1917 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1917 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1917 college football season. In its third season under head coach John Corbett, the team compiled a 3–4 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and was outscored by a total of 140 to 24.


1917 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1917 Yale Bulldogs football team, commonly known in 1917 as the Yale "Informals", represented Yale University in the 1917 college football season. The team compiled an undefeated 3–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 47 to 0 in games against Loomis Institute (a private boarding school), New Haven Naval Base, and Trinity College. No Yale player received first-team honors on the 1917 College Football All-America Team.


1917 Yale Bulldogs football team, Coaching staff
Tad Jones, who had been Yale's head coach in 1916, was called away from Yale for government service during the 1917 season. In his place, Arthur Brides served as the team's coach. Charles J. Stewart was the team captain, and Philip C. Walsh was the team manager. John Mack was the trainer and Brides' chief assistant coach.


1917 Yukon general election
The 1917 Yukon general election was held on March 15, 1917 to elect the ten members to the 4th Yukon Legislative Council. This election was contested between the Liberals and Conservatives.


1917 Yukon general election
The election was held using five two-member districts, where voters could cast two votes each.


1917 Yukon general election, Campaign
The Liberals platform was primarily focused on improving working conditions, while the Conservative platform focused on infrastructure development. Both parties pledged to allow women to vote and stayed neutral on prohibition.


1917 Yukon general election, Campaign, Liberal platform
The Liberals campaigned on a platform of "progressive legislation". They pledged to introduce if elected to bring in woman's suffrage, reducing public works employee work days to 8 hours a day without reducing wages, a new workers compensation act, a pledge to experiment with farming in the Yukon and lowering the cost of medical services and legal fees.


1917 Yukon general election, Campaign, Liberal platform
In addition to powers covered under territorial jurisdiction, the party pledged to lobby the federal government to put an exemption limit of $1000.00 for royalty payments paid by prospectors and miners. They planned to do this by establishing a memorial to send prayers to Ottawa. The party also decided to take no stand on the question of liquor prohibition which had been voted on a few months prior to the election.


1917 Yukon general election, Campaign, Conservative platform
The Yukon Territorial Conservative Association pledged to bring in woman's suffrage, establish an old people's home, limit the time that mining claims can be registered under the Yukon Placer Mining Act and establish a road network, and wireless telegraph network with rural Yukon and southern Canada. The Conservatives also took a neutral stance regarding the question of prohibition.


1917 college football season
The 1917 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Georgia Tech as national champions, the South's first. Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Williams, and Washington State were also undefeated, and one-loss Navy was strong.


1917 college football season
Tech coach John Heisman challenged Pitt coach Pop Warner to a postseason contest to determine a national champion, but as such a match did not occur until the next season, Tech was named national champion. The Golden Tornado was invited to play a 4–3 Oregon team in the Rose Bowl, but by then many players had joined the war effort.


1917 college football season
In the second week of play, Georgia Tech beat Penn 41–0. Bernie McCarty called it "Strupper's finest hour, coming through against powerful Penn in the contest that shocked the East." By comparison, Pitt defeated Penn 14–6.


1917 college football season, September
September 29In a doubleheader, Georgia Tech beat Furman and then Wake Forest; 25–0 and 33–0 respectively. Navy beat Davidson 27–6. Pitt beat West Virginia 14–9.


1917 college football season, October
October 6Georgia Tech beat Penn at home 41 to 0. Centre beat KMI 104–0. West Virginia beat Navy 6–0. Williams beat Cornell 14–10.


1917 college football season, October
October 13Georgia Tech beat Davidson 32–10, its closest game all season. DePauw beat Centre 6–0. Syracuse beat Rutgers 14–10. Wisconsin tied Notre Dame 0–0.


1917 college football season, October
October 20Georgia Tech beat  Washington & Lee 63–0. Auburn beat Clemson 7–0. Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 28–0. Nebraska beat Notre Dame 7–0. Washington State beat Oregon 26–3.


1917 college football season, October
October 27Undefeated Pittsburgh beat Penn on the road 14 to 6. Auburn beat Mississippi A&M 13–6.


1917 college football season, November
November 3Georgia Tech gave Vanderbilt its worst ever beating, 83–0. Auburn crushed Florida 68–0. Centre beat Kentucky 3–0. Texas A&M beat Tulane 35–0. Wisconsin beat Minnesota 10–7. Illinois tied Chicago 0–0. Rutgers tied West Virginia 3–3.


1917 college football season, November
November 10A freshman Buck Flowers at Davidson upset Auburn 21–7. All of Georgia Tech's backs rushed for 100 yards in a 48–0 defeat of Tulane. Texas A&M beat Baylor 7–0. Ohio State beat Wisconsin 16–3. Navy beat Georgetown 28–7.


1917 college football season, November
November 17Georgia Tech beat Carlisle 98–0. Penn beat Michigan 16–0. Ohio State beat Illinois 13–0.


1917 college football season, November
November 24Auburn fought undefeated Ohio State to a scoreless tie. Coach Heisman  of Georgia Tech(who previously coached at Auburn) and his players were at the game, rooting for the Tigers. Minnesota beat Illinois 27–6.


1917 college football season, November
November 29Georgia Tech beat Auburn 68 to 7. Davidson beat Clemson 21–9. Mississippi A&M beat Haskell 7–6.


1917 college football season, Rose Bowl
The Mare Island Marines defeated Camp Lewis, 19–7, in the 1918 Rose Bowl.


1917 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in Afghanistan.


1917 in Afghanistan, May 1917
It is reported that Turco-German agents are fomenting unrest in Afghanistan, and are instigating the chiefs to make incursions into Russian Turkestan. These intrigues appear to have no success, however, and there are no indications that the loyalty of the amir to the Indian government has been in the least shaken.


1917 in Argentine football
1917 in Argentine football saw the two teams from Avellaneda dominate Argentine football. Racing Club won its fifth consecutive league title and two domestic cups, while Independiente won the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club.


1917 in Argentine football
In international football Argentina won three minor tournaments but finished as runners up to Uruguay in Copa América for the second time.


1917 in Argentine football, Primera División
Sportivo Barracas made its debut in Primera División, while Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) and Banfield were relegated at the end of the season.


1917 in Argentine football, Argentina national team, Copa América
Argentina travelled to Uruguay to participate in the 2nd edition of Copa América. For the second time they finished in second place behind Uruguay.


1917 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in Australia.


1917 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1917.


1917 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1917 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1917 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1917 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1917 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1917 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 16th season of competitive football in the country.


1917 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1917.


1917 in British music
This is a summary of 1917 in music in the United Kingdom.


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Army chaplain explains why Canadians should reject peace offers at this time


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Woman recalls being six-year-old in family caught in Halifax Explosion


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Battle of Vimy Ridge described by Canadian signalman observing battlefront


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Amputee says horrors of Somme fighting worse than losing his arm there


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Recuperating Canadian soldier describes birdsong, currant and hawthorn blossoms and other beauties of spring in England


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Frontline doctor treats (and changes mind of) German prisoner of war


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Letter of thanks from soldier receiving socks, saying all intend to see war won


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Letter of thanks from soldier receiving socks, describing Christmas dinner


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
International planning consultant advises against special programs to set up returning soldiers in agriculture


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Profile of Medicine Hat, Alta. branch of Great War Veterans Association


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
"That woman suffrage will help the cause of Temperance is shown by the following facts"


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
In inaugural address, President Wilson says U.S.A. cannot be independent of war, but is not part of it


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
American upset over Canadian hostility to U.S. non-participation in World War I


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Poster for U.S. vs Canada charity baseball game in London, U.K.


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Prosecution's opening statement in trial of Inuk for murder on Coppermine River


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Modern conveniences would save farm women from lifting tons of water a day


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
"The increase of fibre decreases digestibilty" - Ontario Agricultural College researcher on limited usefulness of whole-wheat flour


1917 in Canada, Historical Documents
Calgary mayor agrees that door-to-door distribution of flyers for birth control play should be prohibited


1917 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in Chile.


1917 in El Salvador
The following lists events that happened in 1917 in El Salvador.


1917 in France
This is a list of events from 1917 in France.


1917 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1917 in Iceland.


1917 in Italy, Events
Italy entered World War I in May 1915, declaring war on Austria-Hungary. In August 1916 Italy declares war on Germany. The Italian Front stands under command of Chief of Staff, General Luigi Cadorna. The Isonzo is the main battlefield.


1917 in Japan
Events from the year 1917 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 6 (大正6年) in the Japanese calendar.


1917 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in New Zealand.


1917 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 19th New Zealand Parliament continues as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party. The general election due this year is deferred because of World War I.


