1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 5: Whitman College
In the second half, OAC kicked off, with Whitman returning the ball to the 25. A fumble was immediately lost to the Aggies at the 32-yard line, putting the home team in excellent field position, but the ball was promptly turned back over on an intercepted forward pass. Whitman drove the ball on the next possession but fumbled again, with OAC this time driving the ball to paydirt and a 9–0 lead. Whitman was deflated by the second score and thereafter never seriously threatened.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 6: University of Oregon
On the neutral turf of Multnomah Field in Portland, the OAC Aggies suffered a bitter defeat at the hands of their rivals from down the road, the University of Oregon Webfoots. Some 1,260 fans packed a special train running up the valley to Portland for the annual gridiron showdown between the state's two most prominent schools. OAC army cadets wore their uniforms, banners were waved, megaphones were raised, and enthusiasm was at a peak. Performance on the field left something to be desired, however, as one local newspaper lamented:


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 6: University of Oregon
"The result of the game was a great surprise, not only to the student body, but every denizen of Corvallis was touched with deep sympathy for the boys when the first bulletin was posted, and it fell like a mud-ball against a brand new $10 silk hat. With the splendid record made by the boys in laying the goose-egg at the feet of all comers for the past two years, it was a hard dose to have both eyes blacked inside of 30 minutes. But the boys know how to take their medicine and have the sweet consolation of knowing that they did the same thing to Eugene a year ago."


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 6: University of Oregon
The game was won in the first half by the Lemon Yellows with a pair of four-point place kicks by Oregon captain Fred Moullen. The first score came after ten minutes of play and the second in the closing minutes of the opening half. OAC's Carl Wolff made eight tries at field goals, missing them all; in addition to his two makes, U of O's Moullen failed in four other field goal bids, three of which only missing the uprights narrowly. Also starring for Oregon was Quarterback "Sap" Latuorette, who broke a number of long runs and made several catches, helping to keep the Aggies out of scoring position all day in what was ultimately a field position battle.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 6: University of Oregon
Ten thousand people saw the game in all, with the OAC fans clad in orange and the U of O fans clad in yellow. The crowd was said to be "possibly the greatest at any football game played in the Pacific Northwest" despite a heavy, drenching downpour of rain and a field reduced to a sea of mud.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 7: University of Washington
The vaunted OAC Aggies followed their upset loss to the University of Oregon with a Thanksgiving Day massacre at the hands of the University of Washington Huskies, who not only won 32–0, but who very nearly scored two more touchdowns with drives halted at the one-yard line. OAC was unable to move the ball against the rugged Washington defenders, while superior team speed on the dry field allowed the Huskies to rampage for about 325 yards in the first half alone.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 7: University of Washington
"The Washington Ends nailed the recipient of a punt in his tracks time after time, while OAC's punts were always returned from 5 to 15 yards. Washington was stronger, both on offense and defense, than the visitors. There was a finish to her open plays that did not show with the 'Aggies.' Washington handled the forward pass beautifully, although she did not use it a great deal. For 20 minutes in the first half OAC was unable to do anything at all at carrying the ball."


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 7: University of Washington
Although OAC played better in the second half, Washington made the game a route with three more touchdowns, including a 55-yard pass catch by Grimm.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 8: Multnomah Athletic Club
The Aggies brought their by now disappointing 1908 campaign to a close with a December 5 game against the Multnomah Athletic Club team from Portland. The Aggies went to battle without their captain, Right Halfback Wolff, who was also the best kicker on the team. Despite the loss of their star, the game was closely fought, with the game seemingly headed for a 6–6 tie.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season history, Game 8: Multnomah Athletic Club
With three minutes remaining to play, OAC had the ball on the Multnomah 35-yard line, but the defense stiffened, resulting in a potential game-winning field goal by Walter Keck. The try was short and wide and Multnomah took over. OACs defense held and a resulting punt was shanked, netting Multnomah only 15 yards. Another attempt was immediately made by Keck, this time successful, and OAC took a 10–6 lead. Following the four point field goal Multnomah kicked off to the Aggies but after just one play OAC elected to play a field position game by punting. Multnomah's diminutive Quarterback received the kick on the OAC 52-yard line and broke a long return for the winning five-point touchdown, with the Portland squad emerging victorious by a score of 11–10.


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
• Left End: Brodie• Left Tackle: Frank Pendegrass• Left Guard: Evendon• Center: Kelly• Right Guard: Wallace• Right Tackle: Jamieson• Right End: Dobbin


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
• Quarterback: Gagnon• Left Halfback: Cooper• Right Halfback: Carl Wolff (captain)• Fullback: Keck


1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Roster
Reserves: • Linemen: Francis, Loosely, Parker, Smith. • Ends: Cady, Emberg. • Backs: Freeman, Hastings, Huberg, Knapp.


1908 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1908 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1908 college football season. It was the Webfoots' fifteenth season, they competed as an independent and were led by head coach Robert Forbes. They finished the season with a record of five wins and two losses (5–2).


1908 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1908 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the fifth waterpolo championship in Hungary. There was only one participant, who thus won the champion without any match.


1908 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1908 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 5–1 record and qualified for the IRFU playoffs for the first time since its inception in the previous year. The Rough Riders were defeated by the Hamilton Tigers in a league playoff.


1908 Ottoman general election
General elections were held in November and December 1908 for all 288 seats of the Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire, following the Young Turk Revolution which established the Second Constitutional Era. They were the first elections contested by organised political parties.


1908 Ottoman general election, Background
The Young Turk Revolution in July resulted in the restoration of the 1876 constitution, ushering in the Second Constitutional Era, and the reconvening of the 1878 parliament, bringing back many of the surviving members of that parliament; the restored parliament's single legislation was a decree to formally dissolve itself and call for new elections.


1908 Ottoman general election, Background
The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), the driving force behind the revolution, was in an advantageous position for the election. Because it was still a secret organization, the CUP did not organize itself into a party until well after the elections in its 1909 Congress at Selanik (Thessaloniki).


1908 Ottoman general election, Background
In the lead up to the election, Prince Sabahattin's League for Private Initiative and Decentralization established itself as the Liberty (Ahrar) Party. The Liberty Party was liberal in outlook, bearing a strong British imprint and was closer to the Palace. It hardly had time to organize itself for the election.


1908 Ottoman general election, Electoral system
The elections were held in two stages. In the first stage, voters elected secondary electors (one for the first 750 voters in a constituency, then one for every additional 500 voters). In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Chamber of Deputies. The CUP was successful in abolishing quotas for non-Muslim populations, by amending the electoral to instead stipulate one deputy to every 50,000 males.


1908 Ottoman general election, Results
The Committee of Union and Progress, the main driving force behind the revolution, could count on the support of about 60 deputies, gaining the upper hand against the Liberty Party. Many independents were elected to the parliament, mostly from the Arab provinces. The new parliament consisted of 147 Turks, 60 Arabs, 27 Albanians, 26 Greeks, 14 Armenians, 10 Slavs, and four Jews.


1908 Ottoman general election, Aftermath
Following the electoral victory, the CUP transformed itself from a clandestine organization to a more partisan force, something that would be confirmed in its Congress in the following year. Before that would happen though, Abdulhamid II would attempt to regain his autocracy in what would be known as the 31 March Incident.


1908 Paris–Roubaix
The 1908 Paris–Roubaix was the 13th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 19 April 1908 and stretched 271 km (168 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Cyrille Van Hauwaert from Belgium.


1908 Paris–Tours
The 1908 Paris–Tours was the fifth edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 27 September 1908. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Omer Beaugendre.


1908 Pattern Webbing
The 1908 Pattern Web Infantry Equipment was an innovative type of webbing equipment adopted by the British Army before World War I.


1908 Pattern Webbing, Origins
During the Second Boer War of 1899–1902, the standard British Army set of personal equipment, comprising a belt, haversack and ammunition pouches, was the leather Slade-Wallace Equipment, which had been introduced in 1888. It proved unsuitable for holding modern ammunition, which was carried in stripper clips instead of as individual rounds, and its buffalo-hide leather tended to deteriorate during long periods in the field.


1908 Pattern Webbing, Origins
A review of British shortcomings during the war was conducted by the 1903 Royal Commission on the War in South Africa, which heard evidence that the Slade-Wallace equipment was "an absurdity" and "cumbersome, heavy and badly balanced". As a stop-gap measure, the leather 1903 Bandolier Equipment, based on that used by the Boer Commandos, was issued, but it quickly proved to be unsuitable for infantry use.


