1926 Auckland Rugby League season, Annual general meetings and club news
Auckland Rugby League Juniors On 16 March Auckland Rugby League held its Junior Management Committee annual meeting where it was noted that the number of teams during the 1925 season was 75, with approximately 1,200 registered players. The full Auckland Rugby League annual report stated that in 1925 there were 12 senior teams and 103 junior teams playing in the various competitions, representing an increase of three senior and 28 junior teams. There was a total of 2,364 playing members. It was also noted that the total receipts from club fixtures was £3,136 and the total amount taken at all games was just over £7,000. The executive intended on spending money on improving the dressing accommodation for players at Carlaw Park, and when funds permit constructing a permanent grandstand.


1926 Australasian Championships
The 1926 Australasian Championships (now known as the Australian Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia from 23 January to 2 February. It was the 19th edition of the Australasian Championships, the 3rd held in Adelaide, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Jack Hawkes and Daphne Akhurst. 1926 was the last year the tournament would be called "Australasian Championships".


1926 Australasian Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jack Hawkes /  Gerald Patterson   defeated  James Anderson /  Pat O'Hara Wood 6–1, 6–4, 6–2


1926 Australasian Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Esna Boyd /  Meryl O'Hara Wood defeated  Daphne Akhurst /  Marjorie Cox 6–3, 6–8, 8–6


1926 Australasian Championships, Finals, Mixed Doubles
Esna Boyd /  Jack Hawkes defeated  Daphne Akhurst /  Jim Willard 6–2, 6–4


1926 Australasian Championships – Men's Doubles
The first-seeds Jack Hawkes and Gerald Patterson claimed their second title by defeating James Anderson and Pat O'Hara Wood 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 in the final, to win the Men's Doubles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.


1926 Australasian Championships – Men's Singles
Jack Hawkes defeated Jim Willard 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.


1926 Australasian Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. John Hawkes is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1926 Australasian Championships – Mixed Doubles
Second-seeded Esna Boyd and Jack Hawkes defeated the first seeds Daphne Akhurst and Jim Willard 6–2, 6–4 in the final, to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.


1926 Australasian Championships – Mixed Doubles
With this win Hawkes completed a Triple Crown achievement, having already won his singles and doubles titles.


1926 Australasian Championships – Women's Doubles
The first seeds Esna Boyd and Meryl O'Hara Wood defeated second-seeded Daphne Akhurst and Marjorie Cox 6–3, 6–8, 8–6 in the final, to win the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.


1926 Australasian Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Daphne Akhurst defeated Esna Boyd 6–1, 6–3, in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1926 Australasian Championships.


1926 Australasian Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Daphne Akhurst is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1926 Australian referendum
The 1926 Australian Referendum was held on 4 September 1926. It contained two referendum questions.


1926 Australian referendum (Essential Services)
The Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) Bill 1926, was an unsuccessful Australian referendum held in the 1926 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to give the Commonwealth legislative power to protect the public from any actual or probable interruption of essential services.


1926 Australian referendum (Essential Services), Question
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Essential Services) 1926'?


1926 Australian referendum (Industry and Commerce)
The Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) Bill 1926, was an Australian referendum held in the 1926 referendums which sought to alter the Australian Constitution to extend the Commonwealth legislative power in respect to corporations, and to give it the power to make laws with respect to trusts and combinations in restraint of trade, trade unions and employer associations.


1926 Australian referendum (Industry and Commerce), Question
Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled 'Constitution Alteration (Industry and Commerce) 1926'?


1926 Australian referendum (Industry and Commerce), Question
The proposal was to alter section 51 of the Constitution as follows:


1926 Australian referendum (Industry and Commerce), Question
Section fifty-one of the Constitution is altered— industry and Commerce.


1926 Australian referendum (Industry and Commerce), Results
The referendum was not approved by a majority of voters, and a majority of the voters was achieved in only two states, New South Wales and Queensland.


1926 BYU Cougars football team
The 1926 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1926 college football season. In their second season under head coach Charles J. Hart, the Cougars compiled a 1–5–1 record, finished ninth in the RMC, and were outscored by a total of 115 to 49.


1926 Baylor Bears football team
The 1926 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1926 college football season. In their first season under head coach Morley Jennings, the Bears compiled a 6–3–1 record (3–1–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 103 to 93. They played their home games at Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas. George Morris was the team captain.


1926 Beloit Buccaneers football team
The 1926 Beloit Buccaneers football team represented Beloit College during the 1926 college football season. In Roy Bohler's first year with the Buccaneers, Beloit compiled a 0–7 record, and was outscored by their opponents by a total of 238 to 13, a complete turnaround after last season's 6–2 MCAC co-championship record.


1926 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1926 Big Ten Conference football season was the 31st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1926 college football season.


1926 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
KeyDS = Ranking in the Dickinson System, a system used at the time to rank the country's best college football teams and to award the Knute Rockne Trophy to the national championPPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per game


1926 Big Ten Conference football season, All-conference players
The following players received first-team honors on the 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team from at least two of the following selectors: Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), Billy Evans (BE), and Walter Eckersall (WE).


1926 Big Ten Conference football season, All-Americans
Five Big Ten players were recognized as consensus first-team players on the 1926 College Football All-America Team:


1926 Binny Mills strike
The Binny Mills strike of 1926 was a general strike in 1926 in the Bangalore Woollen, Cotton and Silk Mills, which was popularly known as Binny Mills in Bangalore. The strike is considered to be a part of the Indian independence movement.


1926 Binny Mills strike
The strike was caused by the 1925 decision government of Mysore State to amend the 1914 Factory Act, which had recommended the reduction of working hours, increased wages and better working conditions. That caused unrest among the factory workers.


1926 Birmingham–Southern Panthers football team
The 1926 Birmingham–Southern Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Birmingham–Southern College as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under head coach Harold Drew, the team compiled a 5–3–2 record.


1926 Birthday Honours
The 1926 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King on 3 June, but it was announced on 20 May that due to the national strike, the King had approved the Prime Minister's recommendation to delay the publication of the list until 3 July 1926. The honours were effective to 5 June 1926. Per standard practice, Sir Paul Chater, who died 27 May 1926, still received the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire as he would have received the honour if he had survived.


1926 Birthday 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.


1926 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Privy Councillor
The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:


1926 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1926 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of King George V, were appointments made by the King on the recommendation of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 3 July 1926.


1926 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1926 Boston Braves season
The 1926 Boston Braves season was the 56th season of the franchise.


1926 Boston Braves 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


1926 Boston Braves 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


1926 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1926 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 1926 college football season.


1926 Boston Red Sox season
The 1926 Boston Red Sox season was the 26th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the eight-team American League (AL) with a record of 46 wins and 107 losses, 44+1⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.


1926 Boston Red Sox season
After a home game at Fenway Park on May 8, 1926, a fire destroyed the third-base bleachers. This was followed by a storm with severe winds on July 19, which destroyed 500 to 600 seats at the ballpark.


1926 Boston Red Sox 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


1926 Boston Red Sox 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


1926 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1926 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach Reggie Brown, the team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 154 to 28.


1926 Bothwell by-election
The Bothwell by-election of 1926 was held on 26 March 1926. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, John Robertson. It was won by the Labour candidate Joseph Sullivan.


1926 Bowling Green Normals football team
The 1926 Bowling Green Normals football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State Normal School (later Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1926 college football season. In its third season under head coach Warren Steller, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 70. Hayden Olds was the team captain.


1926 Bradley Indians football team
The 1926 Bradley Indians football team was an American football team that represented Bradley Polytechnic Institute—now  known as Bradley University—during the 1926 college football season as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). In Alfred J. Robertson's seventh season as head coach, the team compiled a perfect record of 9–0 for second consecutive year and shared the conference title with the Monmouth Fighting Scots, as it did in 1925. Bradley finished the season on a 24-game winning streak dating back to a loss to Lombard on October 17, 1924.


1926 Bradley Indians football team
Fullback Francis Pope was the team's captain. Four Bradley players received first-team honors on the 1926 All-IIAC football team: Pope at fullback; Al DeCremer at left halfback; Carlson at right end; and Becker at left end.


1926 Brazilian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1926. The result was a victory for Washington Luís of the Republican Party of São Paulo, who received 98.0% of the vote.