1917 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1917 film awards, 1917 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1917 films


1917 in New Zealand, Sport, Lawn bowls
The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.


1917 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1917 in Norwegian music.


1917 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in South Africa.


1917 in Sweden
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1917 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1917 to Wales and its people.


1917 in architecture
The year 1917 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


1917 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1917 throughout the world.


1917 in association football, Events
Due to the First World War several leagues remain suspended throughout Europe.


1917 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1917  throughout the world.


1917 in film
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood".


1917 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1917.


1917 in jazz
Musicians born in this year included Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonious Monk.


1917 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1917.


1917 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1917 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1917 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1917.


1917 in organized crime, Al Capone
It was through the Five Points gang that Al Capone came to the attention of brutal New York mobster Frankie Yale. In 1917, 18-year-old Al Capone went to work for Yale at the Harvard Inn as a bartender and as a waiter and bouncer when needed. Capone watched and learned as Yale used violence to maintain control over his empire.


1917 in organized crime, Al Capone
One day while working at the Harvard Inn, Capone saw a man and woman sitting at a table. After his initial advances were ignored, Capone went up to the good-looking woman and whispered in her ear, "Honey, you have a nice ass and I mean that as a compliment." The man with her was her brother, Frank Gallucio. Defending his sister's honor, Gallucio punched Capone. However, Capone didn't let it end there; he decided to fight back. Gallucio then took out a knife and slashed at Capone's face, managing to cut Capone's left cheek three times (one of which cut Capone from ear to mouth). The scars left from this attack led to Capone's nickname of "Scarface," a name he personally hated.


1917 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1917.


1917 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Newly named avialaens
Moved from Archaeopteryx siemensii (1897) refuted and retained in Archaeopteryx.


1917 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Newly named dinosaurs
A saurolophine hadrosaurid. Type species E. regalis Also includes "Claosaurus" annectens (1882)


1917 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Newly named dinosaurs
An Ornithomimid A new subgenus for "Ornithomimus" altus (1901), elevated to Struthiomimus altus  (1972)


1917 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1917 in poetry, Works published in other languages, Indian subcontinent
Including all of the British colonies that later became India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Listed alphabetically by first name, regardless of surname:


1917 in poetry, Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1917 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1917 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1917.


1917 in science
The year 1917 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.


1917 in science fiction
The year 1917 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.


1917 in science fiction, Awards
The main science-fiction Awards known at the present time did not exist at this time.


1917 in sports
1917 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1917 in the Belgian Congo
The following lists events that happened during 1917 in the Belgian Congo.


1917 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1917 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the First World War.


1917 Úrvalsdeild
The 1917 season of Úrvalsdeild was the sixth season of league football in Iceland. The same three teams participated that entered last year with Fram winning the championship for a fifth time in a row.


1917/18 NTFL season
The 1917/18 NTFL season was the 2nd season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). The Wanderers won the premiership back to back for finishing on top of the ladder after the home and away season. There were no finals until 1918/19.


1917–18 Army Cadets men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Army Cadets men's basketball team represented United States Military Academy during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Ivens Jones, coaching his second season with the Cadets. The team captains were William Gernhardt and Leo Kreber.


1917–18 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season
The 1917–18 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season was the 15th season of play for the program.


1917–18 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season, Season
During World War I the team brought back former team captain and then-army Captain Joseph Viner to lead the team. Due to the requirements of the war, many students who were close to graduating were pressed into service as student officers in 1917. This had a secondary effect of depleting the ice hockey team of much of its experience. As a result, sophomore cadet Henry Nichols was named captain.


1917–18 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season, Season
Because of the war, many of Army's contemporaries had suspended their programs and left the program scrambling to fill its schedule. The team ended up playing as many secondary schools as colleges, finishing with a 6–3 mark.


1917–18 Army Cadets men's ice hockey season, Schedule and Results
† The Princeton squad was an informal team supported by students and did not officially represent the university in any capacity.


1917–18 Austrian First Class
The 1917–18 Austrian First Class season was the seventh season of top-tier football in Austria. It was won by Floridsdorfer AC who would finish ahead of SK Rapid Wien by goal difference.


1917–18 Belfast & District League
The Irish League in season 1917–18 was suspended due to the First World War. A Belfast & District League was played instead by 6 teams, and Linfield won the championship.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1917–18 season was Blackpool F.C. 's third season in special wartime football during World War I. They competed in two Football League competitions spread over the full season — the Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition, for thirty games, and then in the Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition, for a further six games. The club finished in 12th place in the principal competition and fifth in the subsidiary competition. Thomas Hunter was the club's top scorer, with eight goals (five in the principal competition and three in the subsidiary).


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season
The FA Cup was suspended for the duration of the war.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Background
As with the 1916–17 season, Blackpool had to rely on a small nucleus of players supplemented by soldiers stationed in the town and the occasional league players as guests to make up the numbers. Again, they had to rely on staff from the Royal Army Medical Corps Depot (RAMC) based at Squires Gate. Edgar Chadwick, who had played for Blackpool in the 1904–05 season after a successful career at Everton, made two appearances for them again at the age of 48.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Background
George Beel, who went on to score 178 goals in 316 league games for Burnley, scored two goals in eleven appearances. Two RAMC men, Albert Moorcroft and Edmund Berry, who made their debut during this period, went on to sign professional terms with the club, as did Thomas Hunter, who played in the latter part of the season. Fred Pagnam, who had played for the club before the war, appeared in one Subsidiary Competition match.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
The Principal competition for the 1917–18 season consisted of sixteen teams, with the same teams as the 1916–17 season:


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
Blackpool began the campaign on 1 September 1917, with a home match against Oldham Athletic, which they won 3–2, with all three goals coming from Kirrage, a soldier based at the RAMC depot. The Seasiders also fielded a new full back partnership of Dunn with Horace Fairhurst, both based at the RAMC Depot. Fairhurst would go on to sign permanently for the club after the war, before his death in 1921.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
Blackpool lost just one of their first five matches, with three guest players scoring. However, they then went on a five-game losing streak from 6 October, when they lost 3–1 at Stockport County, to 3 November when they were beaten at home 6–0 by Liverpool. The Seasiders still struggled to raise a full team, and against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 8 December they could only field ten players, having to borrow a player from the home team.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
On 5 January 1918, Blackpool beat Everton 1–0 at home, but followed this up with a run of six defeats and one draw, including a 7–2 defeat at Everton, a 4–0 loss to Port Vale, and a 5–0 loss to Bolton Wanderers, in which Edgar Chadwick made his second appearance of the season. Results started to improve, and they ended the season with a run of six matches undefeated (four wins and two draws), including a 4–1 win over Blackburn Rovers, with Thomas Hunter scoring all four goals. By this time, Moorcroft and Fairhurst had "gone away on the draft" and the club once again were having to find new players, even though the season was drawing to a close.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition
For the final match of the Principal Competition, at home to Burnley on 29 March, the Blackpool Committee stated that they had to rely entirely on local soldiers, and even then they could only announce the team just before kick-off. Blackpool won the match 1–0, with Hunter scoring his sixth goal in four games.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition
For the Subsidiary Competition, the Lancashire League was again divided into four, with the games played amalgamated at the end of the season to give a composite table.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition
Blackpool were again placed in Group C which contained four teams:


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Football League Group A, Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition
Blackpool again had to rely on soldiers stationed in the town for the Subsidiary Competition. The first two matches were held in mid-season during the Principal Competition. The home and away fixtures against Burnley were played with Blackpool losing at Turf Moor 3–1 on 24 November, and winning the return fixture 5–1 at Bloomfield Road on 1 December, when Edgar Chadwick made his return to the side at the age of 48. They won both matches against Blackburn Rovers: 2–0 at home on 30 March 1918, and 4–1 at Ewood Park on 6 April. They ended the season with the two games against Preston North End, losing 3–2 at home on 13 April then winning the final match of the season at Deepdale 4–1 on 20 April. In the combined Subsidiary Competition table Blackpool finished sixth, with Liverpool emerging as champions.


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Summary
As with the previous season, Blackpool used a lot of personnel throughout the season, with a total of 53 different players being used in both competitions. Harold Keenan made the most appearances, with 34 (28 in the Principal Competition and six in the Subsidiary Competition). Dunn was next with 32 league appearances (27 in the Principal Competition and five in the Subsidiary Competition), followed by Horace Fairhurst with 27 (25 in the Principal Competition and two in the Subsidiary Competition).