1908 Pattern Webbing, Origins
In 1906, Major Arnold R. Burrowes of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, working with the Mills Equipment Company, presented a design for a new set of equipment. Mills' American parent company had previously produced woven cotton webbing equipment for the US Army, but no European army had yet adopted it. The new Mills-Burrowes equipment, initially known as "the Aldershot design", was presented to a committee chaired by the Surgeon-General, which in turn recommended trials at home and abroad. Following the success of these trials, the webbing equipment was accepted by the Army Council in December 1907.


1908 Pattern Webbing, Description
The 1908 equipment, when fully assembled, formed a single piece, and could be put on or taken off like a jacket. Ammunition was stored in two sets of pouches attached to the belt at the front, and the straps from these passed over the shoulders, crossing diagonally at the back. The large pack, or "valise", or the haversack could be attached to these diagonal straps, thus spreading their weight. The "D" shaped buckles and the strap ends were made of brass. The whole set consisted of:


1908 Pattern Webbing, Description
The equipment could be configured in two different ways; for "Full Marching Order" the valise was worn on the back and the haversack was worn hanging at the left hip. In "Battle Order" which was intended to be worn in combat, the valise was detached and the haversack was attached to the back in its place, connected to the ammunition pouches by separate straps.


1908 Pattern Webbing, Description
In theory, an infantryman's Full Marching Order weighed 57 pounds 2½ ounces (25.9 kilograms), and the Battle Order weighed 49 pounds 2 ounces (22.3 kilograms), both including the bayonet and 150 rounds of ammunition but excluding the Lee-Enfield rifle. However, in wartime conditions, the addition of new equipment such as the gas mask, steel helmet and hand grenades, together with the need to carry extra ammunition, rations and defence stores, meant that infantrymen could sometimes go into battle carrying loads estimated at up to 114 pounds (52 kilograms).


1908 Pattern Webbing, Service
The 1908 Pattern Web Equipment was the main equipment with which the British and Imperial armies fought the First World War. The inability of the Mills factory to keep up with demand led to the introduction of a leather version, the 1914 Pattern Leather Equipment, which was intended for training and second line troops, but often found its way into the front lines. Twenty years after the end of that conflict, the 1908 webbing was replaced by the 1937 Pattern Web Equipment.


1908 Pattern Webbing, Service
However, the massive expansion of the British and Commonwealth armed forces immediately before and after the outbreak of World War II meant that the 1908 webbing continued in front line use for some time. Some British infantry units in India and Hong Kong were still using the 1908 webbing in 1941. The valise from the 1908 webbing continued to be used in the 1937 webbing.


1908 Peckham by-election
The Peckham by-election, 1908 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Peckham in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, London on 24 March 1908. The seat was won by the opposition Conservative Party candidate, a gain from the Liberal Party who had won a large majority at the 1906 general election.


1908 Peckham by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal MP, Charles Clarke, on 7 March 1908. Clarke had won the seat from the Conservatives at the 1906 general election with a majority of 2,339 votes.


1908 Peckham by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Party were described as "quite unprepared" for the election, with no obvious candidate. A decision was taken not to consider the nomination until after Clarke's funeral. A special meeting of the Peckham Liberal, Radical and Progressive Association was held on 12 March, with the names of seven potential candidates for consideration. Thomas Gautrey, a member of the Liberal-backed Progressive Party that controlled the London County Council was selected. Gautrey, a former teacher and member of the London School Board, was secretary of the London Teachers Association. He was a long-term resident of Peckham, and had represented the area on the county council since 1904.


1908 Peckham by-election, Candidates
The Conservative Party had selected Henry Gooch, a  Moderate Party councillor representing the neighbouring Dulwich on the London County Council as their prospective parliamentary candidate. The Moderate Party formed the opposition on the county council, and were allied to the parliamentary Conservatives. Gooch had represented Peckham on the London School Board from 1897 until 1904, when the board was abolished. His candidacy was unanimously approved at a meeting of the Peckham Conservative Association on 12 March.


1908 Peckham by-election, Candidates
It was anticipated that the Labour Party would nominate a candidate. The party had not contested parliamentary elections in Peckham, but had begun to organise in the area. W. T. Kelly of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, who had unsuccessfully contested the county council elections in 1907, was seen as most likely to run. The Camberwell Socialist Council decided on 15 March not to put forward a candidate, as it was felt that this would lead to a split in the anti-Conservative vote.


1908 Peckham by-election, The campaign
Gooch's campaign centred on opposition to the policies of the Liberal government of Henry Campbell-Bannerman. In particular he attacked the provisions of the Licensing Act 1906 and proposed education reforms. The Licensed Victuallers' Association pledged to support Gooch. There was controversy when it emerged that Meux's Brewery had made two large donations to the Conservative campaign, and the cheques were immediately returned. Gooch was also a strong proponent of "Imperial Preference" and was supported by the Tariff Reform League.


1908 Peckham by-election, The campaign
Gautrey, in his election address, made clear his support for free trade and for the government's licensing legislation. He was in favour of women's suffrage, land reform, and ending denominational education in publicly funded schools. He was opposed to the "hereditary principle in the Legislature" and would support any legislation that curbed the powers of the House of Lords. Gautrey was supported by the Women's Freedom League and the Free Trade Union.


1908 Peckham by-election, Polling day
Polling opened at 8 a.m., although party organisers began work two hours earlier. Forty motor cars were used by the two parties to bring their supporters to the polls, and Peckham was said to present "the appearance of a huge fair". Processions of voters moved through the streets accompanied by marching bands and displaying coloured rosettes and lights: red for the Conservatives and blue for the Liberals.


1908 Peckham by-election, Results
The votes were counted at Camberwell Town Hall, with the result announced at 11 pm. The Conservatives overturned the Liberal majority by a margin of nearly two and a half thousand votes, surpassing their expectations. The party's celebrations continued late into the night, including a firework display.


1908 Pembrokeshire by-election
The Pembrokeshire by-election of 1908 was held on 16 July 1908. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, John Wynford Philipps. It was won by the Liberal candidate Walter Roch.


1908 Pembrokeshire by-election, Campaign
Roch had the support of the MPs W. Llewelyn Williams and W. Jones of the United Kingdom Alliance and the Free Trade League respectively. The Miners' Federation of Great Britain also strongly supported Roch. Lort Williams, the Conservative candidate, was supported by emissaries from the Tariff Reform League and the National Trade Defence Association.


1908 Pembrokeshire by-election, Campaign
A formidable group of Suffragettes (including Emmeline Pankhurst) came to Pembrokeshire to campaign against Roch, not because they disliked him, or supported Lort-Williams, but because H.H. Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister, was immovably opposed to the enfranchisement of women.


1908 Penn Quakers football team
The 1908 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1908 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0–1 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation. They outscored their opponents 215 to 28.


1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1908 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.


1908 Peruvian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Peru in 1908. Augusto B. Leguía of the Civilista Party was elected unopposed.


1908 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1908 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing sixth in the American League with a record of 68 wins and 85 losses.


1908 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


1908 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


1908 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


1908 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


1908 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1908 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished fourth in the National League with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses.


