1920 Nebi Musa riots, Palin Commission of Inquiry
The report blamed the Zionists, 'whose impatience to achieve their ultimate goal and indiscretion are largely responsible for this unhappy state of feeling’ and singled out Amin al-Husayni and Ze'ev Jabotinsky in particular. However, they incorrectly identified the anti-socialist Jabotinsky as organizer of the "definite Bolshevist" Poalei Zion ('Zionist Workers') party.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Palin Commission of Inquiry
The report was critical of some of the actions of OETA military command, particularly the withdrawal of troops from inside Jerusalem early on the morning of Monday, 5 April and that, once martial law had been proclaimed, it was slow to regain control.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
Over 200 people were put on trial as a result of the riots, including 39 Jews. Musa Kazim al-Husayni was replaced as mayor by the head of the rival Nashashibi clan, Ragheb Bey Nashashibi. Amin al-Husayni and Aref al-Aref were arrested for incitement, but when they were let out on bail they both escaped to Syria. In another version, al-Aref was warned and escaped before being arrested. In their absence, a military court sentenced them to 10 years imprisonment.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
The Arab riots were publicly protested by sheikhs from 82 villages in the Jerusalem and Jaffa areas who issued a formal statement saying that, in their view, Zionist settlement was not a danger to their communities. Similar declarations would be repeated in cablegrams sent to London in 1922, as hundreds of sheikhs and muhktars lent their authority and support to Jewish immigration. The tenor of these positions was that such immigration would, as the Zionist movement itself affirmed, improve the lives of Arabs as industrial development progressed.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
The sheikhs protesting the riots, and telegramming later the British colonial secretary to express solidarity with the Zionist programme were sometimes bribed to state this position by the World Zionist Organisation. Their opinions were procured. British soldiers were sent to search Jews for arms at the demand of the Palestinian Arab leadership. They searched the offices and apartments of Chaim Weizmann, the head of the Zionist Commission, and Jabotinsky. At Jabotinsky's house, they found three rifles, two pistols, and 250 rounds of ammunition.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
Nineteen men were arrested, but not Jabotinsky, who went to the jail of his own volition to insist on his arrest. A military judge released him because he had not been home when the guns were discovered, but he was again arrested a few hours later. Jabotinsky was convicted of possessing the pistol that Storrs had confiscated on the riot's first day, among other things. The primary witness was none other than Ronald Storrs, who said he "did not remember" being told about the self-defence organization.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and sent to Egypt, though the next day he was returned to Acre Prison. Jabotinsky's trial and sentencing created an uproar, and were protested by London press including The Times and questioned in the British Parliament. Even before the editorials appeared, the commander of British forces in Palestine and Egypt, General Congreve, wrote Field Marshal Wilson that Jews were sentenced far more severely than Arabs who had committed worse offences. He reduced Jabotinsky's sentence to a year, and that of the other 19 Jews arrested with him to six months.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
The new civilian government under Herbert Samuel granted a general amnesty in early 1921. However, Amin al-Husayni and Aref al-Aref were excluded from the amnesty because they had fled before their convictions had been passed down. Samuel pardoned Amin in March 1921 and appointed him Mufti of Jerusalem. When the Supreme Muslim Council was created in the following year, Husseini demanded and received the title Grand Mufti, a position which came with life tenure. Also, General Storrs became the civil governor of Jerusalem under the new administration.


1920 Nebi Musa riots, Aftermath
As the riots began, Jewish immigration to Palestine was temporarily halted by the British. Also, feeling that the British were unwilling to defend Jewish settlements from continuous Arab attacks, Palestinian Jews set up self-defense units, which came to be called the Haganah ("defense"). Furthermore, the riots increased the feeling of Palestinian nationalism within the Palestinian Arab community.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Henry Schulte, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 84. The team played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Looking for stability after a rough couple of years prior, Nebraska had some vacancies to fill with the departure of several seniors to graduation over the summer. The season was easier than the unusually demanding slate of 1919, but contests with powerhouses Notre Dame and Penn State, and against high-profile Rutgers in New York, loomed ahead.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Bassett, Henry (So.) TDale, Fred FBDana, Herbert (Jr.) EDay, William (Sr.) CHartley, Harold (So.) FBHenry, Stanley HBHowarth, Harry (Jr.) QBHoy, George (So.) HBKellogg, Sam TMoore, Vern (So.) HMunn, Monte (Jr.) GMunn, Wade (Jr.) GNewman, Richard (Jr.) QPucelik, John (Jr.) GRussell, Robert QB


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Schellenberg, Elmer HBScherer, Leo (So.) ESchissler PLAYERSchoeppel, Andrew (Jr.) ESchulte PLAYERSwanson, Clarence (Jr.) EThomsen, Fred (So.) ETripplett, Richard (So.) EWeller, Raymond (So.) TWenke, Adolph (So.) GWilder, Harold TWright, Floyd (Jr.) HBYoung, Farley (Sr.) G


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Washburn
The Cornhuskers tuned up on Washburn to open the season, only scoring 14 points in the process but still getting the season underway with a win. The margin of victory would probably have been greater if coach Schulte had not rested most of the starters while looking ahead at the Notre Dame game two weeks away. This was the last game between Nebraska and Washburn, the final record in the series all Nebraska wins at 4-0.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado Ag
The first game between Nebraska and the Agricultural College of Colorado was not as easy a task as might have been expected, with starters again held back to stay healthy for Notre Dame in a week. The Aggies made quite a game of it, preventing the Cornhuskers from producing much on the scoreboard. Nebraska barely escaped with a 3-point win to go 1-0 in the series.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Notre Dame arrived in Lincoln for the sixth meeting of these teams, with the series tied at 2-2-1. Knute Rockne's team that year included quarterback Joe Brandy and the legendary George Gipp (of "Win one for the Gipper" fame), and Nebraska clearly had their work cut out for them. While the Cornhuskers did not score first, they led by the end of the first quarter.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Unfortunately, that was the end of Nebraska scoring, as Rockne modified his game plan to prevent Nebraska from scoring by controlling the time of possession with low-risk, low-gain plays that chewed up the clock while still managing to get ahead mainly due to the efforts of Gipp. Gipp at one point even defied Rockne's directives to play conservatively, and continued to try to score, managing in the process to score another touchdown and contribute 218 personal rushing yards to the team's net of only 174.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, South Dakota
Nebraska rebounded from the disappointing loss to Notre Dame by blanking South Dakota in Lincoln, the team's sixth-straight home game victory stretching back into 1919. The Cornhuskers improved in the series to 6-1-2.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
The Cornhuskers outclassed and dominated the Scarlet Knights in the only game ever played between these teams. This was Nebraska's farthest trip eastward to date, and the large New York City crowd presented a rare opportunity to shine in a locale unaccustomed to Nebraska football. Rutgers went on to finish the season just 2-7, thus the high-profile game ended up being less about a contest between strong teams, instead ultimately mainly providing more exposure for Nebraska in the east.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Nebraska was entirely shut down by the Nittany Lions, though the Cornhuskers held Penn State to a single touchdown and stayed in the game until the 4th quarter. It would be nearly 30 years before these teams would cross paths again, leaving Nebraska 0-1 in the series for a very long time. Penn State's Percy W. Griffiths, Charley Way and Glenn Killinger, coached by Hugo Bezdek, went on to finish their season unbeaten.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Nebraska ran ahead to a 20-0 lead by halftime in their drive to avenge the bitter loss to Penn State, and the game seemed to be decided early. However, Kansas stormed right back and matched the 20 in the second half, with the help of at least one controversial call in their favor. Ultimately the contest ended in a draw, with Nebraska still firmly in charge of the series at 17-9-1.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, MAC
Returning home after three straight games on the road, the Cornhuskers had little difficulty with the Aggies, dispatching them 35-7 despite the high regard held for the Michigan Ag squad before the game. This was only the second time these teams had met to date, with the last game from 1914 also a Nebraska win.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
In the first meeting between these teams, the Cougars of State College in Washington made the long journey to Lincoln. It was a season to end in disappointment for the Cornhuskers, as Nebraska failed to hold on to a 20-0 halftime lead, scoring no additional points afterward, and then ultimately losing the game by just 1 point.


1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Schulte departed soon after the conclusion of the season, leaving the Cornhuskers looking for their fourth head coach in just six years. Schulte's career record with Nebraska ended at 8-6-3 (.559), the third lowest in program history up to that point, for coaches on at least a full year or more. Nebraska's overall record fell to 174-60-15 (.729). Nebraska subsequently rejoined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association for the upcoming 1921 season, ending two years of playing as an independent.


