1915 Campeonato Carioca
The 1915 Campeonato Carioca, the tenth edition of that championship, kicked off on May 2, 1915 and ended on October 31, 1915. It was organized by LMSA (Liga Metropolitana de Sports Athleticos, or Metropolitan Athletic Sports League). Seven teams participated. Flamengo won the title for the 2nd time. Rio Cricket was relegated.


1915 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title. The team with the fewest points would dispute a playoff against the champions of the second level.


1915 Campeonato Carioca, Championship, Relegation playoffs
The last-placed team, Rio Cricket would dispute a playoff against Andarahy, champions of the Second Level. Rio Cricket lost the playoff, and with many of its players, who were mostly English, leaving to fight on World War I, Rio Cricket left the league in 1917.


1915 Campeonato Paulista
In the 1915 season of the Campeonato Paulista, two championships were disputed, each by a different league.


1915 Campeonato Paulista, APSA Championship
The APSA-organized Campeonato Paulista started with the same participants as last year. Shortly after the beginning of the championship, Corinthians left LPF and attempted to join APSA, and although nominally accepted in the league, it wasn't a full member and couldn't take part in the championship, and as such, the team was only allowed to friendlies that year. At the end of the championship, AA das Palmeiras won its 3rd title. the top scorer was AA das Palmeiras's Carlos Nazareth with 13 goals.


1915 Campeonato Paulista, APSA Championship, System
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1915 Campeonato Paulista, LPF Championship
The edition of the 1915 Campeonato Paulista organized by the LPF (Liga Paulista de Football) ended with Germânia winning the title for the 2nd time. the top scorer was Campos Elyseos's Facchini with 17 goals.


1915 Campeonato Paulista, LPF Championship, System
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1915 Canton Bulldogs season
The 1915 Canton Bulldogs season was their sixth season in the Ohio League. For the first time since 1906, that the team was once again called the "Bulldogs". The year also marked the arrival of the legendary Jim Thorpe to the Canton line-up. The team finished with a known record of 5–2 and a share of the Ohio League title, the Massillon Tigers and the Youngstown Patricians.


1915 Cardiff by-election
The Cardiff by-election of 1915 was held on 12 November 1915. The by-election was held due to the killed in action of the incumbent Conservative MP, Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart. It was won by the Conservative candidate James Cory, who was unopposed.


1915 Carlisle Indians football team
The 1915 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1915 college football season.


1915 Carmarthen Boroughs by-election
The Carmarthen Boroughs by-election of 1915 was held on 17 March 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, W. Llewelyn Williams, becoming Recorder of Cardiff. It was retained by Williams who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.


1915 Castlereagh state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Castlereagh on 20 February 1915 following the death of John Treflé (Labor).


1915 Challenge Cup
The 1915 Challenge Cup was the 19th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1915 Challenge Cup, Final
Huddersfield defeated St. Helens 37-3 in the Challenge Cup Final, on 1 May, held at Watersheddings, Oldham before a crowd of 8,000.


1915 Challenge Cup, Final
This was Huddersfield’s second Challenge Cup win in as many Final appearances.


1915 Challenge Cup, Final
At one point St Helens' players refused to enter the field of play unless promised bonuses for reaching the final were paid by the Committee


1915 Challenge Cup, Final
St Helens team - 1 Bert Roberts, 2 Tom Barton, 3 Jimmy Flanagan, 4 Tom White, 5 Henry Greenall, 6 Matt Creevey, 7 Fred Trenwith, 8 George Farrimond, 9 Sam Daniels – Try, 10 James Shallcross, 11 William Jackson, 12 Tom Durkin, 13 William Myers


1915 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1915 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga during the 1915 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. This was the eighth season for this football program located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team was just starting and were a part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.


1915 Chesterton by-election
The Chesterton by-election, 1915 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of the Chesterton or Western Division of Cambridgeshire  on 13 February 1915.


1915 Chesterton by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, the Rt. Hon. Edwin Montagu as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the Cabinet. Under the Parliamentary rules of the day had to resign and fight a by-election.


1915 Chesterton by-election, Candidates
Montagu was re-selected to fight the seat by his local Liberal Association and as the wartime truce between the political parties was in operation   no opposing candidate was nominated against him.