1908 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


1908 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


1908 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


1908 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


1908 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1908 college football season.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Season recap
In July 1908, the Western University of Pennsylvania officially became the University of Pittsburgh. Hence, the cheers and songs emanating from the students at sporting contests had to be changed for the 1908 football season. In April, John A. Moorehead was hired to lead the football team for a second season. He hired ex-quarterback Karl Swenson as assistant coach. At the 1907 season ending banquet Quince Banbury was chosen captain by his teammates.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Season recap
The drama in this offseason centered on a request by Washington & Jefferson University's Athletic Committee for the Western University of Pennsylvania to sign an agreement to adopt a one-year residency rule for their athletes. They stated that they would only make this request of the Western University of Pennsylvania. The WUP Athletic Committee declined and severed ties with all Washington & Jefferson athletic teams. Late in November the Red and Black changed their mind and begged for a post season football game with the University of Pittsburgh.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Season recap
The details were worked out between Alexander Silverman, the Graduate Manager of Athletics at Pitt and E. M. Murphy, the Graduate Manager of Athletics at Washington & Jefferson. The University of Pittsburgh Athletic Committee agreed to mend relations with the Red and Black and the eleventh game was added to the schedule. The main plus to come out of the pettiness and then total reversal shown by Washington & Jefferson's Athletic Department was a rivalry played for the next twenty-one straight years. In its second season under head coach John A. Moorehead, the team compiled an 8–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 36. At the conclusion of the season Mr. Moorehead resigned as coach and went into business with his father.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Mount Union
On October 3 Pitt opened the 1908 football season at Exposition Park against the Mount Union College Purple of Alliance, Ohio. Twelve hundred fans turned out to cheer on the new edition of University of Pittsburgh football. The Pittsburg Press noted: "The system of numbering the local and visiting players will be adopted again this year and in this way the spectators will be able to follow the game well by referring to their programs. The numbers are sewed on the back of each player's jersey and can be distinguished from any part of the field." Both teams were healthy and anxious to play.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Mount Union
Mount Union started strong. They recovered a Pitt fumble on the Pitt fifteen yard line. They were able to move the ball five yards closer and Purple Raider fullback O'Brien was successful on a field goal. Pitt protested that the ball should have been theirs on downs. The referee agreed with Pitt and their offense went to work. An onside kick moved the ball across midfield. On second down Quince Banbury raced forty yards around left end for the first score. Jack Lindsay was successful on the goal after.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Mount Union
Minutes later Banbury recovered an onside kick and scored his second touchdown. Lindsay missed the point after. The Pitt offense regained possession and Banbury ran forty-eight yards for his third touchdown of the half. Lindsay's kick was blocked. The Mount Union offense moved the ball to the Pitt five yard line and O'Brien connected on a field goal. That one counted and the halftime score was 16-4.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Mount Union
Quince Banbury and Joe Campbell scored second half touchdowns to make the final score 26-4. Coach Moorehead made wholesale substitutions and the Pitt offense had the ball on Mount Union's three yard line as time expired. Mount Union finished the season with a 5-4-1 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Mount Union
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Mount Union was Maurice Goldsmith (left end), George Bailey (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), John Turner (center), John Shuman (right guard), Tex Richards (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), John Mackrell (right halfback), and Rosser (fullback).


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Mount Union
Substitutions made during the game were: Joe Campbell replaced William Rosser at fullback; Harry Ent replaced John Mackrell at right halfback; Marion Sayre replaced John Turner at center; James Stevenson replaced Samuel Elliott at left guard; Edgar Chatham replaced Quince Banbury at left halfback; and Homer Roe replaced Maurice Goldsmith at left end. The game consisted of one twenty minute half and one fifteen minute half.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bethany
On a rainy October 10 the Bethany Bisons visited Exposition Park to take on Pitt. The Bisons fumbled on their first possession and Pitt recovered. The Pitt offense advanced the ball to the six yard line but lost the ball on downs. Bethany punted and Pitt returned the ball to the Bison eighteen yard line. Five plays later Quince Banbury plunged into the end zone for the first touchdown of the game. Center John Turner kicked the goal after. The Pitt offense was again efficient on their next possession and scored easily to make the score 12-0 at the break.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bethany
Coach Moorehead made numerous substitutions at halftime. Pitt end Homer Roe caught the second half kickoff on his twenty yard line and raced untouched ninety yards into the end zone. Turner was unsuccessful on the goal kick. The Bethany offense was then able to move into Pitt territory but missed a field goal. The Pitt offense asserted their dominance for the remainder of the game as John Mackrell scored two touchdowns to make the final score 27-0. Bethany would finish the season with a 4-3-1 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bethany
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Bethany was Maurice Goldsmith (left end), George Bailey (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), John Turner (center), John Shuman (right guard), Tex Richards (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), Harry Ent (right halfback), and Joe Campbell (fullback).


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bethany
Substitutions made during the game were: Charles Quailey replaced Quince Banbury at left halfback; John Mackrell replaced Harry Ent at right halfback; Homer Roe replaced John Lindsay at right end; Marion Sayre replaced John Turner at center; James Stevenson replaced Samuel Elliott at left guard; William Rosser replaced Joe Campbell at fullback; Norman Budd replaced Fritz Barrett at quarterback; Edgar Chatham replaced Charles Quailey at left halfback; Henry Blair replaced Tex Richards at right tackle; Tynan replaced Maurice Goldsmith at left end; Richard Hoblitzell replaced George Bailey at left tackle; Eggers replaced Homer Roe; Pete Glick replaced Norman Budd at quarterback; and Elwood DeLozier replaced Glick at quarterback. The game was played in 15-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Marietta
On October 17 the Pioneers of Marietta College gave the Pitt eleven another scare as they held the home team to a 7-0 score. The Pitt lineup was missing center John Turner (ankle injury), Captain Quince Banbury (torn ligament in leg), and tackle Frank Van Doren (shoulder separation). They were lucky to come away with a victory. End Jack Lindsay was nursing sore ribs but was able to play. The Marietta offense preferred to have the ball in Pitt's hands so they punted often. Pitt scored on their third possession.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Marietta
A Charles Quailey pass to Homer Roe was good for a twenty-seven yard gain to the thirteen yard line of Marietta. Marietta then intercepted an onside kick. Marietta punted right back to Pitt. Charles Quailey onside kicked to George Bailey at Marietta's seven yard line. Joe Campbell plunged over from the one foot line. The goal kick after was unsuccessful. Two possessions later Pitt quarterback Barrett punted to Pioneer quarterback Horne. Horne fumbled the ball into the end zone and recovered but was tackled in the end zone for a safety. During Pittsburgh's next possession, Barrett was tackled and knocked out of the game. Norman Budd replaced him for the rest of the game. The halftime score was 7-0.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Marietta
The second half produced no scoring. Coach Moorehead made multiple substitutions. Left end Starr of Marietta was ejected for slugging and Pitt had possession on the Marietta eleven yard line. William Rosser advanced nine yards to the two yard line. Pitt fumbled on the next play and Reiter of Marietta scampered to the twenty-five before he was tackled. The Pioneers offense could not sustain a drive. Both defenses were the stars of the game. Marietta finished the season with a 6-2 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Marietta
The Pitt starting lineup for the Marietta game was Homer Roe (left end), George Bailey (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), Marion Sayre (center), John Shuman (right guard), Tex Richards (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Charles Quailey (left halfback), Harry Ent (right halfback), and Joe Campbell (fullback).


