1911 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
At the end of the season, Stanfield Wells was selected as a first-team All-American both by The New York Globe and Dr. Henry L. Williams, longtime coach at the University of Minnesota. Wells was selected as a third-team player on Walter Camp's All-American team for Collier's Weekly. Three Michigan players, Wells, Frederick L. Conklin, and Jimmy Craig, were selected for Outing magazine's Roll of Football Honor.


1911 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
Fielding H. Yost's contract as Michigan's head coach expired at the end of the 1911 season, leading to concerns over whether he would return. On December 16, 1911, it was announced that Yost had agreed to a two-year contract to remain at Michigan for the 1912 and 1913 seasons.


1911 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Varsity letter winners
The following 16 players received varsity "M" letters for their participation on the 1911 football team:


1911 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Reserves
The following players were awarded "R" letters as members of the Reserves on the 1911 football team:


1911 Michoacán earthquake
The 1911 Michoacán earthquake occurred on June 7 at 04:26 local time (11:02 UTC). The epicenter was located near the coast of Michoacán, Mexico. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale. 45 people were reported dead. In Mexico City, 119 houses were destroyed. Cracks were reported in Palacio Nacional, Escuela Normal para Maestros, Escuela Preparatoria, Inspección de Policía, and Instituto Geológico. Ciudad Guzmán, the seat of Zapotlán el Grande, Jalisco, suffered great damage.


1911 Michoacán earthquake
The earthquake occurred hours before the revolutionary Francisco I. Madero entered Mexico City on the same day, and it was also known as "temblor maderista".


1911 Michoacán earthquake
On June 7, 2011, a ceremony was held in Ciudad Guzmán commemorating the centenary of this earthquake.


1911 Michoacán earthquake
This earthquake was a megathrust earthquake along the Middle America Trench (MAT), a major subduction zone.


1911 Middle Tennessee State Normal football team
The 1911 Middle Tennessee State Normal football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Normal School (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) during the 1911 college football season.


1911 Middleton by-election
The Middleton by-election, 1911 was a parliamentary by-election held on 2 August 1911 for the Middleton division of Lancashire, a constituency of the British House of Commons.


1911 Middleton by-election, Vacancy
Ryland Adkins had been Liberal MP for Middleton since 1906 when he gained the seat from the Conservatives. Upon his appointment as Recorder of Nottingham on 17 July 1911, Adkins was obliged by the electoral law of the day to resign his seat and re-contest it at a by-election.


1911 Middleton by-election, Candidates
Adkins Unionist opponent was William Hewins who was his opponent at the December 1910 general election.


1911 Middleton by-election, Campaign
The by-election was fought mainly on the issue of National Insurance which Hewins took up vigorously, if by some accounts rather cynically. In the course of the campaign Lloyd George had to send Adkins a letter for public consumption refuting in detail Hewins’ claims.


1911 Middleton by-election, Result
Adkins held on, although Hewins reduced his majority again, this time to 411 votes.


1911 Middleton by-election, Aftermath
Hewins was elected in a by-election at Hereford in 1912. A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election.


1911 Middleton by-election, Aftermath
Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. In 1918, following boundary changes, the Middleton constituency was combined with Prestwich.


1911 Milan–San Remo
The 1911 Milan–San Remo was the 5th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 2 April 1911. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Gustave Garrigou.


1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1911 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–0–1 record (2–0–1 against Western Conference opponents), won the conference championship for the third consecutive year, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 102 to 15. The team has been recognized retroactively as the national champion by the Billingsley Report.


1911 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Center Clifford Morrell and halfback Reuben Rosenwald were named All-Big Ten first team.


1911 Mississippi A&M Aggies baseball team
The 1911 Mississippi A&M Aggies baseball team represented the Mississippi Aggies of Mississippi A&M in the 1911 NCAA baseball season.


1911 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team
The 1911 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team represented the Mississippi A&M Aggies of Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi during the 1911 college football season. Before the week of the Egg Bowl rivalry, a new set of stands had been added on the east side of The Fairgrounds in Jackson. As the teams prepared for kickoff the new stands collapsed injuring at least 60 people, some seriously. Despite the disaster, the game proceeded without interruption and resulted in a 6 to 0 A&M win. The Commercial Appeal cited Hunter Kimball's playing at end in the annual Egg Bowl contest as "superb."


1911 Mississippi College Collegians football team
The 1911 Mississippi College Collegians football team represented Mississippi College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1911 college football season.


1911 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1911 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1911, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Edmond Noel was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a second term.


1911 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was scheduled for August 1, 1911. However, on July 17, 1911, the State Democratic Executive Committee declared that Earl L. Brewer was unopposed and was declared the nominee.


1911 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election
In the general election, Democratic candidate Earl L. Brewer, a district attorney and former state senator, easily defeated Socialist candidate Summer W. Rose.


1911 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1911 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1911 college football season. The team compiled a 2–4–2 record (2–1–1 against MVC opponents), finished in fifth place in the conference, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 67 to 61. Chester Brewer was the head coach for his first of three seasons. The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.


1911 Monegasque general election
General elections were held in Monaco on 23 April 1911 to elect the 12 members of the National Council. A total of 20 candidates participated in the election. Out of the 629 registered voters, 524 (or 83.3%) voters cast their ballots.


1911 Montana football team
The 1911 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1911 college football season. They were led by second-year head coach Robert H. Cary, and finished the season with a record of two wins and one loss (2–1).


1911 Montenegrin parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 27 September 1911.


1911 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Background
These were the first parliamentary elections in Montenegro after the state was declared the Kingdom in 1910. Although the True People's Party was the only legal political organization in the country, a group of members of the banned opposition People's Party ran as independent candidates.


1911 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Results
The elections resulted in the re-election of Prime Minister Lazar Tomanović and True People's Party government, which was unconditionally loyal to Nicholas I. Tomanović's government was returned to office with a large majority.


1911 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Aftermath
Parliament of Montenegro reconvened on 31 October. However, when the President of the Parliament was elected on 11 December, the government candidate was defeated, leading to the government resigning.


1911 Mudgee state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Mudgee on 16 August 1911 because of the resignation of Labor Party member Bill Dunn because he disagreed with legislation introduced by the Labor Secretary for Lands Niels Nielsen. Labor reversed its policy and Dunn stood for re-election as the Labor candidate.


1911 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1911 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.


1911 NCAA baseball season
The 1911 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1911. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.


1911 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1911 season.


1911 NSWRFL season
The 1911 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season for the premiership and the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield.


1911 NSWRFL season
The League’s turnover for the 1911 season was £15,889, up £2,477 on the previous year.


1911 NSWRFL season, Teams
For the first time in its short history, the premiership consisted of the same teams for two consecutive seasons. The same eight teams from the 1910 season played in 1911.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals
The finals system used for the 1910 season was similar in the 1911 season. The top two teams at the end of the year were to play each other in a final to decide the premiership, but in the event of the minor premiers losing, they were deemed to have the "right of challenge" to play a Grand Final. However, because both Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney finished on equal premiership points in second place, a playoff was used to decide who would play minor premiers Glebe in the final.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals
Eastern Suburbs ended up beating local rivals South Sydney 23-10 at the Sports Ground in front of 14,000 people on September 2, 1911, to win the play-off in order to play minor premiers Glebe. The following week, Eastern Suburbs beat Glebe in front of 16,000 at the Agricultural Ground 22-9. Glebe immediately exercised their right for a rematch the following week for a match to be held at the Agricultural Ground on September 16, 1911.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
After Glebe won the toss, Dally Messenger kicked off at 3:31pm on what was a very windy Saturday afternoon. Glebe winger Cubitt scored early and Easts were only able to post a penalty goal in the first half and trailed 5–2 at the break. The referee was Tom McMahon (the elder of the two Sydney top-grade referees of that name) who in the first half sent off Glebe’s Sid Pert and Rooster Larry O'Malley, the former Australian Kangaroo captain. Early in the second half, Cubitt scored again for Glebe to take an 8–4 lead.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
However, in the final ten minutes, Eastern Suburbs were able to score a try after a high kick was misjudged by the Glebe fullback, and Charlie Lees took the loose ball to score a try. Dally Messenger converted to take the lead 9–8 with only minutes to play, and consolidated the win with another penalty kick to win the game 11–8 for the Roosters and allowing them to take their first premiership in front of 20,000 people.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
Played in blustery conditions, Glebe’s form improved greatly but they could not compete with the immaculate kicking of Dally Messenger.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
In an incident-packed opening stanza McMahon reduced each side to twelve men by sending off O'Malley and Sid Pert after a touch judge's report. Ensuing scrums were played with only four forwards. Glebe three-quarter Tom Gleeson left the field with an ankle injury and was replaced at half time by Farrelly.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
With first use of the stiff southerly, Glebe winger C.R. Cubitt scored out wide in the second minute from a scrum close to the Easts line. Messenger replied with a goal shortly after for Glebe to lead 5–2 at halftime. When play resumed, Messenger scored a goal again to narrow the gap to one point. Twelve minutes in, Glebe edged to an 8–4 lead when Cubitt crossed for his second try: a brilliant length of the field effort featuring Farrelly, Redmond, Alby Burge and finally Cubitt who beat Messenger's ankle tap.