1915 Chesterton by-election, The result
There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Montagu was returned unopposed.


1915 Chicago Cubs season
The 1915 Chicago Cubs season was the 44th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 40th in the National League and the 23rd and final at West Side Park. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 73–80.


1915 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago Maroons football team
The 1915 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1915 college football season. In their 24th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 5–2 record, finished in third place in the Western Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 83 to 50.


1915 Chicago Whales season
The 1915 Chicago Whales season was a season in American baseball. After not having an official nickname in 1914, the team officially became the Whales for the 1915 season. They finished the season with an 86–66 record, placing them in a statistical tie with the St. Louis Terriers for first place in the Federal League. However, since the Whales had a slightly better winning percentage, they were declared the league champions.


1915 Chicago Whales season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Chicago Whales season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Chicago Whales season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago Whales season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago Whales season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago White Sox season
The 1915 Chicago White Sox season involved the White Sox finishing third in the American League.


1915 Chicago White Sox season
With the acquisitions of Eddie Collins (over the winter) and Joe Jackson (in August), Chicago now had the two hitters they needed to win the 1917 and 1919 AL pennants.


1915 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1915, Republican William H. Thompson defeated Democrat Robert Sweitzer.


1915 Chicago mayoral election
Five-term incumbent Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. had been defeated in the Democratic primary by Sweitzer.


1915 Chicago mayoral election
This was the first mayoral election to take place in Chicago after Illinois granted partial women's suffrage, enabling women to vote in Chicago mayoral elections among other elections.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Cook County Clerk Robert Sweitzer challenged incumbent mayor Carter Harrison Jr. in the Democratic primary.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison's preceding fifth term had been hampered by an inner-party power struggle between Harrison and Democratic boss Roger Sullivan. Sweitzer was considered to be a Sullivan loyalist.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
There had been calls for Sullivan himself to seek the mayoralty, but he declined. After the a successful 1912 election cycle for Democrats, a significant number of people had been willing to run for mayor as candidates for Sullivan's faction of the party. This included Chicago City Clerk Franics D. Connery, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk John W. Rainey, and Robert M. Sweitzer. Sweitzer prevailed to become Sullivan's candidate.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
During the primary, Sullivan kept himself away from the spotlight, working behind the scenes in support of Sweitzer. He did this to avoid having Sweitzer's affiliation with him used for campaign attacks the way his connection with his hand-picked 1911 Democratic primary candidate, Andrew J. Graham, had been used a line of attack. He still headed Sweitzer's campaign committee, which also featured prominent Chicago politicians such as Robert "Bobby" Burke, Patrick Nash, Frank Ryan, Cook County Treasurer Henry Stuckart, and Chicago City Clerk Francis D. Connery.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Sweitzer's campaign's main therme was "efficiency in government". His campaign focused on Sweitzer's competent record and Harrison's shortcomings. He accused Harrison of running the city into debt, being a feeble administrator, and being responsible for the persistence of poor service on the city's street cars.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison was accused of being disloyal to the party for not having supported Sullivan's 1914 United States Senate campaign.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Sweitzer was able to build a coalition of ethnic groups that were put off by Harrison's war on crime. Sweitzer, being German (a group that made up 30% of the city's population), earned support from Germans. Harrison was portrayed by Sweitzer's campaign as of being anti-Irish and anti-Catholic. He was also painted as an "aristocrat", which was  charge that was off-putting to the city's many recent European immigrants, who poorly regarded aristocracy.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison ran a poor campaign. His campaign manager was John J. Sloan.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison sought to receive the support of every political ally possible. He received the backing of Anton Cermak, Adolph J. Sabath, Sheriff John Traeger, Chicago City Comptroller Michael Zimmer, City Treasurer of Chicago Michael Danisch. He also received a number of state legislators to back him, such as Michael Igoe. He even received a few defections from Sllivan's factions, such as former alderman Thomas Little and Thomas F. Flynn, the official campaign manager of Sullivan's 1911 mayoral candidate Andrew Graham. Harrison also managed to secure a tepid endorsement from Governor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, which Dunne stated that, despite his history of disagreements with Harrison, he felt that "by training, education, experience, and ability", Harrison was a better candidate.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
As he had in 1911, Harrison sought to make Sullivan a campaign issue, portraying him as a villain. This did not work as well in 1915, with a Democratic electorate which had only months before had Sullivan as its party's standard-bearer for the United States Senate race.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison sought to weaken Sweitzer's appeal to German-American voters by challenging Sweitzer to deliver a speech in German, despite the fact that Sweitzer was not bilingual. Harrison boasted of his own ability to speak German (he had received his education in Germany).