1917–18 Blackpool F.C. season, Military international
On 2 January 1918, Bloomfield Road hosted a military international between England and Scotland. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with a number of the RAMC men who played for Blackpool appearing in the match. For England, Monaghan (who had just started playing as Blackpool's goalkeeper), Bates, Kinsella, Grice and Moorcroft (who scored the English goal) all played. Robb and Sperrin, together with Englishman Horace Fairhurst, turned out for the Scots.


1917–18 Boston College men's ice hockey season
The 1917–18 Boston College men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.


1917–18 Boston College men's ice hockey season, Season
Having started their ice hockey program during World War I, when many programs had suspended, Boston College had few options for opponents and had to settle for uncommon opposition. Their third and final game of the year was against future-arch rival Boston University.


1917–18 Boston College men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Boston College's athletic programs weren't known as the 'Eagles' until 1920.


1917–18 Boston University men's ice hockey season
The 1917–18 Boston University men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program.


1917–18 Boston University men's ice hockey season, Season
During World War I, Boston University agreed to play cross-town rival Boston College in a game of ice hockey. It was the first official game for the program but, because of the war, the team would not play another contest until 1920.


1917–18 Boston University men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Boston University's athletic programs weren't known as the 'Terriers' until 1922.


1917–18 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1917–18 English football season, Brentford competed in the London Combination, due to the cessation of competitive football for the duration of the First World War. In a patchy season, the Bees finished in mid-table.


1917–18 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The wartime London Combination was streamlined for the 1917–18 season, with the clubs voting to expel Portsmouth, Watford, Southampton and Luton Town, which would reduce travelling expenses on Britain's congested railways. Despite the entry of the United States into the First World War in April 1917, Britain was still mired in war and manager Fred Halliday again had trouble securing players to play. Of Brentford's squad, goalkeeper Ted Price, defenders Jack Peart, Dusty Rhodes and forwards Albert Chester, Patsy Hendren and Henry White would appear in the majority of the matches during the season. Half back Bill Stanton, previously with Watford, was a rare wartime signing and he too would be regularly available.


1917–18 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Manager Fred Halliday struggled to field a settled side during the opening months of the season and Brentford suffered six defeats in eight matches between mid-September and mid-November 1917. In late November, Halliday pulled off a transfer coup, re-signing former Brentford forward Jack Cock as a guest from Huddersfield Town, to whom he had transferred in April 1914. Cock went on to score 27 goals in 23 appearances, which included two hattricks and a five-goal haul versus rivals Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the season.


1917–18 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Henry White, frequently Brentford's top scorer during the First World War, supported ably with 17 goals. The season was notable for some high scoring wins (4–0, 6–2, 6–1 versus Queens Park Rangers; 5–0 versus Clapton Orient and 5–2 versus Tottenham Hotspur) and crushing defeats (7–1 versus Millwall, 6–1 versus Tottenham Hotspur; 8–3, 7–3, 7–2 versus West Ham United and 4–0 on two occasions).


1917–18 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
A number of former Brentford players were killed during the season:


1917–18 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of Buffalo during the 1917–18 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was Art Powell, coaching his second season with the Bulls.


1917–18 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1917–18 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish First Division.


1917–18 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Whitelaw Morrison, coaching his first season with the Bearcats.


1917–18 Colgate men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Colgate Raiders men's basketball team represented Colgate University during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Walt Hammond, coaching the Raiders in his fifth season. The team had finished with a final record of 9–12. The team captain was Mark Smith.


1917–18 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Connecticut Aggies men's basketball team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1917–18 collegiate men's basketball season. The Aggies completed the season with a 1–6 overall record. The Aggies were members of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges, where they ended the season with a 0–4 record. The Aggies played their home games at Hawley Armory in Storrs, Connecticut, and were led by third-year head coach John F. Donahue.


1917–18 Coupe de France
The 1917–18 Coupe de France (officially Coupe Charles–Simon 1917–1918) was the first season of the most prestigious cup competition in France. The competition was open to all clubs who were affiliated with an organisation that was a member of the Comité français interfédéral (CFI). The cup was named after Charles Simon, the Secretary-General of the CFI at the outbreak of World War I, who died in battle in 1915.


1917–18 Coupe de France
Forty-eight clubs competed in the cup and Olympique Pantin defeated FC Lyon 3-0 in the final.


1917–18 Coupe de France, First round
Teams from the north and east of France were unable to compete due to World War I. Thirty-two teams competed in this round with sixteen others being given byes to the next round. The matches were played on a regional basis on 7 October 1917.


1917–18 Coupe de France, Second round
The sixteen teams that received a bye joined the sixteen winners of the First Round. The matches were played on 4 November 1917 and on a regional basis if possible.


1917–18 Coupe de France, Quarterfinals
The matches were played on 3 February 1918. FC Lyon-Stade Rennais was played at a neutral venue.


1917–18 Coupe de France, Semifinals
The semifinals were both played on 3 March 1918 at neutral venues.


1917–18 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season
The 1917–18 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season was the 13th season of play for the program.


1917–18 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season, Season
Unlike most programs, Dartmouth continued to field a team throughout the duration of World War I. The team did, however, suffer as a result of the war, with many potential players not attending college for the 1917–18 term. Team captain John Murphy also served as the team's coach, though this was in an unofficial capacity as he wasn't employed by the university.


1917–18 Dartmouth men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Dartmouth College did not possess a moniker for its athletic teams until the 1920s, however, the university had adopted 'Dartmouth Green' as its school color in 1866.


1917–18 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Drexel Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry during the 1916–17 men's basketball season. The Blue and Gold played their home games at Main Building.


1917–18 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1917–18 men's college basketball season. The head coach was Charles Doak, coaching his second season with the Blue Devils. The team finished with an overall record of 10–5.


1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season
The 1917–18 season was the 41st Scottish football season in which Dumbarton competed at national level, entering the Scottish Football League. in addition Dumbarton played in the Dumbartonshire Cup and the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup.


1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season, Scottish League
This was the fourth season of war-time football, where the playing of all national competitions, other than the Scottish League, was suspended. Membership of the League was reduced from 20 to 18, with Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers withdrawing and Clydebank being admitted. Dumbarton's 8th place finish with 34 points (22 behind champions Rangers) was their best performance since the 1893-94 season.


1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Cup
Dumbarton re-entered the Dumbartonshire Cup for the first time in three seasons, but lost out to Clydebank in the final, which was held over until the beginning  of the 1918-19 season.


1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season, Dumbartonshire Charity Cup
Dumbarton retained the Dumbartonshire Charity Cup for the second successive year by beating Renton in the final.


1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season, Charity matches
During the season two charity matches were played for the benefit of the Red Cross War Fund, both being won, scoring 8 goals for the loss of 4.


1917–18 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, Transfers, Players out
In addition Robert Catterson, Thomas Hamilton and Joseph Tait all played their final 'first XI' games in Dumbarton colours.


1917–18 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represents Duquesne University during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Eugene McGuigan coaching the Dukes in his fourth year. The team finished the season with an overall record of 4–4.


1917–18 FC Barcelona season
The 1917–18 season was the 19th season for FC Barcelona.


1917–18 FC Basel season
The FC Basel 1917–18 season was their twentyfifth season since the club's foundation on 15 November 1893. FC Basel played their home games in the Landhof in the district Wettstein in Kleinbasel. The club's chairman was Franz Rinderer and in 1917 he was elected as president of the Swiss Football Association.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Overview
Before the first World War came to an end, over 420,000 square meters of the total of 920,000 square meters of Swiss footballs field had been converted into potato fields. In 1913 FCB founded an athletics section, in 1915 their youth football section, Therefore the club fought hard to keep their ground Landhof. In 1917 the club organised the Swiss athletic championships in their grounds. The first nine championships, in the years 1906 to 1916 (1914–15 was canceled) were all held in French-speaking Switzerland. 1917 was the first time that the championships were held in the German-speaking region. The event was a success, 17 clubs and over 100 athletics took part and it attracted about 4,000 spectators.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Overview
The football team played a total of 23 matches in the 1917–18 season. 12 of these were in the domestic league and 10 were friendly matches. Of these friendlies six were won, one was drawn and three ended in a defeat. There were six home fixtures played in the Landhof and three away games. Three of these games were played in the Basel championship against the two other local teams Old Boys and Nordstern Basel. The away game in the Basel championship against the Old Boys was postponed and awarded 3–0 to the opponents.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Overview
The domestic league, Swiss Serie A 1917–18, was divided into three regional groups, an east, a central and a west. Basel and the two other local teams were allocated to the central group which had just seven teams, as opposed to the other two groups which both had eight teams. Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war. The other teams playing in the Central group were FC Bern, Young Boys Bern, Biel-Bienne and Aarau. Basel played a good season, suffering only two defeats.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Overview
They ended the season in second position with 17 points. In their 12 games Basel scored 31 goals and conceded 19. Karl Wüthrich and Otto Kuhn were jointly the team's best goal scorers both netting four times. Looking at things from the local point of view, Basel took three point from the two games against Nordstern Basel and won both of their games against Old Boys.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Overview
The Old Boys were in last position in the central group league table, but during the period of World War I there was not relegation/promotion between the Serie A and Serie B. The Young Boys won the group and continued to the finals. In the finals YB beat St. Gallen 2–1 but were defeated 2–4 by Servette, who thus won the Swiss champioship.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1917–18 FC Basel season, Results, Serie A, Central Group league table
NB: Baden could not participate because their field was used for agricultural purposes due to the war.