1920 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1920 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920, and featured incumbent Governor Samuel R. McKelvie, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former Governor John H. Morehead, and progressive-backed independent candidate, York Mayor Arthur G. Wray, to win a second and final two-year term in office.


1920 Nelson and Colne by-election
The 1920 Nelson and Colne by-election was held on 17 June 1920 after the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP, Albert Smith. It was retained by the Labour candidate Robinson Graham.


1920 Nevada Sagebrushers football team
The 1920 Nevada Sagebrushers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their second season under head coach Ray Courtright, the team compiled a 7–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 186 to 167.


1920 New Brunswick general election
The 1920 New Brunswick general election was held on 9 October 1920, to elect 48 members to the 35th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Although political parties had no standing in law, twenty-four MLA declared themselves to be Liberals, thirteen declared themselves to be Conservatives, nine declared themselves to members of the United Farmers, and two declared themselves Farmer-Labour.


1920 New Brunswick general election
The election resulted in the first minority government in New Brunswick since the advent of responsible government in the 1840s.


1920 New Brunswick general election
This was the first general election in which women could vote. They would not be allowed to run for office until 1934. Following the 1919 act to extend the franchise to women.


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1920 New Hampshire football team
The 1920 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented  New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1920 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. In its fifth season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record, while outscoring their opponents by a total of 124 to 53.


1920 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
The 1920 game was the first meeting between the New Hampshire and Boston University football programs.


1920 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
Team captain Harold I. Leavitt would go on to become superintendent of properties at the University of New Hampshire from 1947 until his retirement in 1966. He was an inaugural member of the UNH Wildcats Hall of Fame in 1982.


1920 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1920 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Republican nominee Albert O. Brown defeated Democratic nominee Charles E. Tilton with 59.59% of the vote.


1920 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1920 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1920 college football season. In their first year under head coach Dutch Bergman, the Aggies compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 159 to 62. The team played its home games on Miller Field.


1920 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1920 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach Roy W. Johnson, the Lobos compiled a 3–3 record.


1920 New Mexico Lobos football team
Johnson was hired to take charge of the school's physical education department in August 1920. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan earlier in the year and had played at the center position on the 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team.


1920 New Mexico Lobos football team
In the fall of 1920, the school adopted the nickname "Lobos" for their athletic teams. The U.N.M. Weekly published an editorial explaining the selection:


1920 New Mexico Lobos football team
Eureka! At last, a real name for the university teams. A name with a wallop in both fists -- a name which will make you sit up and take notice. In this wild west we must have a name fitting to our surroundings. The terror of the mountains and prairie, the king of all the western lands is that feared and hated animal -- the Lobo. Who has heard his terrible war cry without the cold shivers of fear running down his back?The lobo is respected for his cunning, feared for his prowess, and is the leader of the pack. It is the ideal name for the varsity boys who go forth for the glory of the school."


1920 New Mexico Lobos football team
Halfback Grant Mann was the team captain. His brother Claude Mann was captain of the 1919 team.


1920 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1920 New Mexico gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920.


1920 New Mexico gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo was defeated for renomination. Republican candidate Merritt C. Mechem defeated Democratic nominee Richard H. Hanna with 51.26% of the vote.


1920 New South Wales state election
The 1920 New South Wales state election was held on 20 March 1920. The 24th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 February 1920 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier William Holman. The election was for all of the 90 seats in the 25th New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and it was the first to be conducted with multi-member electorates, using the Hare-Clark single transferable vote system.


1920 New South Wales state election, Results
1920 New South Wales state electionLegislative Assembly << 1917–1922 >>


1920 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1920 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 1 January 1920 and 30 March 1920 (referred to as the 1920 civilian war honours).


1920 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1920 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1920 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George V on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1919 and the beginning of 1920, and were announced on 1 January 1920.


1920 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1920 New York Giants season
The 1920 New York Giants season was the franchise's 38th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 86–68 record, 7 games behind the Brooklyn Robins.


1920 New York Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1920 New York Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1920 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 New York Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 New York Yankees season
The 1920 New York Yankees season was the 18th season for the Yankees in New York and their 20th overall. The team finished with a record of 95–59, just 3 games behind the American League champion Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. Home games were played at the Polo Grounds. The Yankees of 1920 were the first team in the history of Major League Baseball to have an attendance of more than one million fans.


1920 New York Yankees season, Offseason
The year started with a bang on January 5, when the Boston Red Sox sold their star pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000 (equivalent to $1,900,000 in 2020). The sub-headline in The New York Times the next day read, "Highest Purchase Price in Baseball History Paid for Game's Greatest Slugger." This deal would live in infamy for generations of Boston fans, and would vault the Yankees from respectability (80 wins in 1919) to pennant contention.


1920 New York Yankees season, Regular season
Babe Ruth, his wife, and three teammates were in a car accident on July 7, 1920 from which they were lucky to walk away. Ruth was driving the group back to New York from Washington where the Yankees had beaten the Senators the previous day. Nearing Wawa, Pennsylvania at 2:00 AM, Ruth missed a sharp curve, drove into a ditch, and totaled the car where it flipped on top of them. Ruth was able to move the vehicle, and all five made it to a local farmhouse where they were attended to. They were driven that same day to Philadelphia where they boarded a train for New York. Ruth was in the lineup for the next game on July 8, 1920 where he went one for four with a triple against the Detroit Tigers.


1920 New York Yankees season, Regular season
The Indians won the pennant despite a horrific incident at the Polo Grounds on August 16. Yankees pitcher Carl Mays, another of several ex-Red Sox players who had come the Yankees' way, used a "submarine" (underhand) pitching style. He threw one up and in on Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, who tended to crowd the plate and apparently never saw the ball coming. Chapman suffered a severe skull fracture, and died the following morning. Mays was absolved of any wrongdoing, but the incident would haunt him for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, the Indians rallied around the memory of their shortstop, and won the season.


1920 New York Yankees season, Regular season
However, with Ruth leading the Yankees, and with his stunning total of 54 home runs, nearly doubling his own major league record from just the previous year, New York finished just a game behind the second-place Chicago White Sox and three behind the Indians. Ruth's 54 home runs marked an end to the dead-ball era, and ushered in a new style of play with an emphasis on power hitting. The Yankees had once been the "poor relations of the Polo Grounds", as Lamont Buchanan characterized them in The World Series and Highlights of Baseball. But the Giants had faded a bit in the late 1910s while the Yankees had grown stronger. The Yankees were now poised to take the next step to beginning the greatest dynasty in professional sports.


1920 New York Yankees 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


1920 New York Yankees 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


1920 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 New York gubernatorial election
The 1920 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1920, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.


1920 New York gubernatorial election
Despite losing reelection Al Smith would win the nomination as the Democratic candidate in the 1928 Presidential Election.


1920 New York state election
The 1920 New York state election was held on November 2, 1920, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary state, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, two judges of the New York Court of Appeals and a U.S. Senator, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.


1920 New York state election, History
In August 1919, Judge William H. Cuddeback died, and Abram I. Elkus was appointed to fill the vacancy temporarily. Judge Frederick Collin would reach the constitutional age limit at the end of the year. Thus there were two vacancies on the Court of Appeals to be filled at the state election.


1920 New York state election, History, Republican primary
Republican state senator (47th District) George F. Thompson lost the primary to Miller, but ran on the Prohibition ticket, as did Temperance activist Ella A. Boole.


1920 New York state election, History, Democratic primary
All Prohibition and Socialist candidates were nominated unopposed in the primaries.


1920 New York state election, Result
The incumbents Smith and Elkus were defeated. The incumbents Newton, Williams and Wadsworth were re-elected. Judges Chase and Crane moved from additional to regular seats on the Court of Appeals.


1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 1920 was held on 24 June 1920 to determine the future leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Buller MP Harry Holland, retaining office.


1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Background
After the 1919 election, former Labour Party President James McCombs who had narrowly lost the previous leadership election to Harry Holland decided to launch a fresh attempt at the leadership. There was a certain level of underlying personal animosity between the two, both remaining bitter over McCombs' resignation from the Labour Party in 1917 over the liquor question. This is thought to be a contributing factor to McCombs' attempts to dethrone Holland.


1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates, Harry Holland
Holland had won Labour's leadership the previous year (also opposed by McCombs) and had led them in to the 1919 election where they gained several seats and captured a quarter of the popular vote, though this only equated to an extra three seats in Parliament.


1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates, James McCombs
McCombs was the leader of the Labour Party's moderate faction and continued his agitation against Holland's leadership which he and others thought to be too autocratic. His main supporters in caucus in his plight were fellow Christchurch MPs Dan Sullivan and Ted Howard.