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
With thirteen minutes left in the grand final, Lees scored Easts’ only try, from a high kick. The ball bounced off dazed Glebe fullback “Bunny” Algie (who had been injured in a headclash in the opening minutes with winger White). Messenger converted and Easts snatched a 9–8 lead. Messenger's field goal six minutes from the bell gave his team the three point buffer at 11–8 and the confidence to hang on and win their first premiership. After exchanging jerseys, the elated surfsiders carried Messenger from the field".


1911 NSWRFL season, Finals, Final
Eastern Suburbs 11(Tries: Lees. Goals: Messenger 3. Fld Goal: Messenger )


1911 NSWRFL season, Notable events
On June 22, the first game of rugby league was played on the Sydney Cricket Ground. NSW defeated New Zealand in the match, 35–10.


1911 NYU Violets football team
The 1911 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Herman Olcott, the team compiled a 1–3–3 record.


1911 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1911 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1911 college football season. The team compiled an undefeated 6–0–3 record, shut out seven opponents, and defeated its opponents by a combined score of 116 to 11.


1911 Navy Midshipmen football team
The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 25 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. For the second consecutive year, the game was a low-scoring affair; Navy won 3–0 on a field goal by Jack Dalton.


1911 Navy Midshipmen football team
Fullback Jack Dalton was the team captain and was a consensus first-team selection for the All-America team. Three other Navy player received first-team honors from one or more selectors: tackle John Brown received first-team honors from Ted Coy; guard Ray Wakeman received first-team honors from Henry L. Williams; and guard George Howe received first-team honors from The New York Globe. Brown and Dalton were both later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1911 college football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Ewald O. Stiehm and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as members of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA).


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Following the retirement of W.C. Cole in 1910, Nebraska hired Stiehm as his replacement. Nicknamed "Jumbo" because of his large feet, Stiehm was a regimented, fiery man who was prone to frequent tirades on the sidelines. Despite this, his first Cornhuskers team, with nine returning starters from 1910, split the MVIAA championship with Iowa State.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Anderson, Arthur GChauner, Walter EElliott, E.B. CFrank, Ernest HBFrank, Owen HBGibson, J.P. FBHarman, Dewey RTHornberger, Evans GLofgren, Gus EPearson, Monte TPotter, Herbert QBPurdy, Leonard HBRussell, Richard HBShonka, Sylvester LTSwanson, Caesar LGWarner, Leon QB


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kearney State
Stiehm's first game ended in a 117–0 blowout of Kearney State, two points shy of tying the program record of 119 points set in NU's previous game. This was the only meeting between Kearney State and Nebraska.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Nebraska and Kansas State met for the first time in 1911, though they were not yet in the same conference.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Minnesota
Nebraska outgained Minnesota in both rushing and passing yards, but again fell to the Golden Gophers.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Doane
With wins against both in-state opponents, Nebraska recorded their eighth unofficial state championship.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, at Kansas
Nebraska clinched a share of the Missouri Valley championship with a 6–0 win over Kansas.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Michigan stars Stanfield Wells and Miller Pontius were unable to play, prompting the Detroit Free Press to quip that Michigan could claim the "world championship of injuries".


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
In the third quarter of a scoreless game, Michigan end Frederick L. Conklin blocked a Nebraska punt and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown. The Chicago Daily Tribune wrote: "Conklin broke through, blocked it, turned like lightning and sped without interference across the goal line for Michigan's first touchdown." NU responded on its next drive with two long end runs that took the ball to Michigan's eight-yard line, and halfback Leonard Purdy finished off the drive with a touchdown.


1911 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
The New York Times called the game "the hardest contest ever witnessed on Nebraska Field."


1911 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1911 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1911 college football season. In their second year under head coach Art Badenoch, the Aggies compiled a 7–0 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 193 to 6. The team played its home games on Miller Field, sometimes also referred to as College Field.


1911 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
At the end of the season, three Aggies players were named to the All-Southwest football team selected by The Albuquerque Morning Journal: Richard Quesenberry (tackle); Roy Boat (end); and Samuel Bousman (fullback).


1911 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The game between New Mexico A&M and Arizona was played in El Paso, Texas, as part of the Statehood Football Tournament celebrating the admission of New Mexico and Arizona as the country's 47th and 48th states in early 1912.


1911 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1911 New Mexico gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1911, to elect the first Governor of New Mexico.


1911 New Mexico gubernatorial election
Democratic nominee William C. McDonald defeated Republican nominee Holm O. Bursum.


1911 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1911 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 3 January 1911.


1911 New York Giants season
The 1911 New York Giants season was the franchise's 29th season. It involved the Giants winning their first of three consecutive National League pennants. They were beaten by the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series.


1911 New York Giants season
Led by manager John McGraw, the Giants won the NL by 7½ games. On the offensive side, they finished second in total runs scored. On the defensive side, they allowed the fewest. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson led the league in ERA, and Rube Marquard had the most strikeouts. The Giants hit 103 triples, the most in franchise history.


1911 New York Giants season
Taken together with the 1912 and 1913 pennant winners, this team is considered one of the greatest of all-time.


1911 New York Giants season, Regular season, Charlie "Victory" Faust
One of the Giants' drawing cards came in the form of unknown pitcher Charlie Faust, whose story was retold by Fred Snodgrass in The Glory of Their Times. Faust was considered something of a "good-luck charm" by manager McGraw, and was used sparingly. In 1911, Faust appeared in just two games for the team, which was the entirety of his major league playing career. As a pitcher, he pitched two innings, giving up one run. As a batter, he tallied one hit by pitch, two stolen bases, and one run scored, in zero at bats.


1911 New York Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 New York Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 New York Giants season, 1911 World Series, Game 1
October 14, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City


1911 New York Giants season, 1911 World Series, Game 3
October 17, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City


1911 New York Giants season, 1911 World Series, Game 5
October 25, 1911, at the Polo Grounds in New York City


1911 New York Highlanders season
The 1911 New York Highlanders season saw the team finishing with a total of 76 wins and 76 losses, coming in 6th in the American League.


1911 New York Highlanders season
New York was managed by Hal Chase. Home games were played at Hilltop Park. The alternate and equally unofficial nickname, "Yankees", was being used more and more frequently by the press.


1911 New York Highlanders season, Regular season
Relations between the New York Highlanders and the enemy New York Giants seemed to be at a boiling point until a fateful April day when a fire destroyed the main portion of the grandstand at the Polo Grounds, the Giants' home field just a few blocks away (and downhill) from the Hilltop. The Highlanders invited the Giants to play at Hilltop Park for the remainder of the 1911 season. Although the Giants were able to return to their partially rebuilt home two months later, this good deed would be remembered and returned to the Highlanders two years later.


1911 New York Highlanders season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 New York Highlanders season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 New York Highlanders season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 New York Highlanders season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 New York Highlanders season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 New York State Capitol fire
On the morning of March 29, 1911, a fire destroyed substantial portions of the New York State Capitol, including vast holdings of the New York State Library and the New York State Museum. It destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of documents and books. There was one casualty, Samuel Abbott, a watchman.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Background
The New York State Capitol building was constructed from 1867 to 1899. The New York State Library and New York State Museum were held on the upper floors of the building. Other governmental offices were also held in the complex, including legislative chambers and the offices of politicians such as the Governor of New York.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Background
In New York City the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911, had killed 146 people.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Fire
The fire began around 2:10 a.m. on the morning of March 29, 1911. The fire's cause is unknown, but it may have been started by electrical wiring or the butt of a cigar dropped onto the floor.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Fire
Originating in the library for the New York State Assembly on the third-floor, the fire spread across the floor and up to the two floors above it. Damage was concentrated on the northwestern side and lower floors were largely untouched, with damage predominantly from water or smoke. The Albany Fire Department was alerted to the fire about thirty minutes later, at 2:42 a.m., when Fire Box 324 was pulled by Dwight Goewey.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Fire
125 firefighters and thirteen horse-drawn vehicles responded. Ten of the vehicles were 'streamers' and three were ladders. Samuel Abbott, a watchman, was killed in the fire, the only casualty. Elk Street, Washington Avenue, and State Street were evacuated. Thousands watched the conflagration and police had to be deployed to control the fire. Joseph Gavit, an employee of the library at the time, later wrote:


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Fire
“Efforts … had been made for some years to secure adequate fire protection in the library quarters. But all to no result. The Capitol burn? It was fireproof! It proved to be fireproof just like a furnace — what is in it will burn.”