1917–18 Galatasaray S.K. season
The 1917–18 season was Galatasaray SK's 13th in existence and the club's 9th consecutive season in the Istanbul Football League (IFL). During World War I, Galatasaray SK's players joined the Ottoman Army. Because of this, Galatasaray SK sometimes could not find any player, sometimes German soldiers merged Galatasaray SK to build a team. Nevertheless, they lost the matches by decision.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University during the 1917–18 NCAA college basketball season. John O'Reilly coached the team in his fourth season as head coach. Georgetown was an independent and played its home games at Ryan Gymnasium on the Georgetown campus in Washington, D.C., and finished the season with a record of 8-6.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Although the Hoyas struggled on the road this year, their home winning streak at Ryan Gymnasium reached eight games at the end of the season, dating back to a victory against Bucknell on the last day of the previous season; it would reach 52 before finally coming to an end during the 1923-24 season. Georgetown also defeated crosstown rival George Washington twice this season, giving the Hoyas an eight-game winning streak against George Washington – seven of the wins at Ryan Gymnasium – dating back to 1915.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
Forward Fred Fees, a Georgetown University Law School student, was in his second season with the Hoyas. A free-throw shooting specialist in an era when the rules of college basketball allowed teams to choose which player shot its free throws, Fees exploited his free-throw prowess to establish himself as one of the top scorers in college basketball in the United States in each of his seasons with the Hoyas.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Season recap
This season he played in 11 games and scored 201 points, the most by any college player in the country, and his 18.3 points per game set a Georgetown single-season record that would stand until the 1958-59 season. In the game at Navy on January 23, 1918, he scored 15 of the Hoyas's 17 points.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Georgetown players did not wear numbers on their jerseys this season. The first numbered jerseys in Georgetown men's basketball history would not appear until the 1933-34 season.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, Roster
Freshman forward Bill Dudack later served as the Hoyas' head coach during the 1929-30 season. Sophomore guard Alexander "Pat" Finnegan left school after the season for United States Army service in World War I and while in military service died of influenza — the so-called "Spanish flu" — during the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1917–18 schedule and results
It was common practice at this time for colleges and universities to include non-collegiate opponents in their schedules, with the games recognized as part of their official record for the season, so the games against a United States Army team from Camp Meade, Maryland, a United States Army Amphibious Corps team, and the Georgetown University Medical School counted as part of Georgetown's won-loss record for 1917–18. It was not until 1952, after the completion of the 1951–52 season, that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that colleges and universities could no longer count games played against non-collegiate opponents in their annual won-loss records.


1917–18 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team, 1917–18 schedule and results
Trinity College of North Carolina was the future Duke University.


1917–18 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team
The 1917–18 Georgia Bulldogs basketball team represents the University of Georgia during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season. The team captain of the 1917–18 season was Alfred W. Scott.


1917–18 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
During the 1917–18 season Hearts competed in the Scottish First Division and the East of Scotland Shield.


1917–18 Hibernian F.C. season
During the 1917–18 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, finished sixteenth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.


1917–18 Hong Kong First Division League
The 1917–18 Hong Kong First Division League season was the 10th since its establishment.


1917–18 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town's 1917–18 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the wartime football league. Town played in the Midland League and finished in 8th place, as well as 7th place in the Subsidiary Competition.


1917–18 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1917–18 college basketball season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Hec Edmundson and played their home games on campus at the   in Moscow, Idaho.


1917–18 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
The Vandals were 12–2 overall.play. Due to World War I, freshmen were allowed to play varsity sports and the Vandals had five in the starting lineup.


1917–18 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team
This was the final year at Idaho for alumnus Edmundson, a Moscow native (and an Olympian in track in 1912). He coached at Washington in Seattle for decades, starting in 1920.


1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois.


1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Regular season
Under the direction of coach Ralph Jones, the 1917–18 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was unusual because World War I was happening in Europe. Co -captain George Halas, for example, left the team in January 1918 to help out with the war effort. In only the second season of having 10 members, the  Big Ten Conference continued their 12-game schedule of home and road competitions. The Illini finished their season with an overall record of 9 wins and 6 losses and a 6 win 6 loss conference mark. The starting lineup included co-captain Earl Anderson and B.E. Mittleman at the forward positions, J.S. Probst and P.C. Taylor at center, and co-captain George Halas and Burt Ingwersen as guards. Anderson would be named a consensus All-American for the season.


1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Awards and honors
George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears.


1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, Awards and honors
Earl Anderson was named a Consensus All-American for the 1917-18 season.


1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Dana Evans, who was in his 1st year. The team played its home games at the Men's Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1917–18 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–4 and a conference record of 3–3, finishing 8th in the Big Ten Conference.


1917–18 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season. The head coach was O. E. Sink, coaching the Fightin' Teachers in his sole season. The team played their home games at North Hall in Terre Haute, Indiana.


1917–18 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team (also known informally as Ames) represented Iowa State University during the 1917-18 NCAA College men's basketball season. The Cyclones were coached by Harter Walter, who was in his third season with the Cyclones. They played their home games at the State Gymnasium in Ames, Iowa.


1917–18 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
They finished the season 6–10, 1–6 in Missouri Valley play to finish in sixth place.


1917–18 Istanbul Football League
The 1917–18 İstanbul Football League season was the 13th season of the league. Altınordu İdman Yurdu SK won the league for the second time. NB: 3-2-1 point system.


1917–18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1917–18 college men's basketball season.


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church
The 1917–1918 Local Council of the Orthodox Church of Russia (Russian: Поместный собор Православной российской церкви) was the first Local Council of the Russian Church since the end of the 17th century. It opened on 15 August 1917 (O.S.) in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Its most important decision was to restore the Patriarchy in the Russian Church, thereby ending a period of c. 300 years when the Russian Church was governed directly by the Emperor through the Most Holy Synod as a result of Peter the Great's ecclesiastical reforms.


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Background and overview
The Council′s sessions were held from August 1917 until mid-September 1918, mainly in the Moscow Diocesan House in Likhov Lane in Moscow. The Council coincided with important events in Russian history such as the continuation of the war with Germany, the Kornilov affair in August 1917, the proclamation of the Republic in Russia (1 September 1917), the fall of the Provisional Government and the October Revolution, the dispersal of the Constituent Assembly, the publication of the Decree on the separation of church and state and the beginning of the Civil War. The Council acted in response to some of these events. The Bolsheviks, whose actions were directly condemned by the council (or personally by the Patriarch), did not put direct obstacles to the sessions of the Council.


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Background and overview
The Council, preparation for which had begun in the early 1900s, opened when antimonarchist sentiments both in society and in the Church were dominant. The Council comprised 564 members, including 227 from the bishops and clergymen, 299 from the laity. It was attended by the head of the Provisional Government, Alexander Kerensky, Interior Minister Avksentiev, representatives of the press and the diplomatic corps.


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Restoration of Patriarchy
The first session of the Council, which lasted from August 15 to 9 December 1917, was devoted to the reorganization of higher church management: restoration of the patriarchate, the election of the patriarch, the determination of his rights and duties, the institution of the cathedral authorities to work together with Patriarch management of church affairs, as well as discussion of the legal position of the Orthodox Church in Russia.


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Restoration of Patriarchy
The debate on the restoration of the Patriarchy was not a foregone conclusion at the beginning: opponents of the patriarchate pointed to the threat that it could pose to the conciliar nature of Russian Church and even to the danger of absolutism in the Church; Professor Nikolai Kuznetsov believed that there was a real danger that the Holy Synod, as an executive authority acting in the period between the Councils, may turn into a simple advisory body under the Patriarch, and that will also be a diminution of the rights of bishops members of the Synod. But the issue gained urgency right after the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd on 25 October; and three days after, the debates were suspended and the decision to restore the Patriarchy in the ROC passed on 28 October (O.S. ).