1926 British Grand Prix
The first Grand Prix of the Royal Automobile Club, commonly referred to as the 1926 British Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Brooklands circuit on 7 August 1926.


1926 British Grand Prix
It was the fourth race of the 1926 AIACR World Manufacturers' Championship season, and the first-ever British Grand Prix.


1926 British Grand Prix, Circuit
The full 4.427 km (2.767 mi) banked Outer Circuit wasn't used for the Grand Prix. Instead cars continued straight on at The Fork and drove up the Finishing Straight (rather than bearing right to take the full length of the Members' Banking), on which two sandbank chicanes were constructed, one at either end of the straight, before rejoining the Outer Circuit, having cut out entirely the section passing behind the Members' Hill. Between the chicanes and just before the finishing line the cars were funnelled through the right-hand span of the footbridge which had been built for the occasion across the straight and which had two supports resting on the track itself.


1926 British Grand Prix, Circuit
This arrangement gave a circuit length of around 4.21 km, so - together with the fact that the race started at the top of the Finishing Straight, meaning that the first lap was not the full 4.21km and included only one of the two chicanes - the 110 lap race was 462 km, less than the 600 km minimum mandated by the regulations of the 1926 World Manufacturers' Championship, but nonetheless the race still counted.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
The race attracted one of the better entries of the 1926 season, with thirteen cars listed in the official programme - albeit that two of these were the privately-owned Talbot and Bugatti cars entered by Malcolm Campbell for himself to drive, the popular British privateer opting for the Bugatti the day before the race. With the works Bugatti team not entering the race, firm favourites to win were the Delages of Robert Benoist, Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
The three new French built Talbots were painted green in order to promote the British arm of S.T.D Motors, but braking issues put them at a disadvantage. Finally there were the modified Aston Martin of George Eyston, Frank Halford's Halford Special (itself based on an Aston Martin chassis), two Thomas "Flat Iron" Specials (an unsupercharged version for J G Parry-Thomas and a supercharged model for Clive Gallop) and a front-wheel drive Alvis for Maurice Harvey. Mechanical problems led to both Thomas Specials and the Alvis being withdrawn, meaning that nine cars lined up for the start.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
At the start, Albert Divo took an immediate lead, followed initially by Campbell and Eyston, while the Delages of Sénéchal and Wagner made very slow starts. By the end of the banking coming onto the Finishing Straight, the other two Talbots had taken second and third place, making it a Talbot 1-2-3, Divo-Jules Moriceau-Henry Segrave. This was short lived however as when Moriceau braked for the first sandbank, his front wheels wobbled wildly causing the front axel to collapse, putting him out of the race. By the end of the first lap, Benoist had moved up to third place.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
Over the next five laps, Divo and Segrave tried to pull away from Benoist, and although much faster under acceleration they were unable to do so due to the Talbot's inferior braking. Meanwhile Sénéchal had started moving up the field, making up for his poor start, but his team-mate Wagner had made several pitstops due to a misfiring engine, eventually retiring after 6 laps. After 7 laps, Divo's engine too started misfiring, forcing him to pit, dropping him to last place. By lap 10 Sénéchal had moved up to third place, behind Segrave and Benoist, while Halford had overtaken Campbell for fourth place.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
On lap 15, Segrave stopped to change a damaged tire, dropping him to third, while Divo was trying to make up ground, having overtaken Eyston's slow Aston Martin for sixth place. Benoist was now two laps ahead of everyone, and his lead increased every lap. On lap 35, Benoist stopped to change his rear tires, but didn't lose the lead to Segrave who had overtaken Sénéchal. Meanwhile Divo made another long pitstop, dropping him back to last place, and well out of contention.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
Both engine and brake problems then followed for Segrave, making several pitstops to investigate the issues, dropping him right back, and eventually retiring after 62 laps. Eyston suffered a similar fate, retiring with a blown gasket. Segrave's trouble promoted Halford up into third place, but not for long as Campbell was quickly gaining on him. A pitstop for Sénéchal only served to increase Benoist's now huge lead of several laps. Halford made a slow stop, dropping him behind Campbell until he too made a pitstop. However Halford was to lose third place again, passed by the charging Divo.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
Benoist too made a pitstop, and had some trouble restarting his engine, causing his lead to reduce considerably, but was able to restart still with more than a lap in hand over Sénéchal. The high temperatures were causing the drivers problems, especially the Delages and the remaining Talbot of Divo. Benoist stopped on his 81st lap with his exhaust glowing white hot, wrapping some asbestos sheeting around it to stop it from burning through the car. An issue with Sénéchal's exhaust made the problem even worse, forcing him to stop on lap 83 and hand over to Wagner. Halford also had trouble on his 83rd lap, retiring with a broken prop shaft, pushing the car all the way back to the pits.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
Wagner was now in a lot of pain, forcing him to stop frequently to dip his feet in water due to the intense heat, causing his lead to dwindle. After a valiant fight, Divo too needed to stop frequently, but his car then refused to restart, forcing him to retire after 87 laps. This left just three cars for the final 15 laps. Benoist handed his car over to Dubonnet (who hadn't driven a lap of the circuit before and was wearing an ordinary blue lounge suit), who was being chased now by Campbell's Bugatti.


1926 British Grand Prix, Report
Both drivers were still trying to catch Wagner, who was stopping frequently to bathe his feet, but this wasn't the case, with Wagner eventually winning with over four laps lead. Dubonnet struggled with flames coming from his engine, and having to learn the circuit as he drove, allowing Campbell to close the gap, and on lap 102 overtake him for second place, which he held to the end.


1926 British Guiana general election
General elections were held in British Guiana on 15 October 1926.


1926 British Guiana general election, Electoral system
The elections were held under the 1891 constitution, which provided for a 16-member Court of Policy, half of which was elected. The Court included the Governor, seven government officials (the Attorney General, the Government Secretary, the Immigration Agent General and the Receiver General, together with three other appointees). The eight elected members were elected from seven constituencies; Demerara East, Demerara West, Essequebo North Western, Essequebo South Eastern, Berbice, City of Georgetown (2 members) and New Amsterdam.


1926 British Guiana general election, Electoral system
In addition, six "Financial Representatives" were also elected in six single member constituencies; Demerara, Essequebo North Western, Essequebo South Eastern, Berbice, Georgetown and New Amsterdam. Together with the Court of Policy, the two groups formed the Combined Court.


1926 British Guiana general election, Electoral system
The franchise was restricted on the basis of a minimum income level, and women could not vote; as a result, only 11,103 people were registered to vote from a population of 317,026 (3.5%).


1926 British Guiana general election, Campaign
The Popular Party, which had been formed earlier in the year, was the only party to contest the elections, and campaigned on a platform of economic development. Conservative candidates also criticised the lack of development within the territory.


1926 British Guiana general election, Results
The People's Party won twelve of the fourteen elected seats.


1926 British Guiana general election, Aftermath
Following the elections, the results in almost every seat was challenged, resulting in five results being overturned on technicalities.


1926 Brooklyn Lions season
The 1926 Brooklyn Lions season was their first and only season in the league. The team finished 3–8, finished fourteenth in the league.


1926 Brooklyn Lions season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Brooklyn Robins season
The 1926 Brooklyn Robins season was the 18th and final season for long–time team star Zack Wheat.


1926 Brooklyn Robins 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


1926 Brooklyn Robins 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


1926 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Brown Bears football team
The 1926 Brown Bears football team, often called "the Iron Men", represented Brown University in 1926 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tuss McLaughry. The Bears compiled a 9–0–1 record, outscored their opponents 223–36, and recorded seven defensive shutouts.


1926 Brown Bears football team
The 1926 Bears were nicknamed the "Iron Men" because of the significant play time the first squad saw in several key games. Against Yale, Brown's starters played every minute of the game without substitution and won, 7–0. The following week, the same eleven played the duration of the 10–0 win over Dartmouth, another period powerhouse. In order to rest his starters, McLaughry fielded the second string the next weekend against Norwich, and they won decisively, 27–0.


1926 Brown Bears football team
A week later at Harvard Stadium, the Iron Men played 58 minutes of the 26–0 shutout of the Crimson, their third and final Ancient Eight opponent. McLaughry sent in the substitutes for the final two minutes so that they would earn their varsity letters. In the season's finale, Colgate held the Iron Men to a tie, 10–10.