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Fire
During the fire, the archaeologist Arthur C. Parker used a Seneca tomahawk to smash display cases and try to save Iroquois artifacts from the building. He was successful in saving 50 out of around 500.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Aftermath
The fire is locally known as "The Great Fire of 1911". After it was put out, people quickly began hunting for souvenirs and the New York State National Guard was deployed to protect the area. The fire, which happened four days after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, has been described as a "one-two punch" that led to fire safety reform in New York.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Aftermath
Almost the library's whole collection, at the time 800,000 items, was destroyed, leaving what The Daily Gazette described as a "hole in [New York's] cultural heritage". At least 725,000 documents were destroyed and many more were damaged, such as the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance. Some prominent items escaped the fire. A draft of the Emancipation Proclamation and George Washington's Farewell Address were held in a fireproof safe. A copy of the Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds that the library had held since 1819 was not burnt because it was loaned out. The book was not returned to the library until 1967.


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Aftermath
NBC reported that just 7,000 books and 80,000 manuscripts survived and that 500,000 books and 300,000 manuscripts were destroyed. The New York Museum also lost 8,500 artifacts. Condolences for the loss came in from around the world; a librarian at the Imperial University of Tokyo wrote: "I beg to express my deepest sympathy for the loss of the New York State Library by the recent fire."


1911 New York State Capitol fire, Legacy
John Dix, at the time New York's governor, reportedly worked in the building the day after the fire. The state library was held at the New York State Education Building after the fire to 1978. A year after the fire work began on a Legislative Library to replace that which had burned. From March 19, 2011, to August 15, 2011, the New York State Museum had an exhibition on the fire, as did the New York State Library in March and April.


1911 New Zealand census
The 1911 New Zealand census was New Zealand's fifteenth national census. The day used for the census was Sunday, 2 April 1911.


1911 New Zealand census
The total population of the Dominion of New Zealand was counted as 1,058,313 – an overall increase of 122,004 people or 13.03% over the 1906 census figure. The Māori census counted a total of 49,844, of whom 26,475 were males and 23,369 females, another 2,877 in the general census which made up 5 percent of the total night population. The total enumerated in the European (general) census was 1,008,468 of whom 531,910 were Males and 476,558 Females. The Māori census was held in March, while the general census was held in April.


1911 New Zealand census
The Census and Statistics Act 1910 created the Office of the Government Statistician within the Registrar General's Office. The Act (as in the 1911 census report) reiterated the penalties for those who refuse to fill out their census schedules and collectors who disclose the content of individual census schedules.


1911 New Zealand census, Population and dwellings
The principal natural divisions in New Zealand are the North, South, and Stewart Islands. The "Distribution of European populations" of the various provincial districts are as follows:


1911 New Zealand census, Population and dwellings
The Maori population of the Dominion (not included above), according to the result of a separate census taken in April 1911, amounted to 49,844. Of these, 46,632 persons were found to be in the North Island, 2,681 persons in the South Island, 63 at Stewart Island, and 219 Maoris and Morioris at the Chatham Islands. There were 249 Maori wives of European husbands enumerated in the European census.


1911 New Zealand census, Population and dwellings
The total population of the Dominion (including Maoris and residents of the Cook and other Pacific Islands) in April 1911, was: Persons, 1,070,910; males, 564,834; females, 506,076; of these, 2,630 were Chinese—2,542 males, 88 females. The population of the Cook and other Pacific Islands now included within the boundaries of the Dominion was 12,598 persons, of whom 180 were whites or half-castes living as whites. There were also 513 Natives of these islands absent on ships or at the guano islands.


1911 New Zealand census, Population and dwellings, Māori census
The census of the Māori population—that is, full-blooded Maoris, with all half-castes living as members of Native tribes—was taken under the supervision of the officers of the Native Department in April 1911.


1911 New Zealand census, Population and dwellings, Māori census
Notes: (excludes half-Māori counted in the separate European census) The pure-blood Moriori are practically extinct, and those now claiming to be Morioris are half-caste Moriori-Maoris.


1911 New Zealand census, Population and dwellings, Māori census
Besides the half-castes (living as Members of Maori Tribes) included in the above table, there were 2,877 half-castes (males, 1,475; females, 1,402) living with and enumerated as Europeans in the other census.


1911 New Zealand census, Birthplace
The figures show that of the total population of specified birthplace had New Zealand-born at 69.74% and 30.26% were born-overseas.


1911 New Zealand general election
The New Zealand general election of 1911 was held on Thursday, 7 and 14 December in the general electorates, and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 18th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 590,042 (83.5%) voters turned out to vote. In two seats (Eastern Maori and Gisborne) there was only one candidate (not one seat, as in Wilson ).


1911 New Zealand general election, Outcome
The result was that the Liberal Party, which had won a majority of seats (50 of 80) in Parliament, lost 17 seats and its majority, winning only 33. The Reform Party gained 9 to obtain a plurality (37) of seats. Liberal Prime Minister Joseph Ward was able to retain office, but in 1912, Reform Party founder William Massey formed a new government.


1911 New Zealand general election, Outcome
Joseph Ward hoped to remain in power with the support of independents and Labour Party members. Several candidates before the election made commitments to support the Ward Government in the event of a no-confidence motion in the House of Representatives. Ward considered delaying a new session of the house, perhaps for six months until June 1912, but following some tough talking from the Governor-General John Dickson-Poynder, he set the date as 15 February. To speed up the negotiating process, Ward promised to resign as Prime Minister after the Reform Party's no-confidence motion was defeated.


1911 New Zealand general election, Outcome
The end result was even at 39 all, with the Speaker casting the deciding vote in favour of the Ward Government. Joseph Ward then resigned as Prime Minister on 28 March 1912. He was succeeded by Thomas Mackenzie and his new Cabinet was sworn in. The Mackenzie Government lasted only two months and was defeated by a no-confidence motion, 41 votes to 33 on 5 July 1912.


1911 New Zealand general election, Outcome
The Second Ballot Act 1908 provided for second or runoff ballots between the top two candidates where the top candidate did not get an absolute majority. The second ballot was held seven days after the first ballot except in ten large rural seats, where fourteen days was allowed. At the 1911 election, all 30 second ballots were held seven days later. Two 1913 by-elections (Grey and Lyttelton) also required second ballots.


1911 New Zealand general election, Outcome
The Second Ballot Act did not apply to the Maori electorates, and was used only in 1908 and 1911, as it was repealed in 1913.


1911 New Zealand general election, Outcome
In 1911 were the first triennial national referendum on prohibition of alcohol. Referendums were subsequently held in conjunction with each general election (except for 1931 and 1951) until they were abolished in 1989.