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Restoration of Patriarchy
On 5 November of the same year, after election as one of the three candidates for the reinstated Moscow Patriarchate, Tikhon Belavin, Metropolitan of Moscow, was selected after a drawing of lots as the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.


1917–18 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Literature
. Moscow, 1994—2000 (scanned text: Священный Соборъ Православной Россійской Церкви. Собраніе опрдѣленій и постановленій. М. 1918. — Изданіе Соборнаго Совѣта)


1917–18 Luxembourg National Division
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1917–18 Luxembourg National Division
The 1917–18 Luxembourg National Division was the 8th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1917–18 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was contested by 6 teams, and CS Fola Esch won the championship.


1917–18 Madrid FC season
The 1917–18 season  was Madrid Football Club's 16th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) and the Copa del Rey.


1917–18 Maltese Premier League
The 1917–18 Maltese First Division was the seventh season of the Maltese First Division. With each team playing each other once, Ħamrun Spartans and St. George's finished equal on points. The decider play-off played between the two saw Ħamrun Spartans triumphing 4–2, thereby gaining their second league title.


1917–18 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1917–18 season was Manchester City F.C. 's twenty-seventh season of league football.


1917–18 Manchester City F.C. season
Owing to the War, once again Manchester City played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, while in the four-team subsidiary tournament they contested the Group B of the Lancashire Section.


1917–18 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1917–18 season was Manchester United's third season in the non-competitive War League.


1917–18 Manchester United F.C. season
With the ongoing First World War, once again Manchester United played non-competitive war league football. In the principal tournament they contested the Lancashire Section, in a 30-game season. In the subsidiary tournament they contested Group B of the Lancashire Section, in a group of four teams. However, none of these were considered to be competitive football, and thus their records are not recognised by the Football League.


1917–18 Manchester United F.C. season
On 9 October 1917 while Fighting in France during the First World War, former United player Arthur Beadsworth was killed while serving as a Sergeant in the Seventh Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment of the British Army.


1917–18 Marquette Blue and Gold men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Marquette Blue and Gold men's basketball team represented the Marquette University during the 1917–18 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was John Ryan, coaching in his first season.


1917–18 Massachusetts Agricultural College Aggies men's ice hockey season
The 1917–18 Massachusetts Agricultural College Aggies men's ice hockey season was the 10th season of play for the program.


1917–18 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team
The 1917–18 team finished with a record of 14–1. It was the 1st year for head coach Elton J. Rynearson.


1917–18 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team, Schedule
1. EMU Media guide list score of 28-24 and EMU yearbook list score of 28-14.


1917–18 Michigan State Normal Normalites men's basketball team, Schedule
2. EMU Media guide list score of 28-15 and EMU yearbook list score of 24-15.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1917–18 season. The team was Michigan's second varsity basketball team and the first after an eight-year hiatus following the 1908–09 season. With no experienced collegiate players to draw from, the squad started from scratch and compiled a record of 6–12. They finished last in the Big Ten Conference with a record of 0–10 against conference opponents, the only winless conference season in Michigan history.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Elmer Mitchell, a 28-year-old graduate of the University of Michigan, served as the coach. He returned to Michigan in 1917 after having held positions as the athletic director at Grand Rapids Union High School from 1912 to 1915 and at Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University) from 1915 to 1917. After a difficult start in the 1917–18 season, Mitchell led the team to a 12-game turnaround with a 16–8 record in the 1918–19 season. In 1919, Mitchell established the intramural sports program at Michigan and served as its director.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Alan W. Boyd was the team captain. James McClintock was the team's leading scorer with 108 points on 43 field goals and 22 free throws in 16 games. Timothy Hewlett led in scoring average with 7.0 points per game (22 field goals and 12 free throws in eight games).


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Pre-season
In early December 1917, the Detroit Free Press wrote that basketball "receives its inception as a major league sport at Michigan this year." The Free Press noted that the game had never been played "on a big scale" in Ann Arbor, and Coach Mitchell had been unable to find experienced players for the team. As a result, the paper opined that Mitchell "will have his hands full putting any sort of a team on the floor."


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Pre-season
Coach Mitchell was also the coach of Michigan's freshman football team and was unable to turn his attention to the basketball team until football season had ended. With his ties to the football team, Mitchell recruited several football players to try out for the basketball team, including Alan Boyd, Abe Cohn, Tad Wieman, Richard Weske, Oscar Cartright, William Cruse, and Angus Goetz. Boyd became the team captain, and Cohn was a reserve on Mitchell's team. During late November and early December, Mitchell held scrimmages to identify the best players.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Pre-season
Searching for players with some level of experience, Mitchell looked to the class and fraternity teams. James McClintock, who had played center on the sophomore class team, stood out in the early practices. So, too, did Ralph Rychener who had played forward on the championship team of the fraternity-boarding house league.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Pre-season
In the days leading up to the season opener, Mitchell culled the team to 12 players and put them through strenuous conditioning workouts each night as well as passing and shooting drills.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
Michigan opened its season on December 15, 1917, with a road game in Cleveland against Case Scientific School. Case had a veteran team that had won the Ohio Conference basketball championship the prior year, and the Wolverines lost the game, 27–25. The Wolverines' performance was hindered by the team's lack of experience, and also by difficulty adjusting to the basketball court in the Case gymnasium, which was much smaller than the court the team had become accustomed to at the Waterman Gymnasium in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines did not play any further games in December.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
In late December, the Detroit Free Press noted that three home games set for the first week of January were "expected to arouse interest in the basketball team, a thing which has been noticeable by its absence ever since the practice season started, over a month ago." Coach Mitchell expressed concern that the lack of interest and backing had lowered the spirit of the team.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
Over the holidays, the university renovated the basketball court at Waterman Gymnasium. The court was modified to run lengthwise in order to create a larger playing floor, and backboards were hung from the rafters. The Detroit Free Press wrote that the new court "will be one of the largest and best in the state when it is finished."


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
After a two-week break over the holidays, Michigan won four consecutive home games against the Camp Custer officers' team that featured several former college stars (44–28), Hope College (31–15), Case (24–20), and Michigan Agricultural College (now known as Michigan State University) (17–13), improving its record to 4–1.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
After the first three victories, the Detroit Free Press wrote that Michigan's basketball team had begun playing together as a team, had started "passing with a vengeance", and was "improving rapidly in every department of the game and rapidly rounding into a first class organization." At the same time, the paper expressed concern over the team's defense and uncertainty as to how the team would hold up against tougher Big Ten opponents.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
Michigan played its first Big Ten Conference basketball game at Waterman Gymnasium on January 18, 1918, against Indiana. The Hoosiers defeated the Wolverines, 21–17. With a respectable showing against Indiana, the Detroit Free Press wrote that the team's followers were confident that "fighting spirit" would carry the team to a good record. The Free Press noted that, although the players had been "shooting and passing wildly", they had made up for their lack of experience with "plenty of fight".


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
Over the next eight days, Michigan played four more games against Big Ten opponents and lost each game: Chicago (22-6), Ohio State (39-7), Minnesota (28-13), and Northwestern (21-11).


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
After the January 26 game against the Northwestern, the team had a two-week, mid-season break. Over the break, Coach Mitchell made several changes in his lineup. He announced that, for the remaining games, he would play Rychener and McClintock at forward, Bartz at center, and Emery and Boyd at the guard positions.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
The Detroit Free Press opined in early February that a lack of confidence had caused the players to "miss many easy shots, gum up passes, and lose their heads at a critical moment."


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
After the break, the team lost to the Great Lakes Jackies to extend the team's losing streak to six games. The losing streak, which began against Indiana on January 18, 1918, and continued through the Great Lakes game on February 11, 1918, was a school record that was not broken for 26 years.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
The team broke its losing streak with a 42–8 victory over Kalamazoo College on February 13, 1918. Three consecutive losses followed against Minnesota (49–10), Indiana (21–20), and Chicago (22–15). The Wolverines then completed a season sweep of Michigan Agricultural College, winning by a score of 31 to 25 in East Lansing. The Wolverines concluded the season with a 34–27 loss to Ohio State on March 9, 1918.


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Critical assessment of the first season
The Michigan Alumnus summarized the season as follows: "Although the standing of the Michigan basketball team in the Conference is not a thing to be proud of, there can be few objections to the basketball team that Mitchell was able to turn out in the first year of the sport here. At the beginning of the season there was only one experienced man, Hanish, on hand, and Hanish left before the end of the first semester. Bartz and Rowley, good players, were also forced out of the game, the latter from injuries and the former from poor scholastic work."