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison also sought to link Sweitzer to criminal leaders. This had little impact, as Harrison had his own history of ties to men or poor regard for the law.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison used the power of his office to his advantage. He ordered police to stop the mass posting of election posters, a favorite campaign tactic of Sullivan's faction. He cracked down on legal misdeeds of loyalists that had defected from him.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Harrison attempted to convince county judge Thomas F. Scully, to order every voter in the primary to be challenged. Scully, a Sullivan ally, despised this as voter suppression.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Late into the campaign, Harrison became sick. His wife Edith Ogden Harrison acted as an effective surrogate for him at rallies and meetings.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Each candidate sought to take advantage of the new advent of women's suffrage in Illinois. Harrison established special female committees tasked with canvassing the city's female electorate. Sweitzer had a women's auxiliary of his campaign, which argued that he was the stronger advocate for women's right. A key female endorser of Harrison was Margaret Haley, while a key female endorser of Sweitzer was Joanne E. Downes (president of the Illinois Women's Democratic League). However, many prominent progressive women disregarded both Democratic candidates, and instead endorsed Republican primary candidate Harry Olson.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
Each candidate also sought to appeal to voters that opposed the prohibition of alcohol. Harrison managed to secure the backing of the United Societies for Local Self-Government, the top pro-alcohol lobbying group.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary
As the election came near to its end, each side touted its prospects of winning. There appeared reason to believe the race might be close, but this did not prove to be the case.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Results
Sweitzer's victory effectively cost Harrison the opportunity to further pursue a, then-unprecedented, sixth term as mayor. It would not be until 1975 that a mayor (Richard J. Daley) would win election to a sixth term.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Results
After bitterly conceding, Harrison refused to rule-out the possibility of a third-party campaign.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
At the time of the primary, the Illinois Republican Party had been divided into two groups, one led by former governor Charles S. Deneen and another which was jointly led by William Lorimer and Frederick Lundin. Illinois' Republican Party had been thrown into chaos along with the national party in the aftermath of the 1912 United States presidential election, in which former president Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate and split the Republican vote. The power balance in Illinois' Republican Party had also been altered by Lorimer's removal from the United States Senate and Deneen's 1913 loss in his bid to seek reelection as governor.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
William Hale Thompson and Lundin had formed a political alliance, along with George F. Harding (political boss of the second ward), and James A. Pugh. Lundin orchestrated a "draft" effort in December 1914 to demonstrate popular support for Thompson's candidacy. He managed to get 15,000 individuals to sign a petition urging Thompson to run in the Republican mayoral primary, which was presented to him at a grand ceremony Lundin orchestrated at the Auditorium Theatre on December 22, 1914, where Thompson publicly declared he would run. In actuality, Lundin and Thompson had actually been planning for his mayoral run since 1912.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Thompson's chief opponent for the nomination was Harry Olson, Chief Justice of the Municipal Court. Olson was backed by Charles S. Deneen. Olson was widely considered the most progressive candidate running for either party's nomination. Olson received endorsements from many prominent progressive women, such as Jane Addams.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Despite his support from Lorimer and Lundin, Thompson was seen as backing the support of an established political machine. Lorimer was perceived to have had his prestige and influence decline following his 1912 ousting from the United States Senate.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Thompson benefited from his political alliance, as George F. Harding managed to secure Thompson strong support in the second ward, which proved to be critical in securing him his narrow margin of victory.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Thompson worked hard to seek strong support from the African American community. He also courted the city's German population, giving strong praise to Germans and their culture, and dismissing reports of atrocities being committed by the German forces in the German occupation of Belgium as British propaganda. This would prelude the neutral stance on World War I and the evocation of anglophobia that would become notable characteristics of Thompson's political career.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary, Results
Thompson won the Republican primary on February 23 by a narrow margin. The Republican primary received less attention from both the public and the media than the Democratic primary.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Progressive nomination
The Progressive Party nominated Charles M. Thompson. Thompson ultimately withdrew from the race and backed Republican nominee William H. Thompson.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Socialist nomination
Steadman had originally been planning to instead run for City Treasurer.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Initially, many thought Sweitzer to have the advantage in the race, as 50% more people had voted in the Democratic primary than the Republican primary. Many newspapers in the city discounted Thompson's prospects.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
After the primaries, both candidates faced the immediate challenges of unifying their parties after contentious primaries.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
A major blow to Sweitzer's campaign occurred when, bitter over his loss in the primary, Carter Harrison Jr. endorsed Thompson. Harrison's endorsement bolstered Thompson's support from business elites, a group which was already inclined to support him over Sweitzer.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
In contrast to the disunity of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party's Lundin wing brokered a peace with its Deneen wing. Thompson had quickly, after his primary win, garnered the endorsements of Deneen and his Deneen-backed primary opponent Harry Olson.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Thompson campaigned energetically. He managed to draw large to his rallies, employing techniques such as putting on parades and circuses to lure spectators to his political events.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Thompson saw strong support from such groups as Germans, Swedes, and blacks.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Democrats played up the fact that Sweitzer was of Irish and German descent in hopes that it might drum-up enthusiasm amongst voters in Chicago's immigrant community. They particularly targeted German-Americans and Catholics. Republicans charged that the Democratic Party had been attempting to mislead voters into thinking that Sweitzer was catholic, in an alleged effort to pander to voters in a city with a nearly 50% catholic population. Whether or not these charges were true, many protestant ministers were persuaded by these allegations to publicly support Thompson over Sweitzer.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Democrats also aimed to cast Sweitzer as a capable individual with a strong business record.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Sweitzer was a "wet", meaning that he was against prohibition, which many around the country had been advocating for at the time. Prohibitionists were skeptical of Thompson, who had ties to Lorimer (a "wet").