1911 New Zealand general election, Results
The following are the results of the 1911 general election:


1911 New Zealand general election, Summary of changes
A boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of four electorates:


1911 New Zealand general election, Summary of changes
At the same time, four new electorates came into being:


1911 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1911 New Zealand rugby league season was the fourth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand toured Australia, playing in no Test matches. This was the first tour of a New Zealand side since the formation of the New Zealand Rugby League. They lost three matches to New South Wales, defeated Newcastle by 21–20, defeated Queensland two games to one and defeated Hunter River by 40–8. The touring party included Charles Dunning, Ernie Asher, Ernie Buckland, Roy Siddells, Barney Winder, Frank Morse, Ronald MacDonald, George Seagar, Jack Stanaway, William Mackrell and George A. Gillett. During the tour they were joined by former All Black Billy Mitchell, who had been brought over to Australia to play in the Queensland Rugby League competition. Before the tour New Zealand defeated Auckland 16–14 at the Takapuna Racecourse.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand also provided four players to the Australasian tour of Great Britain; George A. Gillett, Arthur Francis, Charlie Savory and Frank Woodward. Former New Zealand international Con Sullivan also toured with the team but at the time was competing in the NSWRL Premiership.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
During the season Wellington and Hawke's Bay were admitted to the New Zealand Rugby League.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland had been awarded the Northern Union Cup by the 1910 Great Britain Lions. They successfully defended it four times in 1911, defeating Wellington 16–8 on 5 August, Hawke's Bay 17–13 on 19 August, Nelson 36–12 on 26 August and Taranaki 26–15 on 2 September. Nelson included Bert Feary, Pat Hannigan, Dave Mason and Charles James.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-provincial matches
Auckland also bet the Lower Waikato 36–22 at Frankton and the Hawke's Bay Māori 22–10 on the North Shore in non-challenge matches. Reg Sprague played for Lower Waikato and later played for Auckland against Nelson. Arthur Francis represented Auckland and later played for Wigan and Hull F.C. Frank Woodward was selected for Auckland from the Rotorua sub-league.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-provincial matches
Other players to play for Auckland during the season included Albert Asher, Ernie Asher, Arthur Carlaw, Stan Walters, Charles Dunning, Ronald MacDonald, George Seagar, Jack Stanaway, Frank Morse and Bob Mitchell.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Manukau Northern Union Football Club were captained by James Rukutai. City included Jack Stanaway and Albert and Ernie Asher, Ponsonby included Charles Dunning and  Ronald MacDonald and the North Shore included George Seagar.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The Ngaruawahia, Huntly, Taupiri and Rangiriri clubs were founded, forming the Lower Waikato District League. Only the Ngaruawahia club still exists today. Reg Sprague, from Ngaruawahia, made the New Zealand side that same year.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The Hawke's Bay Rugby League was founded in 1911 with the help of All Golds Jim Gleeson and Edward Tyne. Future dual international Dave Evans was said to be instrumental in helping three Hawke's Bay Rugby Union clubs switch codes; Clive, Ahuriri and Kia Toa. With the help of local politician Vigor Brown, the Rugby League secured the use of McLean Park.


1911 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The first overseas transfer occurred in 1911 when Riki Papakura was cleared to play for Warrington and the 20 pounds fee was forwarded to the Rotorua sub-league.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia
The 1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team. It was the first tour organised by the New Zealand Rugby League.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia
The trip earned the NZRL £3000 profit, thanks to £4000 from gate takings. The tour served as a selection for the 1911-12 Australasian tour of Great Britain and resulted in the selection of George A. Gillett, Arthur Francis, Charlie Savory and Frank Woodward on that tour.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Squad
The touring party included backs; Ernie Asher, Ernie Buckland, Sid Kean, Ronald MacDonald, Frank Morse, Roy Siddells, George Smith, Reg Sprague, Barney Winder, Frank Woodward, forwards; Charles Dunning, Tom Cotterill, Bert Feary, Arthur Francis, Dave Mason, Walter Milne, Jim Rukutai, Charles Savory, Alex Stanaway and utilities; George A. Gillett and George Seagar.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Squad
Jim Gilmour and former All Black Billy Mitchell joined the team while in Australia. Mitchell had been bought over to Australia to play in the Queensland Rugby League competition. Gilmour played for Queensland before joining the New Zealand side.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Fixtures
Before the tour New Zealand defeated Auckland 16-14 at the Takapuna Racecourse.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Fixtures
They lost three matches to New South Wales, defeated Newcastle by 21-20, defeated Queensland two games to one and defeated Hunter River by 40-8.


1911 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia, Fixtures
The first match against New South Wales was the first match of rugby league held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and netted the New South Wales Rugby League a record gate receipts of £2551 and 10 shillings.


1911 News of the World Match Play
The 1911 News of the World Match Play was the ninth News of the World Match Play tournament, played from 3 to 5 October 1911 at the Walton Heath Golf Club. 32 players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 18 holes, except for the final which was over 36 holes. The winner received £100 out of a total prize fund of £400. James Braid defeated Ted Ray by 1 hole in the final to win the tournament.


1911 News of the World Match Play, Qualification
Entry was restricted to members of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA). Qualification was by a series of 36-hole stroke-play competitions; one for each of the eight PGA sections. The Southern section had 12 qualifiers, the Northern section 7, the Midland section 5, the Scottish, Welsh and Western sections 2 and the Eastern and Irish sections 1. Because of the large number of entries in the Southern section, two events were run with 6 qualifiers at each venue. Compared to 1910, the number of qualifiers from the Southern section was reduced by one with the Midland section increasing by one. In the event of a tie for places there was a playoff.


1911 News of the World Match Play, Format
The format was unchanged. Matches were over 18 holes except for the final which was over 36 holes. Extra holes were played in the event of a tied match. Two rounds were played on the first day, two more on the second day with the final on the third day.


1911 News of the World Match Play, Prize money
Prize money was increased to £400. The winner still received £100 and a gold medal, but the runner-up now received £40 and a silver medal, losing semi-finalists £20 and a bronze medal, losing quarter-finalists £15, second round losers £10 and first round losers £5. The new distribution meant that all 32 qualifiers for the final stages received at least £5.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election
The Ayrshire North by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election, Vacancy
Andrew Anderson, the Liberal MP since he gained the seat in January 1910 from the Unionists, was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland, a law officer of the Crown. In accordance with the constitutional arrangements of the day, he was obliged to resign as an MP and fight a by-election.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election, Candidates
Anderson’s Unionist opponent was again Capt. Duncan Frederick Campbell who had stood here last time. He had contested Mid-Lanark in 1906 and Paisley in January 1910 without success.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election, Candidates
There was no Labour candidate, even though they had contested the seat in 1906 and January 1910, finishing a poor third on both occasions.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election, Campaign
The contest was dominated by the government’s legislation on National Insurance and the uncertainties this legislation would produce for individual electors, particularly small manufacturers and shopkeepers.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election, Result
Although there was no Labour candidate, Anderson was thought to have lost some support among working-class voters because of his opposition to Labour candidates in other recent elections. After six years of Liberal government, the electors of North Ayrshire reverted to their more traditional allegiances, perhaps rebelling against the background of the rapid social changes being introduced by H H Asquith’s reforming administration.


1911 North Ayrshire by-election, Aftermath
After the election, Anderson agreed to be re-adopted as prospective Liberal candidate for North Ayrshire, expressing a wish to contest the seat again. A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.


1911 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team
The 1911 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team represented the North Carolina A&M Aggies of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts during the 1911 college football season. The team was led by head coach Edward L. Greene.


1911 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1911 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1911 college football season. The team captain of the 1911 season was Bob Winston.


1911 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1911 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In their third year under head coach Arthur Rueber, the team compiled a 3–1 record.


1911 North East Cork by-election
The North East Cork by-election of 1911 was held on 15 July 1911. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent All-for-Ireland MP, Moreton Frewen. Frewen resigned in order for Tim Healy, who was prominent in the All-for-Ireland League but who had been lost his seat in North Louth in the previous general election, to take his seat. Healy was unopposed and held the seat.


1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election
The North East Lanarkshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.


1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election, Candidates
Although there had been no Labour candidate at the last election, there had been a Labour candidate in January 1910, who finished bottom of the poll. For this by-election, John Robertson was selected as the Labour candidate and was sponsored by the Scottish Miners' Federation. This was the first instance in the 1910-18 parliament in which Liberal and Labour candidates had opposed each other. Labour's intervention to contest this Liberal seat gave the Unionists a real hope of winning.


1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election, Result
Labour's share of the vote was well down on the share they achieved in this seat in both 1901 and 1904.


1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election, Aftermath
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.


1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election, Aftermath
Following boundary changes, most of the seat made up Bothwell for the 1918 general election. Millar moved on to contest neighbouring Motherwell where he was defeated. Goff went off to contest Cleveland where he was elected. Robertson remained to contest Bothwell:


1911 North Louth by-election
The North Louth by-election of 1911 was held on 15 March 1911. The by-election was held due to the election of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Richard Hazleton being overturned on petition due to corrupt and defamatory conduct. Hazleton had previously ousted the prominent All-for-Ireland League politician Tim Healy in the December 1910 general election. It was won by the former MP and Irish Parliamentary candidate Augustine Roche, who was elected unopposed.


1911 North Sydney by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of North Sydney on 11 March 1911. This was triggered by the death of Liberal MP George Edwards.


1911 North Tyrone by-election
The North Tyrone by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. North Tyrone returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The election was held on 6 October 1911.


1911 North Tyrone by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Redmond Barry, becoming Lord Chancellor of Ireland, requiring him to cease membership of the House of Commons. Barry had been Liberal MP for the seat of since the 1907 North Tyrone by-election when he successfully defended the seat for the Liberals.