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Marietta
Substitutions made during the game were: Maurice Goldsmith replaced John Lindsay at right end; Norman Budd replaced Fritz Barrett at quarterback; Frank Van Doren replaced George Bailey at left tackle; John Mackrell replaced Harry Ent at right halfback; Arthur Yielding replaced Samuel Elliott at left guard; and Edgar Chatham replaced Charles Quailey at left halfback. The game was played in 20-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
On October 24 the University of Pittsburgh football team played their first "hard" opponent of the season in front of three thousand fans at Exposition Park. The Bucknell Bisons from Lewisburg, PA. were considered a step above the three previous opponents. Pitt was healthier with Frank Van Doren at tackle, Fritz Barrett at quarterback and Quince Banbury at halfback. Coach Moorehead replaced Joe Campbell at fullback with "Tex" Richards.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
On Pitt's first offensive down of the game Banbury raced forty-five yards for a touchdown but Pitt was called for holding and the ball brought back. On Pitt's next possession they fumbled on Bucknell's twenty yard line. They proceeded to fumble on their next four possessions. The Bucknell offense was ineffective and either punted or fumbled right back. Late in the half Bucknell punted and Pitt had the ball in Bucknell territory. An onside kick gained twenty-eight yards and then "Tex" Richards carried the pigskin into the end zone for the first touchdown. Homer Roe missed the goal after. Coach Moorehead was not pleased with the first half effort.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
Pitt scored on their first possession of the second half. Banbury gained fifty-five yards on two carries and Ent plunged over the goal line from the two for the second touchdown. Sam Elliott missed the point after. Pitt 10 - Bucknell 0. After a missed field goal by Roe, Captain Banbury scampered thirty yards for a touchdown and Elliott made the point after for a 16-0 lead. Bucknell's McAllister kicked off to "Tex" Richards on the five yard line and he proceeded to traverse the one hundred and five yards unimpeded to score the final touchdown of the day.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
The Pittsburgh Sunday Post described the run as "one of the most sensational touchdown ever seen on the Exposition field. He dodged man after man and, like a veritable steam engine, plowed through the opposition". Elliott was again successful on the goal kick after making the final tally 22-0. Bucknell finished the season with a 2-5-2 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Bucknell
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Bucknell was Homer Roe (left end), George Bailey (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), Marion Sayre (center), John Shuman (right guard), Frank Van Doren (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), William Rosser (right halfback), and Tex Richards (fullback). Substitutions made during the game were: Harry Ent replaced William Rosser at right halfback; Norman Budd replaced Fritz Barrett at quarterback; Maurice Goldsmith replaced Jack Lindsay at left end; and Charles Quailey replaced Quince Banbury at left halfback. The game was played in 25-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at St. Louis
The University of Pittsburgh football team traveled west to St. Louis for their only road game of the 1908 season. A Pitt contingent of fifty plus boarded the Pennsylvania Railroad car on Thursday evening October 29 and arrived in St. Louis on Friday morning. Twenty-five hundred fans assembled at Sportsman's Park on Saturday to see the undefeated Billikens led by coach Eddie Cochems, "father of the forward pass", take on the undefeated University of Pittsburgh squad. The crowd size was less than expected because it cost $1.00 for admission. Pitt was healthy except for Jack Turner at center. Frank Acker, the starting quarterback of St. Louis, was injured and replaced by Cornet in the starting lineup.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at St. Louis
The game was a defensive struggle with two sensational offensive plays by the Pitt team determining the outcome. Late in the first half Pitt got possession of the ball on the St. Louis forty-three yard line. On first down Tex Richards broke free of the line of scrimmage and raced into the end zone for the game's first score. Sam Elliott was successful on the point after and Pitt led 6-0 at halftime. On the first possession of the second half St. Louis was backed up on their eight yard line attempting to punt.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at St. Louis
The center snap went over punter Schumacher's head and into the end zone where he recovered for a safety and two more points for Pitt. Two possessions later Pitt had the ball on their own forty-six yard line. Fritz Barrett connected on a forward pass to Homer Roe for a sixty-four yard touchdown. The point after was not successful. The final score was 13-0. This was the Billikens first home loss in three years.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at St. Louis
The Pittsburgh Daily Post spoke with coach Cochems: "I congratulate the Pittsburgh team as well as Coach Moorehead on the game they played. Their style of play was splendid and in executing the forward pass they are the superior of any team I have seen yet, not even excepting the Indians and Penn. They proved a little too speedy for us, although our team played good football." The Billikins finished the season with a 6-2-2 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at St. Louis
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against St. Louis U. was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), Arthur Yielding (center), John Shuman (right guard), George Bailey (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Harry Ent (left halfback), Quince Banbury (right halfback), and Tex Richards (fullback). At some point during the game James Stevenson replaced Samuel Elliott at left guard. The game was played in 25-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The third chapter of the city series with Carnegie Tech took place on election day, Tuesday November 3, at Exposition Park. In spite of the western trip and only one day of practice, the Pitt team dominated the Tartans. The Pittsburg Press noted: "Shortly after the game started the Pittsburgh authorities were tipped off to the fact that three spies from the Carlisle Indian School and one from the University of West Virginia were on the field, Coach Moorehead at once ordered his men to cut out all trick plays, and resort only to straight football."


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
Captain Banbury (halfback), Jack Turner (center) and John Shuman (tackle) were all out of the lineup due to injuries, but the Pitt offense scored sixteen points in the first half. Halfback Charles Quailey scored on Pitt's opening possession, but he later had to leave the game due to a concussion. After a Pitt touchdown by Homer Roe was called back due to a penalty, Tex Richards added two more touchdowns and Roe was good on one point after.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
Tech played better defense in the second half but Richards was able to add another touchdown and Roe was good on the goal kick after to make the final score 22-0. The Pitt offense gained four hundred and fifty-four yards. Tech gained six yards in the first half and one yard in the second. Penalty-wise Pitt was assessed 100 yards for infractions and Tech only 20 yards. Carnegie Tech finished the season with a 3-7 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Carnegie Tech was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), Arthur Yielding (center), James Stevenson (right guard), George Bailey (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Harry Ent (left halfback), Charles Quailey (right halfback), and Tex Richards (fullback). Substitutions made during the game were: Tex Richards replaced Charles Quailey at right halfback; Joe Campbell replaced Tex Richards at fullback; William Rosser replaced Harry Ent at left halfback; and John Makrell replaced William Rosser at left halfback. The game was played in 25-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
On November 7 the tenth edition of the Backyard Brawl was staged at Exposition Park in front of four thousand noisy rooters. John Shuman was back in the lineup at guard for Pitt, but halfback Banbury, center Turner and halfback Quailey were not available for action. West Virginia was healthy.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Pitt kicked off and the Mountaineers' halfback Young ran the ball out to the seventeen yard line. On first down Young fumbled. Pitt end Jack Lindsay picked up the loose ball and raced into the end zone for a touchdown thirty seconds into the game. Sam Elliott missed the point after. For the remainder of the first half it was a defensive struggle. Fritz Barrett missed two field goal attempts and Pitt advanced the ball to the West Virginia four yard line and could not score.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Late in the game Pitt fumbled and the Mountaineers recovered on Pitt's twenty-three yard line. WVa backs Nebinger and Diffendal carried the ball to the nine. On second down Pitt end Homer Roe intercepted quarterback Pearcy's throw on the seven and raced one hundred and three yards for a touchdown. Roe was successful on the goal after and Pitt led 11-0. On the next kickoff Tex Richards outdid his teammate and ran one hundred and  seven yards for another score but the referee called tripping and placed the ball back on the Pitt eleven yard line. Pitt had the ball on their forty-two yard line as time was called. West Virginia finished the season with a 5-3 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against West Virginia was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), Arthur Yielding (center), John Shuman (right guard), George Bailey (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Harry Ent (left halfback), Tex Richards (right halfback), and Joe Campbell (fullback). At some point during the game James Stevenson replaced Samuel Elliott at left guard. The game consisted of one twenty-five minute half and one twenty minute half.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
On November 14 the marquee game of the season against the Carlisle Indians got snowed upon. Three inches of snow covered the field of play. Small American flags were used as yardage markers to assist the players and officials. Seven thousand fans ignored the cold and came to cheer for their team. The strong Carlisle team sported a 6-1-1 record. Their only loss was to Harvard the previous week. Coach Moorehead had Turner at center and Banbury at halfback in the starting lineup.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The first half was a defensive struggle with no scoring. Carlisle was deep in Pitt territory at the seventeen yard line when quarterback Kelly tried a forward pass. Pitt end Jack Lindsay intercepted and raced sixty-five yards to the Carlisle twenty-eight. Pitt would get no closer and Carlisle's Jim Thorpe punted out of danger.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
On Carlisle's first possession of the second half they were able to penetrate the Pitt defense. Jim Thorpe's onside kick was recovered by Carlisle center Barrel on the Pitt eighteen yard line. Four plays later Carlisle end Little Old Man plunged into the end zone for the game's only touchdown. Jim Thorpe tacked on the point after and the score read 6-0 in favor of Carlisle. The Pitt offense thought they had a chance to tie the score when Ent recovered Barrett's onside kick on the two yard line.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
Referee Whiting ruled the ball had gone out of bounds and gave possession to the Indians. The other two officials disagreed to no avail. The Pittsburgh Daily Post"s headline read "Defeat of Pitt Team Charged to Referee" and Coach Moorehead's quote was "I am proud of our boys. The score should have been even, however, but the referee ruled otherwise." Carlisle finished the season with a 10-2-1 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carlisle
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Carlisle was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), John Turner (center), John Shuman (right guard), Joe Campbell (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), Harry Ent (right halfback), and Tex Richards (fullback). At some point during the game Maurice Goldsmith replaced Homer Roe at left end and Arthur Yielding replaced John Turner at center. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Gettysburg
On November 22 ex-assistant Pitt coach Frank "Doc" Rugh brought his Gettysburg football team to foggy Exposition Park to square off against the Pitt eleven. The fifteen hundred faithful rooters could barely see the action. Since State College had scouts at the game, Pitt played basic football. Center Jack Turner and halfback Tex Richards were not able to play.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Gettysburg
On Pitt's second possession their offense advanced the ball to the Gettysburg twenty yard line. Joe Campbell's fifty yard scamper was the highlight of the drive, but Pitt could not capitalize and turned the ball over on downs. Pitt's defense held and they regained possession at midfield. Fritz Barrett threw an interception and Pitt was back on defense. They regained possession at their own fifty-three yard line. Three plays later the offense had the ball on the Gettysburg fourteen yard line. Captain Banbury took the ball to the five and Joe Campbell scored on the next play. Sam Elliott converted the point after and Pitt led 6-0. Pitt had the ball on the Gettysburg twelve yard line as time ran out in the first half.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Gettysburg
Gettysburg's offense managed to penetrate the Pitt defense in the second half. Two end runs and a successful onside kick moved the ball to the Pitt ten yard line. Gettysburg's luck ran out as Fritz Barrett recovered an onside kick. On first down Captain Quince Banbury raced fifty yards and the remainder of the game was played between the forty yard markers. Gettysburg finished the season with a 6-2 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Gettysburg
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against the Gettysburg was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), Arthur Yielding (center), John Shuman (right guard), George Bailey (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), Harry Ent (right halfback), and Joe Campbell (fullback). At some point during the game John Mackrell replaced Harry Ent at right halfback and then William Rosser replaced John Mackrell. The game consisted of one twenty-five minute half and one twenty minute half.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
"The A. G. Spalding and Bros. offered a trophy to the winner of the annual Thanksgiving Day game between Pitt and Penn State. The condition was that the winner should have possession of it each year, and at the end of five years, the team having won the majority of the games, should have permanent possession."