1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Result
The election was conducted through a members' ballot by Labour's parliamentary caucus. Holland secured five votes to McCombs' three.


1920 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Aftermath
Harry Holland continued to lead the Labour Party, and would until his death in 1933. McCombs and Sullivan continued to agitate against Holland's claim to the leadership for the next few years.


1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The 1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by George V of New Zealanders to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark the visit of the Prince of Wales to New Zealand that year. The recipients were invested by the prince at a dinner aboard HMS Renown in Lyttelton Harbour on 21 March 1920.


1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1920 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours, Royal Victorian Order, Member, fourth class (MVO)
In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).


1920 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1920 New Zealand rugby league season was the 13th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand lost a series to Great Britain 0–3, the third test being played in Auckland. The New Zealand squad included Bill Davidson, Jim Sanders, Charles Woolley, Karl Ifwersen, Eric Grey, Thomas McClymont, Mike Pollock, Stan Walters (c), Wally Somers, Bill Stormont, Ernie Herring, Bert Avery, Nelson Bass, Bill Scott, Norm Loveridge, Bill Guiney, Charles Woolley, Billy Mitchell, Clarrie Polson, Eric Bennett and Stan Dobson.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Auckland defeated Great Britain for the first time, winning 24–16 on 24 July and becoming the first New Zealand team to defeat Great Britain on New Zealand soil. Auckland included Bill Davidson, Bill Cloke, Karl Ifwersen, Eric Grey, Charles Woolley, Ivan Stewart, Clarrie Polson, Stan Walters, Wally Somers, Bill Stormont, Bert Avery, Jack Wilson (Lower Waikato) and Nelson Bass. Reserves: Thomas McClymont, Norm Loveridge, Ernie Herring and George Paki. Both Auckland matches were played in front of crowds approaching 40,000 in Auckland Domain, which represented New Zealand sporting attendance records at this time. Lancaster Park hosted two matches of the tour. 5,000 fans saw New Zealand lose 3–19 to Great Britain and Canterbury also lost 14–29 at the same venue.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand Rugby League awarded life memberships to twelve members, including Henry Thacker, Duncan McGregor and Charlie Pearce.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Maritime won the Auckland Rugby League's competition. The Marist Brothers finished second in only their second year in the competition. Newton won the Roope Rooster. Ponsonby United successfully defended the Thacker Shield, defeating Federal from Canterbury 29–19.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Auckland Rugby League purchased Carlaw Park in 1920 under the chairmanship of James Carlaw.


1920 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Marist included Neville St George, Bill Stormont and Norm Loveridge.


1920 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The 1920 New Zealand tour rugby to New South Wales was the ninth tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia. The three most important matches on the tour were played against the New South Wales selection, and the All Blacks won the 3 match series 3–0.


1920 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
After the First World War, rugby union in Australia was initially only resumed within New South Wales (many players switched to rugby league, especially in Queensland), so official Test matches between the two national sides did not resume until 1929.


1920 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
In 1986 the Australian Rugby Union accorded Test status to the matches New South Wales played against full international teams in the 1920 to 1928 period, but the New Zealand Rugby Union does not record these matches as Tests.


1920 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
Before and after the tour, New Zealand played some matches in their own country against provincial selections. The following year, New South Wales visited New Zealand on their 1921 tour.


1920 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Match summary
Complete list of matches played by the All Blacks in New South Wales:


1920 Nicaraguan general election
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 3 October 1920 to elect a President, half of the Deputies and one-third of the Senators of the National Congress.


1920 Nicaraguan general election
By 1920, the State Department believed that electoral competition between Liberals and Conservatives without direct U.S. occupation would provide a better basis for political stability and the long-term protection of U.S. economic interests".


1920 Nicaraguan general election
During the four years following the 1916 elections, the Liberals criticized the Department of State for its support of an electoral machinery that tended to perpetuate the power of the Conservatives who controlled it. The Liberals claimed that since the elections were manipulated to their disadvantage and since the United States would not countenance revolution, it was impossible for them ever to secure control of the Government. Early in 1920 the Department of State suggested that the Nicaraguan Government invite someone to make a study of the electoral system and suggest possible revisions therein. President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas replied that it was inopportune to make any changes, since the existing electoral law amply provided for free elections and the proximity of the elections would not permit a thorough study.


1920 Nicaraguan general election
The Liberals, who attracted various dissatisfied elements, led a formidable opposition to the Conservatives under the name of the Coalition Party. With the disaffection in the Conservative ranks, the likelihood of the Coalitionists winning the elections became a real possibility if fair and free elections were held. The preelection period was a turbulent one. The Coalitionists demanded that all eligible voters should have the right of casting the ballots regardless of whether or not they were inscribed on the official catalogues. At the suggestion of the Department of State, President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas granted two additional days for registration.


1920 Nicaraguan general election
Thousands were unable to register. The Government imprisoned many of the Coalition leaders. Just before the elections, President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas decreed that all citizens should be allowed to cast a ballot whether inscribed or not, and that when the votes were counted there should be rejected the ballots of all citizens whose names did not appear on the official catalogues, not only of that of 1920 but of all prior years.


1920 Nicaraguan general election
The liberals did participate in the 1920 elections, but the backing of the United States and a fraudulent vote count assured the election of Emiliano Chamorro Vargas's uncle, Diego Manuel Chamorro.


1920 Nicaraguan general election
The 1920 elections had the benefit of an American observer, Major Jesse I. Miller, who was sent by the State Department.


1920 Nicaraguan general election
The Major concluded that there had been much fraud and improper use of government power. He made a study of the registration books and concluded that the lists "were enormously padded". Miller also learned that neither party took the results seriously because "neither thought that the election was decided until the State Department had passed on it".


1920 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1920 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1920 college football season.


1920 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1920 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Democratic nominee Cameron A. Morrison defeated Republican nominee John J. Parker with 57.2% of the vote. Both were attorneys in private practice at the time.


1920 North Carolina gubernatorial election, Primary elections
Only the Democratic Party held a primary election for the gubernatorial nomination at the time. Because no candidate won an absolute majority in the first round on June 5, a second primary (or "runoff") was held on July 3, 1920.


1920 North Coast Rugby League season
The 1920 North Coast Rugby League season was the first season of rugby league football in the area that is now the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, all of the clubs having changed over from rugby union in March 1920.


1920 North Coast Rugby League season, Fixtures
At a meeting of held at the Royal Hotel, Nambour, on Monday, April 19th. fixtures were presented by the committee appointed to do so, and were adopted.


1920 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1920 North Dakota Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their second year under head coach Stanley Borleske, the team compiled a 2–3–1 record.


1920 North Dakota blizzard
The 1920 North Dakota blizzard was a severe blizzard that killed 34 people from March 15–18, 1920 in the state of North Dakota. It is considered among the worst blizzards on record in North Dakota.


1920 North Dakota blizzard
High winds and an eight-inch (20 cm) snowfall stopped rail service in Bismarck, North Dakota, and only one telephone line functioned between Fargo, North Dakota, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Telephone service was out between Devils Lake, North Dakota, and Fargo, North Dakota.


1920 North Dakota blizzard
Among the victims were five country school students, including Hazel Miner and Adolph, Ernest, Soren, and Herman Wohlk. Also killed were a young mother, Mrs. Andrew Whitehead; Charles Hutchins, north of Douglas, North Dakota; the twelve-year-old son of Matt Yashenko, who lived five miles south of Ruso, North Dakota; and "Chicken Pete" Johnson, a Minot eccentric, who was found dead in his dug-out on South Hill in Minot, North Dakota.


1920 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1920 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican Lynn Frazier defeated Democratic nominee James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor with 51.01% of the vote.


1920 Northampton by-election
The Northampton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Northampton on 1 April 1920.


1920 Northampton by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Coalition Liberal MP, Charles McCurdy as Minister of Food Control. Under the Parliamentary rules of the day, McCurdy was required to resign his seat and fight a by-election.


1920 Northampton by-election, Candidates, Liberals
The Northampton Liberals agreed to support McCurdy, although the mood in the association was reported as being strongly in favour of the maintenance of the Liberal Party as an independent political force and wary of any moves which might involve fusion with the Coalition Conservatives or the creation of a Centre Party.


1920 Northampton by-election, Candidates, Conservatives
The Unionists agreed not to run a candidate against McCurdy in view of their party’s role in the Coalition government of David Lloyd George and the need to support Lloyd George “as the man who had guided the ship of state through the years of war into the calmer waters of peace”.