1911 North Tyrone by-election, Electoral history
Unlike most Irish seats, the Liberals rather than the Irish Nationalists, were the standard bearers for Irish Home Rule. Close results were part of the seat's tradition with the Unionists winning three times and the Liberals six times. Barry's hold on the seat had always been tenuous; His three successful defences were all in two-party contests with an Irish Unionist, where he had never polled higher than the 51.1% of the vote he polled last time:


1911 North Tyrone by-election, Campaign
The issue of Irish Home Rule was not prominent in the campaign, even though the Liberal Government, supported by the Irish Nationalists, was about to embark on the 3rd Irish Home Rule Bill. This was because in Tyrone, the electorate had long since made up its mind on this issue. Instead, the Unionist campaign sought to weaken the ties between the Liberal candidate and his would be supporters. A number of the Unionist influenced newspapers attempted to undermine Russell's campaign, by attacking him personally. They referred to the Liberal candidate as a 'Nationalist' and a turncoat. He was even referred to as a political Carpet-bagger, despite the fact that he was a local man.


1911 North Tyrone by-election, Result
The seat was narrowly held by the Liberal candidate Thomas Russell:


1911 North Tyrone by-election, Result
Russell's 50.1% vote share was exactly the same as that won by Barry in the 1907 by-election.


1911 North Tyrone by-election, Aftermath
Russell retired from politics at the dissolution of parliament in 1918. The seat of Tyrone North was merged with part of Mid Tyrone to create a new seat of Tyrone North West. Herdman eventually was elected to the Northern Ireland Senate.


1911 Northern Illinois State Normal football team
The 1911 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1911 college football season. They were led by second-year head coach William Wirtz and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 8–1–2 record. James Sawyer was the team's captain.


1911 Northwestern Purple football team
The 1911 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1911 college football season. In their second year under head coach Charles Hammett, the Purple compiled a 3–4 record (1–4 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Western Conference.


1911 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1911 Norwegian Football Cup was the tenth season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for 1911 local association leagues (kretsserier) champions, and the defending champion, Lyn. Lyn won their fourth consecutive title, having beaten Urædd in the final.


1911 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1911 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1911 college football season.


1911 Nova Scotia general election
The 1911 Nova Scotia general election was held on 14 June 1911 to elect members of the 35th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.


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1911 Ohio Northern football team
The 1911 Ohio Northern football team represented Ohio Northern University during the 1911 college football season.


1911 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1911 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University during the 1911 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Vaughan, the Buckeyes compiled a 5–3–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 47 to 42.


1911 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team
The 1911 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1911 college football season. This was the 11th year of football at A&M and the third under Paul J. Davis. The Aggies played their home games in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 5–2.


1911 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1911 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1911 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled an 8–0 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 282 to 15.


1911 Oldham by-election
A byelection was held in the Oldham constituency in 1911 to fill a vacancy in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.


1911 Oldham by-election, Vacancy
Alfred Emmott had been Liberal MP for dual member Oldham since gaining a seat from the Conservatives in 1899. He was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies by H. H. Asquith and the following month he was raised to the peerage as Baron Emmott, of Oldham in the County Palatine of Lancaster.


1911 Oldham by-election, Candidates
The Liberal candidate chosen to defend the seat was Arthur Stanley. He had been Liberal MP for Eddisbury, Cheshire until losing to the Conservastives in January 1910. He had lost there again in December 1910. His sister, Venetia Stanley, was a close correspondent of the Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party, H. H. Asquith.


1911 Oldham by-election, Candidates
The Conservative candidate was Edmund Bartley-Denniss who had stood here in December 1910. His only connection with the area was the fact that his father-in-law had recently been Mayor of Oldham.


1911 Oldham by-election, Candidates
The Labour party, who had never previously stood a candidate here, intervened in the contest, choosing William Cornforth Robinson as their candidate. He was General Secretary of the Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers and President of the United Textile Factory Workers Association. His candidature was significant given the large number of textile workers resident in the constituency. Since 1906, most dual member constituencies in industrialised towns had seen one Liberal and one Labour candidate run in harness against two Unionists. Oldham had been an exception to this with two Liberals running. The Labour Party national leadership were therefore keen to see this practice extended to Oldham and were happy to back the locally chosen Labour candidate.


1911 Oldham by-election, Result
The Conservatives gained the seat. The Labour intervention had proved crucial in denying the Liberal victory.


1911 Oldham by-election, Aftermath
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. (Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.) Despite Labour finishing third, their candidate had done well enough to support a claim to run in tandem with a Liberal in future, which is why only one Liberal candidate was in place. Robinson was fortunate enough to have his candidacy sponsored by the UTFWA.


1911 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1911 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1911 college football season. Before the week of the Egg Bowl rivalry, a new set of stands had been added on the east side of The Fairgrounds in Jackson. As the teams prepared for kickoff the new stands collapsed injuring at least 60 people, some seriously. Despite the disaster, the game proceeded without interruption and resulted in a 6 to 0 A&M win. The Commercial Appeal complimented the play of Ole Miss halfback Pete Shields. By Walton and Rube Barker were All-Southern.


1911 Ontario general election
The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P. ).


1911 Ontario general election
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a third consecutive term in government, with a slight reduced majority in the Legislature.


1911 Ontario general election
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, added three members to its caucus.


1911 Ontario general election
The legislature's sole Labour MLA, Allan Studholme of Hamilton East, retained his seat.


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1911 Open Championship
The 1911 Open Championship was the 51st Open Championship, held 26–30 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Harry Vardon won the Championship for the fifth time in a playoff over Arnaud Massy, the 1907 champion.


1911 Open Championship
There was no qualifying event and with 226 entries it was not possible for all the players to play 18 holes on the same day. The players were therefore divided into three "sections," with the first 36 holes played over three days. Sections A and B played their first rounds on Monday, while section C played on Tuesday morning. Section A played their second rounds that afternoon, while sections B and C played their second rounds on Wednesday.


1911 Open Championship
By the start of the first round, the number of participants had been reduced to 222, with four withdrawals. On Monday, Michael Moran of Section B had the best round at 72. On Tuesday morning, the players in Section C discovered that a number of the holes had been moved since the first day.


1911 Open Championship
Later in the day a letter of protest was drawn up by a group of professionals and presented to the authorities: "To the Committee of the Championship, 1911 -  Gentlemen, we the undersigned competitors at this Championship meeting respectfully protest against the alteration of the course during the qualifying (sic) rounds." Play was somewhat easier on the second morning and amateur Edward Blackwell led at 71, with by J.H. Taylor. joining Moran with 72.


1911 Open Championship
At the end of Tuesday, only Section A had completed 36 holes, and Ted Ray led at 148. The Committee replied to the professionals, "The Green Committee consider that in deciding to cut fresh holes each day they had adopted the best course possible under the terms of the competition, which were exceptional owing to the large entry, and though they regret that there was any dissatisfaction amongst the players, they decided that the protest could not be upheld." New holes were again cut on the third morning, so that Sections B and C played their second round to different holes to Section A.


1911 Open Championship
The second round was completed on Wednesday evening, and George Duncan led the field at 144, four ahead of Ray, Taylor, and Vardon. The leading sixty players and ties advanced for the final 36 holes on Thursday; the cut was at 162 and 73 players advanced, with fifteen players on the number.


1911 Open Championship
Duncan had a poor third round of 83 in the morning, which left Vardon with a three-shot lead over Sandy Herd, Taylor, and Massy.


1911 Open Championship
Vardon was among the early starters in the afternoon and scored 80 for 303. Amateur Harold Hilton reached the turn in 33, but took 43 for the last nine and finished a shot behind. Massy needed a four at the difficult final hole to tie; he reached the green with two woods and two-putted to force a 36-hole playoff with Vardon on Friday.


1911 Open Championship
Massy led the playoff after ten holes, but a six at the 14th and a disastrous seven at 17 put Vardon ahead by five after the first round. The lead extended to seven after 27 holes and ten after 34 holes. After Vardon reached the green in two at the 35th and Massy was in thick rough after two shots, Massy picked up his ball and conceded.


1911 Open Championship, Coronation Match
The Championship was preceded by a "Coronation Match" between teams of amateurs and professionals at Royal St George's on Saturday 24 June. The match was in celebration of the coronation of George V on 22 June. The match consisted of 9 foursomes matches, each over 36 holes. The result was an 8–1 win for the professionals. Only one match went beyond the 33rd hole and resulted in a win for the amateurs at the 38th hole.


