1912 New York state election, History
Congressman William Sulzer was nominated for governor after the third ballot (first ballot: John Alden Dix [incumbent] 147, Sulzer 136, Herman A. Metz 70, Martin H. Glynn 46, George H. Burd 28, Francis Burton Harrison 21, William Sohmer 1; second ballot: Sulzer 141, Dix 124, Metz 68, Glynn 48, Burd 28, Harrison 27, Sohmer 2, Robert F. Wagner 2, James Aloysius O'Gorman 1, Victor J. Dowling 1; third ballot: Sulzer 195, Dix 87, Metz 76, Glynn 41, Harrison 21, Burd 9, Dowling 4, Wagner 3, O'Gorman 1, Ellison 1, George W. Batten 1, James W. Gerard 1; then Dix and Metz withdrew, and Sulzer was chosen).


1912 New York state election, History
Ex-Comptroller Martin H. Glynn (in office 1907-08) was nominated for lieutenant governor by acclamation, and the convention adjourned an hour after midnight. The convention met again on October 3, and nominated Mitchell May for secretary of state; re-nominated the other incumbent state officers Sohmer, Carmody, Kennedy and Bensel; and nominated William H. Cuddeback and John W. Hogan for the Court of Appeals.


1912 New York state election, History
The Independence League state convention met on October 3 at Arlington Hall in New York City. James A. Allen was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. They nominated Progressive Oscar S. Straus for Governor with 89 votes against 79 for Democrat William Sulzer, and then adjourned The convention met again on October 4, and nominated a ticket made up by Democrats Glynn, Sohmer and Cuddeback; Progressives Call, Palmieri, Leland and Kirchwey; and the only Independence Leaguer John Davis for treasurer. William Randolph Hearst himself endorsed Sulzer and Glynn.


1912 New York state election, Result
The whole Democratic ticket was elected in a three-cornered race.


1912 New York state election, Result
The Republican, Democratic, Independence League, Socialist and Prohibition parties maintained automatic ballot status (necessary 10,000 votes), the Progressive Party attained it, and the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election
The New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election 1912 was held on 22 March to choose the next leader of the New Zealand Liberal Party. The election was won by Thomas Mackenzie, who succeeded Joseph Ward.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election, Background
In February 1912 the Liberal Government led by Joseph Ward was saved from defeat in a confidence only by the casting vote of the speaker. Ward made good on an earlier promise and resigned the premiership.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Thomas Mackenzie
Mackenzie was seen by many as a strong contender for the leadership by many observers of the jockeying for position following Ward's resignation. However, many also saw Mackenzie as too new a recruit to the party to lead it.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, George Laurenson
Laurenson had been an MP since 1899 and represented the urban and more left-leaning Liberals. He was the member from Lyttelton. His candidacy took many by surprise, as talk of him as leader had been dismissed as mere gossip by the press.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election, Candidates, Others
Many expected John Millar to seek the leadship, thinking him assured the votes of members from urban electorates. However, realising that he did not have backing from the labour sympathisers in caucus (who supported Laurenson) he declined to run. Many others thought he lacked the charisma needed to reverse the party's fortunes. The only other name mentioned in the press as a possible successor to Ward was that of Josiah Hanan, MP for Invercargill.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election, Result
After a 10-hour caucus meeting on 22 March, presided over by Ward, Mackenzie won a simple ballot by the caucus 22 votes to 9.


1912 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election, Aftermath
After the vote, Laurenson became deputy and the two quickly put together a new cabinet. Mackenzie was to serve as Prime Minister from 28 March to 10 July 1912 when he resigned, after his party was defeated when it met the reassembled Parliament, giving way to the first Government of William Massey ending the Liberal's 22 year government.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1912 New Zealand rugby league season was the fifth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand toured Australia, playing seven games for four wins, including one over New South Wales and two over Queensland. Captain Arthur Francis left mid-way through the tour to start a contract with Wigan, he was replaced as captain by Arthur Carlaw. George A. Gillett coached the side.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Before the tour New Zealand defeated Auckland 38-16. The Auckland side was: E Asher, Seager, J Griffin, G Lambert, G Smith, R Mitchell, A Stanaway, A Jackson, D Kenealy, H Childs, H Fricker, D Healey and A Blakey.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand then hosted a return tour by New South Wales. The Blues side was virtually Test-standard. Twenty-four players toured, the majority of whom had been in the successful Kangaroos of 1911–12. The Blues began the tour by losing to Canterbury 5-28 before defeating Wellington 45-13 and Taranaki. They then lost to Auckland 3-10 in front of 7,000 fans at Victoria Park. During the match Sid Deane was sent off after punching Billy Curran three times.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Others to play for Auckland in the match included Jim Rukutai, George Seagar, Charles Dunning, Bob Mitchell, Harold and Morgan Hayward, Arthur Hardgrave and Rukingi Reki from the Rotorua sub-league. New South Wales rebounded by thrashing Rotorua 39-13. They then defeated New Zealand 18-10 in an unofficial "Test" at the Auckland Domain in front of around 15,000. After this result, the second scheduled "Test" was replaced with a second match against Auckland, which was won 25-2 by New South Wales at the Domain in front of 16,000.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New South Wales played in three more matches at the end of the tour, including a defeat of Canterbury. The New Zealand side for that match was: George Bradley, Rukingi Reke, Bill Kelly, Henry Duvall, Graham Cook, Billy Curran, Charles Webb (c), Cecil King, Morgan Hayward, Harold Hayward, Jim Rukutai, Bob Mitchell and Charles Dunning.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Former All Golds Billy Wynyard and Jim Gleeson both sat on the New Zealand Rugby League council.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season. They defeated the Hawke's Bay at Victoria Park on 27 July.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
A round of club matches were played at Eden Park, after negotiations between the ARL and the Auckland Cricket Board. These were the only club matches of rugby league played at the venue until the New Zealand Warriors played a match there in 2011 and the only rugby league match of any type until 1919.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Charles Savory was sent off in a match for Ponsonby United. He was suspended for the second half of the season, costing him a place on the New Zealand tour of Australia. Ponsonby included: Arthur Carlaw, J Chorley, Charlie Dunning, W Hooper, B Kean, Pip Webb, V Hunter, Tom Lynch, Scotch MacDonald, Harry Oakley, M Stanaway, Syd Riley, Billy Tyler and J Warner.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
City included Alex Stanaway, captain G Harrison, Ernie Asher and Bob Mitchell. George Seagar captained the North Shore, who also included Stan Weston, Alfred Jackson, Tom Haddon and William Wynyard. Don Kenealy played for Eden and Jim Rukutai played for Manukau.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Ellerslie Wanderers were formed at a meeting in April 1912 at the Ellerslie Hotel.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington
The Wellington Rugby League Association was officially formed on 23 May 1912 at the Trades Hall in Wellington when 1907–08 All Golds captain, Hercules Richard (Bumper) Wright presided over a meeting of 75 footballers and supporters, many of them prominent rugby union players in Wellington.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington
The founding committee was chaired by W J Riorden and included Daniel Fraser. Four club teams eventually managed to play a series of games during the 1912 season; Petone, Hutt, Athletic and Newtown, with Petone declared the first winners of the Seigel Cup.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
In an interview with The Press, the NZRL president, D.W. McLean, stated that there were affiliated districts in Thames, Rotorua, Goldfields, and Lower and Upper Waikato. The Hawke's Bay Rugby League had four senior clubs, Whanganui had three and one club existed in Taranaki.


1912 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
On 13 July the Canterbury Rugby League was formed and later in the month the New Zealand Rugby League accepted its affiliation. The founding committee included William Moyle, Robert Brunsden, Charlie Pearce, David McPhail, A.E. Hooper, who was elected chairman, and president Henry Thacker.


1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia
The 1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team.


1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Squad
The touring party included, backs; Arthur Carlaw (vice-captain), James Barber, George Bradley, Billy Curran, Jim Gilmour, Arthur Hardgrave, Bill Kelly, Don Kenealy, Lance Moir, Charles Webb, Stan Weston and forwards; Arthur Francis (captain), Tom Brownlee, Billy Dervan, Charles Dunning, Dave Evans, Harold Hayward, Morgan Hayward, Robert Irvine, Cecil King and Jim Rukutai.


1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Squad
Captain Arthur Francis left the squad before the final game against New South Wales. Francis took up a contract with Wigan, leaving on the same boat for England as Herb Gilbert, Steve Darmody and Bill Farnsworth.


1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Fixtures
New Zealand arrived in Sydney after midnight and only 14 hours before kick off of their first match.


1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Fixtures
The Combined XIII included five players from New South Wales, including Dally Messenger. However, because the team was organised by the Queensland Rugby League, it is not considered an official Australian match.