1920 Northampton by-election, Candidates, Labour
The Labour Party chose as their candidate Mrs Margaret Bondfield. Mrs Bondfield was originally a textiles worker who became a trade union official for the Shop Assistants' Union. She was also a founder-member and an officer of the Women's Labour League. She went on to become one of the first women elected to Parliament for Labour and the Britain’s first female Cabinet Minister.


1920 Northampton by-election, Issues
Given Mc Curdy’s appointment the price of food was an early campaign issue with Labour attacking the government for high prices and McCurdy defending the actions of the Coalition in setting up a committee to investigate the price of food and the level of profits in the industry. However McCurdy was able to counter Labour criticism by reminding voters that this was not an issue which the Parliamentary Labour Party had raised at all during 1919 and the policy of the government to use regulation to maintain and check prices was essentially the same approach that Labour had adopted.


1920 Northampton by-election, Issues
In her election address, Mrs Bondfield declared her support of a Capital levy on accumulated wealth, as opposed to indirect taxation, and the appointment of an International Economic Council to apportion supplies and credits according to need. She blamed British support for the White movement in the Russian Civil War for the high price of bread. She also supported the right of the Irish people to self-determination and independence from Britain.


1920 Northampton by-election, Issues
In his election address, issued on 27 March 1920, McCurdy dealt exclusively with questions of food control and profiteering. He linked his appointment as Food Minister and the measures the government were taking with the issue of high prices. If he were re-elected, he argued, it would be a blow against the exploitation of the consumer and against the profiteer. In view of his personal commitment to the job, Labour was finding it hard to paint McCurdy as a friend of the profit-mongers.


1920 Northampton by-election, The result
McCurdy held his seat with a reduced majority (down to 3,371 from 7,275 at the 1918 general election and a reduced percentage of the poll (down to 55.6% from 62.7%). Labour had campaigned strongly. They had anticipated the appointment of McCurdy as a Minister and had adopted Mrs Bondfield in good time to begin nursing the constituency. They were well organised if some commentators felt their candidate’s sex was a disadvantage to their electoral prospects.


1920 Northampton by-election, The result
The by-election at Camberwell North West held on the previous day had also resulted in a Coalition Liberal hold by a newly appointed minister, Thomas James Macnamara against the challenge of a female Labour candidate, Miss Susan Lawrence. Although Lawrence was to go on to gain election to Parliament later and Mrs Bondfield's persistence in Northampton paid off at the 1923 election, the failure of two women candidates in by-elections at the same time was a setback to the adoption of female candidates.


1920 Northampton by-election, The result
The result was also good news for Lloyd George who was pleased to see his newly appointed ministers being returned successfully to Parliament. By-election results early in the life of the government had not gone so well and Northampton and other results were regarded as something of a revival in government fortunes. The results also encouraged the Coalition Liberals to believe that any revival of Asquithian Liberalism was a mirage. However, as we have seen the failure of the Independent Liberals to contest Northampton was not solely a question of weakness of organisation or spirit. There was genuine confusion and soul-searching in the party over the Asquith-Lloyd George split and McCurdy was to face an Independent Liberal opponent at the 1922 as well as Labour.


1920 Northern Illinois State Normal football team
The 1920 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1920 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Paul Harrison and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 3–5 record. Crawford King was the team's captain.


1920 Northern Rhodesian Advisory Council election
Advisory Council elections were held in Northern Rhodesia in April 1920.


1920 Northern Rhodesian Advisory Council election, Electoral system
Northern Rhodesia was split into two constituencies, North-Western Rhodesia (four seats) and North-Eastern Rhodesia (one seat). Voting was restricted to British subjects over the age of 21 who had lived in the territory for at least six months and owned at least £150 of property.


1920 Northwestern Purple football team
The 1920 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1920 college football season. In their first year under head coach Elmer McDevitt, the Purple compiled a 3–4 record (2–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.


1920 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1920 Norwegian Football Cup was the 19th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF. Ørn won their first title, having beaten Frigg in the final. This was second consecutive year that Frigg lost the final.


1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1920 college football season, led by third-year head coach Knute Rockne. The team won all nine games and was selected retroactively as national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.


1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Senior back George Gipp was a consensus All-American, but died on December 14 due to a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia.


1920 Nova Scotia general election
The 1920 Nova Scotia general election was held on 27 July 1920 to elect members of the 37th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.


1920 Nova Scotia general election
This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.


1920 Nova Scotia general election
* The United Farmers, Labour (the Independent Labour Party) and War Veterans co-operated with each other to run candidates. Candidates for the coalition were selected on the basis of which group was best represented in a riding.


1920 Nova Scotia general election
** 7 if one counts a Farmer-Labour candidate which is listed here with the Labour tally.


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1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team
The 1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football during the 1920 college football season. This was one of the first of Oglethorpe's seasons with a grown up program; they joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association after the season. Oglethorpe proved itself against some of the toughest opponents. Despite a loss to Georgia Tech, Oglethorpe was still able to boast that it was the only team to hold Tech from scoring on their touchdown line and were able to make a stop. Other impressive games were wins over Florida and Mercer.


1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1920 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1920 college football season. They outscored opponents 150–20 in the regular season and beat Michigan, 14–7. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–1 record, including the 1921 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where they lost 28–0 to California.


1920 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1920 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Republican nominee Harry L. Davis defeated Democratic nominee A. Victor Donahey with 51.91% of the vote.


1920 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team
The 1920 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1920 college football season. This was the 20th year of football at A&M and the second under Jim Pixlee. The Aggies played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 0–7–1, 0–3 in the Southwest Conference.


1920 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1920 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1920 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 6–0–1 record (4–0–1 against conference opponents), won the Missouri Valley Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 176 to 51.


1920 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Two Sooners were recognized as All-Americans: tackle Roy "Soupy" Smoot and halfback Phil White.


1920 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Five Sooners received All-Missouri Valley Conference honors: back Harry Hill; end Howard Marsh; guard Bill McKinley; tackle Roy Smoot; and back Sol Swatek. Marsh was the first Sooner to receive all-conference honors on three occasions, receiving the honors each year from 1920 to 1922.


1920 Oldenburg state election
The 1920 Oldenburg state election was held on 6 June 1920 to elect the 48 members of the constituent assembly of the Free State of Oldenburg.


1920 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1920 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1920 college football season.


1920 Open Championship
The 1920 Open Championship was the 55th Open Championship, held 30 June to 1 July at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club in Deal, England. George Duncan erased a 13-stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Sandy Herd, the 1902 champion.


1920 Open Championship
Royal Cinque Ports had been planned as the location for the Open Championship in 1915, but in early in that year it was decided that there would be no championships during the remainder of World War I; the next Open Championship after the war would be held at Royal Cinque Ports. Although the war was over in November 1918, it was decided that there would be no championship in 1919. During the war, six of the greens were involved in a scheme to build a rifle range. This raised fears about the state of the course, but in late 1919 it was decided that there would be no difficulty in getting the course ready for the 1920 championship.


1920 Open Championship
Qualification for the professionals took place the week before on 23 and 24 June at Burhill and Saint George's Hill in Surrey; the leading 72 players and ties qualified. Abe Mitchell led the field at 139; three tied on the qualifying score of 159 and 74 professionals advanced. The amateurs qualified separately, playing 36 holes on 23 June at Sandwich. Eight places were allotted to the amateurs with Cyril Tolley, the Amateur Champion, given an automatic entry. Prize money was increased sixty percent to £200 with a winner's share of £75; the winner also received a gold medal valued at £25.


1920 Open Championship
Herd and Ted Ray, the 1912 winner, shared the first round lead at 72 on Wednesday morning. Both faltered in the afternoon's second round while Abe Mitchell shot a 73 for a 147 to open up a six-stroke lead over Herd and Jim Barnes. Ray was eight back, Len Holland eleven behind, while Duncan was thirteen back after consecutive rounds of 80 for 160.


1920 Open Championship
Duncan played himself back into contention with a 71 in the third round on Thursday morning. Mitchell began that round with three bogeys, made a seven at the 5th hole, and finished with an 84. After 54 holes, Holland was at 229 and led by one over Herd and Barnes, with Mitchell, Duncan, and Syd Wingate one behind in fourth. Duncan carded a final round 72 for 303, while Holland and Barnes both shot 79 for a 308 and 309, respectively. Mitchell rebounded with a 76 which left him at 307. Only Herd could match Duncan's score, but he found trouble on the 16th and settled for 305, two strokes back of Duncan.


1920 Open Championship
Six-time and defending champion Harry Vardon, age 50, finished at 318, 15 strokes back in a tie for 14th place.