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
On Thanksgiving Day Mother Nature blessed Pittsburgh with summer-like weather. Nine thousand fans took advantage and came to Exposition Park to witness the annual Pitt versus State College football game. The good news for Pitt fans was that they did not give up a touchdown. The bad news was that they still lost the game 12-6. Pitt had three problem areas the entire 1908 season. They fumbled too often; Critical players were injured; Their kicking game was suspect at best. In this game Pitt was not able to overcome these shortcomings and pull out the victory.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Halfback/kicker Vorhis was the star for State College as he was good on three field goals. The Pitt defense was awesome as they kept the Staties out of the end zone. The first half ended 4-0. Coach Moorehead made three lineup changes. Joe Campbell moved from tackle to halfback replacing the injured Tex Richards. George Bailey replaced Campbell at tackle and Norman Budd replaced Fritz Barrett at quarterback. The offense functioned better but Vorhis kicked two more field goals to extend the lead to 12-0. Finally, Pitt drove the ball seventy-two yards with Joe Campbell going the final two yards for the score. Sam Elliott kicked the point after. The remainder of the game Pitt tried to tie but could not sustain another drive. Penn State finished the season with a 5-5 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Penn State was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), John Turner (center), John Shuman (right guard), Joe Campbell (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), Harry Ent (right halfback), and Tex Richards (fullback).


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Substitutions made during the game were: Norman Budd replaced Fritz Barrett at quarterback; George Bailey replaced Joe Campbell at right tackle; Joe Campbell replaced Tex Richards at fullback; James Stevenson replaced John Shuman at right guard; William Rosser replaced Harry Ent at right halfback; Arthur Yielding replaced James Stevenson at right guard; Maurice Goldsmith replaced Homer Roe at left end; and Charles Quailey replaced Quince Banbury at left halfback. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
After completing their ten game slate, Pitt was not enamored of a post season game. This game belonged to the Red and Black. The Pittsburgh Daily Post noted: "The Wash.-Jeff. triumph was clean-cut and beyond the shadow of an excuse on the part of the vanquished gold and blue. Pittsburgh's offering presented a pitiable spectacle, and at no stage of the contest did the local eleven show any of its previous skill. They were outclassed all the way."


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Red and Black defense held the Pitt offense to five first downs. The Pitt defense did not play poorly, but their offensive fumbling put the defense in constant jeopardy. The Red and Black touchdown came in the first half after Pitt lost possession on a fumbled punt. A fake field goal gained eight yards to the Pitt seven and on second down Marshall plunged into the end zone from the four. Duffey was successful on the point after. The Red and Black spent the second half in Pitt territory and Duffey was successful on two field goals to make the final tally 14-0. The Red and Black finished the season with a 10-2-1 record.


1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pitt starting lineup for the game against Washington & Jefferson was Homer Roe (left end), Frank Van Doren (left tackle), Samuel Elliott (left guard), John Turner (center), John Shuman (right guard), George Bailey (right tackle), Jack Lindsay (right end), Fritz Barrett (quarterback), Quince Banbury (left halfback), Tex Richards (right halfback), and Joe Campbell (fullback). Substitutions made during the game were: William Rosser replaced Tex Richards at right halfback; and Norman Budd replaced Fritz Barrett at quarterback. The game was played in 35-minute halves.


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 27th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The team finished tied for second place in the National League with the New York Giants, one game behind the Chicago Cubs. The Pirates spent 46 days in first place, and were on top on October 3. However, they lost their last game to the Cubs, which set up a replay of the infamous "Merkle" game between the Cubs and the Giants. The Cubs took it to win the pennant. Pittsburgh finished tied for second place with the Giants, just one game back. It was one of the closest races in baseball history.


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Shortstop Honus Wagner had one of the most dominating hitting performances of all-time. The "Flying Dutchman" led the majors in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs batted in, and stolen bases. He missed the triple crown by two home runs. For his efforts, Wagner was paid $5,000, possibly the most on the team.


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season, Season summary
The Pirates opened the season by winning three straight games in St. Louis. On Opening Day, the Pirates committed four errors while the Cardinals committed six. Fans were concerned because Honus Wagner—who in 1907 led the National League in hitting, slugging, and stolen bases—was not at the game, and there were concerns that he was taking the year off. On April 17, Charlie Starr, who was Wagner's replacement, committed two errors. Afterwards, Wagner would sign with the Pirates. The home opener for the Pirates was a 5–1 victory for the Pirates over the Cardinals. From April 26 to May 9, the Pirates played only 3 games due to poor weather.


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Regular season, Season summary
On June 30, the Pirates took first place, as the Chicago Cubs lost to the Cincinnati Reds. Starting on July 2, the Pirates started a critical five game series against the Cubs. In the first game, Three Finger Brown threw a six hit, no walk shutout, winning the game 3–0. The Pirates scheduled a doubleheader on the Fourth of July and more than 30,000 fans showed up. The Cubs won the first game 2–0 as Three Finger Brown only allowed two hits.


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 Portuguese legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 5 April 1908. The Regeneration Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 62 seats.


1908 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1908 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on November 18, 1908.


1908 Prince Edward Island general election
The election was won by the governing Liberals, led by incumbent Premier Francis Haszard. Haszard had taken over from his predecessor, Arthur Peters, following his death in January 1908.


1908 Prince Edward Island general election
Haszard resigned as Premier in 1911 following appointment to the province's Supreme Court, and he was succeeded as Premier by H. James Palmer. Due to his designation as Premier, Palmer ran in a by-election in his district of 3rd Queens; traditionally, the Opposition does not run a candidate in these triggered by-elections, but the Conservatives did in the December, 1911 by-election and defeated Palmer in his own district.


1908 Prince Edward Island general election
The opposition Conservatives, led by John A. Mathieson, gained five seats in this election.


1908 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1908 Prince Edward Island general election, Members Elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.


1908 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1908 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1908 college football season. The team finished with a 5–2–3 record under third-year head coach Bill Roper. Princeton halfback Frederick Tibbott was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1908 College Football All-America Team, and tackle Rudolph Siegling also received first-team honors from multiple selectors.


1908 Pudsey by-election
The Member of Parliament for Pudsey, the Rt. Hon. George Whiteley resigned from Parliament by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead, resulting in a by-election in the constituency.


1908 Pudsey by-election, Candidates
Frederick Ogden, John James Oddy and J. W. Benson were the three candidates. Eccentric poet Arthur Hunnable announced that he would contest the election, but failed to submit nomination papers.


1908 Pudsey by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was arranged for 20 June 1908, just 18 days after the retirement of the previous MP.


1908 Pudsey by-election, Aftermath
On 26 June, it was announced that Whiteley, the former MP, had been awarded a peerage and would take a seat in the House of Lords.


1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frederick A. Speik, the Boilermakers compiled a 4–3 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with a 1–3 record against conference opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 124 to 78. Asher E. Holloway was a team captain.


1908 Quebec general election
The 1908 Quebec general election was held on June 8, 1908, to elect members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.