1926 Brown Bears football team
The 9–0–1 record remains Brown's only undefeated season to date. Back Roy Randall and end Hal Broda were named first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press and United Press, respectively. The Iron Men consisted of the following eleven players: Thurston Towle, Paul Hodge, Orland Smith, Charles Considine, Lou Farber, Ed Kevorkian, Hal Broda, Al Cornsweet, Dave Mishel, Ed Lawrence, and Roy Randall.


1926 Brownlow Medal
The 1926 Brownlow Medal was the third year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Ivor Warne-Smith of the Melbourne Football Club won the medal by polling nine votes during the 1926 VFL season.


1926 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1926 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its third season under head coach Charley Moran, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record.


1926 Bucknell Bison football team
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1926 Buckrose by-election
The Buckrose by-election, 1926 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Buckrose, Yorkshire on 5 May 1926. This was the first by-election to take place during the General Strike.


1926 Buckrose by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Unionist MP, Sir Guy Gaunt on 20 February 1926. He was cited as co-respondent in the divorce case between Sir Richard Cruise and his wife. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1922.


1926 Buckrose by-election, Election history
The constituency was created in 1885 and had been in the hands of the Liberal Party for most of the time before the Unionists won in 1922. A Labour candidate had only ever stood here once before, in 1918. The result at the last General Election was


1926 Buckrose by-election, Campaign
Nominations closed on 27 April. Polling Day was set for 5 May 1926.


1926 Buckrose by-election, Result
The Unionists hung onto the seat by a reduced margin;


1926 Buffalo Rangers season
The 1926 Buffalo Rangers season was their seventh in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 1–6–2, winning four games. They finished ninth in the league.


1926 Buffalo Rangers season, Background
In response to the creation of the Los Angeles Buccaneers, the revival of the Louisville Colonels as well as the AFL I's Los Angeles Wildcats, Buffalo (under new coach Jim Kendrick) changed its name for one year to the Buffalo Rangers, also known as the Texas Rangers. The team, although remaining based in Buffalo, would consist mostly of players from the state of Texas and the Southwestern United States. (Coincidentally, there was—and is—a city known as Buffalo, Texas.) The team had little to lose; after the retirement of star player and part-owner Tommy Hughitt after the 1924 season, the team slid to 1–6–2 in 1925.


1926 Buffalo Rangers season, Background
Although the team returned to .500 play, sporting a 4–4–2 record (the best record the team would have without Hughitt), the experiment was not continued after 1926.


1926 Buffalo Rangers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Bulgarian State Football Championship
The 1926 Bulgarian State Football Championship was the third edition of the competition. It was contested by 11 teams, and Vladislav Varna won the championship.


1926 Bulgarian State Football Championship, Qualified teams
There was a change in the competition. The six regional sports federations were disbanded and several "okrazhni sportni oblasti" (Bulgarian: окръжни спортни области, lit. 'regional sports district'), covering lesser area than their predecessors, were created on their place. Again, the winners from each OSO qualifyed for the State championship.


1926 Bulgarian State Football Championship, Final
The final, played on 22 August 1926, with the replays on 23 Aug 1926, 26 Dec 1926 and 7 Apr 1927:


1926 CCNY Lavender football team
The 1926 CCNY Lavender football team was an American football team that represented the City College of New York (CCNY) as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under Harold J. Parker, the Lavender team compiled a 5–3 record.


1926 Cal Aggies football team
The 1926 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture in the 1926 college football season. The team was known as the Cal Aggies, California Aggies, and sometimes the Cal Aggies Mustangs. They competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1926 Cal Aggies football team
The Aggies were led by fourth-year head coach William L. "Billy" Driver. They played home games in Sacramento, California. The Aggies finished with a record of two wins, six losses and one tie (2–6–1, 0–4 FWC). The Aggies were outscored by their opponents 84–147 for the 1926 season.


1926 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1926 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic School during the 1926 college football season.


1926 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
Cal Poly was a two-year school until 1941, and competed in the California Coast Conference (CCC). The team was led by sixth-year head coach Al Agosti and played home games in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4, 1–3 CCC). Overall, the Mustangs outscored their opponents 119–111 for the season.


1926 Calgary municipal election
The 1926 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1926 to elect a Mayor seven Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, three trustees for the Public School Board two trustees for the Separate School Board, and a number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a two-thirds majority to pass.


1926 Calgary municipal election
Calgary City Council governed under "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" which is composed of a Mayor, Commissioner and twelve Aldermen all elected to staggered two year terms. Mayor Frederick Ernest Osborne and five Aldermen: Frank Roy Freeze, Robert Cadogan Thomas, Robert H. Parkyn, Thomas Alexander Hornibrook and Sam S. Savage elected in 1925 continued in their positions.


1926 Calgary municipal election
The 1926 election was the second incidence in Calgary history where a woman was elected to Calgary City Council, as Edith Patterson garnered 767 votes. Annie Gale was the first member of Calgary City Council elected in 1917.


1926 Calgary municipal election, Background
The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being two years.


1926 Calgary municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Industries Assessment
City proposes to seek powers to grant reduced assessment from 50 to 25 per cent to new industries or extensions costing at least $25,000.


1926 California Golden Bears football team
The 1926 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1926 college football season. Under head coach Nibs Price, the team compiled an overall record of 3–6 and 0–5 in conference.


1926 California gubernatorial election
The 1926 California gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. C. C. Young had defeated incumbent governor Friend Richardson for the Republican nomination.


1926 Cambridge University by-election
The Cambridge University by-election of 1926 was held on 13 February 1926. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Rawlinson. It was won by the Conservative candidate John James Withers, who was unopposed.


1926 Campeonato Carioca
The 1926 Campeonato Carioca, the 21st edition of that championship, kicked off on April 4, 1926 and ended on November 21, 1926. It was organized by AMEA (Associação Metropolitana de Esportes Atléticos, or Metropolitan Athletic Sports Association). Ten teams participated. São Cristóvão won the title for the 1st time. No teams were relegated.


1926 Campeonato Carioca, Participating teams
Originally, there would be no promotion and relegation within the league, even though there was a Second level, but at the end of the 1925 season, Hellênico left the league. To fill the remaining berth in the first level, the winners and runners-up of 1925's Second level, Andarahy and Villa Isabel, respectively, applied, with Villa Isabel being chosen.


1926 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1926 Campeonato de Portugal Final
The 1926 Campeonato de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1925–26 Campeonato de Portugal, the 5th season of the Campeonato de Portugal, the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 6 June 1926 at the Campo do Ameal in Porto, and opposed Belenenses and Marítimo. Marítimo defeated Belenenses 2–0 to claim their first Campeonato de Portugal.


1926 Canadian census
The 1926 Canadian census was the third of a series of special censuses conducted by the Government of Canada covering the rapidly expanding Northwest Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. These censuses were conducted every ten years from 1906 to 1946. This census was conducted as at June 1, 1926.


1926 Canadian census
The entire population of Canada for 1926 was estimated at 9,451,000, an increase of 1.7% over the previous year.


1926 Canadian census
Canada's Statistics Act legislation does not permit the release of personal information until 92 years have elapsed. Detailed information from this census was due for release in 2018. As of February, 2019, census data was available on the Library and Archives of Canada website.


1926 Canadian census
The previous census was the nationwide 1921 census and the following census was the nationwide 1931 census.


1926 Canadian federal election
The 1926 Canadian federal election was held on September 14, 1926 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called after an event known as the King–Byng affair.


1926 Canadian federal election
In the 1925 federal election, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party of Canada had won fewer seats in the House of Commons of Canada than the Conservatives of Arthur Meighen. King, however, was determined to continue to govern with the support of the Progressive Party. The combined Liberal and Progressive caucuses gave Mackenzie King a plurality of seats in the House of Commons, and the ability to form a minority government. The agreement collapsed, however, after a scandal, and King approached the governor-general of Canada, Baron Byng of Vimy, to seek dissolution of the Parliament. Byng refused on the basis that the Conservatives had won the most seats in the prior election and so he called upon Meighen to form a government.