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Both the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Tribune  opposed, while the Chicago Journal strongly supported Thompson. In response to the opposition he received from newspapers, Thompson demonized what he dubbed the "trust press". He made an issue of the low property taxes Daily News publisher Victor Lawson reportedly paid on his Lake Shore Drive mansion. Thompson alleged that, in his tenure as Cook County Clerk Sweitzer had been responsible for this and other alleged calculation errors regarding taxes.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
The election was also shaped the backdrop of the World War in Europe. Democrats had become concerned that German voters regarded Sweitzer as having "abandoned his heritage" (in the past he had emphasized his Irish heritage far more than his German heritage). They undertook misguided efforts to drum up German support for his candidacy, which ultimately proved to be at the peril of his overall appeal to non-German/Austrian voters.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Materials supporting Sweitzer had been distributed in the German and Austrian neighborhoods of Chicago baring images of Kaiser Wilhelm and Emperor Franz Joseph were distributed urging all citizens of central European origin to support Sweitzer and the "Fatherland". This became significant when Sweitzer did not disavow these materials, thus lending credence to an informal association of him with the Central Powers war effort. Thompsons campaign seized on this, and distributed identical materials to Chicago's Polish and Czechoslovakian neighborhoods.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
An attempt to draft Charles E. Merriam as a third-party candidate failed, to Thompson's relief. Additionally, Progressive Party nominee, Charles M. Thompson, withdrew from the race and backed the Republican Thompson.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
While Sweitzer was officially endorsed by the Teamsters, the trade union support he received was dampened by a rumor that he had been a strikebreaker during a 1905 Teamsters strike. Despite Harrison's refusal to back him, many members of Harrison's faction of the Democratic Party did back him, such as Adolph Sabath, former county judge John E. Owens, and John J. Sloan.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Sweitzer was also burdened by organizational weakness of the Democratic Party. At the time of the election the Democratic Party lacked a strong political machine in Chicago.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Thompson accused Sweitzer of being the favored candidate of the city's criminal leadership.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Thompson sought to resurrect the, decades old, Ogden Gas Scandal, advertising the fact that Roger Sullivan had now made a significant profit from the company's 1913 sale to the city's local utility monopoly. Democrats countered this by revealing that Thompson had received a $5,000 contribution from James A. Patterson, the Maning director of the People's Gas and Electric Company.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Anti - Catholic literature appeared in Protestant neighborhoods, which echoed similar literature that had appeared during the 1912 senate election. Amid this, the Democrats and Republicans blamed each other for having been the party responsible for the literature.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Democratic prospects may also have been hampered by the economic downturn being experienced, which was attributable to the conflict in Europe.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
There were examples of election violence during the campaign, most notably with street battles which erupted on April 3, three days before the election. However, Election Day itself was largely devoid of election violence.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Besides Thompson and Sweitzer, the two additional candidates running in the election were Socialist candidate Seymour Steadman and Prohibition Party candidate John H. Hill.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
While Thompson had secured a lead in the campaign, with betting odds reflecting this, people failed to forecast a landslide victory.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Outcome
Thompson defeated Sweitzer by greater than an 11% margin. In terms of the number of votes, Thompson's margin of victory was greater than any prior Chicago municipal election. The number of votes Thompson received was more than any other candidate for mayor of Chicago had received, up to that time. Thompson won 25 of the city's 35 wards. Thompson's victory had coattail effect on coinciding municipal races.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Outcome
The 1915 Chicago municipal elections saw more voters than any municipal election up to that point in United States history. More than 240,000 women voted.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Outcome
In a poll of professors at the University of Chicago conducted by the Chicago Tribune, Thompson had received overwhelming support, with 81 professors surveyed having voted for Thompson and only 17 having voted for Sweitzer.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Outcome
Following the election, conversations arose attempting to identify a reason for the failure of Sweitzer's campaign. The Literary Digest proposed that the women's vote was the culprit for Thompson's victory. However, this was an insufficient thesis. While Thompson received 63% of the women's vote, he also had received 60% of the men's vote. Carter Harrison Jr. argued that the critical mistakes Democrats had made was bringing religion into the election and the allowing the circulation of materials containing the likeness of Kaiser Wilhelm and Franz Joseph. Analysis, however, has shown that Harrison's own endorsement of Thompson was likely a decisive factor in determining the outcome of the election.