1920 Open Championship
Two future champions from the United States, Walter Hagen and Scottish-born Tommy Armour, both made their Open Championship debuts this year and both finished at 329, 26 strokes back in a tie for 53rd. Armour was an amateur at the time.


1920 Open Championship
This was the second and final Open Championship held at Royal Cinque Ports, which also hosted in 1909. Further Open Championships at Royal Cinque Ports were planned for 1938 and 1949. In both cases the course was flooded during the previous winter prior and the venue was moved to Royal St George's. Thus, only one of the four Opens planned for Royal Cinque Ports actually took place in the year originally intended. Near the English Channel, the course is directly south of Royal St George's, which became the sole Open venue in southern England in the course rota. An exception was in 1932, when Prince's Golf Club hosted its only Open, won by Gene Sarazen. All three courses are adjacent, with Prince's the furthest north.


1920 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Amateurs: Hunter (322), Grant (324), Harris (325), Hope (326),                 Tolley (326), Armour (329), Scott (331), Bretherton (335).


1920 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1920 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1920 college football season. The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon. Henry Rearden was the team captain. Gap Powell was the fullback and the offensive star.


1920 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season overview
In April 1920, R. B. "Dick" Rutherford was hired as the team's head coach. He had played football at Nebraska and had been the head football coach at Washington University from 1917 to 1919. In their first season under coach Rutherford, the Beavers compiled a 2–2–2 record (1–2–1 against PCC opponents), finished in fifth place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 52 to 20.


1920 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season overview
On October 23, 1920, the Aggies defeated Washington, 3–0, for the Aggies' first victory over Washington since 1905. The annual rivalry game with Oregon, played at Corvallis on November 20, 1920, resulted in a scoreless tie. The Aggies also played two games with the Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland, resulting in a win and a tie, and lost games against national champion California (17–7) and Washington State (28-0).


1920 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Season overview
In January 1921, Rutherford was signed to a three-year contract as the school's coach and director of athletics.


1920 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team, Players
The following players received letters for their participation on the Aggies' 1920 football team.


1920 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1920 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1920 college football season. In their third season under head coach Charles A. Huntington, the Webfoots compiled a 3–2–1 record (1–1–1 against PCC opponents), shut out three of six opponents, finished in third place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 38 to 37. The team played its home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.


1920 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1920 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 14th water polo championship in Hungary. There were four teams who played one round match for the title.


1920 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1920 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1920 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 3rd place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 3–3 record, but failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1920 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on January 5, 1920 to elect members of the 1920 Ottawa City Council.


1920 Ottawa municipal election, Ottawa Board of Control
John Cameron becomes the first "Labour" candidate ever to be elected to Ottawa's board of control. His "running mate", William Lodge was not as successful.


1920 Ottawa municipal election, Ottawa City Council, By-election
There was a by-election held on March 22, 1920 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of James D. Denny in Wellington Ward. Results:


1920 PGA Championship
The 1920 PGA Championship was the third PGA Championship, which is now considered one of golf's major championships. It was held August 17–21 at the Flossmoor Country Club outside Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. The field of 32 qualified through sectional tournaments. They competed in 36-hole match play rounds in a single-elimination tournament.


1920 PGA Championship
Harry Hampton made a surprising run by winning three consecutive matches before finally succumbing to Jock Hutchison in a semi-final match 4 and 3. James Douglas Edgar won the other semi-final over George McLean by a resounding 8 and 7 margin. Hutchison defeated Edgar, 1 up, in the final.


1920 PGA Championship
Two-time defending champion Jim Barnes lost in the second round to Clarence Hackney, 5 and 4.


1920 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1920 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific—now known as the University of the Pacific—in Stockton, California during the 1920 college football season.


1920 Paisley by-election
The Paisley by-election, 1920 was a parliamentary by-election held on 12 February 1920 for the House of Commons constituency of Paisley in Scotland. It was caused by the death of the constituency's sitting Liberal Member of Parliament Sir John Mills McCallum.


1920 Paisley by-election, Electoral history
The result at the last General Election in 1918 was;


1920 Paisley by-election, Asquith’s return
The by-election provided an opportunity for the return to Parliament of H. H. Asquith, the former Prime Minister who had lost his East Fife seat to the Unionists at the 1918 general election in the aftermath of the split in the Liberal Party between those who supported the coalition of David Lloyd George with the Conservatives and the supporters of Asquith’s independent Liberals, or ‘Wee Frees.’


1920 Paisley by-election, Asquith’s return
Asquith had been an opponent of women’s suffrage (women over thirty were given the vote in 1918), and (30 January 1920) thought women voters “hopelessly ignorant, credulous to the last degree, and flickering with gusts of sentiment like a candle in the wind. Then there are some thousands of Irish, who have been ordered by their bosses to vote Labour – as if Labour had ever done or was ever likely to do anything for them”. Asquith directed most of his campaign not against Labour but against the Coalition candidate, whom he thought “a foul-mouthed Tory”.


1920 Paisley by-election, Asquith’s return
He called for moderation over German reparations, immediate Dominion Status for Ireland (where the Irish War of Independence was currently in progress) and warned of the danger of tariffs being erected, especially by the newly independent small states of central Europe. Sir John Simon and Lord Buckmaster spoke in his support, as did his daughter Violet who had become an excellent speaker. The “foul-mouthed Tory” lost his deposit (by ten votes), to Asquith’s delight.


1920 Paisley by-election, Asquith’s return
The by-election seemed to be a triumph for the Independent Liberals with a majority of 2,834 votes over Labour and a blow for the government.