1926 Canadian federal election
Prime Minister Meighen's government was soon defeated in a vote of non-confidence, and Byng agreed to Meighen's request to dissolve Parliament and call new elections. King effectively campaigned against Byng, instead of against Meighen, in the election and won the most seats in the House of Commons although his party won a smaller proportion of the popular vote than the Conservatives. However, this was largely because the Liberals did not run candidates in all ridings and had an informal electoral pact with the Progressives and Liberal-Progressives. In particular, the election results in Manitoba had Meighen's party capture almost 40 percent of the vote, twice the vote share of any other party, but no seats. Thus, King's Liberals were able to govern with the support of Liberal-Progressive Members of Parliament.


1926 Canadian federal election
The Progressive Party's Albertan legislators left the party and instead sought re-election under the United Farmers of Alberta banner. At the time, the UFA formed the government in Alberta. They won eleven seats in Alberta, the same number the Progressives won elsewhere. Overall, the Progressives and UFA held on to the same number of seats that the Progressives had won the previous year.


1926 Canadian federal election
Byng returned to Britain at the end of the year and was raised to the rank of viscount as an expression of confidence in him. After his party's defeat and the loss of his own seat, Meighen resigned as Conservative leader.


1926 Canadian federal election, National results
* not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election


1926 Canadian federal election, Results by province
The results in the province of Manitoba are used by supporters of electoral reform as a reason to abolish the "First Past the Post" electoral system. Note that with 40% of the vote, the Conservatives did not win a single seat in the province.


1926 Canton Bulldogs season
The 1926 Canton Bulldogs season was their sixth and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–4, winning only one game. They finished twentieth in the league.


1926 Canton Bulldogs season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team
The 1926 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—in the 1926 college football season. The team defeated Notre Dame in a large upset. The game was ranked the fourth-greatest upset in college football history by ESPN.


1926 Centenary Gentlemen football team
The 1926 Centenary Gentlemen football team represented the Centenary College of Louisiana during the 1926 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Homer Norton.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games
The 1st edition of what is today known as Central American and Caribbean Games (CACGs) were held in Mexico City, Mexico, at Estadio Nacional from 12 October to 2 November 1926.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, History
Originally billed as the Central American Sports Games (Spanish: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos), the idea for a multi-sport regional event in Central America was formalized by the Central American Congress, an association of regional Olympic committees, on July 4, 1924 in a document stating the goals and rules of the future event.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, History
In its Article 1, the document states that the Games would be open to "Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, the Central American republics and [those] of the Caribbean," that the event would launch in 1926, and that it would be held under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, History
On October 16, 1925, a meeting of sports delegates presided by Moisés Sáenz took place in Mexico City, where they agreed to hold the event's first edition in Mexico's capital the following year, with the opening date set for October 12, set to coincide with the 434th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America on his first expedition of 1492. It was also decided that the 2nd edition would be held in 1930 in Havana.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, History
Although 14 countries were eligible to send athletes to the event - and the event's poster printed in advance featured symbols of 10 regional nations (Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, Honduras, Dominican Republic), only three of these eventually sent athletes to the inaugural event. All the athletes were men, although the regulations had allowed for women to enter volleyball, swimming, and tennis events.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, Sports
The games featured 271 male athletes from three countries (Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala), competing in eight sports and 39 events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport.


1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, Nations
Three countries took part in the first Central American and Caribbean Games.


1926 Central Michigan Dragons football team
The 1926 Central Michigan Dragons football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth non-consecutive season under head coach Wallace Parker, Central Michigan compiled a 3–4–1 record (1–1 against MCC opponents) opponents and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 90 to 66. The team lost to its in-state rival Michigan State Normal (0–41) and defeated Detroit City College (9-0).


1926 Central Michigan Dragons football team
Wallace Parker was hired as the team's head football coach in June 1925, following the resignation of Lester Barnard. A graduate of the Springfield YMCA Training School, Parker had been the football coach at Central Michigan from 1921 to 1923, but he left in 1924 to coach at North Carolina A&M.


1926 Chatham Cup
The 1926 Chatham Cup was the fourth annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1926 Chatham Cup
The competition was run on a regional basis, with five regional associations (Auckland, Wellington, Waikato, Canterbury, and Otago) each holding separate qualifying rounds. In all, 36 teams entered the 1926 competition, with the overwhelming majority being from the North Island.


1926 Chatham Cup
In the South Auckland District there were four entries from Pukemiro, Huntly, Huntly Thistle and Frankton Railways. According to Huntly Thistle's club website, the club beat Pukemiro 6-0 and Hikurangi 4-0 before losing to the eventual finalists North Shore 3-1.


1926 Chatham Cup
In the Manawatu District there were four entries. St. Andrew's, Palmerston North R.S.A, Palmerston North Athletic and Rangers.


1926 Chatham Cup
One unusual feature of the 1926 competition was that three of the four semi-finalist sides were composed largely of staff from three of the country's largest mental hospitals, at Sunnyside, Porirua, and Seacliff.


1926 Chatham Cup
Seacliff was the single entry from Otago, and at an early stage there was discussion in regard to including the Dunedin side competing in the Wellington FA provincial rounds. This did not eventuate, and Seacliff were directly through to the South Island Final against Sunnyside.


1926 Chatham Cup
There were four entries from North Auckland. Hikurangi, Waro Wanderers, Waro Corinthians and Y.M.C.A. (Whangarei).


1926 Chatham Cup, The 1926 final
The final was played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, a change of venue from the previous finals which had been at Newtown Park or Athletic Park. The following year the final briefly returned to Newtown Park, before making its permanent home at the Basin Reserve, a venue which was used regularly until the 1970s.


1926 Chatham Cup, The 1926 final
In the final, played in front of some 4000 spectators, Sunnyside's Archie Trotter became the first player to complete a Chatham Cup final hat-trick. The match was high scoring, but contemporary reports suggest that many opportunities were missed by both teams. H. Pickering put Sunnyside in front after just seven minutes. Archie Trotter doubled the lead for Sunnyside before L. Hipkins scored for North Shore. After the half-time interval Trotter scored two further goals before John Woolley scored a late consolation for North Shore.


1926 Chatham Cup, The 1926 final
Other notable features of the final included the appearance in the North Shore team of both Reg Baxter and Ces Dacre. Baxter was the first player to play for two different sides in Chatham Cup finals, having been part of the successful Seacliff team in the 1923 final. Dacre, while a fine player and New Zealand representative at football, is best remembered as one of New Zealand's foremost early cricketers.


1926 Chatham Cup, The 1926 final
Post- final at the weekly meeting of the Auckland Football Association in early September, the secretary, Mr. Dawson reported to the committee. The treatment by the New Zealand Council was praised, though the Wellington Football Association, in Dawson's opinion, had profiteered by insisting the payment of £20 over and above the rent due to the Wellington City Council for use of the Basin Reserve.


1926 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
* Frankton Railways defaulted to Huntly. Huntly played v Huntly Thistle with 10 men.


1926 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1926 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1926 college football season. The team tied for the SIAA championship. Frank Thomas was head coach.


1926 Chelmsford by-election
The Chelmsford by-election of 1926 was held on 30 November 1926. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Henry Curtis-Bennett. It was won by the Conservative candidate Charles Howard-Bury.


1926 Chicago American Giants season
The 1926 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1926 baseball season. The team compiled a 60–21–3 (.732) record, won the NNL pennant, and defeated the Bacharach Giants in the 1926 Colored World Series. Rube Foster was the team's owner and manager. Dave Malarcher took over as manager in the second half of the season. The team played its home games at Schorling Park in Chicago.


1926 Chicago American Giants season
The team's leading pitchers were Willie Foster (13–4, 1.63 ERA, 108 strikeouts), George Harney (12–6, 1.91 ERA), and Reuben Currie (10–4, 3.38 ERA).


1926 Chicago Bears season
The 1926 season was the Chicago Bears' 7th in the National Football League. The team was able to improve on their 9–5–3 record from 1925 and finished with a 12–1–3 record under head coach George Halas earning them a second-place finish in the team standings, their fifth showing in that place in the last seven years. This year's Bears may have been the most talented to date, with most of their veterans still playing well and the addition of talented veteran Paddy Driscoll and hard-running rookie William Senn.