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Critical assessment of the first season
"Though failing to win a single Conference game, and suffering defeats in 12 of 18 games played, Michigan's first Varsity basketball team did not have such an unsuccessful season as the records would seem to indicate. The Wolverines started the year without an experienced player on hand and Coach Mitchell was not only forced to build a new team -- he was also obligated to get that team into such condition that it could face the best fives in the Big Ten. . . Though more was hoped of the Michigan five, little more could have been expected. The Wolverines were meeting experienced teams in Conference basketball and the Blue players were forced to learn the fundamentals and fine points at the same time. Mitchell worked hard to get a winning combination, but succeeded mostly in preparing his men for next year."


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Critical assessment of the first season
The Detroit Free Press summed up Michigan's first season of varsity basketball with this headline: "Wolverines' Court Year Not in Vain: Much Has Been Accomplished by Coach Mitchell and His Proteges for First Season." The Free Press emphasized that Coach Mitchell began the season without a single experienced player, noted that the team had "gained greatly" in experience and form, and concluded that expectations had been too high among the fans in Ann Arbor:


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Critical assessment of the first season
"At the start of the basketball year there was little hope held out for a Michigan triumph in the indoor game. The campus, not quite understanding the nature of the competition Michigan had to face, hoped for bigger things than lay within the realms of possibility. But, when the situation was once made clear, the students supported the team, despite its losses, and have been quite enthusiastic over its development."


1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Post-season awards
At the end of the season, six players were awarded varsity "M" letters for their participation on the 1917-18 men's basketball team: Alan W. Boyd, John H. Emery, Timothy Y. Hewlitt, James I. McClintock, Ralph O. Rychener, and Edward E. Ruzicka. Two players were given aMA letters: Nicholas B. Bartz and Samuel C. Bornstein. Three players were given "R" letters as reserves: Cress, Rowley, and Cohn. In early April 1918, the six players who won "M's" met and selected "Doc" Emery to serve as captain of the 1918-19 team.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's ninth season and first as a member of the new National Hockey League (NHL). The Canadiens sided with other members of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and voted to suspend the NHA and start the NHL to expel the Toronto Blueshirts ownership. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half of the season, but lost the playoff to the temporary Toronto franchise, made up of Blueshirts players.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Team business
The club changed its name to "Club de Hockey Canadien Ltd." from "Club Athletic Canadien". The logo on the jersey was changed to reflect this, substituting the "A" within the "C" with an "H".


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
Quebec did not ice a team for the season. Quebec's players were dispersed by draft and Montreal chose Joe Hall, Joe Malone and Walter Mummery. Georges Vezina led the league in goals against average of 4 per game and Joe Malone had an outstanding 44 goals in 20 games to lead the league in goals.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
The team was forced to return to its former arena the Jubilee Rink after the Montreal Arena burned down on January 2, 1918. The rival Montreal Wanderers folded after the fire, leaving only three teams (Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto) to continue the season. The Wanderers' players were dispersed and the Canadiens picked up Billy Bell and Jack McDonald.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
On January 28, 1918, when Canadiens visited Toronto, Toronto's Alf Skinner and Montreal's Joe Hall got into a stick-swinging duel. Both players received match penalties, $15 fines and were arrested by the Toronto Police for disorderly conduct, for which they received suspended sentences.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold. The Wanderers defaulted scheduled games against the Canadiens (Jan. 2, 1918) and Toronto (Jan. 5, 1918), when their arena burned down. These appear as losses in the standings, but the games were not played.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Schedule and results
† Montreal Arena burned down and Wanderers withdraw. Two Wanderers games countas wins for Canadiens and Toronto.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
The Canadiens played the Torontos in a playoff to decide the league championship. In a two-game, total-goals series, Toronto won the first game 7–3 and Montreal won the second game 4–3. Toronto won the series 10–7 and proceeded to the Stanley Cup playoffs.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Playoffs
Toronto wins total goals series 10–7 for the O'Brien Cup


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Skaters
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Montreal. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.


1917–18 Montreal Canadiens season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season
The 1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season was the 15th and final season of play of the Montreal Wanderers ice hockey club. Along with the Canadiens, Ottawa and Quebec, the club voted to suspend the National Hockey Association (NHA) and form the National Hockey League (NHL) to freeze out the Toronto NHA franchise owner. On the ice club still had difficulties fielding a competitive club, and when the Montreal Arena burned down, owner Sam Lichtenhein elected to suspend the club.


1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season
It was the first season of the new National Hockey League. The Wanderers played on opening night December 19, 1917, against Toronto, winning 10–9. It would be the Wanderers' only win in the NHL. Adding to the Wanderers' woes were the poor attendance at the game of an estimated 700, despite allowing free admission to military personnel and family. The Wanderers then lost the next three games and owner Lichtenhein threatened to withdraw from the league unless he could get some players.


1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season
Although they could have acquired Joe Malone in the draft they turned to the PCHA and signed goaltender Hap Holmes. They also obtained permission to sign such players as Frank Foyston, Jack Walker and others if they could do so. The Wanderers loaned Holmes to the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA but he eventually found his way back to the NHL when Seattle loaned him to Toronto.


1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season
A league meeting was planned to deal with the situation, however on January 2, 1918, events overtook the league when the Montreal Arena burned down, leaving the Canadiens and Wanderers homeless. The Canadiens moved into the 3,250-seat Jubilee Rink. The Hamilton arena offered to provide a home for the Wanderers, but owner Lichtenhein disbanded the team on January 4, after the other clubs decided against giving him any players. The remaining three teams would complete the season. Lichtenhein retained his partnership in the NHA/NHL, voting with the Canadiens and Senators in future meetings as needed.


1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season
This ended the story of a club that won the Stanley Cup outright four times, and a Cup challenge in another season. It was also the end of a terrific rivalry with Ottawa HC, especially the period between 1904 and 1911, when the two teams dominated Stanley Cup play. Montreal fans would have only one team until the coming of the Montreal Maroons in 1924, formed by former Wanderers owner James Strachan.


1917–18 Montreal Wanderers season, Regular season, Game log
† Montreal Arena burned down and Wanderers withdraw. Two Wanderers games countas wins for Canadiens and Toronto.


1917–18 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team
The 1917–18 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team represents North Carolina State University during the 1917–18 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Harry Hartsell coaching the team in his first season.


1917–18 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1917–18 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1917, progressed through the regular season, and concluded in March 1918.


1917–18 NCAA men's basketball season, Awards, Helms College Basketball All-Americans
The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1917–18 season.


1917–18 NHL season
The 1917–18 NHL season was the first season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league was formed after the suspension of the National Hockey Association (NHA). Play was held in two halves, December 19 to February 4, and February 6 to March 6. The Canadiens won the first half, and Toronto the second half. The Montreal Wanderers withdrew early in January 1918 after their rink, the Westmount Arena, burned down. Toronto won the NHL playoff and then won the Stanley Cup by defeating the PCHA's Vancouver Millionaires three games to two in a best-of-five series.


1917–18 NHL season, League business
In November 1917, the owners of the NHA, apparently unwilling to continue the league with Toronto NHA owner Eddie Livingstone, decided to suspend the NHA and form a new league, the NHL, without Livingstone.


1917–18 NHL season, League business
On October 19, a meeting of the NHA board of directors was held. Livingstone did not attend, sending lawyer Eddie Barclay. Barclay was informed by the directors that Toronto would not play in the 1917–18 season due to the difficulty of operating a five-team league, both in scheduling and availability of players during wartime. Livingstone then publicly announced that he would set up an international circuit and raid the NHA players.


1917–18 NHL season, League business
On November 9, 1917, it was reported that the Toronto NHA franchise was sold to Charles Querrie of the Toronto Arena corporation. At this point, NHA president Robertson and secretary Frank Calder denied that the NHA would change, dissolve or adopt other subterfuge. This sale never completed.


1917–18 NHL season, League business
The November 10, 1917, annual meeting of the NHA was presided over by Calder, and attended by Martin Rosenthal and E.P Dey for Ottawa; Sam Lichtenheim for the Wanderers; George Kennedy for the Canadiens and M. J. Quinn and Charles Fremont for Quebec. At the meeting, Livingstone was represented by J. F. Boland, who stated that if the league operates that the Toronto franchise intended to be a full member. The NHA voted to suspend operations but not wind up the organization and meet in one year's time. According to the Globe, there was a movement to form a new four-team league of Toronto, Ottawa and the two Montreal teams. The Toronto representative offered to allow the Arena Gardens to manage the Torontos and lease the players.