1908 Quebec general election, Further reading
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1908 Queensland Rugby League season
The first season of Rugby League in Queensland saw the formation of an association in March 1908, footballers begin training in the new code by early May, and the first in a series of representative matches played on 16 May. Club football began after teams representing Queensland had played, and then only as junior matches.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Professional Rugby
A catalyst for Rugby League beginning in Australia was a tour by New Zealand footballers, as professionals. In the month of August 1907, meetings of players from most Sydney Rugby Union clubs, "and others interested in the professional movement", formed the NSW Football League. Speakers at a meeting stated the League's aim to liberally cover expenses incurred by players due to injury or travel. From the players in attendance, a team was selected for matches against the New Zealand professionals on 17, 21 and 24 August.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Professional Rugby
As noted in the newspapers, the expectation was that players involved in these professional matches would be banned from returning to the amateur sport of Rugby Union and, probably from participating in other amateur sport.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Professional Rugby
In reports and published letters to newspapers, the merits and faults of Rugby Union's governing body, and the aims and play of the new code were discussed. The developments and matches in Sydney were followed in the Brisbane papers. In one short report in the Brisbane Telegraph, Dally Messenger was the one player named, amongst several, as switching to the league.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Professional Rugby
After playing for New South Wales against the New Zealanders, Messenger joined their tour of northern England. The team played matches against Northern Union clubs throughout October, November and December. In January 1908, as the first Australian Rugby League clubs were being formed in Sydney, the New Zealanders played international matches against Wales and England.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Rugby League arrives in Brisbane
On 11 March speakers at the annual meeting of the South Brisbane Rugby Union Club warned of the approach of professionalism. The Brisbane Courier reported, "Mr. D. Carter made more direct and pointed remarks when he stated that efforts were being made to form at least two senior professional teams in Brisbane. The Exhibition ground had been engaged, he said, and matches arranged with New South Wales and New Zealand."


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Rugby League arrives in Brisbane
On 27 March a notice in The Telegraph stated, "Queensland Rugby Association have engaged the grounds for football practice on Wednesdays, after Monday, 4th May."


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Rugby League arrives in Brisbane
On 7 April The Telegraph reported on the formation of the Queensland Rugby Association:  "It is claimed that the Queensland Rugby Association has been formed with a view to bettering the existing conditions of footballers in Queensland. Its opponents declare that it is intended to promote professionalism, but the promoters object to the term professional." The report also listed the "main objects" of the association:


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Rugby League arrives in Brisbane
The inaugural executive committee of the Queensland Rugby Association was: Alf Faulkner (Chairman and Treasurer), Sine Boland (Secretary), J. A. O'Connor, George Watson, John Fihelly, E. L. Buchanan, and Micky J. Dore.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches
The inaugural club competition in New South Wales began in Sydney on 21 April and club matches ran in parallel to representative matches through May, June and July. The first lot of representative matches were played against the returning New Zealand team in Newcastle and Sydney.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
Three Queensland footballers, Doug McLean, Micky Dore and Robert Tubman played for Australia against New Zealand in Sydney on 9 May. Another three Queenslanders were unavailable for selection due to work commitments.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
The touring New Zealanders arrived in Brisbane on Friday 15 May, and after a reception at their hotel, went to have a look at venue for their matches. There, "The members of the team trained on the Exhibition ground, and also coached some of the Queensland team in the points of the Northern Rugby Union game."


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
The first formal Rugby League match in Queensland was played on 16 May between Queensland and New Zealand teams. Queensland had the honour of scoring the first points, through a try in the corner by Arthur O'Brien. New Zealand responded with two quick tries. With a further two tries by the visitors, and all goal kicks unsuccessful, the half-time score was New Zealand 12, Queensland 3. After conceding a try to Doug McLean early in the second half, New Zealand took their score to 34, before a rally by Queensland saw tries to Bill Hardcastle and George Watson. At full-time, New Zealand 34 had defeated Queensland 12.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
The following days and weeks saw the New Zealand team undergo an emotional trial due to the passing of one of their leading members, Albert Baskerville. Having "caught a chill" on the ship voyage from Sydney, Baskerville entered hospital on Sunday, "suffering from pneumonia". He died on Wednesday evening, 20 May, aged 25. Baskerville had been one of a small group that organised the tour, acted as its travelling secretary and, when those duties permitted, he played as a wing three-quarter. In the Test match in Sydney on 9 May he had scored a try.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
Having beaten a Brisbane team 43 to 10 earlier on the day that their teammate died, the New Zealand All Blacks were weakened by the departure of six players to accompany the body and make funeral arrangements. The remaining members continued on, keeping appointments to which, weeks earlier, Baskerville as secretary may well have consented.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
All but one of the Brisbane team had played in the first match, but Queensland were now strengthened by the inclusion of Bundaberg's Bill Heidke and a guest, Dally Messenger.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
Messenger opened the scoring prior with a long range penalty goal, prior to a period in which, "the play shifted from one end to the other, with amazing rapidity." New Zealand had a try disallowed but soon after equalised with a goal. A field goal shy of half-time gave the "All Blacks" the lead. Two tries early in the second stanza, one converted, extended that lead to ten points. Breaks by Mickey Dore and Messenger were stopped short of the try-line by New Zealand's scrambling defence, a penalty reducing the deficit to eight.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
Bill Heidke made a break down the wing and found George Watson in support. Surprisingly, Messenger missed the conversion attempt from in front of the posts, "but he made amends after kicking a penalty goal from what seemed an impossible distance and a very difficult angle." New Zealand, playing one short throughout the match, continued to attack and defend until the final minutes, when, "in the centre Messenger got possession and scored a wonderful try in the corner." His kick went astray, and the match finished as a 12-all draw.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand
The final game in Queensland was against Australia on the 30th. New Zealand won 24–12. This match was the second in a three match Test series. Four Queenslanders - J. Edward Baird, Micky Dore, Bill Hardcastle and George Watson - played in the Australian team.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand Māori
The New Zealand Māori team played five matches in and against Queensland. The first three were held at the Exhibition Ground in Brisbane on 27 June, 1 July and 4 July. Queensland lost the first two (16-19 and 5-13) but won the third (6-5). In the fourth match, played in Toowoomba on 7 July, "A regrettable incident happened past within a few minutes of full time, and the game ended abruptly". After a scuffle between players, a Maori forward struck a Queensland player and he, in turn, was struck by a spectator as some of the crowd entered the field. The referee, Micky Dore, "ordered the offending player off the field, and [Māori captain] Asher resenting the action led his men off the field, followed by a "howling" mob of spectators". Holding an 11 to 9 lead, the Queensland players remained on the field until full-time.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, New Zealand Māori
Remarkably, the Māori team kept their commitment in Warwick the following day, 8 July, but Queensland won that match, 23 to 14.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, Inter-state Matches
A Queensland team ventured to Sydney to play three matches, two against New South Wales on successive Saturdays and a mid-week match against a Sydney Metropolitan team. All were played at the Royal Agricultural Ground. With a full strength side, New South Wales won 43-nil on 11 July.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, Inter-state Matches
Early in the Wednesday match the visitors equalised at five-all, as "keeping their footing on treacherous ground, the Queenslanders passed beautifully, the ball going from Fihelly to Hardcastle to Thompson, who scored in the corner." At the outset of the second half, "[Arthur] O'Brien made a great run down the centre, taking long strides, and fending off four tacklers in turn he scored a splendid try in the corner." This took the score to 12–8. Sydney Metropolitan, "playing with magnificent combination" then ran away with the match to win, 37–8.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Representative matches, Inter-state Matches
The third match was played as a curtain raiser to an Australia versus New Zealand Māori match. Queensland opened the scoring: "A great sprint by the northerners transferred the scene to the home team's territory. Some fine forward play was wound up with a try, secured by Olsen." The second string NSW side, however, won by 12 points to 3.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Club matches
The teams that appeared in newspaper reports included Milton, North Brisbane (A & B), St, Bridget's and Toombul.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Club matches
On 4 July, in a curtain-raiser to the third Queensland versus Māori match, two junior teams met. Valley 10 defeated Toombul 8.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Club matches
The Brisbane Courier listed the playing line-ups for a match between North Brisbane (in red and black) and Toombul (wearing red, white and blue) on 18 July and printed the result, Toombul winning by 30 points to 5, the following Monday.


1908 Queensland Rugby League season, Season summary, Club matches
The season concluded on 12 September with a match between Toombul and a Combined Thirteen. Toombul won the match, 37 to nil, and consequently, "were awarded the silver medal and their captain a gold medal, while A. Dutton wing forward of the Toombuls was awarded a gold medal for best individual player."