1912 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Fixtures
The players were scheduled to sail immediately after their final game as the New Zealand Rugby League had organised a match in Wellington. However the players rebelled and demanded a break from their hectic schedule. The NZRL subsequently held an inquest and fined the players 10 shillings each.


1912 News of the World Match Play
The 1912 News of the World Match Play was the tenth News of the World Match Play tournament. It was played from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 October at Sunningdale Golf Club. 32 players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 18 holes, except for the final which was over 36 holes. The winner received £100 out of a total prize fund of £400. Harry Vardon defeated Ted Ray by 1 hole in the final to win the tournament.


1912 News of the World Match Play, Qualification
Entry was restricted to members of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA). Qualification was by a series of 36-hole stroke-play competitions; one for each of the eight PGA sections. The Southern section had 12 qualifiers, the Northern section 7, the Midland section 5, the Scottish, Welsh and Western sections 2 and the Eastern and Irish sections 1. Because of the large number of entries in the Southern section, two events were run with 6 qualifiers at each venue. In the event of a tie for places there was a playoff.


1912 News of the World Match Play, Format
The format was unchanged. Matches were over 18 holes except for the final which was over 36 holes. Extra holes were played in the event of a tied match. Two rounds were played on the first day, two more on the second day with the final on the third day.


1912 News of the World Match Play, Prize money
The winner received £100 and a gold medal, but the runner-up now received £40 and a silver medal, losing semi-finalists £20 and a bronze medal, losing quarter-finalists £15, second round losers £10 and first round losers £5.


1912 Nicaraguan general election
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 2 November 1912 to elect a president and Constitutional Assembly. The presidential elections were won by Adolfo Díaz of the Conservative Party, although neither of the two opposition candidates were official. The Liberal Party did not contest the elections due to pressure from the United States.


1912 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team
The 1912 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team represented the North Carolina A&M Aggies of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts during the 1912 college football season. It was the inaugural season of play for the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Edward L. Greene.


1912 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1912 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1912 college football season. The team captain of the 1912 season was Wm. Tillett.


1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1912 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Locke Craig defeated Progressive nominee Iredell Meares with 61.35% of the vote.


1912 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1912 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Arthur Rueber, the team compiled a 5–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 6.


1912 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1912 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Republican nominee L. B. Hanna defeated Democratic nominee Frank O. Hellstrom with 45.45% of the vote.


1912 North West Norfolk by-election
The North West Norfolk by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Vacancy
The vacancy was caused by the death of the sitting member, Sir George White, on 11 May 1912 at the age of 72. He had been the MP there since 1900.


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Electoral history
The constituency was a safe Liberal seat, which they had won at every election since its creation in 1885. The result at the last general election was clear cut;


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Campaign
Hemmerde was a fanatical advocate of a Single tax system, based on a Land Value tax, and he made this issue the centre of his campaign. He argued that a Land Value tax meant "raising wages and solving the rural housing problem". He endorsed the programme of the National Agricultural Labourers and Rural Workers Union, which called for Trade Boards to set agricultural wages. A Land Value tax was not Liberal Party policy, but Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George, sent Hemmerde a message of support in which he agreed to "a thorough reorganization of the land system".


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Result
The Liberals held the seat, with only a small swing away from them:


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Aftermath
The result brought the issue of Land Value taxation to the fore of Liberal government thinking. Lloyd George sat down with Hemmerde and the Single Taxers to devise new land policies to present to the electors at the next general election.


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Aftermath
A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. However, due to the outbreak of World War I, the election did not take place.


1912 North West Norfolk by-election, Aftermath
Boundary changes resulted in the constituency being abolished and merged into King's Lynn. Hemmerde was promised government endorsement, but was denied the coalition coupon and decided not to contest the 1918 general election. This meant that the Liberal Party lost the seat by close of nominations.


1912 Northern Illinois State Normal football team
The 1912 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1912 college football season. They were led by third-year head coach William Wirtz and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 3–5 record. William Baker was the team's captain.


1912 Northwestern Purple football team
The 1912 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1912 college football season. In their third and final year under head coach Charles Hammett, the Purple compiled a 2–3–1 record (2–3 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Western Conference.


1912 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1912 Norwegian Football Cup was the 11th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for 1912 local association leagues (kretsserier) champions, and the defending champion, Lyn. Mercantile won their first title, having beaten Fram in the final.


1912 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1912, with a second round held between 4 and 11 November. The result was a victory for the alliance of the Liberal Party and the Labour Democrats, which won 76 of the 123 seats in the Storting.


1912 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1912 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1912 college football season.


1912 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
On October 5, in one of the most lopsided contests in Notre Dame history, junior quarterback Gus Dorais led the Irish to a 116–7 rout of St. Viator in the season-opener. Second year coach John L. Marks guided Notre Dame to another undefeated season in 1912, following up a 6–0–2 record in 1911 with a 7–0 mark.


1912 Nottingham East by-election
The Nottingham East by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 19 April 1912. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1912 Nottingham East by-election, Aftermath
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.


1912 Oakland Oaks season
The 1912 Oakland Oaks season was the tenth season in the history of the Oakland Oaks baseball team. The team compiled a 120–83 record and won its first Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant. Bud Sharpe was the team's player-manager.


1912 Oakland Oaks season
The Oaks won the pennant by one game over the Vernon Tigers. On October 27, the final day of the season, the Oaks clinched the pennant by sweeping a double-header against the Los Angeles Angels, a morning game at Freeman's Park in Oakland and an afternoon game at Recreation Park in San Francisco. For those unable to attend the games, Oakland's Broadway Theater showed films of both games on the following day.


1912 Oakland Oaks season
Third baseman Gus Hetling was voted the most valuable player in the PCL. The team also drew strength from its pitching staff. Harry Ables led the PCL with 25 wins and 303 strikeouts, and Jack Killilay led the league with a .789 winning percentage. Second baseman Bill Leard led the league with 80 stolen bases.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Management
At the end of the 1911 season, Harry Wolverton resigned as the manager of the Oakes. Bud Sharpe, a veteran ballplayer and Pennsylvania native, was hired as the Oaks' player-manager in December 1911. The Oaks had finished in third place in 1911, but under Sharpe's leadership, the team opened the season 13–2, including a 12-game winning streak. Sharpe was also the team's starting first baseman. He appeared in 101 games, compiled a .300 batting average, and stole 30 bases. Among first basemen with at least 60 games at the position, his fielding percentage of .989 was the best in the PCL.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Management
Sharpe was in ill health in the final weeks of the season. He credited catcher and team captain Carl Mitze as having been "the real manager of the team" in the final weeks. Sharpe left Oakland on October 29 and did not return as the team's manager in 1913. Mitze was appointed as player-manager for the 1913 season.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Pitching
Harry Ables, a Texas native, appeared in 45 games and compiled a 25–18 record with a 2.40 earned run average (ERA). His 25 wins tied for the most in the league. He also led the PCL with 303 strikeouts.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Pitching
Bill Malarkey, an Illinois native, appeared in 40 games and compiled a 20–11 record and led the team with a 2.14 ERA. He struck out 185 batters.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Pitching
Jack Killilay, a Kansas native, appeared in 20 games and compiled a 15–4 record with 107 strikeouts and a 2.55 ERA. His .789 winning percentage was the highest in the PCL. At the end of the season, The San Francisco Call declared Killilay "easily the leading pitcher in the Pacific Coast league" whose "work on the mound was instrumental in winning the pennant."


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Pitching
Tyler Christian, a Mississippi native, appeared in 36 games, compiled a 16–10 record, and was among the best-fielding pitchers in the PCL with a .998 fielding percentage.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Infielders
John Tiedemann shared the first base spot with Sharpe, appearing in 119 games at the position and compiling a .287 batting average and .988 fielding percentage.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Infielders
Second baseman Bill Leard appeared in 181 games, led the Oaks with 122 runs scored, and led the league with 80 stolen bases. He also defensive showed range with 537 assists (second most by a PCL second baseman), but committed 59 errors and had the lowest fielding percentage (.932) among the league's second basemen.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Infielders
Shortstop Al Cook appeared in 198 games and compiled a .248 batting average. He led the league's shortstops with 87 errors and compiled the lowest fielding percentage (.914) among the group.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Infielders
Third baseman Gus Hetling appeared in 202 games and compiled a .297 batting average. He led the Oaks with 202 hits, scored 95 runs, and stole 33 bases. He also led the PCL third basemen with 255 putouts, 410 assists, and 55 errors. Hetling was voted the most valuable player in the PCL. He was presented with a 1913 Chalmers "36" automobile, valued at $2,100 and billed as "the most valuable trophy ever given on the west coast for an athletic event."


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Infielders
Catcher Carl Mitze appeared in 141 games and compiled a .228 batting average. Defensively, he led the league's catchers in putouts (732), assists (205), and fielding percentage (.984).