1917–18 NHL season, League business
There then followed a period of speculation in the newspapers as to whether Quebec would play in the new season and what would be the league organization. One name for the new league was speculated: the "National Professional Hockey League". If Quebec could play then the Toronto players would be dispersed; if Quebec could not play then the Toronto players would be loaned to a temporary Toronto franchise. Representatives of Ottawa, Quebec, and the Montreal teams met on November 22, 1917, but adjourned without a decision.


1917–18 NHL season, League business
On November 26, 1917, representatives of the Ottawa, Quebec, and Montreal NHA clubs met at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal. The decision to start a new league was finalized and announced. The decision was made to start a new league, the National Hockey League, with the following provisions:


1917–18 NHL season, League business
A Toronto franchise was to be operated 'temporarily' by the Arena Gardens while the Toronto ownership situation was resolved. The franchise used the players of the Blueshirts, including those who had been transferred to other NHA teams for the second half of the 1916–17 NHA season. While Livingstone agreed to a lease of the team, the NHL owners did not intend to share any revenues from the players. Livingstone would sue for the team's revenues in 1918. George Kennedy, owner of the Canadiens, would later say:


1917–18 NHL season, League business
"The Toronto players belong as a body to the National Hockey League, for they were only loaned to the Toronto Arena Company, though Livingstone tried to make the Arena Company believe that he controlled those players"


1917–18 NHL season, League business
According to Holzman, the NHL itself was intended to operate temporarily until the Toronto NHA franchise was resolved. The NHA had a pending lawsuit against the 228th Battalion, and could or would not fold until after that was heard.


1917–18 NHL season, League business, Quebec dispersal draft
According to McFarlane, the owners of the Quebec franchise asked $200 per man selected; but the amount received by the franchise is not recorded. The Wanderers took four players, but overlooked great Joe Malone, who was picked up by the Canadiens, who also took Joe Hall. Odie Cleghorn and Sprague Cleghorn joined the Wanderers, but Sprague broke a leg and was sidelined.


1917–18 NHL season, League business, Rule changes
On January 9, 1918, the league decided to allow goaltenders to drop to the ice surface in order to make saves. This was the first implemented and amended rule change in the National Hockey League. It was done in response to Ottawa's Clint Benedict constantly falling to make saves. According to NHL president Frank Calder, "As far as I am concerned they can stand on their head(s)."


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season
The new league faced stiff competition for players from a number of other leagues including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. Also, filling rosters was a challenge because the talent pool was decimated by World War I.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season
The Wanderers were in trouble from the start of the season. They won their home opener but drew only 700 fans. The Wanderers then lost the next three games and owner Lichtenhein threatened to withdraw from the league unless he could get some players. Although they could have acquired Joe Malone in the draft, they turned to the PCHA and signed goaltender Hap Holmes. They also obtained permission to sign such players as Frank Foyston, Jack Walker and others if they could do so. The Wanderers loaned Holmes to the Seattle Metropolitans of the PCHA, but he eventually found his way back to the NHL when Seattle loaned him to Toronto.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season
A league meeting was planned to deal with the situation, but on January 2, 1918, the matter was resolved when the Montreal Arena burned down, leaving the Canadiens and Wanderers homeless. The Canadiens moved into the 3,250 seat Jubilee Rink. The Hamilton arena offered to provide a home for the Wanderers, but Lichtenhein disbanded the team on January 4, after the other clubs refused to give him any players. The remaining three teams would complete the season.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season
The last active player from the inaugural season was Reg Noble, who retired following the 1933 Stanley Cup playoffs.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
The first game of the season, and in league history, featured the visiting Montreal Canadiens defeat the Ottawa Senators 7-4, with Joe Malone scoring five of Montreal's seven goals. On the same night a game featured the unnamed Toronto team versus the Montreal Wanderers. Montreal's Dave Ritchie scored the first goal in NHL history and Harry Hyland had five goals (the league's first hat trick) in the Wanderers' 10–9 victory, which would be their only one in the NHL; Player-coach Art Ross earned the league's first penalty. The game in Montreal was played in front of only 700 fans.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
On January 28, when the Canadiens visited Toronto, players Alf Skinner and Joe Hall got into a stick-swinging duel. Both players received match penalties, $15 fines and were arrested by the Toronto Police for disorderly conduct, for which they received suspended sentences.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Highlights
In February, Ken Randall of Toronto was suspended pending payment of $35 in fines to the league. He brought $32 in paper money and 300 pennies. The pennies were refused. He tossed his bag of pennies onto the ice prior to the game against Ottawa, and one of the Ottawa players banged it with his stick, scattering the pennies around the ice. The game was delayed while the pennies were picked up.


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Allowed


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
The Wanderers defaulted scheduled games against the Canadiens (Jan. 2, 1918) and Toronto (Jan. 5, 1918), while their arena burned down, these appear as losses in the standings, but the games were not played


1917–18 NHL season, Regular season, Final standings
"The league did not accept the Wanderers' resignation immediately, electing to wait and see whether the team showed up for its scheduled match in Toronto on Saturday January 5. ... The deadline did expire, and the once-powerful team that had been known as the Little Men of Iron was thrown onto the scrap heap of hockey history. The Wanderers' scheduled games of January 2 and 5 were officially recorded in the standings as victories for their respective opponents, the Canadiens and Torontos." — Holzman.


1917–18 NHL season, Playoffs, NHL Championship
Montreal had won the first half of the NHL split season with 20 points and Toronto had won the second half with 10. The two teams then played a two-game total goals series for the NHL championship. This was Toronto's first playoff series. These two teams split their ten-game regular season series.


1917–18 NHL season, Playoffs, NHL Championship
The series saw much fighting involving Bert Corbeau and Newsy Lalonde. Toronto won the series and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.


1917–18 NHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
The championship series was played at Arena Gardens in Toronto. The games alternated between seven-man PCHA rules and NHL six-man rules. This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. Toronto won all three games played under NHL rules, and Vancouver won the two games played under PCHA rules. Although Vancouver's Mickey MacKay was described as sensational in the fifth and deciding game, it was Corbett Denneny of Toronto who scored the winning goal and Toronto won the Stanley Cup.


1917–18 NHL season, Schedule and results, Results
† Montreal Arena burned down and Wanderers withdraw. Two Wanderers games countas wins for Canadiens and Toronto.


1917–18 NHL season, Awards
The O'Brien Cup, still considered the championship of the NHA, was not actually awarded to Toronto in 1918. It remained under the care of the Canadiens who had won it in 1917, until the death of their owner, George Kennedy, in 1921, when the NHL made arrangements to re-use the trophy. The Hockey Hall of Fame lists Toronto as the winner for 1917–18.


1917–18 NHL season, Player statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes


1917–18 NHL season, Player statistics, NHL playoff scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points


1917–18 NHL season, Debuts
The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1917–18 (listed with their first team, not including players who previously played in the NHA):


1917–18 NHL season, Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1917–18 (listed with their last team):


1917–18 NHL transactions
This is a list of players recruited into teams in the National Hockey League in its first season, the 1917–18 NHL season. Some had been free agents and others were moved as part of two dispersal drafts.


1917–18 National Association Foot Ball League season
Statistics of National Association Foot Ball League in season 1917-18.


1917–18 National Challenge Cup
The United States had recently entered World War I, and the soccer world felt the effects as increasing numbers of players joined the armed forces to wage battle in Europe. Soccer was not as hard-hit as some other sports, but all leagues felt the impact; in fact the Čechie team of Chicago lost every member of its roster to enlistment.


1917–18 National Challenge Cup
The United States Soccer Football Association issued a call to its member associations for teams to resist the temptation to strengthen their teams at the expense of others — when wealthy, but decimated teams eye the poorer but complete teams, their wallets and checkbooks should remain pocketed in the name of fair play. A welcome consequence of the war situation was a willingness of the USFA's own warring factions to end their dispute and work together in relative harmony during those trying times.


1917–18 National Challenge Cup
Many soccer organizations launched fund raising campaigns and benefit matches to raise money to provide support for US soldiers through, among other means, the provision of soccer equipment and gear to enhance their recreational opportunities. One such project was the Soccer Football Chain Letter Fund launched by Thomas Cahill and the USFA.


1917–18 National Challenge Cup
Other welcome events included record attendance figures in some late-round games of the National Challenge Cup that were well promoted. One of the major topics of discussion was the pros and cons of substitutes. At the time the laws did not specifically allow nor outlaw substitutes per se, but the consensus was that eventually they would become a reality. For the 1917-18 year, the USFA reported receipts of $6,318.64 and disbursements of $3,034.39, giving the USFA a net worth of $2,784.25 in cash and one $500.00 Liberty Bond.