1915 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results
Polling showed that Thompson received 45.90% of the Polish-American vote, while Sweitzer received 51.53% and Stedman received 2.53%.


1915 Chilean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 7 March 1915. The Conservative Party received the most votes in the Chamber of Deputies elections.


1915 Chilean presidential election
A presidential election was held in Chile in 1915. It was a bitterly contested election between Juan Luis Sanfuentes —a coalition candidate of the Liberal Party and Conservative Party— and Javier Ángel Figueroa —supported by the Liberal Alliance parties. Sanfuentes beat Figueroa by a single vote, with numerous allegations of fraud and electoral intervention. Because of this two situations, the National Congress made a contingent vote which Sanfuentes won.


1915 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1915 Cincinnati Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1915 college football season. In their second season under head coach George Little, the Bearcats compiled a 4–5 record (3–4 against conference opponents). Roy Palmer was the team captain. The team played its home games at Carson Field in Cincinnati.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1915 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the National League with a record of 71–83, 20 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
On December 14, the Reds picked up infielder Ivy Olson off of waivers from the Cleveland Naps. Olson struggled in the 1914 season, batting .242 with one home run and 20 RBI in 89 games with the Naps.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
In early 1915, the Reds lost infielder Marty Berghammer, who jumped to the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League. Berghammer saw limited action with the club, batting .223 with six RBI in 77 games during the 1914 season.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
The club purchased pitcher Gene Dale from the Montreal Royals of the International League. Dale had a 10-17 record with a 4.94 ERA with the Royals in the 1914 season, pitching 253.1 innings pitched in 36 games. Dale had previous major league experience, going 0-7 with a 6.60 ERA in 24 games over two seasons in 1911 and 1912 with the St. Louis Cardinals.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
On February 11, Cincinnati traded third baseman Bert Niehoff to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for catcher Red Dooin. Dooin struggled for the Phillies in 1914, batting only .178 with one home run and eight RBI in 53 games. To replace Niehoff at third base, the Reds moved second baseman Heinie Groh to third, and newly acquired Ivy Olson and Joe Wagner, who the team acquired in late December from the Spokane Indians of the Northwestern League, would split time playing second base.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
The Reds signed free agent outfielder Tommy Leach to a contract on February 22. Leach, who began his major league career with the Louisville Colonels in 1898, appeared in 153 games with the Chicago Cubs in 1914, batting .263 with seven home runs and 46 RBI. Leach had led the National League with 22 triples and six home runs while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1902, led the NL with 126 runs with the Pirates in 1909, and led the NL again in runs in 1913 with the Cubs with 99.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
On the same date, February 22, Cincinnati selected pitcher Fred Toney off of waivers from the Brooklyn Robins. He played the 1914 season with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, going 21-15 with a 3.21 ERA, pitching 311 innings in 49 games. Toney pitched with the Chicago Cubs from 1911-1913, going 4-5 with a 4.02 ERA in 34 games in those three seasons.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