1926 Chicago Bears season
The Bears opened their season with 13 undefeated games (11 wins and 2 ties). Since ties didn't count in the standings at that time, the Bears were in first place since their main competition, the Frankford Yellow Jackets, had lost an earlier game to the Providence Steam Roller. The showdown came on December 4 at Frankford. Neither team scored for the first three-quarters of this game; the tie was broken when Senn burst through the Frankford line for a 62-yard touchdown run. Driscoll missed the PAT, leaving Frankford a chance. Frankford proceeded to complete two long passes, the second for a score. Their kicker, Ernest Hamer, made the point after and Frankford won the game. Due to more victories, Frankford was the champion. The Bears were second yet again.


1926 Chicago Bears season
Driscoll was easily Chicago's best player in 1926, scoring 5 TDs, kicking 11 field goals, and converting 14 PATs. Senn scored 7 rushing touchdowns and Frank Hanny had 4 touchdown catches to lead the Bears.


1926 Chicago Bears season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Chicago Cardinals season
The 1926 Chicago Cardinals season was their seventh in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 11–2–1, winning only five games. They finished tenth in the league.


1926 Chicago Cardinals season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Chicago Cubs season
The 1926 Chicago Cubs season was the 55th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 51st in the National League and the 11th at Wrigley Field (the last in which the venue was officially called "Cubs Park"). The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82–72.


1926 Chicago Cubs 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


1926 Chicago Cubs 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


1926 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Chicago Maroons football team
The 1926 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 35th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 2–6 record, finished last in the Big Ten Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 116 to 47.


1926 Chicago White Sox season
The 1926 Chicago White Sox season was a season in Major League Baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League, 9.5 games behind the pennant-winning New York Yankees.


1926 Chicago White Sox 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


1926 Chicago White Sox 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


1926 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1926 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State Teachers College during the 1926 college football season. Chico State competed in the California Coast Conference (CCC) in 1926. They played home games at College Field in Chico, California.


1926 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1926 Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Art Acker. Chico State finished the season as champion of the CCC, with an overall record of five wins, two losses and one tie (5–2–1, 5–0–1 CCC). The Wildcats outscored their opponents 87–32 for the season.


1926 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1926 Cincinnati Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Buckeye Athletic Association (BAA) and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1926 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach George McLaren, the Bearcats compiled a 3–5–1 record.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1926 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the National League with 87 wins and 67 losses, 2 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
On January 15, 1926, the Reds purchased first baseman Wally Pipp from the New York Yankees for $7,500. Pipp, who would turn 32 before the season, played in only 62 games with the Yankees in 1925, batting .230 with three home runs and 24 RBI before being replaced by rising young star, Lou Gehrig. Pipp played with the Yankees from 1915-1925, leading the American League in home runs in 1916 and 1917. Pipp appeared in three World Series with the Yankees from 1921-1923, helping the team win the 1923 championship. In his last full season with New York in 1924, Pipp hit .295 with nine home runs and had a career high 110 RBI.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
In February, the Reds made another purchase, as they acquired catcher Val Picinich from the Boston Red Sox. Picinich batted .255 with one home run and 25 RBI in 90 games for Boston during 1925. Picinich also played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators during his career.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Cincinnati got off to a hot start, winning 24 of their first 34 games, and on May 22, the club was in first place with a 3.5 game lead over the Chicago Cubs. The Reds slumped to a 5-11 record over their next 16 games, as the Pittsburgh Pirates caught Cincinnati and the two clubs were tied for first place. The Reds again got hot, winning 18 of their next 28 games to improve their record to 47-31 and held a 5.5 game lead over the second place Pirates.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
A 7-12 slide by the Reds in their next 19 games dropped them to a 54-43 record and out of first place, as Cincinnati now trailed the Pirates by a game. In late-August, the Reds won 10 games in a row, and found themselves tied with Pittsburgh for first in the National League, with the surging St. Louis Cardinals in third place, only one game behind Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The Reds stayed in the pennant race throughout September. The turning point of the season was a brutal five-city, 20 game road trip that saw the Reds start poorly, losing three straight to Pittsburgh. The Reds then rattled off eight-straight wins to briefly move back into first place before losing six-straight including four straight against seventh-place Boston, to kill the Reds’ pennant hopes. A home makeup game with St. Louis, which the Reds had hoped would be important, was meaningless as the Reds were 3 games out with that game to go. They won their finale to finish 87-67 and in second place, two games behind the Cardinals, who went on to win the 1926 World Series over the New York Yankees. The Reds set a club record for attendance, 672,987, topping the record set in 1920.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Catcher Bubbles Hargrave had a career season, as he hit .353 batting average, and adding six home runs and 62 RBI in 105 games. Hargrave finished fourth in National League MVP voting. First baseman Wally Pipp had an excellent first season with Cincinnati, hitting .291 with six home runs and 99 RBI in 155 games. Outfielder Edd Roush had another solid season, batting .323 with seven home runs and 79 RBI in 144 games. Rookie outfielder Cuckoo Christensen hit .350 with 41 RBI in 114 games, while outfielder Rube Bressler led Cincinnati with a .357 batting average, and hit one home run and 51 RBI in 86 games.


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
On the mound, Pete Donohue led the Reds in wins, as he earned a record of 20-14 with a 3.37 ERA while pitching a team high 285.2 innings in 47 games. Carl Mays had a great comeback season, as he had a record of 19-12 with a 3.14 ERA in 39 games and led the National League with 24 complete games.


1926 Cincinnati Reds 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


1926 Cincinnati Reds 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


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1926 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson College during the 1926 college football season.


1926 Cleveland Indians season
The 1926 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 88–66, 3 games behind the New York Yankees.


1926 Cleveland Indians 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


1926 Cleveland Indians 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


1926 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Colgate football team
The 1926 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Hauser, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 58. Nicholas Mehler was the team captain. The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.


1926 College Basketball All-Southern Team
The 1926 College Basketball All-Southern Team consisted of basketball players from the South chosen at their respective positions.


1926 College Football All-America Team
The 1926 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1926.


1926 College Football All-America Team
The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the International News Service (INS), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).


1926 College Football All-America Team
Other notable selectors included Billy Evans, the Central Press Association, the New York Sun, and Walter Eckersall.


1926 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1926, the NCAA recognizes six All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.


1926 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1926 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1926 Southern Conference football season. Alabama won the SoCon and national championship.


1926 College Football All-Southern Team, Composite overview
Hoyt Winslett received the most votes, 37 of a possible 41.


1926 College Football All-Southern Team, Key
C = received votes for an All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press.


1926 Colombian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 14 February 1926. The result was a victory for Miguel Abadía Méndez of the Conservative Party, who received 99.9% of the vote. He took office on 7 August.


1926 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1926 Colorado Agricultural Aggies football team represented Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1926 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Harry W. Hughes, the Aggies compiled a 6–2–1 record (5–2 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place in the RMC, and outscored opponents by a total of 149 to 44.


1926 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
The 1926 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1926 college football season. Head coach Myron E. Witham led the team to a 2–5–1 mark in the RMFAC and 3–5–1 overall.


1926 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 1926 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Democratic nominee Billy Adams defeated Republican nominee Oliver Henry Shoup with 59.84% of the vote.


1926 Colored World Series
The 1926 Colored World Series was the championship tournament for the 1928 season of Negro league baseball. It was the third overall Series played. It matched the Chicago American Giants, champions of the Negro National League (1920–1931), and the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey, champions of the Eastern Colored League. Initially planned as a best-of-nine series, two ties meant that the series went eleven games. Chicago won just once in the first six games, but games 1 and 4 had ended in ties, meaning that they only trailed three games to one when the Series shifted to Chicago. They were down to their final game after losing the eighth game, but the Giants proceeded to win the next three games to complete the comeback and win their first ever World Series.


1926 Colored World Series
Claude "Red" Grier of the Bacharach Giants pitched a no-hitter in Game 3. No pitcher would throw a no-hitter in a postseason game in the major leagues until Don Larsen did so thirty years later.


1926 Colored World Series, Background
This was the second postseason for the Negro leagues to involve a Championship Series played prior to the World Series. The Negro National League Championship Series involved the champions of the split season in the Kansas City Monarchs (first-half) and the Chicago American Giants (second half), which like the World Series was also a best-of-nine series, with the first four games in Kansas City and the remaining games in Chicago. The Giants lost four of the first five games (with Game 4 being the only win).