1908 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 5 February 1908 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.


1908 Queensland state election
The election, held less than 9 months after the previous election, was made necessary by a series of events which had seen former Premier William Kidston, who commanded a majority on the floor of the Assembly, resign following an attempt to convince the Governor of Queensland to appoint sympathetic members to the Queensland Legislative Council, which had blocked key legislative measures. Following Kidston's resignation, Opposition leader Robert Philp was sent for and formed a ministry, but the ministry almost immediately lost a vote of no confidence in the Assembly, and as such, a new election had to be called.


1908 Queensland state election, Results
The Kidstonites contested only 32 of the 72 seats, compared to 55 at the previous election.


1908 Queensland state election, Results
Queensland state election, 5 February 1908Legislative Assembly << 1907–1909 >>


1908 Republican National Convention
The 1908 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois on June 16 to June 19, 1908. It convened to nominate successors to President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks.


1908 Republican National Convention
U.S. Secretary of War William H. Taft of Ohio won Roosevelt's endorsement and received the presidential nomination. The convention nominated New York Representative James S. Sherman to be his vice presidential running mate.


1908 Republican National Convention, The Platform
The Republican platform celebrated the Roosevelt administration's economic policies such as the keeping of the protective tariff, establishment of a permanent currency system (the Federal Reserve), additional government supervision and control over trusts. It championed enforcement of railroad rate laws, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to investigate interstate railroads, and reduction of work hours for railroad workers, as well as general reduction in the work week.


1908 Republican National Convention, The Platform
In foreign policy, it supported a buildup of the armed forces, protection of American citizens abroad, extension of foreign commerce, vigorous arbitration and the Hague treaties, a revival of the U.S. Merchant Marine, support of war veterans, self-government for Cuba and the Philippines with citizenship for residents of Puerto Rico.


1908 Republican National Convention, The Platform
In other areas, it advocated court reform, creation of a federal Bureau of Mines and Mining, extension of rural mail delivery, environmental conservation, upholding of the rights of African-Americans and the civil service, and greater efficiency in national public health agencies.


1908 Republican National Convention, The Platform
The platform lastly expressed pride in U.S. involvement in the building of the Panama Canal, the admission of the New Mexico and Arizona Territories; called for the celebration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln; and generally deplored the Democratic Party while celebrating the policies of the Republicans. The platform explained the differences between democracy and republicanism in which the Republicans made clear that democracy was leaning towards socialism and republicanism towards individualism which is actually consistent with modern party critiques.


1908 Republican National Convention, Speakers
The following individuals spoke at the 1908 Republican National Convention. Many spoke with the goal of nominating a specific nominee as this was before the age of the primary and the nominees were all decided at the convention.


1908 Republican National Convention, Presidential Candidates
Prior to the convention, Vice President Charles Fairbanks and New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes both seemed like plausible nominees, but Roosevelt was determined to pick his own successor. Though Roosevelt preferred Secretary of State Elihu Root, Root's age and background in corporate law made him an unpalatable nominee, so Roosevelt instead supported Secretary of War William Howard Taft. Entering the convention, Taft, buoyed by the support of the popular Roosevelt, was virtually assured of the nomination. Taft won the presidential nomination on the first ballot, overcoming Fairbanks and the other candidates.


1908 Republican National Convention, Vice Presidential Candidates
Taft preferred a progressive running mate such as Indiana Senator Albert Beveridge or Iowa Senator Jonathan Dolliver, but Representative James S. Sherman of New York had the support of Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon and the New York delegation. Sherman was a fairly conservative Republican who was nonetheless acceptable to the more progressive wing of the party. Sherman won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot, taking 816 of the 979 votes cast. Former New Jersey Governor Franklin Murphy received 77 votes while Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild, Jr. received 75 votes, with the remaining votes going to Governor George L. Sheldon of Nebraska and Vice President Charles Fairbanks.


1908 Rhode Island State Rams football team
The 1908 Rhode Island State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its eleventh year under head coach Marshall Tyler, the team compiled a 4–2 record.


1908 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1908 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Republican nominee Aram J. Pothier defeated Democratic nominee Olney Arnold with 52.61% of the vote.


1908 Richmond Spiders football team
The 1908 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—as a member of the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (EVIAA) during the 1908 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach E. A. Dunlap, Richmond compiled a record of 3–5.


1908 Rock Island Independents season
The 1908 Rock Island Independents season was their second season in existence. The team finished with a perfect 4–0 record.


1908 Rollins Tars football team
The 1908 Rollins Tars football team represented Rollins College in the sport of American football as an independent during the 1908 college football season.


1908 Ross by-election
The Ross by-election of 1908 was held on 31 January 1908. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Alan Coulstoun Gardner. It was won by the Liberal Unionist candidate and previous MP for Ross Percy Clive.


1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1908 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joseph T. Smith, the Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 104 to 53. The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Charles E. Corbin.


1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The Rutgers yearbook put a positive spin on the season: "The football season of 1908 turned out to be very successful, considering the poor prospects which seemed to face us before the opening of college in the fall."


1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team, Players
The following players earned varsity letters for their participation on the 1908 football team:


1908 SAFL Grand Final
The 1908 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. West Adelaide beat Norwood 52 to 49.


1908 SAFL season
The 1908 South Australian Football League season was the 32nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1908 SAFL season
West Adelaide won their 1st SAFL premiership along with their 1st Championship of Australia against Carlton.


1908 Saint Louis Blue and White football team
The 1908 Saint Louis Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Eddie Cochems, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 119 to 36. The team played its home games at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis.


1908 Saskatchewan general election
The 1908 Saskatchewan general election was held on August 14, 1908 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott and his Liberal Party were re-elected for a second term, defeating the Provincial Rights Party of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain.


1908 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 31 May 1908. The result was a victory for the ruling People's Radical Party, which won 84 of the 160 seats in the National Assembly.


1908 Sewanee Tigers football team
The 1908 Sewanee Tigers football team represented the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South during the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Sewanee fought rival Vanderbilt to a scoreless tie.


1908 Sheffield Central by-election
The Sheffield Central by-election of 1908 was held on 21 April 1908. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Howard Vincent. It was won by the Conservative candidate James Hope. He was unopposed.


1908 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1908 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1908 college football season. The team was coached by Christie Benet.


1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Martin Frederick Ansel faced state senator Coleman Livingston Blease in the Democratic primary and emerged victorious to win a second two-year term as governor.


1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
Coleman Livingston Blease entered the state Democratic primary for governor as the only opposition to incumbent Governor Martin Frederick Ansel. The voters saw no reason to not give Ansel another term for governor and Blease was defeated rather decisively on August 25.


1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election, General election
The general election was held on November 3, 1908, and Martin Frederick Ansel was reelected governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout increased over the previous gubernatorial election because there was also a presidential election on the ballot.


1908 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1908 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Incumbent Republican Governor Coe I. Crawford opted to run for the U.S. Senate rather than run for re-election. State Senator Robert S. Vessey narrowly won the Republican primary over former State Representative John L. Browne and advanced to the general election, where he faced the Democratic nominee, former Governor Andrew E. Lee. Though Vessey's performance was significantly reduced from Crawford's performance in 1906, he still defeated Lee by a wide margin.


1908 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
The 1908 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 1st in the club's history. They competed in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) Premiership, finishing as the inaugural Australian rugby league premiers.


1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1908 college football season. The season began on September 26.


1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LSU won the SIAA championship, but amidst fears of many players being ineligible under SIAA rules most sportswriters did not include them for consideration. Its season was clouded by accusations of professionalism from Grantland Rice and rival school Tulane which was also undefeated in southern play. Despite this, the SIAA eventually cleared LSU of any wrongdoing. LSU featured Hall of Fame quarterback Doc Fenton.


1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
Auburn and Vanderbilt were among those listed as alternative SIAA champions. The newspapers unanimously handed the title to Auburn. Auburn featured first-year halfback Lew Hardage. Vanderbilt had a down year with a wealth of sophomores; guided shrewdly by McGugin to its success.


1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
The Tennessee Volunteers  compiled four wins in SIAA play, the most in team history. It was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in  Dixie."


1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season, Results and team statistics
PPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per game


1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season, Awards and honors, All-Southern team
Selectors include John Heisman (H), Dan McGugin (DM), and Nash Buckingham (NB).