On April 8, before the regular season began, the Reds traded away catcher Mike Gonzalez to the St. Louis Cardinals for catcher Ivey Wingo. Wingo batted .300 with four home runs and 26 RBI in 80 games with the Cardinals the previous season.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Midway through the season, on July 8, the Reds purchased second baseman Bill Rodgers from the Boston Red Sox. Rodgers had already split the season between the Cleveland Indians and the Red Sox, batting .275 with seven RBI in 27 games, before being acquired by Cincinnati. He became the starting second baseman, as nine days later, the Reds placed Ivy Olson on waivers, and he was picked up by the Brooklyn Robins.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
On July 23, the club sold pitcher Red Ames to the St. Louis Cardinals. Ames, who led the Reds pitching staff in 1914 with 297 innings pitched and 47 games pitched, while having a record of 15-21, struggled badly with the team at the time he was sold. In 17 games, Ames was 2-4 with a 4.50 ERA in 68 innings. He made only seven starts.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The club continued to make moves with the pitching staff, as Rube Benton was sold to the New York Giants for $3000 on August 19. Benton had a 6-13 record with a 3.32 ERA in 35 games.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Offensively, the team was second in the National League with a .253 batting average, and led the league in hits. Tommy Griffith led the Reds with a .307 batting average, four home runs and 85 RBI in his first season with the team. Heinie Groh had a solid season in his first year as a third baseman, batting .290 with three home runs and 50 RBI in 160 games. Player-manager Buck Herzog hit .264 with one home run, 42 RBI and a team high 35 stolen bases in 154 games.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The pitching staff was led by Gene Dale, who led the Reds with a record of 18-17, a 2.46 ERA and pitched in a team high 49 games, making 35 starts, throwing 20 complete games, and pitched 296.2 innings. Fred Toney had a record of 17-6 with a team best 1.58 ERA in 36 games, while 19 year old Pete Schneider had a 14-19 record with a 2.48 ERA in 48 games.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
The rebuilding Reds had a very solid 8-3 record in their first eleven games, however, a 3-13 stretch in their next 16 games knocked them into last place in the National League. The club would stay below .500 for the rest of the season, batting the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs for fourth in the National League. Eventually, the Reds finished in seventh place with a record of 71-83, 20 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League Pennant. Their 71 wins was an improvement of 11 over the 1914 season, and attendance more than doubled in 1915, as Cincinnati drew 218,878 fans, however, it was still the lowest in the league.


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Clarence state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Clarence on 14 August 1915 following the death of John McFarlane (Liberal Reform). There were two candidates endorsed by the Farmers and Settlers Party.


1915 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1915 Clemson Tigers football team represented the Clemson Tigers of Clemson Agricultural College during the 1915 college football season. Under third year head coach Bob Williams, the team posted a 2–4–2 record in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. W. K. McGill was the captain. The 1915 season saw the introduction of Riggs Field as Clemson's home stadium. Riggs would host the football team until Memorial Stadium was built in 1942.


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1915 Cleveland Indians season
The 1915 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 57–95, 44½ games behind the Boston Red Sox.


1915 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1915 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1915 Cleveland by-election
The Cleveland by-election of 1915 was held on 9 December 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Herbert Samuel, becoming Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. It was retained by Samuel.


1915 Colgate football team
The 1915 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Laurence Bankart, the team compiled a 5–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 223 to 38. Earl Abell was the team captain. The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.