1917–18 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy in intercollegiate basketball during the 1917–18 season. The head coach was James Colliflower, coaching his second season with the Midshipmen.


1917–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and MTK Hungária FC won the championship.


1917–18 Netherlands Football League Championship
The Netherlands Football League Championship 1917–1918 was contested by 51 teams participating in five divisions. The national champion would be determined by a play-off featuring the winners of the eastern, northern, southern and two western football divisions of the Netherlands. AFC Ajax won this year's championship by beating Go Ahead, Willem II, AFC and Be Quick 1887.


1917–18 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 1917–18 NCAA college men's basketball season. The head coach was John O'Shea, coaching his first season with the Purple Eagles.


1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season
The 1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union season was the third  season of Rugby league's Wartime Emergency League football. Each club played a differing number of fixtures, depending upon the closeness of neighbours, ease of travel etc., with Rochdale Hornets playing (and losing) only 7 games and St. Helens 18 while Wigan played 35 and several other clubs 31.


1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
The war was starting its fourth year and the Rugby League again continued with the Wartime Emergency League set up. This arrangement, as in other sports, meant that the sport could continue, which in turn would boost the public’s moral. The fixtures were usually quite local, thus cutting down on travelling time and costs, whilst not wasting precious war resources.


1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
No clubs  re-joined the League and no new clubs joined the league for this season.


1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
Barrow (90.91%) finished the regular season top of the league (40 points) although only playing 22 games, with Dewsbury (87.10%) this time in second place (with 54 points from 31 games)..Barrow took the title for the first time in their history.


1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Season summary
There were no other trophies to play for during this season.


1917–18 Northern Rugby Football Union Wartime Emergency League season, Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup Competition was suspended for the duration of the war. The majority of the trophies, such as the County Leagues and County Cups were also suspended for the duration of the First World War.


1917–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
The 1917–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. M. B. Banks was the head coach for Ohio. The Bobcats played their home games in Ohio Gymnasium.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season
The 1917–18 Ottawa Senators season was the team's first season in the newly formed National Hockey League (NHL) and 33rd season of play overall. The Senators, along with the Montreal and Quebec franchises of the National Hockey Association (NHA), voted to suspend the NHA and form the NHL. Ottawa would finish second and third in the first and second halves of the season, and did not qualify for the playoffs.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
Frank Nighbor was in the Air Corps and did not rejoin the team until later in the season. Horace Merrill quit ice hockey prior to the season, but would eventually play in a few games for the team. Rusty Crawford played for the Senators until Nighbor returned.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The Senators began their membership in the new NHL with a 7–4 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at The Arena in Ottawa on December 19, 1917. The game began with team regulars Jack Darragh and Hamby Shore holding out in a contract dispute. This would be resolved in time for the second period. By then, the Canadiens had a 3–0 lead and the Senators could not make up the difference. Joe Malone of the Canadiens scored five goals in the win.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The team would record their first NHL win a week later on the December 26 on the road against the Montreal Wanderers. The Senators would then record their first ever NHL home win three days later against the same Wanderers.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
The Wanderers withdrew from the league six games into the season due to a fire burning down their arena, so that left the NHL with three teams, the Senators, Canadiens and the Torontos. Ottawa picked up Dave Ritchie and Harry Hyland in the dispersal of players. Hyland would become Ottawa's playing coach. Ottawa would finish third in the first half, and second in the second half to miss out on the playoffs.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
Cy Denneny would lead the team in scoring with 36 goals, behind only Joe Malone of the Canadiens in league scoring. Goaltender Clint Benedict would win all nine games for the team, and post a 5.12 GAA.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, December
The Senators opened the inaugural season of the National Hockey League on December 19, 1917, as the Sens lost to the Montreal Canadiens 7-4 on home ice. In the first period, Montreal took a 3-0 lead, as Joe Malone scored two of the Canadiens goals. Ottawa finally scored 4:30 into the second period, as Eddie Gerard scored the first goal for the club in the NHL. Montreal stormed back with two goals by Malone, taking a 5-1 lead, however, the Senators Cy Denneny scored twice before the end of the period to cut the Canadiens lead to 5-3. In the third period, Malone scored 6:00 into the period, his fifth goal of the game, followed by a late goal by Didier Pitre, giving Montreal a 7-3 lead. Denneny scored his third goal of the game with two minutes left, making the final score 7-4 for Montreal.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, December
On December 22, the Senators played their first road game, as they faced the Toronto Arenas in Toronto. The Arenas destroyed the Senators, winning the game 11-4.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, December
The Senators finally won their first game on December 26, as they travelled to Montreal to face the Montreal Wanderers. Ottawa was led by two goals by Cy Denneny and strong goaltending by Clint Benedict in the victory. Three nights later, the Senators defeated the Wanderers for their first win on home ice, winning by a score of 9-2.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, December
Ottawa finished December with a 2-2-0 record, earning four points. The Senators sat in a tie for second place in the NHL with the Toronto Arenas, two points behind the first place Montreal Canadiens.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
The Senators struggled at the start of January, dropping their first three games, including two losses to the Montreal Canadiens, dropping their overall record to 2-5-0. With the Montreal Wanderers withdrawing from the league due to a fire burning down their home arena in early January, the NHL was trimmed down to a three team league.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
The Senators returned to the win column on January 14, defeating the Toronto Arenas 9-6 in a high scoring game. Cy Denneny and Jack Darragh each scored three goals for Ottawa in the win. Ottawa would then drop their next two games, as their win-loss record fell to 3-7-0.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
Ottawa would rebound with two victories, defeating both the Canadiens and Arenas, however, Ottawa lost their final game of the month to the Montreal Canadiens on January 28.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
The Sens finished January with a disappointing 3-6-0 record. The club slipped into last place in the NHL with a 5-8-0 record, earning 10 points. Ottawa was four points behind the Toronto Arenas for second place, and ten points behind the league leading Montreal Canadiens.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February/March
The Senators first game of February was officially their final game of the first half of the season. Ottawa dropped the game by a score of 8-2 to the Toronto Arenas, finishing the first half of the season with a 5-9-0 record, which placed them in last in the NHL and failing to earn a berth for the NHL finals.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February/March
Ottawa opened the second half of the season with a very solid 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens, as Cy Denneny scored three goals for the Senators and goaltender Clint Benedict held off the high scoring Canadiens.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February/March
Following the win, the Senators would lose their next four games, dropping them into last place once again. Ottawa would snap their losing skid in the final game of the month, as Clint Benedict earned the first shutout in Senators history, as Ottawa defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8-0.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February/March
The Senators extended their winning streak in the final game of February, as the club, led once again by Benedict, and two goals by Frank Nighbor, defeated the Canadiens 3-1.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February/March
In their final game of the regular season on March 6, Ottawa defeated the Toronto Arenas 9-3, extending their winning streak to three games.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February/March
Ottawa finished the second half of the season with a 4-4-0 record, earning eight points. This placed the Senators in second place in the three team NHL, two points behind the first place Toronto Arenas. As Ottawa did not have the best record in the NHL in either the first or second half of the season, the team did not qualify for the NHL championship.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold. The Wanderers defaulted scheduled games against the Canadiens (Jan. 2, 1918) and Toronto (Jan. 5, 1918), when their arena burned down. These appear as losses in the standings, but the games were not played.


1917–18 Ottawa Senators season, Transactions
The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1917–18 season.


1917–18 PCHA season
The 1917–18 PCHA season was the seventh season of the professional men's ice hockey Pacific Coast Hockey Association league. Season play ran from December 28, 1917, until March 8, 1918. The season was reduced to 18 games per team. The Seattle Metropolitans club would be regular-season PCHA champions, but lost the play-off to the Vancouver Millionaires. The Millionaires then played in the Stanley Cup finals series against Toronto, the NHL champions. Toronto won the best-of-five series 3-2 to win the Cup.


1917–18 PCHA season, League business
The Spokane franchise folded and the league operated with three teams again. The players were distributed to the other teams.


1917–18 PCHA season, League business
The league decided to split the schedule with each half's winners playing for the championship. This was revised so that the first and second teams played off for the championship. Previously, playoffs were only held when teams tied for first place. Devised by Frank Patrick as a "second-chance" to increase interest in the league, the idea eventually spread to all North American professional sports.


1917–18 PCHA season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals AgainstTeams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold


1917–18 PCHA season, Playoffs
The Vancouver Millionaires defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans, taking a two-game total-goals series 3-2 on a 1-0 win over Seattle in the second game.