1920 Paisley by-election, Aftermath
The result at the following General Election in 1922 was;


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
On March 28, 1920, a large outbreak of at least 37 tornadoes, 31 of which were significant, took place across the Midwestern and Southern United States. The tornadoes left at least 153 dead and at least 1,215 injured. Many communities and farmers alike were caught off-guard as the storms moved to the northeast at speeds that reached over 60 mph (97 km/h). Most of the fatalities occurred in Georgia (37), Ohio (28), and Indiana (21), while the other states had lesser totals. Little is known about many of the specific tornadoes that occurred, and the list below is only partial.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
Severe thunderstorms began developing in Missouri during the early morning hours. The storms moved quickly to the northeast towards Chicago, Illinois. The first tornado injured five people 35 mi (56 km) southeast of Springfield, Missouri, in Douglas County. This first tornado was a harbinger of things to come as the morning went on and the atmosphere began to destabilize, due to the abundance of sunshine that preceded the cold front in the warm sector, which covered the lower Great Lakes region extending southward well past the Ohio River Valley.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Background
According to meteorologist and weather historian Charles Merlin Umpenhour, climatic conditions were favorable on Palm Sunday 1920 for all the atmospheric ingredients to come together needed to create the classic setup needed for long-track tornadoes. However, forecasting, communications technology, and public awareness about Severe Weather was nearly nonexistent in 1920 and would not begin for another 33 years, when the U.S. Weather Bureau would implement its public Watch (the word ‘forecast’ was used until 1966) and Warning program in 1953.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Background
For the residents of the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley areas, the only source of weather information was the rather vague forecasts that were issued in the local newspaper the day before or by word of mouth. The use of the word "tornado" was strictly prohibited in public weather forecasting until the 1950s because of the fear and panic it might cause. This policy would come under-fire in the years to come especially after the Tri-State Tornado in 1925 that stands today as the deadliest tornado in American history.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Background
Weather forecasters and the public alike in the Chicago, Dayton, Fort Wayne, Lansing, South Bend, and Toledo areas were unaware that the stage was set that day for a significant tornado outbreak that would follow a balmy and seemingly tranquil Palm Sunday afternoon. The weather maps in use in March 1920 showed a rather large and deep cyclone over northern Iowa that was forecast to move across central Lower Michigan by nightfall with a trailing cold front. Meteorologists knew rain showers and perhaps a thundershower was a good possibility, but were unaware that the helicity, lifted index, and upper level winds were being guided by a strong jet stream with a probable negative-tilt that would create favorable conditions for the development of tornadoes.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Background
On the morning of March 28, a deep low-pressure center positioned itself near Sioux City, Iowa, with a reported pressure of 28.96 inHg (981 mb). Ahead of the low, temperatures over a broad expanse ranged from 20 to 25 °F (−7 to −4 °C) above average, indicating a robust warm sector. Around noon CST (18:00 UTC), temperatures ranged from 60 °F (16 °C) in Chicago, Illinois, to 77 °F (25 °C) in Montgomery, Alabama, with brisk low-level winds ranging from the southeast to south-southeast.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Background
These winds allowed a warm, moist air mass to advect northward from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. A strong elevated mixed layer (EML) was present over portions of the warm sector. Meanwhile, a pronounced, eastward-shifting convergence zone, characterised by shifting low-level winds, helped promote the development of vigorous thunderstorms. Observations from Springfield, Illinois, and other weather stations, taken in the wake of the convergence zone, indicated anomalously low relative humidity, suggestive of a strong dry line.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, La Fox–Elgin, Illinois
Just before the noon hour, severe thunderstorms began forming 50 mi (80 km) west of downtown Chicago. The first storm started to spawn killer tornadoes in DeKalb and then Kane counties, starting at 1:05 p.m. CDT. Upon touching down, the tornadoes then moved northeast at about 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). The tornado in Kane County apparently first formed about 1+1⁄2 mi (2.4 km) southeast of La Fox and moved northeast, later passing directly through downtown Elgin. Initially, the tornado destroyed a farmhouse and numerous barns, killing a father and tossing about a baby as it touched down.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, La Fox–Elgin, Illinois
Observers occasionally reported a well-defined funnel along the path as the tornado continued into the business district of Elgin, destroying or damaging many structures. It destroyed six businesses, damaged many others, and also "partially wrecked" three churches. Three people died as the rear of a theater collapsed, three more as a brick church tower fell, and one additional as a building façade caved in. Church services had been dismissed just minutes before, saving the lives of parishioners and preventing more deaths in Elgin.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, La Fox–Elgin, Illinois
As the tornado left downtown Elgin, it destroyed numerous trees along with 25 homes and damaged 200 other residences. Thereafter, the tornado destroyed two more barns and killed 38 cattle. It then probably dissipated, only to develop into a new tornado. Both isolated tornado and widespread downburst damage was reported as far as Wauconda, killing cattle, damaging farms, and destroying many buildings. The tornado in Elgin was rated F3 in a study and was the first tornado of the outbreak to cause deaths and to kill more than five people.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Channahon–Troy Township–Lockport–Bellwood–Maywood–Melrose Park–Dunning, Illinois
Roughly 15 minutes after the Elgin tornado formed, a violent F4 tornado tore through Will and Cook Counties, producing a path 53 mi (85 km) long in the Bellwood and Maywood areas. The tornado first destroyed five homes, two frame schools, and at least 12 barns as it passed from Channahon to Troy and thence to Lockport. It skipped thereafter, possibly dissipating and redeveloping into a second tornado, as it caused minor damage in the Romeoville area. Afterward, the tornado funnel was not seen for some time.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Channahon–Troy Township–Lockport–Bellwood–Maywood–Melrose Park–Dunning, Illinois
Upon reaching the Bellwood-Maywood area, a second tornado probably touched down and produced a continuous damage swath to Lake Michigan, killing 20 people and leveling many homes with F4 damage. 10 of the deaths alone occurred at Melrose Park when the tornado hit Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Convent as people were getting ready for Palm Sunday services. The tornado destroyed 50 other buildings in Melrose Park before moving over less-populated areas, killing six more people in the community of Dunning before passing over Lake Michigan. In all, the tornado partially or completely destroyed 413 buildings and injured about 300 people.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Red Hill–Susanna–Red Ridge–Agricola, Alabama/West Point, Georgia
This tornado first developed east of Eclectic between 4:00–4:45 p.m. CDT, but most likely around 3:45 p.m. CDT according to Thomas P. Grazulis. Some damage occurred to homes, trees, outhouses, and a school before the tornado hit Red Hill. Next, the tornado caused at least 17 deaths and destroyed 60 homes in Alabama, mainly near Susanna, Red Ridge, and Agricola. Afterward, it caused nine deaths and 40 injuries in an industrial and business swath of West Point, Georgia, with 40 homes destroyed in Georgia. It became the second-deadliest tornado to hit this day.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
The tornadoes that struck the western counties of Darke, Defiance, Mercer, Paulding, and Van Wert in Ohio on March 28, 1920, originated in the Hoosier State, quickly moving across the state line into Ohio.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
The first of the tornadoes began in Indiana around 6:15 p.m. EDT. Probably part of a tornado family, it touched down near the Wells County community of Ossian. Increasing rapidly in size and intensity, the tornado was reported by eyewitnesses to have resembled a very large, low-hanging mass of turbulent clouds that resembled boiling pot of oatmeal. This may have accounted for the deaths and injuries of so many farmers within its path, since many farmers were usually accustomed to taking shelter during dangerous weather situations. The tornado caused nine deaths on farms outside Ossian.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
The tornado then destroyed nearly every building at Townley. Four people died there as the entire town was devastated. The powerful tornado subsequently hit Edgerton before entering Ohio. In Indiana the tornado destroyed numerous farms, leveled at least 100 buildings, killed 13 people, and left behind $1,000,000 in damage (1920 USD) in the state. It later became the first of three tornadoes to move into Ohio, this time from Allen County, Indiana.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
After moving through Paulding County, the tornado alternately lifted and dipped to the ground, possibly even reforming as a separate tornado, as it moved into the Defiance area. Here several homes and a small store were destroyed and six people lost their lives. The violent tornado then moved northeast into Henry and Fulton Counties, tearing through the town of Swanton, located near Brunersburg, and causing major damage. Many factories, shops, and homes were completely demolished.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
According to the Toledo Blade newspaper, the central business district sustained very heavy damage along Main Street, extending into nearby residential areas, where the damage became more intense. This damage brought out many thieves who looted local businesses and houses that had been hit by the tornado. Continuing on, the tornado then caused isolated damage to farms and trees as it passed into rural areas.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
Increasing in size as it moved into northwest Lucas County, the tornado produced increasingly severe damage, as buildings and homes were swept clean of their foundations, before leveling the entire community of Raab Corners, also called "Rab's Corners" or "Rabb's Corner", in Lucas County. Farmhouses and other buildings were leveled as the violent tornado, 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) wide at this point, moved towards Raab Corners. The residents of Raab Corners were largely unaware of the impending danger as they celebrated Palm Sunday services at the Immaculate Conception and St. Mary's Churches that evening.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Ossian–Townley, Indiana/Brunersburg–Raab Corners, Ohio
Just after 8:00 p.m. EDT rain and small hail started to come down in torrents. As the power went out churchgoers lighted kerosene lamps to illuminate the interior of their buildings, and to continue their Palm Sunday services, when the winds began to increase followed by large hail that shattered all the windows. Around 8:15 p.m. EDT, a solid black wall of swirling clouds proceeded to engulf Raab Corners, destroying everything in its path and killing four people. Local residents decided not to rebuild the town, moving to nearby communities in Michigan and Ohio. Today, only an intersection remains at once was the main four corners.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, West Liberty–Geneva–Ceylon, Indiana/Van Wert, Ohio
This tornado developed in east-central Indiana and crossed into Mercer and Van Wert counties in Ohio. Upon touching down in Indiana, the tornado severely impacted West Liberty, Indiana (seven deaths), located north-northwest of Portland, before leveling homes between Geneva and Ceylon. In this area, the tornado partially stripped chickens of their feathers—a common phenomenon known as moulting—and many buildings were swept away with their floors slightly dislodged. Thereafter, it leveled farms and killed three people in neighboring Ohio.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, West Liberty–Geneva–Ceylon, Indiana/Van Wert, Ohio
In this area, the tornado was very intense and may have even reached F5 intensity, being one of the strongest tornadoes recorded this day. After exiting Adams County, Indiana, this large tornado moved towards the far northwestern part of Mercer County in west-central Ohio, again destroying nearly everything in its path. As the tornado moved on into Van Wert County, three more people died and many would be injured as the storm moved to the south of Van Wert. Some of this same area was hit by another F4 tornado on November 10, 2002.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Fenton, Michigan
The third and final F4 tornado in Michigan this day touched down west-northwest of Fenton at about 7:30 p.m. EDT, shortly before "8 o' clock," though one estimate suggested a time of 6:00 p.m. EDT. The tornado first destroyed a barn, a farmhouse, and a school as it moved northeast. It then struck a cement plant and demolished a smokestack and destroyed the steel-framed kiln room, reportedly warping and twisting the steel bars "so badly...that it is probable that the enclosure will have to be rebuilt." Total losses reached $100,000 at the plant.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Fenton, Michigan
Afterward, the intensifying tornado leveled farm buildings and killed two horses and several other livestock; it left cows unharmed but pinned under debris. The F4 tornado then struck and completely leveled about 30 lakeside summer homes, many of them large and well-built structures worth $3,000–$6,000 to build at the time. Intense winds lifted boats up to 300 feet (91 m) from their moorings and carried entire homes several hundred feet from their foundations. In the summer, according to the Fenton Independent, there would have been "hundreds of people camping at the lake.