1911 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Monday, 26 June 1911 (morning, section A; afternoon, section B)Tuesday, 27 June 1911 (morning, section C)


1911 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Tuesday, 27 June 1911 (afternoon, section A)Wednesday, 28 June 1911 (morning, section B; afternoon, section C)


1911 Open Championship, Round summaries, Playoff
Ten shots behind after 34 holes, Massy was in trouble on the 35th hole and conceded the match. Scores in the table below are after 34 holes.


1911 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1911 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In their first season under head coach Sam Dolan, the Aggies compiled a 5–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 119 to 49. Against major opponents, the Aggies lost to Washington (0–34) and defeated Washington State (6–0). The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. Bird Howley was the team captain.


1911 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1911 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1911 college football season. It was the Webfoots' 19th overall season and they competed as an independent. The team was led by head coach Bill Warner, in his second year, and played their home games at Kincaid Field in Eugene and at Multnomah Field in Portland.


1911 Oregon Webfoots football team
Oregon did not meet rival Oregon Agricultural of Corvallis this season and finished with three wins and two losses (3–2).


1911 Oregon Webfoots football team
The unexpected death of guard Virgil Noland caused the cancellation of the Idaho game on November 25.


1911 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1911 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the eighth water polo championship in Hungary. There were two teams who played one match for the title.


1911 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1911 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1911 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 3rd place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 3–3 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1911 Paraguayan Primera División season
The following article presents a summary of the 1911 football (soccer) season in Paraguay.


1911 Paraguayan Primera División season, First Division
The Paraguayan first division championship was played for the "Copa El Diario", a trophy issued by the newspaper of the same name. Six teams participated in the tournament which was played in a two-round all-play-all system, being the team with the most points at the end of the two rounds the champion. Club nacional won its second championship after playing 9 games (one less than the other teams); with 6 wins, 3 draws and no losses.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race
The 1911 Paris to Madrid air race was a three-stage international flying competition, the first of several European air races of that summer. The winner was French aviator Jules Védrines, although his win, along with the rest of the race, were overshadowed by a notorious fatal crash at takeoff.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Organization
The air race was organized by the French newspaper Le Petit Parisien, at least partly inspired by the success of its competitor Le Matin in sponsoring the Circuit de l'Est air race of August 1910, and profiting from its increased circulation.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Organization
The first stage was to begin at the French airfield at Issy-les-Moulineaux and end 400 km (250 mi) to the south-southwest in Angoulême; the difficult second stage was from Angoulême over the Pyrenees to the seaside Spanish town of San Sebastián; the final leg of about 462 km (287 mi) was from San Sebastián over the Sierra de Guadarrama range to Madrid. The first prize was 100,000 francs, with 30,000 francs as second prize and 15,000 francs for third place.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
An estimated crowd of 300,000 spectators gathered in the predawn hours of Sunday, 21 May 1911. The competitors were to take off at five-minute intervals starting at 5.00, but flying started at around 3.45, when Jules Védrines and Andre Frey made short trial flights.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
The first competitor to take off, at 5:10, was Andre Beaumont, followed  by Roland Garros and Eugène Gilbert. Frey took off at 5:35, made a circuit of the field, and landed; after some adjustments, he tried again at 6:00, but damaged a wheel and had to delay his attempt for repairs. The next competitor was not ready, and the following, Garnier, only made a short flight. He was followed by Jules Védrines, who immediately after take off attempted to land, since his aircraft was not handling properly.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
The crowd had begun to get out of control around six, spilling out of the enclosures onto the flying field, and although no one other than the aviators, their assistants, and race officials were meant to enter the flying area, a party of government ministers had also left their grandstand. In an effort to avoid the spectators, he crashed, escaping injury, but severely damaging his aircraft. At 6:22, Le Lasseur de Ranssay departed and at 6:30 Andre Train was called to the starting line.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
" As soon as I left the ground, I perceived that the motor was not working well. I was about to land, after making a turn to one side, when I saw a detachment of cuirassiers crossing the flying track. I then tried to make a short curve to avoid them, and to land in the opposite direction, but my motor at that moment failed more and more, and I was unable to undertake the curve. I raised the machine, so as to get over the troops and to land beyond them.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
At that very moment, a group of persons, who had been hidden from my view by the cuirassiers, scattered before me in every direction. I tried to do the impossible, risking the life of my passenger to prolong my flight, and to get beyond the last persons of the group. I was about to come to land, when the apparatus, which had been raised almost vertically, dropped heavily to the ground. I got out from under the machine, with my passenger, believing that I had avoided any accident. It was only then that I learned the terrible misfortune."


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
Prime Minister of France Ernest Monis was left unconscious, with a broken leg. Monis's son, and tycoon and aviation patron Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, were both injured. The French Minister of War, Henri Maurice Berteaux, lost an arm and sustained a fatal head wound.


1911 Paris to Madrid air race, Start of race and accident
The crash caused a panic in the crowd, causing more injuries and the suspension of all further activity. With the approval of the injured Monis, the event continued the next day, but only two more flyers departed,  Védrines and Andre Frey.


1911 Paris–Roubaix
The 1911 Paris–Roubaix was the 16th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 16 April 1911 and stretched 266 km (165 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Octave Lapize from France.


1911 Paris–Tours
The 1911 Paris–Tours was the eighth edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 2 April 1911. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Octave Lapize.


1911 Penn Quakers football team
The 1911 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1911 college football season. In their third season under head coach Andy Smith, the Quakers compiled a 7–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 131 to 83. Fullback Leroy Mercer was selected as a first-team All-American by Tommy Clark and Wilton S. Farnsworth.


1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1911 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1911 college football season. Undefeated, but with one tie, the team was recognized retroactively as a national champion by the National Championship Foundation.


1911 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team
The 1911 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during 1911. It was the program's 1st season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1911 team did not have an official coach.


1911 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
The 1911 season was the Nittany Lions' 1st season as a varsity soccer program. The Penn State soccer program and 1911 team did not have an official coach.


1911 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
Penn State's athletic director and head football coach Pop Golden announced the university would add soccer to the varsity athletics program in May 1911. The team was formed as a varsity sport and scheduled its first matches in December 1911. Penn State was one of only 17 varsity soccer teams fielded nationally at the time. The inaugural team slated matches on the road from December 19, 1911 to December 21, 1911 to face intercollegiate national champion Haverford College, as well as Westtown School and the University of Pennsylvania. The team finished the road series drawing its matches against Westtown School and University of Pennsylvania 1-1 and 0-0 respectively, losing its match against Haverford College 3-2.


1911 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
Penn State alumnus James G. White who was noted as having an interest in the development of a soccer program at Penn State donated $100 (equivalent to $2,682 in 2020) to fund the travel and equipment for this road trip.


1911 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1911 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The A's finished first in the American League with a record of 101 wins and 50 losses, then went on to defeat the New York Giants in the 1911 World Series, four games to two, for their second straight World Championship.


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season
Starting in 1911, the team was known for its "$100,000 infield", consisting of John "Stuffy" McInnis (first base), Eddie Collins (second base), Jack Barry (shortstop), and Frank "Home Run" Baker (third base) as well as pitchers Eddie Plank and Charles "Chief" Bender.


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 Philadelphia Athletics season, 1911 World Series
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL New York Giants (2)


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1911 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished fourth in the National League with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses.


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season, Offseason, City Series
Phillies Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander made his Philadelphia debut during the pre-season City Series against the Philadelphia Athletics. Alexander pitched five innings of no-hit no-run baseball against the A's. He would make his official major league debut on April 15, 1911.


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1911 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1911 saw the election of Rudolph Blankenburg.


1911 Philadelphia mayoral election
This was the first time since 1881 that a Republican did not win the election, and the last time until 1951.


1911 Philadelphia mayoral election, Republican primary
In the Republican primary election held on 30 September 1911, Earle defeated William S. Vare by 23,000 votes and Samuel Broadbent by 26,000 votes.


1911 Philadelphia mayoral election, Republican primary
George Howard Earle (1856-1928) - Earle was born on July 6, 1856 in Philadelphia, the son of lawyer George H. Earle. A graduate of Harvard University, the younger Earle himself became a prominent lawyer. Earle was very politically ambitious, and ran for many positions, though he never won elected office. He died on February 19, 1928 in Philadelphia. His son was Pennsylvania Governor George Howard Earle III.


1911 Philadelphia mayoral election, Republican primary
William Scott Vare (1867-1934) - Vare was born on December 24, 1867 in Philadelphia. A career politician, Vare served as a US Senator from Pennsylvania from 1927 to 1929. He died of a stroke on August 7, 1934 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.