1908 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election
The Southern Rhodesia Legislative Council election of April 24, 1908 was the fourth election to the Legislative Council of Southern Rhodesia. The Legislative Council had, since 1903, comprised seven members elected by registered voters from four electoral districts; in 1907 the number of members nominated by the British South Africa Company was reduced from seven to five. The Administrator of Southern Rhodesia sat on the Legislative Council ex officio. The Resident Commissioner of Southern Rhodesia, James George Fair, also sat on the Legislative Council ex officio but without the right to vote.


1908 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election, Results
Note: William Harvey Brown was absent for the third and fourth (extraordinary) sessions of the Legislative Council in 1910 and 1911.


1908 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election, Nominated members
The members nominated by the British South Africa Company were:


1908 Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council election, Nominated members
During the absence of Clarkson Henry Tredgold from July 3, 1908, Robert McIlwaine (Secretary of the Law Department) stood in for him. Edward Ross Townsend stood down and was replaced by Dr Eric Arthur Nobbs (Director of Agriculture) on April 23, 1909.


1908 Southwest Texas State football team
The 1908 Southwest Texas State football team  was an American football team that represented Southwest Texas State Normal School—now known cas Texas State University–as an independent during the 1908 college football season. The team had no head coach and finished the season with a record of 0–2.


1908 Spring Hill Badgers football team
The 1908 Spring Hill Badgers football team represented the Spring Hill Badgers of Spring Hill College during the 1908 college football season.


1908 St Austell by-election
The St Austell by-election of 1908 was held on 5 February 1908. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, William Alexander McArthur. It was won by the Liberal candidate Thomas Agar-Robartes, who was unopposed.


1908 St George state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of St George on 20 May 1908. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of  former Premier Joseph Carruthers (Liberal Reform).


1908 St. Louis Browns season
The 1908 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 4th in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 69 losses.


1908 St. Louis Browns 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


1908 St. Louis Browns 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


1908 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 St. Louis Browns season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1908 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 27th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 17th season in the National League. The Cardinals had a 49–105 win-loss record during the season and finished 8th (last) in the National League. The season's attendance of 185,377, an average of less than 2,500 a game, which remains the lowest peacetime attendance level since 1901. The Cardinals set a Major League record which stills stands for the fewest base on balls by a team in a season, with 282. Additionally, they hold the MLB record for fewest runs scored in a season with 372, only 2.42 runs per contest.


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Season summary
The Cardinals ranked last in three categories in the National League: runs scored (only 372), runs allowed (624), and errors committed (349). The team was shut out a record 33 times. Three lineup regulars batted below.200. Only three drove in more than 20 runs, and the team lost more than 100 games for the second and last time in franchise history. The Cards set a club record with 105 losses and a league record for most defeats in a month when they went 7–27 in September (Brooklyn went 6–27 that same month).


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Season summary
One team member, Bugs Raymond, ranked among the league leaders in fewest hits per nine innings, resulting in a 2.03 ERA. However, the Cardinals were shut out 11 times on days Raymond took the hill, leading to his league-high 25 losses. His 15 wins accounted for almost a third of the team's wins. Of note, he gave up fewer hits per game than Christy Mathewson, and threw five shutouts.


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Season summary
In April 1908, the Cardinals played the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game to raise money for former Cardinals owner Chris von der Ahe. The clubs raised $4,300.


1908 St. Louis Cardinals 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


1908 St. Louis Cardinals 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


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1908 St. Viator football team
The 1908 St. Viator football team represented St. Viator College during the 1908 college football season.


1908 State of the Union Address
The 1908 State of the Union Address was written on Tuesday, December 8, 1908, by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. He did not speak directly to the 60th United States Congress. That did not happen until 1913. He said about the navy, "I approve the recommendations of the General Board for the increase of the Navy, calling especial attention to the need of additional destroyers and colliers, and above all, of the four battleships. It is desirable to complete as soon as possible a squadron of eight battleships of the best existing type."


1908 Stetson Hatters football team
The 1908 Stetson Hatters football team represented the private Stetson College in the sport of American football during the 1908 college football season.


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election
The Stirling Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It 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 by-election was caused by the death of the former Liberal Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election, Vacancy
Sir Henry had been a Liberal MP for the seat of Stirling Burghs since the 1868 general election. Following a series of heart attacks, he resigned as Prime Minister on 3 April 1908. He died on 22 April 1908 at the age of 72.


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election, Electoral history
The seat was safe for the Liberals. Sir Henry had not been opposed at the last election. The last contested election was the election before when his majority had been halved;


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for the 22 May 1908, one month after the death of Sir Henry.


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election, Campaign
All the newspapers dwelt on the court connections of Ponsonby's father and brother, and of his having been a page to Queen Victoria. The electors were fascinated by an advanced radical with such an impeccable upper class, not to say royal, background.


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election, Result
The Liberals held the seat and managed a slightly increased majority;


1908 Stirling Burghs by-election, Result
Ponsonby derived some benefit from the general atmosphere of a miniature general election that surrounded the by-elections of Asquith's new ministers.


1908 Sturt state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Sturt on 13 November 1908. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Arthur Griffith (Labor).


1908 Sturt state by-election, Background
There was an industrial dispute at Broken Hill and the Inspector-General of Police, Edmund Fosbery, had dispatched additional police to the city. In Parliament Griffith asked the Chief Secretary, William Wood various questions including "whether it was a fact that a 'trainload' of police had been sent to Broken Hill". He then moved for the matter to be discussed by the House as a matter of urgency, however this was rejected by the House. Later Griffith again sought to have the matter discussed by the House and the Speaker, William McCourt, ruled it out of order, without hearing argument.


1908 Sturt state by-election, Background
Griffith then said "it was unfortunate to be in a minority, and that the Speaker did not give fair play to the Opposition." He was then "named" by the Speaker and on refusing to withdraw the remarks was found guilty of contempt of parliament and suspended until he withdrew the remark. Griffith chose to resign rather than withdraw the remarks.


1908 Sturt state by-election, Results
Arthur Griffith (Labor) was suspended by the Speaker and chose to resign rather than withdraw his remarks.


1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, and commonly known as London 1908, was an international multi-sport event held in London, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.


1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were relocated on financial grounds following the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, which claimed more than 100 lives. Rome eventually hosted the Games in 1960.


1908 Summer Olympics
These were the fourth chronological modern Summer Olympics in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle as opposed to the alternate four-year cycle of the proposed Intercalated Games. The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin.


1908 Summer Olympics
Lasting a total of 187 days (or six months and four days), these Games were the longest in modern Olympics history. The duration of the Summer Games was 16 days in 1912, ranged between 15 and 18 days from 1928 to 1992, and was fixed at 17 days from 1996.


1908 Summer Olympics, Background
There were four bids for the 1908 Summer Olympics. Rome was selected ahead of London, Berlin and Milan. The selection was made at the 6th IOC Session in London in 1904.


1908 Summer Olympics, Background
Italian authorities were preparing to stage the games when Mount Vesuvius erupted on 7 April 1906, devastating the city of Naples. Funds were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new host country was required. London was selected for the first time to hold the Games which were held at White City alongside the Franco-British Exhibition, at the time the more noteworthy event.


1908 Summer Olympics, Background
The White City Stadium, built in short time for the Games, held 68,000 people, with full crowds turning up to watch the events. The stadium track was three laps to the mile (536.448 metres), as the current standard of 400 metres did not exist until 1962, with a pool (for swimming and diving events) and platforms (for wrestling and gymnastics) in the center field.


1908 Summer Olympics, Background
The distance from the start of the marathon to the finish at the stadium was established at these Games: the original distance of 25 miles was changed to 26 miles so the marathon could start at Windsor Castle and then changed again at the request of Princess Mary so the start would be beneath the windows of the Royal Nursery. To ensure that the race would finish in front of the King, the finish line was moved by British officials who "felt compelled to restore the importance of the monarchy." As a result of these changes, the marathon covered a distance of 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km), which became the standard length starting with the 1924 Summer Olympics.


1908 Summer Olympics, The Games
There were controversies at the games. On the opening day, following the practice introduced at the Intercalated Games of 1906, teams paraded behind national flags. However, the arrangement caused complications:


1908 Summer Olympics, The Games, American refusal of flag dipping
The United States' flag bearer, Ralph Rose, refused to dip the flag to King-Emperor Edward VII in the royal box. His fellow athlete Martin Sheridan allegedly declared that "this flag dips to no earthly King." The quote is held as an example of Irish and American defiance of the British monarchy, though its historicity is disputed.