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Outfielders
Left fielder Clare Patterson appeared in 138 games and led the team with a .305 batting average. Izzy Hoffman shared left field, appearing in 103 games and compiling a .255 batting average.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Outfielders
Center fielder Elmer Zacher appeared in 161 games, compiled a .277 batting average, and hit 11 home runs.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Outfielders
Right fielder Bert Coy appeared in 184 games, compiled a .297 batting average, and led the team with 19 home runs and a .471 slugging percentage. He was also one of the best defensive outfielders in the PCL with 35 assists and a .982 fielding percentage.


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Statistics, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases


1912 Oakland Oaks season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1912 college football season. 1912 was the year that Ohio State was accepted into the Western Conference, now known as the Big Ten Conference.


1912 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Lettermen
These are the Ohio State University lettermen of the 1912 season.


1912 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1912 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee James M. Cox defeated Republican nominee Robert B. Brown with 42.38% of the vote.


1912 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team
The 1912 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1912 college football season. This was the 12th year of football at A&M and the fourth under Paul J. Davis. The Aggies played their home games in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 5–2.


1912 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1912 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1912 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 5–4 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 197 to 80.


1912 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1912 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1912 college football season.


1912 Open Championship
The 1912 Open Championship was the 52nd Open Championship, held 24–25 June at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Ted Ray led wire-to-wire and won the championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Harry Vardon, the defending champion.


1912 Open Championship
Following the problems caused by the large number of entries in 1911, qualification was re-introduced and took place on 20, 21, and 22 June. The top twenty and ties qualified on each of the three days; George Duncan led the twenty qualifiers on Thursday by seven strokes with a score of 149, and 168 was the qualifying score. There 21 qualifiers on the second day at 162 or better, led by Ted Ray on 153. There were 21 qualifiers on the third day; Tom Ball scored 144 on Saturday, six strokes ahead of the rest, and the qualifying mark was 160.


1912 Open Championship
After the first two rounds on Monday, Ray led on 144, with Vardon at 147, James Braid on 148, and George Duncan in fourth at 149.


1912 Open Championship
On Tuesday, Ray extended his lead to five strokes after the third round, and he was not seriously challenged in the final round in the afternoon, despite a 71 from Vardon. Despite his weight and with his nearest rivals still to complete their rounds, Ray was carried off the final green in triumph by some of his friends.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) in the Northwest Conference during the 1912 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Sam "Fuzzy" Dolan, the Aggies compiled a 3–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 57 to 40.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
The Oregon Agricultural College Aggies opened their 1912 season with a pair of non-conference tune-up games, a 2-0 tussle against a team of former OAC players, followed by a more serious game against the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club in Portland on October 19. The Multnomah game went scoreless into the third quarter before Kellogg of OAC committed a 15-yard penalty on a passing play, bringing the ball on the Aggie's 30 yard line. Multnomah elected to free kick for points and converted from the spot for a 3–0 lead. Wolff added a fourth quarter touchdown for the home team on a one-yard run, sealing the victory for the Portland club, 9–0.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
OAC opened the 1912 Northwest Conference season on November 1 with a 10–9 loss against Washington State College. In what was later proclaimed as "if not the best, one of the best games ever seen on Rogers Field," the Cougars battled back from a 9–7 deficit in the fourth quarter for the win, with a drive culminating in a 27-yard field goal providing the final margin of victory. The comeback thrilled Washington State fans, with the local newspaper remarking that "a new precedent has been established, for it is not within the memory of the oldest living alumnus that a WSC football team has come from behind and won a game after their opponents had taken a lead."


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
On November 9 OAC went up against the University of Washington at Multnomah Field in Portland. Coming off a 34-point crushing in 1911, the Huskies were decided favorites in the contest, with one Corvallis newspaper acknowledging "OAC most emphatically has a chance — a bare, fighting chance, perhaps, but while there is life there is hope, and there is plenty of life around these parts." Fan travel from Corvallis to Portland was coordinated, with an estimated 400 to 600 OAC fans anticipated to take advantage of a special $2.60 group travel rate to see the game in the city.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
In front of 4,000 cheering spectators, Washington made use of superior depth to emerge with a 9–3 win, with Huskies head coach Gil Dobie using 18 players in the victory. With the score tied 3 to 3, the Washington coach inserted five fresh reserves in the fourth quarter; one of these picked off a pass by Dewey of the Aggies in the final four minutes of the game, a critical turnover which led to the winning score for Washington.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
The third game of the season for the OAC Aggies brought the football team of Whitman College of Walla Walla, Washington to Corvallis. The Whitman Missionaries should not be regarded as a "patsy" opponent, having already shellacked a common opponent, the Washington State Cougars, by a score of 30–0, while having crushed the Oregon Webfoots by as nearly as impressive a margin, 20–0. Indeed, coming into the game Whitman was regarded as the odds-on favorite. Playing on a muddy field, the Aggies turned in their best performance of the year, topping Whitman by a score of 20–3. Dewey, Shaw, and Larson scored touchdowns for the Aggies in the win, with Niles adding a garbage time field goal for head coach Archie Hahn and his Whitman squad in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter to avoid the shutout.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
The 1-2 Aggies next headed for a neutral field in neighboring Albany, Oregon, for their November 23 matchup against their arch in-state rivals, the University of Oregon Webfoots in the fifteenth installment of what would later come to be known as the Civil War. Although the final score was close, the game was dominated by the Eugene squad, with Oregon's Johnny Parsons breaking off three long runs against the Aggies, finishing the day with over 200 total yards gained.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
Penalties and multiple missed kicks proved the bane for the Oregon team, with a number of long punts by OAC substitute Larson responsible for keeping Oregon out of the end zone. A 22-yard kick by Fenton for the Webfoots in the second quarter proved to be the game's only scoring in Oregon's 3–0 victory.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
With the conference schedule finished, the Beavers traveled south to play Occidental College of Los Angeles in their final game of the year, scheduled for Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28. The contract provided for a traveling squad of seventeen — eleven starters and six reserves — together with head coach Dolan. The Aggies were short two of their starters, with star left halfback Blackwell out with a badly sprained ankle and fullback Jim Evendon gone with a knee injury. Adding to the OAC injury woes were dings to left end Bennie Robertson (back) and right halfback Shaw (nose).


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
Despite the physical shortcomings, the team managed to end the year on a promising note, delivering a punishing 23–6 win to Oxy. In the game Occidental took a 6–0 lead in the second quarter with a 70-yard run from scrimmage, but OAC quickly answered with a Shaw touchdown and a conversion to take a 7–6 lead. In the second half a fumble was recovered by Reynolds and returned all the way to the Occidental one-yard line, but OAC was unable to push the ball in and was forced to settle for three points. Two additional touchdowns, the first on a run by Robertson, concluded the scoring.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history
OAC ended the year with 3 wins and 4 losses, although putting up just the Whitman win against three losses in conference play. For the year, powered by its two big wins, the Beavers outscored their opponents 57 to 40.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
• Left End: Bennie Robertson• Left Tackle: "Prunes" Moore• Left Guard: Hofer• Center: Chrisman †• Right Guard: Otto Sitton (captain)• Right Tackle: Everett May• Right End: Kellogg


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
• Quarterback: Dewey• Left Halfback: Blackwell †• Right Halfback: Shaw• Fullback: Jim Evendon


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
†- 1912 All-Northwest First Team pick of Roscoe Fawcett (Oregonian)Average weight: Linemen: 174 pounds; Backfield 162 pounds.


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
Substitute linemen: Hoffman, LaytheBackfield substitutes: "Shrimp" Reynolds (QB), Rasmussen, RichardsonUtility substitutes: Larson, Hewitt, Anderson, McKensieInjured in Multnomah game and lost for year: "Amy" Hauser


1912 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
Note: players played both offense and defense in this era, akin to modern rugby or soccer.


1912 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1912 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1912 college football season. It was the Webfoots' 20th overall they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Louis Pinkham, in his first year, and played their home games at Kincaid Field in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of two wins and five losses (2–5).


1912 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1912 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the ninth water polo championship in Hungary. There were two teams who played one match for the title.