1911 Philadelphia mayoral election, Republican primary
Samuel Martin Broadbent (1845-1923) - Broadbent, the son of prominent war hero and lawyer Daniel Broadbent, was born on July 6, 1845 in Philadelphia. He was a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a wealthy businessman and investor who was Vice President of Bethlehem Steel from 1897 to 1912. He later served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 4th District from 1917 to 1921. He died on February 4, 1923 in Quebec City, Canada.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1911 college football season. In its third season under head coach Joseph H. Thompson, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 72 to 29.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
At the 1910 season year end banquet, Jack Lindsay was elected captain for the 1911 season and Joseph Trees, former WUP football player and noted alumnus, donated two hundred thousand dollars for a gymnasium and athletic field. Coach Thompson immediately proposed the field be named Trees Stadium.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
To prepare for the 1911 season Coach Thompson started fall practice on September 14. Two of his former players received coaching jobs – Homer Roe at Pittsburgh High School and Frank Van Doren at Waynesburg College.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The Pitt Weekly warned that "It has often been noticed that after a particularly successful season, such as Pitt had last year, a slump has followed either due to a loss of seasoned material or an acquired 'swell head.'"


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Coach Thompson was assisted by Floyd Rose and Alexander Stevenson along with occasional help from former players. Jack Adams was hired as trainer. He had a good nucleus of returning veterans for the 1911 season: captain/end Jack Lindsay, quarterback Tillie Dewar, tackles Henry Blair and James Stevenson, halfbacks George Brown and Charles Quailey, center Ralph Galvin, guards George Gehlert and Ross Feightner and end Hube Wagner.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Graduate Manager Laurence Hurst arranged the “hardest schedule ever faced by a Pitt team.”   Pitt faced Carlisle, Cornell, Notre Dame Villanova, Washington & Jefferson and Penn State back-to-back after warming up with Westminster and Ohio Northern. Cornell was the only road game. Originally, Buchtel was supposed to play Pitt but, they opted out because Pitt was too strong a team for them to play. Mr. Hurst managed to fill the date with Ohio Northern. All home games were played on Forbes Field.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The 1911 Pitt football season debuted on October 7 against Westminster College from New Wilmington, Pa. in front of the largest crowd to ever witness a Pitt home opener. The crowd size was aided by Graduate Manger Hurst distributing four thousand free tickets to the Pittsburgh Public School Boys' Athletic League and the receipts still covered the expenses of the game. Head Cheerleader George Kirk  "had no trouble in getting plenty of volume and snap into the yells – everyone seemed full of ′pep.'"


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt team was healthy except for George Brown, who injured his shoulder in practice and would not play. Westminster Captain and fullback Mansell fractured his ankle in their opening game and was out for the season. Coach Thompson had three newcomers in the starting lineup: S.V. Dillon at halfback, Wayne Smith at guard, and Chuck Soles at end.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Eight minutes into the game Charles Quailey finished off an offensive drive with a ten yard scamper for the first score. Ralph Galvin kicked the point after and Pitt led 6-0.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The second quarter was scoreless with many exchanges of punts. The excitement of the period was when Pitt quarterback Tillie Dewar fielded a punt and was tackled roughly by Westminster tackle Weigel. Both players were accused of "mixing it up" and ejected. Connelly replaced Dewar at quarterback and the half ended a few plays later.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Hube Wagner returned the second half kick-off fifty yards "and brought the spectators to their feet cheering." Connelly raced thirty five yards around left end for a touchdown late in the quarter. Galvin was good on the point after. At the end of the third quarter the Pitt offense had the ball on the Westminster six yard line. After the break, Charles Quailey plunged into the end zone on third down for Pitt's third touchdown. Galvin missed the extra point. After an exchange of punts the Pitt offense completed a forward pass to the Westminster thirty-seven yard line. On first down Quailey raced thirty yards to the seven. Two plays later Wagner scored the final touchdown of the game. Galvin was good on the point after and Pitt led 23-0.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Late in the game, the Pitt offense was advancing the ball. Hube Wagner ran around the end and was tackled out of bounds. He landed in front of the ejected Weigel, who decided to take a swing at him. The Pitt players were not happy.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
"For several minutes the players formed one mass of humanity, and all that could be seen was swinging arms and players falling. It looked like a small riot."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Ralph Galvin was ejected and Westminster Coach Gildersleeve was arrested and taken to the police station. The game ended moments later.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt lineup for the game against Westminster was Charles Soles (left end), Henry Blair (left tackle), Ross Feightner and George Gehlert (left guard), Ralph Galvin and John Cummins (center), Wayne Smith and R. Williams (right guard), James Stevenson (right tackle), Jack Lindsay and Perry Graves  (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connelly (quarterback), Charles Quailey (left halfback), S.V. Dillon and Roy Kernohan (right halfback), and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game consisted of ten-minute quarters.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
Graduate Manager Laurence Hurst was able to contract with Ohio Northern University to fill the October 14 date vacated by Buchtel. This was the fourth meeting between these schools and Pitt won all three previous games, outscoring the Titans 68-0.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
According to The Gazette Times: "The Ohioans did not score a point, but they compelled Pitt to go the entire route."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
Pitt's first score was aided by the visitor's tackle Kahlbaum slugging Pitt halfback S. V. Dillon. He was ejected and a half the distance to the goal penalty was assessed. Pitt promptly advanced the ball from the twenty-two to the end zone. Hube Wagner plunged over from the two. Ralph Galvin missed the goal after.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
In the middle of the second quarter, Tillie Dewar caught two passes from Hube Wagner. The first gained twenty-five yards and the second was an eighteen yard touchdown reception. Galvin converted the extra point and Pitt led 11-0 at halftime.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
The newly formed 26 member Pitt Student Band made their debut at this game. The Pitt Weekly stated "it far exceeded all expectations. Besides playing all the Pitt songs, it rendered some very fine music between halves. At the end of the concert given by the bands during the intermission, the stands gave a great ovation to the band. Again and again the students gave "three times three" to the Pitt Student Band."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
Early in the third quarter Hube Wagner completed a fifty yard touchdown pass to Tillie Dewar. Galvin missed the extra point. Coach Thompson made numerous substitutions. Wagner tried another pass play with the subs but he had to scramble. Forty yards later he scored the final touchdown of the day. Ralph Galvin converted the point after and the final score read 22-0.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Ohio Northern
The Pitt lineup for the game against Ohio Northern was Charles Soles and Perry Graves (left end), Ross Feightner (left tackle), George Gehlert and John Cummins (left guard), Ralph Galvin (center), Wayne Smith and R. Williams (right guard), James Stevenson (right tackle), Jack Lindsay and Walter Campbell (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connelly (quarterback), George Brown and Charles Quailey (left halfback), S.V. Dillon and Roy Kernohan (right halfback), and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game consisted of ten-minute quarters.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The undefeated Carlisle Indians coached by Glen Scobey Warner returned to Pittsburgh on October 21 to seek revenge for the 14-3 defeat they suffered in the 1909 season. Pitt had not given up a point in eleven straight games and outscored the opposition 327-0. Twelve thousand fans spent the afternoon at Forbes Field watching the action. The Pitt band and Cheerleaders George Kirk and his assistant Dick Johnson led the students, who were stationed in their newly constructed bleachers along the right field line, in their cheers throughout the game. Both teams wore numbers on their jerseys so the fans could spot their favorite players.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
"The Carlisle Indians defeated the University of Pittsburgh in a spectacular football game yesterday...on the Forbes Field gridiron 17-0. They had one of the greatest individual performers in Thorpe that has appeared on a Pittsburgh football field in years."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
“It was a case of a superior team winning – a team which was coached to the minute in all the tricky plays of up-to-date football and composed of eleven of the speediest and cleverest gridiron men appearing in this city for many years.”