1926 Colored World Series, Background
However, the Giants proceeded to win four consecutive games at home, however, to clinch the pennant, which included three games decided by one run and a Game 9 that ended in the fifth inning with a 5-0 win. It was their fourth league title, all done in the span of six years.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
John Henry Lloyd, who had managed the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants in 1925, left the team and signed as manager with the Lincoln Giants after the Bacharach Giants attempted to reduce his salary. The Bacharach Giants' shortstop, Dick Lundy, was promoted to player-manager in his place, returning to the post he had held in 1923 before Lloyd's arrival.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
At the winter meetings, the Eastern Colored League admitted the Newark Stars (also known as the Newark ABC's) to the league as the eighth team. The seven teams that had finished the previous season were the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, the Baltimore Black Sox, the Brooklyn Royal Giants, the Cuban Stars (East), the Harrisburg Giants, the Hilldale Club, and the Lincoln Giants of New York. The two leagues also announced a $3,000 maximum monthly salary limit for each team.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
The league, then in its fourth year, was attempting to play a 70-game full-season competition, but had experienced problems in enforcing a uniform schedule. The league decided that a team if a team failed to play at least 50 league games, it would not be eligible to compete in the Colored World Series, or to have claim to the money awarded to the second or third place clubs. The season began on May 1.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
Early in the season, the Bacharach Giants trailed in the race. On May 23, their record was 2–7, placing them in seventh place, trailing the league-leading Harrisburg Giants. By June 28, their record had improved to 9–12 and they had inched into sixth place, ahead of the Brooklyn Royal Giants and the last place Newark Stars. The Cuban Stars were in first place with a 10–3 record. A week later, the manager of the Newark Stars announced that they would quit the league and disband, leaving the league with seven teams.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
And although the Brooklyn Royal Giants remained in the league, they were rumored to be planning to leave the league the next season as they had only played six games and were disregarding the league schedule. Instead of playing league games, they were playing semi-pro teams in Brooklyn or barnstorming in upstate New York. In the month of July, the Bacharach Giants took off, winning 13 straight games, before losing to the Cuban Stars on July 26.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
During August, the Cuban Stars clung to their lead in the pennant race, with the Bacharach Giants, the Harrisburg Giants, the Hilldale Club, and the Lincoln Giants all remaining in the mix. But by August 31, the Bacharach Giants had moved into first place with a 31–20 record. A week later, the Bacharach Giants were solidly in first place with a 33–20 (.623) record and four games remaining before the scheduled September 15 end of the season. The second-place Harrisburg Giants had a 25–17 (.595) record, and the third-place Hilldale Club had a 34–24 (.586) record.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Bacharach Giants
(Because of the unbalanced schedule, championships were awarded to the team with the highest winning percentage.) An article in the Afro-American newspaper provided a retrospective of the season, saying that with the Bacharach Giants' move from also-ran to first place, "The Bacharach Giants have astonished the world in the last six weeks."


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
Over the winter, Rube Foster, the co-owner and manager of the American Giants (as well as president of the Negro National League), engaged in a series of trades and transactions designed to overhaul and rebuild his aging team. He traded for Rube Curry, who had pitched for the victors of  1925 Negro World Series—the Hilldale Club. He traded for outfielder George Sweatt from Kansas City, pitcher Robert Poindexter and outfielder Sandy Thompson from the Birmingham Black Barons, sending away long-time American Giants players Cristóbal Torriente, Juan Padrón, and Bingo DeMoss (who went to manage the Indianapolis ABCs). From the Memphis Red Sox, which had forfeited its NNL franchise, he picked up Sanford Jackson, Charlie Williams, and catcher Pythias Russ. Third baseman Dave Malarcher was named as captain of the team.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
The Memphis and the Birmingham teams, which had played in the NNL in 1925, left to join the new Negro Southern League and did not renew their franchises, which were returned to the league. Their players were distributed to other teams. A new franchise was approved for the Cleveland Elites, owned by Sam Shepard of St. Louis; Candy Jim Taylor was named as the team's manager. The league would have eight teams—the Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Elites, Cuban Stars (West), Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, Kansas City Monarchs, and St. Louis Stars. Bullet Rogan took over as player-manager of the Monarchs, and Arvell "Bill" Riggins became the player-manager of the Detroit Stars. The schedule called for the season to open on May 1, with the league playing two halves and the winners of each half playing a league championship series.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
The defending champion Monarchs jumped to an early lead in the race, winning all of their first nine games of the season and 13 of their first 15, with the American Giants in second place winning 10 of their first 13. On May 18, however, the Monarchs suffered a tragic setback when their star shortstop, Dobie Moore, was shot in the leg by a girlfriend, resulting in compound fractures that would end his professional baseball career. The American Giants immediately retook the lead in the race, with Kansas City dropping to third. But the Monarchs quickly rebounded and regained the lead, winning two consecutive series, eight of nine games, against the American Giants. The first half race finished on July 5 with Kansas City winning it with a 35–12 record. Detroit (34–17) was in second place and Chicago (28–16) in third.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
Two weeks into the second half, the league's weakest team, the Dayton Marcos, withdrew from the league and folded. A week later the Cleveland Elites also quit. The Cuban Stars had initially announced that they would return early to Cuba, but when Cleveland withdrew the Stars decided to stay and allow the league to continue with six teams. Meanwhile, the American Giants jumped to an early lead in the second half race by going 22–1 in their first 23 games. In late August, American Giants manager Rube Foster experienced a nervous breakdown after several weeks of exhibiting erratic behavior.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
He was taken into custody at his home by police and, after several days of observation, was committed to the mental asylum at Kankakee State Hospital. Dave Malarcher took over the management of the team. With a 29–7 record, the American Giants won the second half, narrowly edging the second-place Monarchs.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
The NNL League Championship Series was a best-five-of-nine contest played from September 18 to 29. The series opened in Kansas City, where the Monarchs won the first three games, 4 to 3, 6 to 5, and 5 to 0, before the American Giants won the fourth game 4 to 3. Traveling to Chicago to play the remainder of the series, the Monarchs won the fifth game 11 to 5, leaving them ahead four games to one. The Chicago Giants, however, rallied to win the next two games by scores of 2 to 0 (a shutout by Curry) and 4 to 3.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
On September 29 the Monarchs were still leading four games to three with a doubleheader scheduled. If the American Giants won, the teams would play a second, five-inning game and the winner would board the train to Atlantic City for the World Series. The teams' ace pitchers, Foster and Rogan, faced off in a great pitching duel. Both were pitching shutouts as the game went to the bottom of the ninth. Jackson beat out a roller to third, Foster sacrificed him to second, and with two outs, Thompson singled to drive in the winning run.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Chicago American Giants
When Rogan (the Monarchs' manager) saw that Foster was warming up to start the second game also, he decided to go back himself, taking the ball from Chet Brewer who had been scheduled to start. The decisions worked out better for the American Giants as Foster pitched his second shutout in one day. Chicago beat Kansas City 5 to 0, thereby clinching the league championship and a berth in the World Series.


1926 Colored World Series, Background, Series Plans
As late as the beginning of September, Chicago Defender sportswriter Fay Young wrote that "there might not be any world series this year" because the Cuban Stars (East) were narrowly leading the Eastern Colored League pennant race. There were concerns that the Cuban squad did not have a park and would not generate enough attendance to cover the expenses of a series. By mid-September the leagues had agreed to a best-five-of-nine game series, with the first four games to be held in the East with games split among Atlantic City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and the last five games played in the West.


1926 Colored World Series, Rosters
Atlantic City's regular lineup consisted of Willie Jones as catcher, Chance Cummings as first baseman, Chano García as second baseman, Oliver Marcelle as third baseman, Dick Lundy as shortstop and manager, Ambrose Reid in left field, Chaney White in center field, and Luther Farrell in right field. Their starting pitchers were Arthur "Rats" Henderson, Claude Grier, Alonzo Mitchell, and Hubert Lockhart, and Roy Roberts was a relief pitcher. Their bench included outfielder Elias "Country" Brown and backup catcher Joe Lewis.