1912 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1912 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1912 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 4–2 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état
1912 Ottoman coup d'état (17 July 1912) was a military coup in the Ottoman Empire against the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) government (elected during the 1912 general elections) by a group of military officers calling themselves the Saviour Officers (Ottoman Turkish: Halâskâr Zâbitân; Modern Turkish: Kurtarıcı Subaylar) during the dissolution era of the Ottoman Empire.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état
The Saviour Officers are often referred to as the military wing of the Freedom and Accord Party (Liberal Union or Liberal Entente), the main opposition party after the 1912 election, which became notorious for electioneering and voter fraud by the CUP. Freedom and Accord members recruited elements such as the officers to their cause in protest. The coup was one of the central events of the politically volatile 1912–13 years, which saw political instability due to the power struggle between the CUP and Freedom and Accord, as well as the newly sparked Balkan Wars.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état, Background
The Young Turks were a revolutionary movement that was the main force behind the Young Turk Revolution. The revolution resulted in the Sultan Abdulhamid II announcing the restoration of the Ottoman constitution of 1876 on 3 July 1908. The 1908 election put the CUP into the government as majority party, while the main minority was the LU. The 31 March Incident (13 April 1909) was an attempt to dismantle the Constitutional Era and replace it with an autocracy under Sultan/Caliph Abdul Hamid II. The countercoup was put down by the Action Army (Hareket Ordusu). However, the CUP didn't fully control the government, and elements in the country became alarmed at the manner in which the CUP had rigged the elections in their favor. Moreover, because of the Italo-Turkish War in Libya and the start of Albanian revolt, CUP lost its former support and prestige.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état, Background
A group of officers lead by CUP member Mehmed Sadık would separate from the CUP, accusing central committee members Mehmed Talat, Mehmed Cavid, and Hüseyin Cahid of being seduced by Zionism and Freemasonry. Cavid would subsequently resign his post as minister of finance. A meeting in October by all of the parliament's major politicians thwarted cooperation between liberals and the CUP, thus increasing polarization and resulted in the creation of the Freedom and Accord Party, also known as the Liberal Union. After the notoriously contested and violent 1912 elections against the LU, CUP increased its power and formed the vast majority of the parliament.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état, Background
Talat, who was suspicious of war minister Mahmud Şevket Pasha, urged for his resignation which offended parts of the army. That summer, another Albanian revolt broke out, this time with support of Albanian officers in the army.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état, Coup
By June, Colonel Sadık and staff major Gelibolulu Kemal (later surnamed Şenkil) would form the Savior Officers (Halâskâr Zâbitân) clique, and requested President of the Ottoman Assembly Halil Bey to disband the CUP dominated parliament. Mahmud Şevket Pasha's resignation in support of the Savior officers left the CUP isolated, and the Unionists acquiesed.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état, Coup
The new government, known as the "Great Cabinet", was formed by Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, a war hero. The members of the government were prestigious statesmen, and they easily received the vote of confidence. The CUP, notwithstanding its majority in the parliament, lost its executive power. Although Ahmed Muhtar Pasha and his cabinet were non-partisan, the Saviour Officers pressured Ahmed Muhtar Pasha's government to adjourn the parliament, losing CUP its last stronghold.


1912 Ottoman coup d'état, Aftermath
Beginning in the summer of 1912, Ottoman Empire was governed by Saviour-backed governments. However, in October, the Balkan Wars began, and the Ottoman Empire was defeated on all fronts. This gave CUP chance to regain strength. In January 1913, the leadership of the CUP staged a coup, forcing the Saviour-backed Freedom and Accord government to resign at gunpoint. The leaders of the Saviour Officers escaped to Egypt and Albania. CUP governments continued up to the end of the First World War.


1912 Ottoman general election
Early general elections were held in the Ottoman Empire in April 1912. Due to electoral fraud and brutal electioneering, which earned the elections the nickname Sopalı Seçimler ("Election of Clubs"), the ruling Committee of Union and Progress won 269 of the 275 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, whilst the opposition Liberal Entente (also known as the Freedom and Accord Party or the Liberal Union) only won six seats.


1912 Ottoman general election, Background
The elections were announced in January 1912, after the CUP lost a by-election to the Entente in Istanbul in December 1911. The CUP had hoped early elections would thwart the efforts of the Entente to better organise itself. The CUP platform represented centralist tendencies, whilst the Entente promoted a more decentralised agenda, including supporting allowing education in local languages.


1912 Ottoman general election, Campaign
Although the two main parties competing in the election, the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) and the Liberal Entente, were largely secular in their political outlook, issues such as the Islamic religious piety of their candidates became sensationalised campaign topics. Seeing the potent amount of political capital to be gained by appealing to religion, as the Muslim vote was the most important in the Empire, both parties consistently accused one another of various other supposed offenses against Islamic tradition.


1912 Ottoman general election, Campaign
Entente members accused the CUP candidates of a "disregard for Islamic principles and values" and of "attempting to restrict the prerogatives of the sultan-caliph", despite the fact that many Entente members were quite progressive in their own lives and dealings. In return, the CUP, seeing that its previous policy of secular Ottomanism (Ottoman nationalism) was failing, turned to a similar line of Islamist rhetoric as the Entente in order to drum up support among the Muslims of the Empire; it accused the Entente of "weakening Islam and Muslims" by trying to separate the Ottoman sultan's office from the Caliphate.


1912 Ottoman general election, Campaign
Although this accusation was almost identical to the one leveled by the Entente at the CUP itself, it was highly effective. The Entente retorted by claiming that the CUP, in its previous attempt to amend the constitution, was covertly trying to "denounce" and abolish the ritual fasting during the month of Ramadan and the five daily prayers.


1912 Ottoman general election, Aftermath
The manner of the CUP's victory led to the formation of the Savior Officers, whose aim was to restore constitutional government. After gaining support from the army in Macedonia, the Officers demanded government reforms. Under pressure, the Grand Vizier Mehmed Said Pasha resigned. Sultan Mehmed V then appointed a new cabinet supported by the Officers and the Entente. On 5 August 1912, Mehmed V called for early elections. However, with the election underway in October, the outbreak of the Balkan Wars led to it being interrupted. Fresh elections were eventually held in 1914.


1912 Ottoman general election, Aftermath
The CUP went to the polls in an electoral alliance with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, but the alliance broke down after only 10 of its 23 candidates won seats due to a lack of support from the CUP.


1912 PCHA season
The 1912 PCHA season was the first season of the now defunct men's professional ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league, which was founded on December 7, 1911. Teams were to play a sixteen-game schedule, but one game was cancelled. The New Westminster club would be the first PCHA champions. The Royals would challenge NHA champion Quebec for the Stanley Cup, but the season ended too late to play in the east.


1912 PCHA season
The season was not profitable financially. After the season, Frank Patrick, captain of Vancouver, and director of the Vancouver Arena Company was interviewed on March 6, 1912, by the Toronto Globe and expressed his hopes that next season with the new team from Seattle that results will be better.


1912 PCHA season, Regular season
Most of the players for the league were recruited from the east. Many players joined the PCHA from the National Hockey Association (NHA), including Tom Dunderdale, Jimmy Gardner, Pud Glass, Newsy Lalonde, Bert Lindsay, Tommy Phillips and Skinner Poulin. Frank and Lester Patrick had actively targeted the NHA for players as British Columbia had a smaller base of players.. In the previous season, the NHA had imposed maximums on player salaries and a salary cap per team that were extremely unpopular with players. Goaltender Hughie Lehman was signed from Berlin of the Ontario Professional Hockey League(OPHL).


1912 PCHA season, Regular season
The PCHA played seven-man rules with a rover, while the NHA experimented with six-man rules.


1912 PCHA season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against


1912 PCHA season, Schedule and results
A game between Vancouver and New Westminster was cancelled at the end of the season.


1912 PCHA season, Player statistics, Goaltending averages
Note: GP = games played, GA = goals against, SO = shutouts, GAA = Goals against average


1912 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1912 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 4 teams. The national champions were Olimpia.


1912 Paris–Roubaix
The 1912 Paris–Roubaix was the 17th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 7 April 1912 and stretched 266 km (165 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Charles Crupelandt from France.


1912 Paris–Tours
The 1912 Paris–Tours was the ninth edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 24 March 1912. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Louis Heusghem.


1912 Penn Quakers football team
The 1912 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1912 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Andy Smith, the Quakers compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 191 to 106. Fullback Leroy Mercer was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp.


1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1912 college football season. The second of Penn State's retrospective national champions, the team was undefeated and only scored upon once (6 points by Cornell). This team is known for playing the first of a series of games against eventual rival Ohio State, in which the Buckeyes forfeited because of the alleged rough play of the Nittany Lions once the score was 37–0. The official score was 1–0, but the gameball lists the score as 37–0.


1912 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The team was selected co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation, an NCAA-designated major selector.


1912 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team
The 1912 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during 1912. It was the program's 2nd season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1912 team did not have an official coach.


1912 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
The 1912 season was the Nittany Lions' 2nd season as a varsity soccer program. The Penn State soccer program and 1912 team did not have an official coach.


1912 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1912 Peruvian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Peru in 1912. José Pardo y Barreda was elected with 81% of the vote, heading an alliance of the Civilista Party, the Liberal Alliance and the Constitutionalists.