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The difference in the game was Jim Thorpe. After he missed a field goal in the first quarter, Carlisle regained possession early in the second. Thorpe executed a perfect onside kick that bounced away from Tillie Dewar into Hugh Wheelock's grasp on Pitt's five yard line. He scampered for the first touchdown against Pitt in twelve games. Thorpe was good on the point after. On Carlisle's next possession Thorpe raced fifty yards to the Pitt thirty-five yard line but the Pitt defense stiffened and the half came to a close with the score 6-0 in favor of Carlisle.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Near the end of the third quarter,  "Thorpe grabbed his own onside kick for a fifty yard gain and a touchdown." Thorpe missed the point after and Carlisle led 11-0. The Pitt offense then advanced the ball to the Carlisle eight yard line but lost the ball on downs. After an exchange of punts Ralph Galvin was caught slugging Walsh and ejected. The penalty moved the ball to the Pitt twenty-seven yard line. Carlisle fullback Stancil "Possum" Powell plunged for the last touchdown and Thorpe kicked the goal after to make the final read 17-0. Carlisle gained 426 yards on offense - all on the ground. Pitt had 156 total yards of offense.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
"We were fairly beaten by a better team, and give the Indians due credit for their victory. It was certainly a wonderful aggregation that we faced, and mark my word, they will be heard from before the season ends."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Carlisle finished the season 11-1 and improved their record against Pitt to 3-1.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The Pitt lineup for the game against Carlisle was Chuck Soles and Perry Graves (left end), Henry Blair and William Leahy (left tackle), Ross Feightner (left guard), Ralph Galvin and John Cummins (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), James Stevenson, Henry Blair and George Gehlert (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connolly (quarterback), Charles Quailey and S.V. Dillon (left halfback), George Brown (right halfback), and Hube Wagner (fullback). The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
On Thursday, October 26, the Pitt student band led two thousand students and alumni from Union Station to the P. & L. E. depot to give the football team a proper send-off to Ithaca, NY for their game with Cornell. The team arrived in Buffalo at 10 p.m. and spent the night in the Hotel Statler. Friday the entourage boarded the Lehigh Valley R.R. at 9 a.m. and arrived in Ithaca around noon. The team practiced at the Rogues Harbor Country Club in a sleet storm. Saturday the weather was perfect.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
Four minutes into the first quarter, Cornell executed an onside kick that Tillie Dewar could not field and Cornell end Eyrich grabbed the ball and carried it thirty-five yards to the end zone. O'Connor was good on the extra point and Cornell led 6-0.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
"The same kind of play gave the Indians 12 points last Saturday at Forbes Field. Pitt's ill fortune this year might well be compared to the fabled, two faced Janus, who guarded the gates of Rome, but the smiling face seems ever turned toward the enemy while the frowning face looks always at the valiant Pitt eleven and her staunch supporters."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
Early in the second quarter Ralph Galvin kicked a twenty-five yard field goal to cut the lead to 6-3. Cornell's offense promptly advanced the ball downfield to the Pitt 6 yard line. The Pitt defense stiffened, but Eyrich converted a twenty-eight yard field goal to extend the lead to 9-3.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
There was no scoring in the second half. Cornell's offense had the ball on the Pitt ten yard line but the Pitt defense  stiffened and held. Cornell fullback Underhill was ejected for slugging Pitt quarterback Connolly. Punts, penalties, fumbles and defense dominated the remainder of the contest and Pitt lost for the second straight week.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
Coach Thompson was not pleased with the officiating in his comments to The Pittsburg Press :


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
"I can see why W. & J. kicked about the officials after their game here. The work of several of the men here who had today's game in charge was anything but satisfactory."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
This was Pitt's fourth game versus Cornell and their record was 0-4 having been outscored 80-8.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Cornell
The Pitt lineup for the game with Cornell was Perry Graves and Hube Wagner (left end), William Leahy (left tackle), Henry Blair and George Gehlert (left guard), Ralph Galvin (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), James Stevenson (right tackle), Jack Lindsay and Chuck Soles (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connelly (quarterback), George Brown (left halfback), Hube Wagner and Charles Quailey (right halfback), and Ross Feightner (fullback). The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
On November 4, undefeated Notre Dame came east to pad their record against the Pitt eleven. Ten thousand fans were in attendance including Governor John K. Tener. The Irish were heavy favorites and  "confident of a victory of not less than 18-0." The starting end on this team was Knute Rockne, who would go on to legendary fame as Notre Dame coach from 1918-1930.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Even though Captain Jack Lindsay and Henry Blair were unable to play, the Pitt team “looked something like the great aggregation which went through all last season without having a single point scored against it.”  The game ended in a 0-0 tie, although "Pitt had several good chances to score but were unable to pierce the Notre Dame defense at the crucial moment."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Ross Feightner blocked Notre Dame's first punt and Pitt recovered the ball on the thirteen yard line. Chuck Soles gained three yards on first down. George Brown fumbled on second down and Notre Dame recovered. The Pitt offense advanced the ball on their next possession to the twenty-five yard line and Ralph Galvin "moved back to the 33-yard mark and tried a field goal. He missed."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
At the start of the second quarter Notre Dame fullback Eichenlaub quick kicked before the referee's whistle and end Knute Rockne scooped up the pigskin and raced to the end zone. The Irish fans were disappointed as the officials brought the ball back. Two possessions later Ross Feightner blocked another punt and then grabbed the ball and raced to the visitors twenty-yard line. The Irish defense held and Galvin missed a field goal. Notre Dame tried a double pass and fumbled. James Stevenson recovered on the thirteen yard line.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
A five yard pass and a six yard run placed the ball at the two. The Notre Dame defense stopped the next two plays and Pitt lost the ball on downs. Notre Dame punted to the thirty-eight yard line and Galvin missed the field goal as time ran out in the first half of play.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
At the start of the third quarter, Wayne Smith "again put Pitt within scoring distance by blocking a punt on the Notre Dame 27-yard line." On first down Pitt threw an interception. The remainder of the third quarter was a punting duel.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
In the fourth quarter, George Brown, who "was unusually active on defense especially in breaking up forward passes,"  blocked a pass, grabbed the ball and raced to the end zone. The officials ruled the ball had touched the ground and was incomplete. The Notre Dame defense blocked a Pitt punt and advanced to the ten yard line of Pitt. The Pitt defense held and Gus Dorais missed the field goal try. The remainder of the game was a punting duel. Notre Dame would finish the season undefeated with a 6-0-2 record under coach John L. Marks.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
The Pitt lineup for the game against Notre Dame was Perry Graves (left end), Ross Feightner (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Ralph Galvin (center), Wayne Smith (right guard), James Stevenson (right tackle), Hube Wagner (right end), Tillie Dewar and William Connelly (quarterback), George Brown (left halfback), Charles Quailey (right halfback) and Chuck Soles and Roy Kernohan (fullback). The game consisted of fifteen-minute quarters.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Villa Nova
On November 11 former WUP coach Fred Crolius brought his winless Villanova team west to take on the Pitt eleven.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Villa Nova
"In what was probably the most spectacular mud-fest ever witnessed at Forbes Field, the University of Pittsburgh football team wallowed through four long, slimy periods yesterday afternoon to a decisive victory over Fred Crolius's Villa Nova eleven... The light rain that was falling when the game commenced became a downpour before the play had progressed very far, and in spite of the fact that the Pitt players changed uniforms between halves, there was not a man on the field that could have been recognized by any but his best friends after the first two or three scrimmages."


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Villa Nova
The game started out as a punting duel, until Villanova halfback Forst fumbled a punt and Pitt recovered on the Nova forty-five yard line. Roy Kernohan was "sent through center for eleven yards." William Connelly, who got the start at quarterback, "plowed through the same opening" and bulled his way into the end zone dragging Wildcat quarterback Skelton with him. Connelly was injured on the play and replaced by Tillie Dewar. Ralph Galvin converted the point after and Pitt led 6-0. Dewar returned the kick off sixty yards to the Villanova forty-eight yard line. The Pitt offense moved the ball but turned it over on an onside kick on the eight yard line. Villanova punted and Ralph Galvin missed a thirty-eight yard field goal attempt to end the first quarter.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Villa Nova
Early in the second quarter, Henry Blair blocked a Villanova punt and Perry Graves, "who was in the right spot, picked it up and ran the distance for a touchdown." Galvin converted the goal after and Pitt led 12-0 at half time.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Villa Nova
The punting duel dominated the second half. Both coaches made numerous substitutions. "Galvin and Curley of Villanova were detected exchanging punches and were sent from the game." Dewar missed a field goal and made one that was nullified due to a penalty. Pitt hung on and won 12-0.


1911 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Villa Nova
The Pitt lineup for the game against Villanova was Perry Graves (left end), Henry Blair and Enoch Pratt (left tackle), William Leahy (left guard), Ralph Galvin and John Cummins (center), Wayne Smith and George Gehlert (right guard), James Stevenson (right tackle), Hube Wagner and Bowman Ashe (right end), William Connelly and Tillie Dewar (quarterback), George Brown and S.V. Dillon (left halfback), Charles Quailey (right halfback), and Roy Kernohan (fullback). The game consisted of twelve-minute quarters.