1926 Colored World Series, Rosters
Chicago's regular lineup consisted of John Hines as catcher, Jim Brown as first baseman and backup catcher, Charlie Williams as second baseman, Dave Malarcher as third baseman and manager, Sanford Jackson as shortstop, Sandy Thompson in left field, George Sweatt in center field, and Floyd Gardner in right field. The pitching staff included starting pitchers Willie Foster, Rube Curry, Willie Powell, George Harney, and Webster McDonald, and relief pitcher Sam Crawford.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 1
The series opener in Atlantic City ended in a 3–3 tie when it was called after nine innings due to darkness. Curry started for the American Giants and pitched into the eighth inning, when he was lifted for Foster. Henderson went the distance for the Bacharach Giants. Mayor Edward L. Bader threw out the first pitch.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 1
In the top of the second, Jackson came to bat with the bases loaded and no outs. He reached base on a fielder's choice hit to the pitcher; Henderson's throw home was high and wide allowing Hines to score with Chicago taking a 1 to 0 lead. The Bacharach Giants avoided further damage when Henderson struck out Curry and Sweatt was thrown out trying to score on a passed ball.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 1
The Bacharach Giants took the lead in the bottom of the fourth, when White, Lundy, and Farrell hit consecutive singles with two outs, driving in two runs. In the top of the sixth, the American Giants regained the lead when Jackson batted again with the bases loaded, this time with two outs. He singled to right, driving in Sweatt and Malarcher and giving Chicago a 3 to 2 lead.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 1
In the bottom of the seventh, the home team evened the score when Farrell hit a one-out home run over the right field fence. In the bottom of the eighth, the Bacharach Giants threatened again, loading the bases with two outs for Farrell. Foster, who just two days earlier had pitched two shutouts in a doubleheader to clinch the championship, came in to relieve Curry and struck out Farrell. Neither team scored in the ninth, and the game was called on account of darkness.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 2
The original schedule called for an off day on Saturday, October 2, but due to the tie in the first game, a second game in Atlantic City was hastily arranged. The American Giants took an early lead that the Bacharach Giants were unable to overcome, as Chicago won 7 to 6. Harney of the American Giants was the winning pitcher, while Grier took the loss for the Bacharach Giants.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 2
The Bacharach Giants took a 1 to 0 lead in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by Marcell. In the top of the second, though, the American Giants broke the game open. After five singles, a walk, and a hit batter, the American Giants had taken a 4 to 1 lead and had the bases loaded with two outs when Hines came to bat for the second time in the inning. Grier fell behind Hines with a 3–0 count, and Lundy brought in Lockhart to relieve and try to get the home team out of the jam. Hines then hit a triple to deep left field, driving in three and putting the American Giants ahead 7 to 1.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 2
The Bacharach Giants chipped away at the American Giants lead. In the bottom of the third, Malarcher hit a double to right-center that drove in two, making the score 7 to 3. In the bottom of the sixth, the Bacharach Giants loaded the bases with one out after a single, a walk, and a hit batter. García singled to center, driving in two runs and knocking Harney out of the game. McDonald was brought in to relieve him, but he walked Lockhart to load the bases again.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 2
Reid then singled off the short fence in right field driving in another run, but the right fielder Gardner quickly fielded the ball and fired it home, so García retreated to third. The catcher Hines then noticed that Lockhart had rounded second, so he fired the ball to the shortstop, Jackson, picking off Lockhart. Meanwhile, García broke for home but was thrown out at the plate. During the play, García collided with Hines and the impact knocked him out for several minutes, but he was able to return to the game. The inning was over, and the American Giants still led 7 to 6. Chicago held on to the lead and that was the final score.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
On October 3, the Bacharach Giants beat the American Giants 10 to 0, as Claude Grier made baseball history by pitching the first no-hitter in a Colored World Series. Grier accomplished this feat the day after he had started and lost Game 2, knocked out in the second inning and giving up seven runs. While holding the American Giants hitless and striking out eight, Grier walked six batters and two American Giants reached base on errors.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
The Chicago Defender said that Grier "deserves all the credit in the world, although we have to remind our readers that Marcell, Lundy and Garcia pulled off some of the most phenomenal fielding that we have seen..." The losing pitcher, McDonald, went 7 innings and was charged with all 10 runs, of which four were unearned. Crawford pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the American Giants. The Atlantic City victory evened the Series at one game apiece.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
The game was played in Baltimore. The weather was unusually hot, and attendance was disappointing for a Sunday game in the larger city.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
In the bottom of the first, Reid led off for the Bacharach Giants reaching base and advancing to second on a throwing error by Jackson. Cummings singled to right, then Marcell bunted to a single, scoring Reid. White also tried bunting and reached base and advanced to second on a throwing error by Malarcher, with Cumming scoring. Lundy followed with a single to right scoring Marcell and White, and the home team was ahead 4 to 0 before having made an out.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
The American Giants threatened a rally in the top of the fifth when Malarcher led off with a walk. With two outs, McDonald reached base on a sharply hit ball to first that got past Cummings. The scoring official ruled it an error, though some fans said it should have been recorded as a hit, which would have ended Grier's no-hit bid. This was followed by a walk issued to Gardner, loading the bases. But Thompson hit a come-backer to the pitcher and was thrown out, ending the inning.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
In the bottom of the sixth, the Bacharach Giants scored six more runs to break the game open. García, leading off the inning, was hit by a pitch, and Grier doubled to left. Reid singled to center, scoring García. Then Cummings singled to center, driving in Grier, and Sweatt misplayed the ball allowing Reid to score and Cummings to advance to second on the error. Marcell singled, advancing Cummings to third, and White hit a sacrifice fly to score him.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 3
Lundy grounded into a fielder's choice to shortstop for the second out, and Farrell followed with a single advancing Lundy to third. Farrell and Lundy then attempted a double steal. The throw arrived to the catcher in time to tag out Lundy, but Hines dropped the ball and Lundy scored on another error (the fourth by the American Giants). Then Jones doubled, driving in Farrell to make it 10 to 0.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 4
The fourth game ended in a 4-to-4 tie when the game was called due to darkness after nine innings. It was played in Philadelphia under unseasonably hot weather. Henderson started for Atlantic City and Foster for Chicago, and both starting pitchers threw complete games. Chicago Defender columnist Fay Young blamed the pair of tied games called for darkness (Games 1 and 4) on slow pace of play and the decision by Eastern Colored League officials to start the games at 3:00 rather than 2:30, remarking, "This time of year it gets dark early."