1912 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1912 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses.


1912 Philadelphia Athletics 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


1912 Philadelphia Athletics 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


1912 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1912 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the National League with a record of 73–79, 30+1⁄2 games behind the first-place New York Giants.


1912 Philadelphia Phillies 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


1912 Philadelphia Phillies 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


1912 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Philippine Assembly elections
Philippine Assembly and local elections were held in the Philippines on June 4, 1912.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Joseph H. Thompson, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 122 to 113.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The University of Pittsburgh athletic program was bolstered by the financial success of the previous two years of football. The 1911 record was not as great as the 1910 record, but the schedule that Laurence Hurst put together generated a lot of fan interest. Similarly, the 1912 schedule had five "hard" home games – Bucknell, Carlisle, Notre Dame, W. & J., and Penn State.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The Trees Stadium and Gymnasium were completed and put to use by the football team. Practice was held on the stadium grounds and the players utilized the locker room facilities in the adjacent Gymnasium. A "training house, where the regulars will be accommodated when the first squad was picked, was located on Dawson street." A freshman team was organized by Athletic Director Charles Miller.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Ralph "Polly" Galvin was chosen Captain of the 1912 team at the season ending banquet. Joseph Thompson returned for a fourth year as head coach even though he aspired to be a state senator.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The first game versus Ohio Northern was played at D. C. & A. C. Park in Wilkinsburg and the remaining home games were played on Forbes Field.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
It should be mentioned important rule changes were instituted for the 1912 season that had a lasting and positive effect on the game as we now know it. 1) The playing field was reduced to 100 yards with a 10-yard end zone. 2) A team had four downs to advance 10 yards and make a first down. 3) A touchdown counted six points. 4) A forward pass could be thrown any distance. 5) The onside kick from a scrimmage play was eliminated. 5) The kickoff was put in play from the 40-yard line.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
"The Pitt football team inaugurated its 1912 season yesterday in Wilkinsburg by beating the Ohio Northern eleven 22-0." This was the fifth meeting between these two schools and Pitt now led the series 5–0, outscoring the Polar Bears 112–0.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
Pitt's lineup had four returning starters from the 1911 team – Galvin, Wagner, Leahy and Pratt. The other seven positions were filled by new men, "who made names for themselves at nearby high or preparatory schools." Coach Thompson used twenty-four men in the game to find his weak spots and determine who should be a varsity player.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
After a few exchanges of punts, the Pitt offense advanced the ball methodically downfield with line rushes. Chuck Reese, Harry Shof and Frank Corboy "took it up the line and Corboy bucked it over." Ralph Galvin missed the extra point. On Pitt's next possession Hube Wagner caught a touchdown pass from William McEllroy for the second touchdown. Galvin was again unsuccessful on the point after. The Pitt quarterbacks completed four of eight passes in this game. Coach Thompson made wholesale substitutions for the second quarter. The surprising shift was putting center Ralph Galvin at fullback. Carl Hockensmith replaced Galvin at center. Pitt recovered a fumble deep in Ohio territory and Fred Ward kicked a field goal. The halftime score was 15–0.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
"The third quarter was one of experiment on Pitt's part and desperate endeavor for the visitors." It was a punting duel with no scoring. The fourth quarter was the same story until with less than two minutes to play, McEllroy threw a 40-yard scoring pass to Hube Wagner, "who was easily the star of the contest." Galvin made the point after and Pitt won 22–0.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
The Pitt lineup for the game against Ohio Northern was Hube Wagner, Sam Kipp and Roy Collins (left end), John Blair and William Dunn (left tackle), William Leahy and Mark Hoag (left guard), Ralph Galvin and Carl Hockensmith (center), Wayne Smith and George Gehlert (right guard), Enoch Pratt and Isadore Shapira (right tackle), Justice Egbert and Harry Blumenthal (right end), William McEllroy and Fred Ward (quarterback), Harry Shof, Mont Sanderson and Philip Dillon (left halfback), Frank Corboy and John Winters (right halfback), and Chuck Reese, Ralph Galvin and Roy Kernohan (fullback). The game consisted of twelve-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Westminster College football team came to Forbes Field on October 5 in search of their first victory over the University of Pittsburgh eleven. Their record versus Pitt was 0-8-2 and they had been outscored 157–28.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
"With big "Polly" Galvin on the hospital list and "Red" Smith, one of the three veteran players starting the game, banished to the side lines in the first few minutes of play, University of Pittsburgh had all kinds of trouble with the aggressive Westminster College eleven in their annual gridiron engagement on Forbes Field."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Early in the first period William McEllroy fumbled a punt and Westminster recovered on the Pitt seventeen yard line. The Pitt defense held and Westminster quarterback Buckley's field goal try missed. The Pitt offense capitalized with McEllroy completing a 40-yard pass to Hube Wagner. Then "consistent gains by Reese, Shof and Wagner carried the ball to the six yard line, and McEllroy tossed the ball to Wagner, who, in some mysterious manner had taken a position behind the goal line, and the first touchdown was recorded. Corboy kicked the goal and the score stood 7-0."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
In the second quarter the Westminster offense advanced the ball into Pitt territory but finally lost the ball on downs. The Pitt offense "got their attack organized" with Philip Dillon racing thirty-eight yards to the visitors two yard line as time was called to end the half.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Westminster had the ball in Pitt territory for most of the third quarter. They advanced the ball to the five yard line but were unable to score. At the start of the fourth period they had the ball on Pitt's 15-yard line. On first down Westminster halfback Cannon was thrown for an eight-yard loss by Fred Ward. "With the ball on the 23-yard line, Buckley kicked a beautiful drop, and the Westminster contingent made themselves heard for the first time." Pitt 7- Westminster 3.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
In the fourth quarter, "With defeat staring them in the face, the Pitt backfield started to show some signs of aggressiveness and the Westminster eleven was kept in hot water all the time defending their goal." A series of line bucks and a 37-yard dash by Dillon put the ball in scoring territory but Ward missed the field goal. Westminster advanced the ball to the 41-yard line and turned it over on downs. Dillon dashed 38-yards to the three. McEllroy replaced Ward at quarterback and promptly threw a touchdown pass to Hube Wagner for the score. Pitt failed to kick goal. The final score read Pitt 13-Westminster 3. Westminster would finish the season with a 3–6 record.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
"Joe Thompson was in anything but a good humor after the game. "The fellows played like a bunch of novices." he said."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt lineup for the game against Westminster was Hube Wagner (left end), John Blair (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Carl Hockensmith (center), Wayne Smith, George Gehlert and Isadore Shapira (right guard), Mark Hoag and Enoch Pratt (right tackle), Harry Blumenthal and Justice Egbert (right end), William McEllroy, Fred Ward and William Connelly (quarterback), Frank Corboy and Philip Dillon (left halfback), Harry Shof and Mont Sanderson (right halfback) and Chuck Reese, Malcolm Smith and Roy Kernohan (fullback). The game consisted of ten-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
On October 12 the Bucknell football team led by coach Byron W. Dickson arrived at Forbes Field to try to earn their first victory over the University of Pittsburgh eleven. Their wish was granted as the


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
"University of Pittsburgh met its Waterloo at Forbes Field yesterday afternoon when the well trained and speedy Bucknell University eleven trounced "Joe" Thompson's pets to the tune of 6-0."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
Bucknell gained their first possession on the Pitt 40-yard line. On first down they lost five yards for an offside penalty. On second down quarterback Cruikshank "tossed the ball and it came down in the arms of Sturgis" on the Pitt four yard line. The Pitt defense held and took over on downs. Frank Carboy punted and Cruikshank returned the ball to the Pitt 38-yard line. Cruikshank passed to Jordan who was tackled on the 3-yard line, but moved the ball over the goal line. A five-yard penalty was assessed back to the eight. The Pitt defense held again and punted out of danger. The first quarter ended with Bucknell in possession in their own territory.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
Early in the second quarter the Bison advanced the ball to the Pitt 2 yard line. On fourth down Bucknell fullback "Topham had the ball but Hube Wagner got back of the line and tackled him for a loss of three yards." The rest of the half was a punting duel.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
Pitt's first possession of the third quarter started on Bucknell's 14-yard line. Four running plays gained four yards and it was Bucknell's ball. The teams traded interceptions and resumed the punting duel. Early in the fourth quarter William Connelly intercepted a Cruikshank pass and dashed seventy yards for a touchdown. According to head linesman Cozzens, Pitt was offside and the play called back. Fumbling, punting and penalties ensued. Bucknell gained possession with less than two minutes remaining at midfield. Cruikshank completed a pass to his end Jordan on the 40 yard line. The Bucknell captain raced to the 7 yard line. On first down Cruikshank passed to Jordan in the end zone for the touchdown. The point after was unsuccessful and Bucknell led 6–0. The game ended after the next play. Bucknell would finish the season with a 6-3-1 record.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
"The Blue and Gold was outplayed during almost the entire contest." Bucknell was 11-17 passing and gained nine first downs. Pitt gained two first downs, fumbled 6 times and punted fourteen times. The Pitt quarterbacks were 4-11 passing with no yards gained.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
"We were beaten by a team that played better football, and while I maintain that Connelly's run scored us a touchdown, everything is over and we can't change matters. Cozzens positively did not blow his whistle declaring the offside play at all and seemed to arrive at the decision after the ball was over the line. It also looked from where I was standing as though the Bucknell man receiving the pass which scored their touchdown got the ball after it went over the line. The defeat will wake us all up and we will come back, mark my word.... If W. & J. and State think they have us licked they have another guess coming. We will take a dozen beatings like today's to defeat them."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
The Pitt lineup for the game against Bucknell was Hube Wagner and Francis Joyce (left end), John Blair (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Ralph Galvin (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), Carl Hockensmith (right tackle), Mark Hoag and Justice Egbert (right end), William McEllroy, William Connelly and Fred Ward (quarterback), Malcolm Smith (left halfback), Harry Shof and Philip Dillon (right halfback) and Frank Corboy (fullback). The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The Pittsburg Press reported: "Playing an article of football that surprised even their most ardent admirers, Glenn Warner's Carlisle Indian squad swooped down on Pitt yesterday at Forbes Field and made their escape with another scalp."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The Pittsburgh Sunday Post was more succinct: "Beaten, but not humbled."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
And Richard Guy of The Gazette Times summed it up best:


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
"The University of Pittsburgh football team showed its best form of the season yesterday afternoon at Forbes Field, but despite this improvement it was outclassed by the Indians from Carlisle. The Redskins played great football in spots and at times very ragged football, but they left the field at the expiration of 60 minutes of work with the score 45-8 in their favor."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Carlisle scored six touchdowns, six extra points and one field goal. Pitt scored one touchdown and a safety.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Early in the first quarter Pitt advanced the ball to the Carlisle 15-yard line. The Carlisle defense held and Ralph Galvin missed a 25-yard field goal. Five plays later Jim Thorpe, "in his own inimitable manner, ran 55 yards for a touchdown and kicked goal." In the second period Carlisle advanced the ball to the Pitt 3-yard line. Jim Thorpe fumbled and Pitt recovered. Pitt punted out of bounds on their 28-yard line. On second down "Welch got behind the phalanx interference and ran 32 yards for a touchdown. Thorpe kicked goal."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The Carlisle offense came right back down the field to the Pitt eleven. Thorpe, Gus Welch and Goesback each made more than 10 yards per carry on the drive. After an offside penalty moved the ball back to the fifteen, "Welch slipped past Pitt's right end for 15 yards and a touchdown. Thorpe kicked the goal." Carlisle led at halftime 21–0.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Pitt received the second half kickoff and Hube Wagner threw an interception. On first down Jim Thorpe "slipped past Pitt's left end like a shadow for a 40 yard run ending behind the goal line. He then kicked goal." Galvin recovered Welch's fumble on the Carlisle 21-yard line. A pass from Wagner to Philip Dillon gained five yards. On second down the ball went from Connelly to Wagner and a pass to Galvin in the end zone for Pitt's touchdown. Galvin missed the point after.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
After a change of possessions Thorpe mishandled the center snap on a punt situation and the ball rolled into the end zone. Thorpe retrieved the ball but was tackled for a safety. The Carlisle offense kept up the pressure and advanced the ball down the field and had fourth down on the Pitt one yard line when time was called. The score at the end of the third quarter was Carlisle 28 – Pitt 8. Alex Arcasa replaced Goesback at halfback for Carlisle and scored two fourth quarter touchdowns.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Jim Thorpe converted the goals after and later booted a 44-yard field goal to close out the scoring. Carlisle finished the season with a 12-1-1 record. Carlisle halfback Jim Thorpe and tackle Joe Guyon are in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. Quarterback Gus Welch is in the College Hall of Fame.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The Pitt lineup for the game against Carlisle was Francis Joyce and Justice Egbert (left end), Isadore Shapira ans Enoch Pratt (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Ralph galvin (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), Carl Hockensmith and Chuck Reese (right tackle), Mark Hoag and Harry Blumenthal (right end), William Connelly, Fred Ward and William McEllroy (quarterback), Harry Shof and Philip Dillon (left halfback), Frank Corboy (right halfback) and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The only Pitt road game for the 1912 football season was against the Naval Academy in Annapolis. "This event marked the initial competition in any branch of sport between the two institutions." On Friday October 25, the team and students "pulled out of Union Station at 9:40 a.m. for Baltimore." They spent the night in Baltimore and went to Annapolis early Saturday morning. Like Pitt, Navy led by coach Douglas Legate Howard was on a two-game losing streak. Due to injuries sustained in the Carlisle game Pitt captain Ralph Galvin would not play against the Midshipmen.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
"Galvin was badly laid up by Thorpe's tackle just as he crossed the Indians goal line for our touchdown last Saturday and we will positively not use him until the W. & J. game. I have faith in Hockensmith to fill the bill tomorrow, however, and do not figure that we will be a cinch for Annapolis. We have a squad of fighters and it is going to take more than two defeats to dishearten us."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
Early in the first period Navy advanced the ball deep into Pitt territory and Carl Hockensmith was injured and had to be replaced by John Blair. Navy halfback Ingram took the ball to the five. The Pitt defense held for three downs and Pitt recovered a Navy fumble on fourth down. Wagner boomed a punt that Navy halfback Nichols fumbled and Pitt end Francis Joyce pounced on the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. Frank Carboy missed the point after.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The Navy offense then advanced the ball, with Ingram and Nichols doing the bulk of the ground gains, to the Pitt 5 yard line. "Nichols carried the ball over for the touchdown." The point after failed and the score was tied at 6-6. Pitt quarterback William McEllroy was injured on the touchdown play and replaced by Harry Shof.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
After an exchange of punts, an interception, and another exchange of punts the Midshipman had the ball on the Pitt forty yard line. Four plays later they were on the Pitt ten. "Ingram tore through the Pitt defense like a bull and shaking off three or four tacklers, scored Navy's second touchdown. Brown kicked goal." The halftime score read Navy 13 – Pitt 6.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The second half was a defensive struggle as both teams dealt with fumbles, penalties and incomplete passes. Navy lined up for a field goal early in the third quarter but fumbled the snap and Pitt recovered. The Pitt offense could not sustain a scoring drive and lost their third straight game. "The game showed ragged spots in both teams, but was exceptionally clean, and the 3,000 spectators seemed to enjoy every minute of it."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
In spite of the loss and season ending injury to Carl Hockensmith, "the trip to Annapolis was a most enjoyable one for the Pitt players and students. Everyone was treated royally at all times. During the game every good play was applauded whether it was made by the home team or visitors. Fine accommodations were provided for the team in Bancroft Hall, the main dormitory building on campus. The field was the best on which the locals ever played."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Navy
The Pitt lineup for the game against Navy was Francis Joyce and Justice Egbert (left end), Isadore Shapira and Mark Hoag (left tackle), William Leahy and George Gehlert (left guard), Carl Hockensmith and John Blair (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), Enoch Pratt (right tackle), Chuck Reese (right end), William McEllroy, Fred Ward and Willian Connelly (quarterback), Fred Ward, Harry Shof and Philip Dillon (left halfback), Frank Carboy (right halfback), and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
On November 2, the 1912 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, undefeated in their past fifteen games (12-0-3), came east to take on the University of Pittsburgh eleven. They were coached for the second year by John L. Marks, and their Captain was quarterback Gus Dorais. 1912 would be their first perfect season in history (7-0), out scoring their opponents 389–27. This was the third match-up between these two schools with Notre Dame winning 6–0 in 1909 and in 1911 the game ended in a scoreless tie. The Irish had a veteran team.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
"Ten of the eleven players who will take the field for them today were in the game last year against Pitt." The starting end on this team was Knute Rockne, who would go on to legendary fame as Notre Dame coach from 1918 to 1930. The Pitt lineup was minus starters: center Ralph Galvin, tackle Carl Hockensmith and quarterback William McEllroy. "The day was bitterly cold and a heavy snow fell throughout the afternoon."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
"Coming here heralded as the greatest team in the entire west and making no attempt to conceal their belief that a score of at least 30 would be rolled up against coach "Joe" Thompson's youngsters, the Catholic footballers were glad to get away with a 3-0 victory."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The first three quarters were a defensive struggle with plenty of punts, fumbles and penalties. Pitt missed a field goal attempt by Fred Ward in the first period from forty plus yards. Notre Dame advanced the ball to the Pitt 15-yard line in the second quarter and fumbled. They regained possession and Irish quarterback Gus Dorais missed a 40-yard field goal. Notre Dame had the ball at the Pitt 16-yard line as time expired in the first half.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The second half mirrored the first as Pitt advanced the ball to the Notre Dame 9-yard line but the play was called back for a holding penalty. Gus Dorais missed a 36-yard field goal in the third quarter and a forty-yard try midway through the fourth quarter. After the miss, the Pitt offense could not gain a first down and Hube Wagner punted to Gus Dorais. He "returned 45 yards to the Pitt 15 yard line." The Irish ran three straight running plays for losses. Gus Dorais "then stepped back and kicked the winning field goal from the 35-yard line."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
In the final moments Roy Kernohan intercepted a pass on Pitt's 32-yard line. A pass from Hube Wagner to Chuck Reese gained 35 yards. A pass from Hube Wagner to Justice Egbert gained 11 more. Fred Ward replaced William Connelly at quarterback and attempted a 33-yard field goal that "went wide a foot." Pitt lost their fourth straight game 3–0.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The 1914 Pitt Owl had a positive report: "The Pitt team played more real football in the Notre Dame game than it did in all the other games on the schedule combined."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Notre Dame assistant coach Marks lauded Hube Wagner to The Pittsburgh Press:


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
"That man is one of the greatest players I ever saw perform. I thought I had a world-beater in Eichenlaub, but I will admit that Wagner is even greater. He played wonderfully today. Talk about an All-American player. He should be handed a position without a contest."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The Pitt lineup for the game against Notre Dame was Chuck Reese (left end), Mark Hoag (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Isadore Shapira and John Blair (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), Enoch Pratt (right tackle), Francis Joyce and Justice Egbert (right end), Harry Shof, William Connelly and Fred Ward (quarterback), Fred Ward, Frank Carboy and Roy Kernohan (left halfback), Philip Dillon (right halfback) and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
On November 9, after their string of four straight losses, the Pitt eleven welcomed the University of Maryland team to Forbes Field. This would be the only game played between the two schools. (In 1912 the University of Maryland as we know it today was the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, this opponent is known as the University of Maryland, Baltimore.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
The 1914 Owl Yearbook was brutally honest: "On November 9, an "almost football team," representing the University of Maryland appeared on Forbes Field as opponents for "Pittsburgh's hitherto-much beaten football team." The encounter was a regular farce as far as good football goes, the final tally being 64–0, against the southerners."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
The Pittsburgh Daily Post's reporter Florent Gibson was more positive: "This is the story of the team that found itself. On a soggy field, playing in a light drizzle, before a few faithful supporters, the Pitt squad at last proved its right to be called a football team... The change can hardly be described, for the team consists of almost the same men. But the spirit is different. For the first time this season the Pitt players went into the game with the fiery determination that wins."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
The Pitt starters scored nineteen points in the first quarter and fourteen in the second. Coach Thompson made wholesale substitutions for the third quarter and Pitt was unable to sustain any offense and did not score. The starters were reinserted into the game for the final quarter and scored thirty-one points. "It took nine touchdowns, seven resultant goals and one kick from placement to acquire the total." Hube Wagner scored four touchdowns, four goals after and one field goal to lead the Pitt scoring. Philip Dillon scored three touchdowns with Francis Joyce and Fred Ward each scoring one. Wayne Smith added three goals after. The highlight of the game was Hube Wagner's 90	-yard kick-off return for a touchdown late in the game. On the next kick-off Philip Dillon raced 95-yards to the end zone but the play was called back for an illegal block.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Maryland
The lineup for Pitt in the game against Maryland was Chuck Reese and Sam Kipp (left end), Mark Hoag, John Blair and Lessin (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Isadore Shapira (center), Wayne Smith and William McKinney (right guard), Enoch Pratt and James Hemphill (right tackle), Francis Joyce and John Winters (right end), Harry Shof and William McEllroy (quarterback), Philip Dillon and Mont Sanderson (left halfback), Fred Ward and Frank Carboy (right halfback), and Hube Wagner and Justice Egbert (fullback). The game played in 15-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
On November 16, the Washington & Jefferson Red and Black led by first-year coach Bob Folwell came into their 1912 game with Pitt sporting a 4–3–1 record. They had tied Carlisle, who handled Pitt 45–8, and lost to heavyweights Cornell, Yale and unbeaten Penn State. Pitt had beaten the Red and Black the past three years, but trailed 8–4 in all the previous games played.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Gazette Times reported: "It was the biggest football day Pittsburgh has seen in years...Pitt lost (13-0) only after a good fight, and the 12,000 friends and foes who saw the blue and gold lose said it was an honorable defeat."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
W. B. McVicker of The Pittsburgh Press wrote: "A more interesting game of football or one that was more bitterly fought, has not been seen in this city for years. Every man strove with might and main in every play and the result was that the 20,000 or more spectators who were present witnessed a contest that was well worth traveling miles to see."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pitt Weekly summed it up best: "Superior offense, superior defense, and superior luck were the main factors in the triumph of the Washington and Jefferson aggregation. We lost – we have no excuses to offer, but we played a good game."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Pitt squandered two scoring opportunities and the Red and Black  capitalized on theirs. In the first quarter Pitt had first down on the W. & J. six yard line. "A touchdown looked imminent for Pitt, but the W. & J. warriors fought back like spartans." Three running plays gained nothing. Pitt halfback Fred Ward attempted a field goal but the center snap was fumbled and Pitt lost the ball on downs.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
In the third quarter, after the Red and Black had gone ahead 6–0, a wide open "Capt. Galvin fumbled a beautiful forward pass from Hube Wagner, and our second best chance to score went glimmering." Early in the third quarter Wash & Jeff recovered a Wagner fumble on the Pitt 38-yard line. On first down, halfback Goodwin "sent the W. and J. crowd almost wild by running to the Pitt 16-yard line." On second down, Goodwin raced around the Pitt left end and scored "the first touchdown by W. & J. against Pitt in two years."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Red Fleming missed the goal and the Red and Black led 6–0. Late in the fourth quarter, W. & J. halfback Red Fleming intercepted a pass by Justice Egbert on the Pitt 30-yard line. On second down Goodwin threw the ball to "Alexander, who was standing unmolested on the Pitt six yard line. It was an easy matter for the W. & J. captain to run across the chalk line for a touchdown. Fleming kicked goal." The final score read W. & J. 13 - Pitt 0. Washington & Jefferson would finish the season with an 8-3-1 record.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Statistically, the Red and Black outgained Pittsburgh by 101 yards (307–206) and had 13 first downs to Pitt's 4. But the Red and Black fumbled eight times to four for Pitt. W. & J. was flagged 11 times and assessed 158 penalty yards. Pitt was penalized 5 times for 72 yards.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pittsburgh Sunday Post interviewed the coaches after the game. Coach Folwell boasted:


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
"My team did all that I could ask of it. The Red and Black had the game well in hand most of the time, and I am sure that every Washington and Jefferson man in the country feels proud of its performance in avenging the string of defeats inflicted by Pitt in past encounters."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
"We lost, so there's little use to talk about it. We weren't up to standard, but I am sure that my men never quit for an instant. They did their best, and in doing this they minimized the sting of defeat. But we will surely come back next year."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
An interesting note about the final score of 13–0. All the newspapers reported the score as 14–0 in Sunday's editions. The Gazette Times noted in the Tuesday, November 19 issue: "Referee Bergen has been communicated with and states that only one (goal after) was negotiated." So, for the record books, the final score was 13–0.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pitt lineup for the game against Washington & Jefferson was Chuck Reese and Frank Corboy (left end), Mark Hoag and Isadore Shapira (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Ralph Galvin (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), Enoch Pratt (right tackle), Hube Wagner,  Justice Egbert and Sam Kipp (right end), Harry Shof and William McEllroy (quarterback), Philip Dillon (left halfback), Fred Ward (right halfback) and Justice Egbert and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
On Thanksgiving Day 1912 the Penn State football team visited Pittsburgh on a mission. The Nittanies were unbeaten at 7-0 and had out scored their opponents 247–6. They were led by coach Bill Hollenback who in three years had not yet lost a game. Penn State led the overall series with Pitt 9–3 in games played since 1900. The Lions lineup boasted three future College Hall Of Famers – Dexter Very, Pete Mauthe and Shorty Miller.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt lineup was healthy except for tackle Mark Hoag, who was injured in the W. & J. game, and guard William Leahy. Coach Thompson enlisted the aid of former players – Karl Dallenbach, and George Brown to prepare the squad for Penn State.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
"Fulfilling the expectations of Blue and White adherents and the fears of Pittsburgh partisans, State came, State saw, and State conquered: score, State 38, Pitt 0. But the annual struggle between University of Pittsburgh gridders and the sterling warriors of Pennsylvania State College at Forbes Field yesterday afternoon cannot be dismissed with the same brevity that the old Roman general used in describing his conquests. Yesterday's conflict deserves a great deal more space than the deeds of Caesar, for it was "some" game."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Pete Mauthe, who won the 1911 game with his first quarter field goal, accounted for 20 of the Lions 38 points. He scored two touchdowns, five extra points and opened the scoring in the first quarter with a fifty-one yard field goal. He scored his touchdowns in the second quarter as the Pitt defense could not stop the Lion offense.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt offense advanced the ball in the third quarter and "Frank Corboy lost a touchdown for Pitt by not holding Wagner's hurl of a forward pass which he received across the State goal line." Galvin attempted a 50-yard field goal that "went amiss." Penn State gained possession and Pete Mauthe threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Dexter Very. On first down after the kick-off, Hube Wagner's pass was intercepted by Punk Berryman and Penn State tacked on seven more points to lead 31–0 at the end of three quarters. The final score was made on a 16-yard run around end by Shorty Miller late in the fourth quarter.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Penn State finished the season 8-0 and was named co-National Champion by the National Championship Foundation an NCAA-designated major selector.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt lineup for the game against Penn State was Chuck Reese, Sam Kipp and William McEllroy (left end), John Blair and Isadore Shapira (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Ralph Galvin (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), Enoch Pratt (right tackle), Francis Joyce (right end), Harry Shof (quarterback), Frank Carboy, Fred Ward and Roy Kernohan (left halfback), Philip Dillon (right halfback) and Hube Wagner and Justice Egbert (fullback). The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Pitt finished the season with a 3-6 record in Coach Thompson's fourth and final year at the helm. His total record at Pitt was 22-11-2. He won the state senatorial election on November 5, 1912. After he was replaced as coach, he was named the Chairman of the Advisory Athletic Committee for the University.


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
John "Hube" Wagner was elected Captain of the 1913 Pitt football team at the year end banquet following the Penn State game. Additionally, Alfred R. Hamilton, an alumni member of the General Athletic Committee, offered the use of his farm to the team for the month of September for preseason practice. This yearly training period became known as "Camp Hamilton."


1912 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Laurence Hurst, Graduate Manager of Athletics since 1909, resigned his position in December 1912 so he could devote more time to his Law practice.


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a season in American baseball, the 31st in franchise history. The team finished second in the National League with a record of 93–58, 10 games behind the New York Giants.


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season
During the season, Chief Wilson set a major league record by hitting 36 triples in a single season. After 118 games, Chief Wilson already had 33 triples and was on pace to get 43 triples.


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season
In their 23–4 win against the Cincinnati Reds on April 27, the Pirates recorded a .628 batting average, the highest by any team in a single game from 1901 onwards.


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates 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


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates 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


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1912 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1912 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on January 3, 1912.


1912 Prince Edward Island general election
The election was won by the governing Conservatives, led by incumbent Premier John A. Mathieson, nearly sweeping the island's 30 districts and granting the Conservatives their first clear general election victory since the 1886 election.


1912 Prince Edward Island general election
Mathieson was designated Premier in December 1911 at the behest of the Lieutenant Governor, following the defeat of  his predecessor, Liberal Premier H. James Palmer in a by-election, one that ultimately shifted the balance of power in the Legislature from a bare Liberal majority to a situation in the Conservative's favour.


1912 Prince Edward Island general election
H. James Palmer, having no seat in the Legislature and ultimately having lost the confidence of the Legislature, resigned from politics and did not run in this election. It is therefore unknown if Palmer led the Liberals in this election, though his biography at the PEI Legislative Documents Online  archive makes reference to the "Palmer-led Liberals." There is no other listed leader for the Liberals during the election; Assemblyman John Richards led the Liberals as Leader of the Opposition in the 37th Legislature.


1912 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1912 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.


1912 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1912 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1912 college football season. The team finished with a 7–1–1 record under first-year head coach Walter G. Andrews, outscoring opponents by a total of 322 to 35 with the sole loss being to Harvard by 16–6 score. Princeton W. John Logan was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1912 College Football All-America Team, and five other players (halfback Hobey Baker, fullback Wallace "Butch" De Witt, guard Rip Shenk, and tackles Phillips and Penfield) were selected as first-team honorees by at least one selector.


1912 Progressive National Convention
The 1912 Progressive National Convention was held in August 1912. Angered at the renomination of President William Howard Taft over their candidate at the 1912 Republican National Convention, supporters of former President Theodore Roosevelt convened in Chicago and endorsed the formation of a national progressive party. When formally launched later that summer, the new Progressive Party acclaimed Roosevelt as its presidential nominee and Governor Hiram Johnson of California as his vice presidential running mate. When questioned by reporters, Roosevelt said he felt as strong as a "bull moose". Henceforth known as the "Bull Moose Party", the Progressives promised to increase federal regulation and protect the welfare of ordinary people.


1912 Progressive National Convention
The party was funded by publisher Frank Munsey and its executive secretary George Walbridge Perkins, an employee of banker J. P. Morgan and International Harvester. Perkins blocked an antitrust plank, shocking reformers who thought of Roosevelt as a true trust-buster. The delegates to the convention sang the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers" as their anthem. In a famous acceptance speech, Roosevelt compared the coming presidential campaign to the Battle of Armageddon and stated that the Progressives were going to "battle for the Lord."


1912 Progressive National Convention
The August convention opened with great enthusiasm. Over 2,000 delegates attended, including many women. In 1912, neither the Republican candidate, President Taft, nor the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, had endorsed women's suffrage on the national level and the famed suffragette and social worker Jane Addams gave a seconding speech for Roosevelt's nomination.


1912 Progressive National Convention
Although Roosevelt insisted on excluding African-American Republicans from the South (whom he regarded as a corrupt and ineffective element), he did include black delegates from all other parts of the country, and he further alienated white southern supporters on the eve of the election by publicly dining with black people at a Rhode Island hotel. Roosevelt said at the end of his speech " We stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord."


1912 Progressive National Convention, The Platform
The main work of the convention was the platform, which set forth the new party's appeal to the voters. It was drafted in part by Charles McCarthy, and included a broad range of social and political reforms advocated by progressives.


1912 Progressive National Convention, The Platform
The platform's main theme was reversing the domination of politics by business interests, which allegedly controlled the Republicans' and Democrats' parties alike. The platform asserted that the first task of the statesmanship of the day was to destroy the invisible Government, and to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics.


1912 Progressive National Convention, The Platform
The platform also urged states to adopt measures for "direct democracy", including


1912 Progressive National Convention, The Platform
Besides these measures, the platform called for reductions in the tariff, limitations on naval armaments by international agreement and improvements to inland waterways.


1912 Progressive National Convention, The Platform
The biggest controversy at the convention was over the platform section dealing with trusts and monopolies such as Standard Oil. The convention approved a strong "trust-busting" plank, but Roosevelt had it replaced with language that spoke only of "strong National regulation" and "permanent active [Federal] supervision" of major corporations. This retreat shocked reformers like Pinchot, who blamed it on Perkins (a director of U.S. Steel). The result was a deep split in the new party that was never resolved.


1912 Progressive National Convention, The Platform
In general, the platform expressed Roosevelt's "New Nationalism": a strong government to regulate industry, protect the middle and working classes, and carry on great national projects. This New Nationalism was paternalistic in direct contrast to Wilson's individualistic philosophy of "New Freedom". Roosevelt also favored a vigorous foreign policy, including strong military power. Though the platform called for limiting naval armaments, it also recommended the construction of two new battleships per year, much to the distress of outright pacifists such as Jane Addams.


1912 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1912 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1912 college football season. In their third season under head coach Bill Horr, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–2–1 record, finished in third place in the Western Conference with a 2–2–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 176 to 70. R. R. Hutchison was the team captain.


1912 Quebec general election
The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.


1912 Quebec general election, Further reading
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1912 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 April 1912 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.


1912 Queensland state election
The election was the first for the recently formed Liberal government of Digby Denham, who had been premier since 7 February 1911. The opposition Labor Party was led by David Bowman, who had been Labor leader since 15 April 1907.


1912 Queensland state election, Results
Denham and his government were returned to office despite a swing to Labor of almost 10 percent. This was largely due to winning newly created seats in rural areas, while losing seats in Brisbane which mostly went to Labor.


1912 Queensland state election, Results
Queensland state election, 27 April 1912Legislative Assembly << 1909–1915 >>


1912 Republican National Convention
The 1912 Republican National Convention was held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, from June 18 to June 22, 1912. The party nominated President William H. Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman for re-election for the 1912 United States presidential election.