1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Fenton, Michigan
Should the accident have occurred at that time there would have been hundreds of deaths." In all, the powerful tornado killed four people and damaged or destroyed 35 buildings near Fenton. One of the deaths occurred in an overturned car, among the earliest tornado-related deaths in an automobile; the earliest known such death was probably on May 19, 1918, in Iowa.


1920 Panamanian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Panama on 2 August 1920.


1920 Panamanian presidential election
On 30 January 1920 President Belisario Porras Barahona resigned to stand for election in August. “Convinced that the ballot would be rigged, supporters of his opponent, Ciro Luis Urriola, repeatedly petitioned for U.S. supervision, only to be told the answer was no. Faced with this political death sentence, Ciro Urriola pulled out”.


1920 Panamanian presidential election
Belisario Porras Barahona was elected “almost unanimously in one of the quietest elections in the history of the republic”.


1920 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1920 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Libertad.


1920 Paris–Roubaix
The 1920 Paris–Roubaix was the 21st edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 4 April 1920 and stretched 280 km (174 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was the Belgian Paul Deman.


1920 Paris–Tours
The 1920 Paris–Tours was the 15th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 2 May 1920. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Eugène Christophe.


1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election
Elections to the Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.


1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election
Four candidates, including Dench (previously a nationalist councillor), and Forsyth (a Protestant Home Ruler, and the incumbent council Chairman) ran on a Ratepayers Association ticket, which was silent on the national question. Along with keeping rates down, the grouping was committed to improved housing accommodation for the working classes, extending facilities to plotholders, better street lighting, the erection of a Free Carnegie Library, improved technical education, and providing wash houses where necessary.


1920 Penn Quakers football team
The 1920 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach John Heisman, the Quakers compiled a 6–4 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 167 to 133. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.


1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1920 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Hugo Bezdek, the team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.


1920 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The Lions were undefeated, but were tied in their final two games.


1920 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1920 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 48 wins and 106 losses.


1920 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


1920 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


1920 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


1920 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


1920 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 Philadelphia Phillies season
The following lists the events of the 1920 Philadelphia Phillies season.


1920 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


1920 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


1920 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


1920 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


1920 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1920 Phillips Haymakers football team
The 1920 Phillips Haymakers football team represented Phillips University during the 1920 college football season. John Maulbetsch coached the team. Phillips joined the Southwest Conference for the 1920 season and was outscored 97–0 in conference play against Texas A&M (47–0), Texas (27–0), and Arkansas (20–0). The Galveston Daily News noted that Maulbetsch's 1920 team could not "compare with the strong team" he surprised Texas with in 1919. At the end of the 1920 season, Phillips withdrew from the Southwest Conference, and Maulbetsch accepted a new position at Oklahoma A&M.


1920 Phillips Haymakers football team
In December 1919, Ted Kurtz was selected as captain of the 1920 team.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 146 to 44. The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. “Perhaps due to the resurrection of sports after the war period, Pitt enjoyed an athletic year that was quite indicative of its pre-war strength, which so practically dominated college sport activities in this section for many years. The season of 1920-21 boasted of representative Pitt teams in every branch of sport - football, basketball, baseball, track, swimming and tennis. Aviation, which made its initial bow at the University last year, progressed in fine manner – the team having been entered in the big intercollegiate meet.″


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
In spite of the 6-2-1 record of 1919, the outlook for the 1920 campaign was much better for Coach Warner. Twelve of the twenty-two lettermen were still in school and the freshmen team contributed twenty-six lads for possible varsity duty. "The squad next fall will be composed largely of men who went through this year's campaign, either on the varsity or freshmen team. There will be more experience in the Panther outfit next season than there was at anytime this season."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
At the annual football banquet Herb Stein, star center, was elected Captain for the 1920 season. A week later Karl E. Davis appointed Robert G. Eckhardt as student football manager for the 1920 season. Mr. Eckhardt was a junior in the School of Economics. His brother was a well-known middle distance runner at Pitt.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The announcement today by the University of Pittsburgh athletic authorities that a decision had been reached to have nothing further to do with Carnegie Tech in a sporting way was hardly unexpected.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
There has been considerable bitterness between the two schools for a long time, and this was increased greatly on the occasion of the recent football game between the Panther and the Plaid at Forbes Field, at which a riot was precipitated by a Tech students who resented the attempt of Pitt men to lower a Tech flag, which had surreptitiously been raised to the top of the Forbes Field flagstaff.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
However, the chances are that even this incident would have passed without any official action by Pitt, had not it been for an address delivered by Director Hamerschlag, of Tech, at Meadville, not long ago, in which he cast aspersions upon Pitt's eligibility code, and the amateur standing of the Panther athletes. While there is no mention of this address in Pitt's statement, it is known that it caused a great deal of adverse comment on the part of followers of Pitt, and it doubtless had more to do with the break than anything else.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Karl E. Davis announced the eight game 1920 football schedule on December 22. The schedule mirrored the 1919 slate except Lehigh and Carnegie Tech were absent. Lafayette replaced Tech but there was no replacement found for Lehigh.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
On September 7, 1920 Coach Warner and forty Panther football prospects arrived at Camp Hamilton for two and a half weeks of preseason training. Student Manager Eckhardt and his assistants "got everything in shipshape for the coming of Coach Warner and his lads. The foxy mentor has asked that his squad be specially equipped this season in the matter of trousers and shoes, and the Panthers will have something novel in those lines. The men have all been provided with shoes in advance, in order to insure a perfect fit."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
New additions to the staff were Tom Kendrick, former varsity lineman, who handled first aid, and Dr. “Hube” Wagner (captain of the 1913 team), the medical supervisor. Former players - end Pat Herron, last year's captain Jimmie DeHart, guard Dale Seis and tackle Claude Thornhill - were on hand to assist Coach Warner. Leon W. Kelly, a star on the 1916 freshmen team, returned to school after his stint in the army and was welcomed to Camp Hamilton on September 14. "He scales better than 180 pounds, is aggressive, experienced and 'seasoned,' and is likely to win himself a regular job."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Coach Warner, a man of few words, issued a statement to The Pittsburgh Post:


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
I only know that we are in for a hard year. Our opponents are certain to be strong. Many of them do not have the one-year residence rule and a student is eligible for the varsity football team as soon as he matriculates. Often such men plug big holes. We can't do that at Pitt. Our only new men are those who come to us from the Freshmen team of the preceding season. I do not know what the outcome of the season will be, but I believe the boys will do as they have always done for me – fight their hardest and do their best. I can't ask for anything more.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Walter Camp and the Rules Committee made one change of note: "Hereafter, if a touchdown is made, whether directly behind the goalposts or at the extreme corner of the field, the side making the touchdown may bring the ball out in front of the goal such distance as it thinks desirable, and from that point make the try for goal."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
For the second season in a row, the Panthers opened their season on the road at Beaver Falls, PA, home of the Geneva Covenanters. Geneva was led by fourth year coach Philip Henry Bridenbaugh. The 1920 Covenanters played all eight of their games at home and earned a 5-2-1 record, losing only to Pitt and Wash. & Jeff. "Graduate Manager M. R. Glover, of the Covenantors, has been advertising this game extensively throughout western Pennsylvania, especially in the Beaver valley, and a crowd that will tax the capacity of the park is anticipated.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
A preliminary game will be played by the Beaver Falls and Salem, O. high schools and the Pitt – Geneva game will follow. This is considered a big event in the Beaver valley." The Gazette Times reported: "The men are feeling fit and for the greater part are in the best condition for the Pitt game."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
On game day, Harry Keck of The Gazette Times noted: "The Panther squad will leave for Beaver Falls in a body at 10:25 this morning, arriving before noon. It will be accompanied by the Pitt student band and a small batch of rooters. Three of the players counted upon to start for the Panthers will not be available. They are Harman, star tackle, who has an injured ankle; Anderson, halfback, who still is nursing hurts received in camp; and Dode Thomas, who is laid up with a cold."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
The Gazette Times' reported: "Glenn Warner's University of Pittsburgh eleven, minus his guidance, this afternoon inaugurated its 1920 football season by trimming Geneva College on the High School Field here, 47 to 0. The points were scored through the medium of seven touchdowns and five resultant goals."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
"The work of Herb McCracken stood out above that of his fellows in the few minutes he was in the game as he broke away from a scrimmage and ran 58 yards through a broken field for the first touchdown. Nobody knows how Herb stayed in the game for he was taken out during the intermission between the first and second quarter when it was found that he was unconscious and had been playing since the first play of the game without knowing what he was doing. He didn't even know he had scored a touchdown until he was told about it."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
In addition to McCracken, Tom Davies scored two touchdowns and Mike Hartnett, John Anderson, Orville Hewitt and J. Franklin Byers each tallied one. The goals from touchdowns were scored by committee also; Tom Davies made two with Tom Holleran, James Bond and Oscar Kratzert each kicking one. "Every one of the players on the squad was given a chance to get into the game by Floyd Rose, Warner's right-hand man, who was in charge in the absence of Pop, who went to Morgantown to scout West Virginia University in its game with Lehigh. Geneva did not make a first down and never had a chance on either offense or defense."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Geneva
The Pitt lineup for the game against Geneva was Bill Edgar (left end),  Louis Markowitz (left tackle), James Bond (left guard), Herb Stein (center), John McLean (right guard), William Gourley (right tackle), Tom Holleran (quarterback), Tom Davies (left halfback), Herb McCracken (right halfback) and Orville Hewitt (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Anderson, Bremen, Bowser, Byers, Clark, Clawson, Hartnett, Herkowitz, Horner, Kelly, Kramer, Laughran, Murdoch, Magarrall, Montieth, McCrory, Sacklowski, Simpson, Storer and Williams. The game was played in two 15-minute quarters and two 12-minute quarters.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Panthers home opener of the 1920 season was against the West Virginia Mountaineers. Pitt led the all-time series 9-5-1. The Mountaineers won 5 of the first 6 meetings. In 1904 the Panthers won 53-0 and proceeded to win seven of the next eight meetings with the one exception being a tie game in 1909. The Panthers out scored the Mountaineers 146 to 9 over that period. Mountaineer coach Mont McIntire, in his fourth and final year at the helm, plus his 1920 squad arrived in Pittsburgh with a 1-0-1 record having tied Lehigh and beaten West Virginia Wesleyan.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
“The Mountaineer coaches have guarded against any overconfidence this fall, and the outcome of the two games already played by their charges have been sufficiently close to prevent any swelled heads among their charges.”  “Both squads will have their strongest combinations on the field, well bolstered with eager and able reserves.”


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Harry Keck of The Gazette Times reported: "Under a cloudless sky and with the temperature very comfortable for the spectators, of whom there were something like 22,000 on hand, the University of Pittsburgh football team inaugurated its home season at Forbes Field yesterday afternoon by defeating the West Virginia University eleven, 34 to 13, a margin of five touchdowns to two."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
West Virginia scored first. The Mountaineers received the opening kick-off and the Pitt defense held, but WVU halfback Carl Beck raced 26 yards on a fake punt to the Pitt 38-yard line. Five plays advanced the ball to the Pitt 16-yard line and finally a forward pass from Martin to Lentz netted the first score of the game. Martin failed to kick the goal. Score -  WVU 6, Pitt 0. After an exchange of possessions, Pitt had the ball on their own 38-yard line.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
A triple pass from Orville Hewitt to Tom Davies to Herb McCracken gained 54 yards to the Mountaineers' 8-yard line. Hewitt fumbled but Herb Stein recovered on the 2-yard line. "Davies went around right end for a touchdown. Davies kicked goal. Score - Pitt 7, West Virginia 6." Pitt kicked off and four plays later the Panthers recovered a fumble on the West Virginia 33-yard line. On first down Pitt quarterback Tom Holleran raced the 33 yards into the end zone for Pitt's second touchdown. Davies kicked goal. Score – Pitt 14, West Virginia 6.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Early in the second period Pitt recovered a fumble on the Mountaineers' 18-yard line. After a holding penalty, Pitt completed a pass to the 10-yard line. On first down "Hewitt plunged through right guard to within a foot of the goal. Hewitt failed on the next try. On the next play Hewitt went over for a touchdown. Davies kicked goal." Halftime score – Pitt 21, West Virginia 6.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Coach Warner made multiple substitutions for the third period. Pitt's second possession of the half started on their own 21-yard line. They quickly advanced  the ball to the West Virginia 25-yard line. "On a double pass, Anderson to Laughran, who forwarded to Davies, netted another Pitt touchdown. Davies kicked goal." Score: Pitt 28, West Virginia 6. Late in the quarter, "Davies punted to (Carl) Beck on West Virginia's 35-yard line, and he ran 65 yards for a touchdown through the whole Pitt team. Martin kicked goal. Score: Pitt 28, West Virginia 13."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Late in the fourth quarter Pitt gained possession on the Mountaineer 20-yard line. Three rushes through the line placed the ball on the 9-yard line. "A triple pass, Anderson to Laughran to Byers took the ball over for another touchdown. Byers failed at goal." Final Score: Pitt 34 – West Virginia 13. West Virginia finished the season with a 5-4-1 record.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Pitt lineup for the game against West Virginia was John McCrory (left end), Louis Markowitz (left tackle), John McLean (left guard), Herb Stein (center), James Bond (right guard), William Gourley (right tackle), Frank Williams (right end), Tom Holleran (quarterback), Tom Davies (left halfback), Herb McCracken (right halfback) and Orville Hewitt (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were: Bill Edgar, Charles Bowser, John Laughran, John Clark, Henry Magarrall, Jack Sachlowski, Leon Kelly, Fred Ewing, Adolph Herskowitz and John Anderson. The game was played in 15-minute quarters.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
The second road game for the Panthers was a train ride to Syracuse, NY to do battle with the strong Orangemen team that trampled them 24 to 3 the previous October. First year coach Chick Meehan, former Syracuse quarterback, had a squad with at least eight lettermen from last year, two of which were named All-American – center, Joe Alexander and tackle, Bert Gulick. The Orangemen came into the game with a 3-0 record having outscored their opponents 149-7. They would finish the season with a 6-2-1 record.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
Harry Keck of The Gazette Times reported on the reception received at the train station when the Panthers arrived in Syracuse: "The most rabid 'welcome' a Pitt football team ever received on its jaunts to gridirons away from home greeted the Panther gridders when they set foot in Syracuse shortly after 9  o'clock tonight... A crowd of several thousand students and citizens had gathered at the depot long before the train pulled in and when Coach Glenn Warner and his huskies got out of their coach they were greeted with mingled cheers and jeers that echoed through the station shed.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
Outside, automobile horns blared and sirens shrieked and everywhere were signs bearing the battle cry of the Orange to wit: 'Beat Pitt!'... The Pitt party had to fight its way, and once it made the street, it found its way blocked by a large gathering around the Syracuse student band. It was truly an inspiring scene, probably the greatest demonstration of its kind ever put on anywhere with the motive of cheering the home team on to victory."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
Grantland Rice penned a story for The Pittsburgh Sunday Post: "Starting under a leaden sky that turned as black as sable on the wings of an autumn storm that ushered in a driving rain, Syracuse and Pittsburgh finished today in a 7- to -7 draw. In spite of threatening clouds with an early shower before the game began, close to 20,000 football lovers filed into the artistic Archbold Stadium to see Chick Meehan's big, fast eleven repeat the triumph of last year. But upon this occasion Glen Warner brought up a team of equal merit. The drawn score was just about as it should be in proving any lack of advantage either way."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
"Due to the wet condition of the field, there were no less than 16 fumbles." "Fumbling proved costly to both sides and was indirectly responsible for both teams' scoring. In the first half, Abbott, Syracuse fullback, fumbled on his own 25-yard line, with Stein recovering for Pitt. From that point Pitt carried the ball over on straight football." "Anderson, Davies, McCracken and Hewitt hit first the right and then the left side of the line, and on the last play  'Tiny' Hewitt, the giant fullback literally rolled over the opposing line for the touchdown." Davies kicked goal.


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
"Then, when it seemed that there would be no more scoring and that again the Pittsburgh Panthers would be returned a winner, the fortunes of the game turned to the New Yorkers. It was Pitt's ball in the center of the field, and on an attempted double pass from Anderson to Laughran, the wet, slimy football slipped from the arms of the fleet back, and Gulick, the Syracuse right tackle, scooped up the ball and without opposition dashed half the length of the field, registering a touchdown and making it possible for Abbott to tie the score."


1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, at Syracuse
The Pitt lineup for the game against Syracuse was John McCrory (left end), Harvey Harman (left tackle), James Bond (left guard), Herb Stein (center), John McLean (right guard), William Gourley (right tackle), Frank Williams (right end), Herb McCracken (quarterback), Tom Davies (left halfback), John Anderson (right halfback) and Orville Hewitt (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were: John Laughran, Jack Sacklowski, John Clark, Bill Edgar, Charles Bowser and Louis Markowitz. The game was played in 15-minute quarters.