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 4
The American Giants scored twice in the top of the first. Gardner led off with a single to left, followed by a single to right by Malrcher that advanced Gardner to third. After a sacrifice bunt advanced Malarcher to second, Hines hit a fly to left that scored Gardner, while Malarcher advanced to third on the throw to the plate. Sweatt then hit a two-out single to right scoring Malarcher. They added another run in the fourth when Sweatt hit a one-out double to right-center. With two outs, Jackson doubled down the right field line driving in Sweatt and making it 3 to 0.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 4
In the bottom of the fifth the Bacharach Giants scored four to take the lead. García led off with a walk, then with two outs Cummings singled. Marcell grounded to shortstop, but Jackson made a wild throw to first base, allowing García to score and the runners to advance to second and third. White singled to right, driving in both runners to tie the game. Lundy followed him with a triple to deep center scoring White and putting the Bacharach Giants ahead 4 to 3. In the sixth inning, the Bacharach Giants threatened to add on when García led off with a triple for the Bacharach Giants. Henderson flied out to right, and García attempted to score but was thrown out at the plate by Gardner, so the score remained 4 to 3.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 4
The American Giants evened the score in the seventh. The first two batters, Jackson and Williams, both hit bunt singles. Foster hit a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners. With two outs, Jackson attempted to steal home and scored when Henderson's pitch got past the catcher, which was ruled as a passed ball. When the ninth inning ended with the score still tied, the game was called because of darkness.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
Chicago American would blow a lead for the third time in five games, and this time it would cost them a win. They began the game with a lead on a series of unearned runs in the first inning that meant three runs on zero hits and three errors committed by Bacharach. Jelly Gardner started the game with a walk by pitcher Alonzo Mitchell, and a passed ball by catcher Willie Jones meant he went to second base.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
The next batter in Dave Malarcher would advance to first base on an error by first baseman Chance Cummings that gave Gardner enough time to score form second. A sacrifice bunt and an error led to runners on the corner, and a sacrifice groundout by George Sweatt scored Malarcher. An error by shortstop Dick Lundy on the next batter would score John Hines from second base.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
The game would stay that way until the fifth inning, when Bacharach made their charge, doing so on the strength of seven hits and two errors. Starting the proceedings was Jones, who started the inning with a single off Chicago starter Rube Curry. After a flyout, pitcher Alonzo Mitchell scored the first run on his second hit of the game (he would go 3-for-4) on a triple.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
Ambrose Reid would hit a single to center field that would score Mitchell, and Chance Cummings followed him with a single, with a error by Curry leading to runners on second and third base with one out. Oliver Marcell broke the game open with a hit to right field that scored Reid, and an error committed by catcher John Hines led to Cummings scoring to make it 4-3 and Marcell made it to third base.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
A fielder's choice resulted in the second out and a runner on second base, but Dick Lundy doubled off Curry to drive in Chaney White, and Luther Farrell followed him with a single that chased out Curry from the game; he threw 4+2⁄3 innings while allowing 11 total hits and six runs with one strikeout.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
Chicago inched closer in the subsequent inning, starting with a hit by Malarcher and a walk to Sandy Thompson, and they went to third and second base on a sacrifice bunt. A subsequent strikeout meant two outs for Jim Brown, but he would line a triple to right field to score two runs and narrow the deficit to 6-5. However, Sanford Jackson grounded out to the first baseman to end the inning.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 5
Bacharach closed the scoring in the seventh inning after Chaney White had started the inning with a walk and stole second base before a two-out double by Jones drove White home. Chicago managed to get a runner on first base in the final inning on a hit by Jackson, but two force-outs closed the game out as Alonzo Mitchell finalized a 2–1 series lead for Bacharach. He pitched a complete game while allowing four hits and five runs (two earned) with three strikeouts and walks.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 6
Bacharach withstood a brief rally by Chicago to close the New Jersey end of the Series with a win to go up three games to one (with two ties) in the Series.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 6
Bacharach started the scoring in the first inning. A leadoff single by Ambrose Reid was followed by two outs but him on second base and Dick Lundy scored him hin with a double to the outfield to make it 1-0. In the next inning, Chano García lined a two-out walk, and a walk to Claude Grier was followed by a single by Reid to make it 2-0. Chicago would get their chance to even it up in the fourth inning.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 6
Dave Malarcher hit a leadoff bunt for a single, and Sandy Thompson also lined a bunt successfully for a hit (the next batter would try to bunt as well, but he only succeeded in advancing the runners). George Sweatt lined a single to left to score two runs and tie the game. A bunt led to an error and two men on with one out, but two straight outs led to the game still tied after four.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 6
Bacharach broke the tie with a run in each of the next four innings. In the fifth, Reid had a triple to leadoff the inning and Oliver Marcell bunted him home. In the sixth, Reid had a two-run single to score Alonzo Mitchell from second base after he had a single earlier. In the seventh, Marcell had a leadoff double and Lundy would score him after his sharp grounder to the third baseman resulted in an error. In the eighth, each team scored runs.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 6
Chicago had a leadoff double by Powell and a walk by Gardner, and Hines scored Powell and Gardner on a two-out single to make it 5-4. Bacharach followed with a leadoff single by García that was eventually scored in by Chance Cummings on a double. Chicago had a leadoff walk, but the 7-8-9 hitters all hit outs to close out the game. Willie Powell pitched eight innings while allowing six runs (five earned) on twelve hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Claude Grier allowed four runs on six hits and three walks.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 7
Chicago blew a lead for the fourth and final time in the Series, but a late rally gave them a win to make the series 3-2.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 7
Bacharach started the scoring in the third after two ground outs led to Ambrose Reid at bat. He hit a double to right field, and Chance Cummings scored him in with a single to right to make it 1-0. Chicago followed in the fourth inning after having loaded the bases on a single, an error, and a hit by pitch. Charlie Williams would help score a run when starting pitcher Hubert Lockhart threw a walk. Chances for more were dashed when the runner on third was picked off, but the game was tied.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 7
On their next chance to bat in the fifth, they broke the game open. With one out, Jelly Gardner lined a single that was followed by a walk to Dave Malarcher. Sandy Thompson would line a double into left field that scored Gardner. One batter later, George Sweatt hit a triple to center that cleared the bases and gave them a 4-1 lead.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 7
Bacharach would chip away at the lead late in the game. In the seventh inning, Willie Jones hit a leadoff double to right field. One batter later, Hubert Lockhart hit a single to left to score Jones and make it 4-2. In the eighth inning, Oliver Marcell hit a leadoff single to right field, and Chaney White followed it with a triple to left to cut the game to 4-3. A sacrifice fly by Joe Lewis score White to make it 4-4.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 7
The game was decided in the ninth inning. Starter Hubert Lockhart had gotten the leadoff hitter to pop-out, but he was replaced after Dave Malarcher had hit a single and stole second base. Lockhart had allowed nine hits in 8+1⁄3 innings with four walks and one strikeout. He was relieved for Arthur "Rats" Henderson. Henderson got Sandy Thompson to strikeout to make it two outs with a runner on second for John Hines. However, a passed ball by catcher Willie Jones advanced Malarcher to third base. Hines responded with a single to right field that scored the winning run. Bill Foster had allowed four runs on eight hits with three walks and five strikeouts.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 8
Bacharach inched one closer to winning the Series with a shutout win over the Giants that included a complete game shutout by Arthur "Rats" Henderson. By the time of the eighth inning, Bacharach had left six runners on base combined, while Chicago had left three behind.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 8
Country Brown started the eighth inning with a single through second base. Chance Cummings followed that up by advancing to first base on an error by first baseman Jim Brown. A wild pitch by starting pitcher George Harney meant that there was runners on third and second base, and Oliver Marcell was soon intentionally walked. With Chaney White at the plate, he belted a single to left field that left fielder Sandy Thompson would have trouble fielding after it landed, and the result was that White cleared the bases and advanced to second base. The scoring subsided afterwards on two groundouts and a flyout, but Bacharach led 3-0.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 8
The two teams each had a chance in the ninth for further scoring. Bacharach had the bases loaded with two out on the basis of a single and two walks, but a strikeout ended the threat. Chicago responded with a leadoff walk by Jelly Gardner, but a pop-out and a force-out meant that Sandy Thompson was at first base with two out, although a single by John Hines put the tying run at the plate in George Sweatt. However, he flied out to right field to end the game. Henderson threw a complete game shutout while allowing just three hits while striking out seven and walking two. Harney allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits while walking six and striking out two.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 9
Chicago mustered runs early and withstood a potential rally to stay alive in the Series.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 9
Chicago started the second inning by getting on bases by walks to John Hines and George Sweatt. Hines was picked off second, and a ground out meant there was two outs with one on first. However, Sanford Jackson would line a triple to left field to score Sweatt, and Charlie Williams responded with a single to make it 2-0. In the fourth, a two-out double by Jim Brown was rewarded after Jackson hit a single to make it 3-0. In the sixth, walks to Hines and Sweatt led to a RBI single by Brown. Jackson would drive in a run on a fielder's choice, while a passed ball by the catcher led to another run.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 9
Bacharach had their only scoring in the eighth. Dick Lundy singled to leadoff the inning, and Luther Farrell followed with a single. Willie Jones had a double to make it 6-1, while Chano García made it 6-3 on a single (with an error by the catcher); a double play got García out at home to end the scoring. In the ninth, they garnered a single but no further hitting to end the game.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 9
Claude Grier threw eight innings while allowing six runs (four earned) on seven hits, six walks, and nine strikeouts. Rube Curry threw a complete game while allowing three runs on eight hits and having seven strikeouts.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 10
Chicago continued their chance to stay alive in the Series with a onslaught of timely hitting to rout Bacharach. Ten batters went to bat in the fourth inning, and seven scored on seven hits and one error (committed by first baseman Chance Cummings that scored George Sweatt for the first run on a ball hit by Willie Powell) to make it 7-0 Chicago.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 10
Starter Arthur "Rats" Henderson (four innings, seven runs (all unearned) on nine hits with three walks and a strikeout) did not last to see the fifth inning, replaced by Roy Roberts (four innings, three hits, six runs (five earned), six walks, one strikeout). He would allow four runs to score on the basis of two hits, an error, and three walks. In the sixth inning, an error, a passed ball, and two walks meant the bases were loaded with no one out, and Jelly Gardner doubled to score two runs and close the game at 13-0. Willie Powell threw a complete game shutout while allowing six hits with a walk and a strikeout.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 11
The final game of the Series proved to be the most dramatic, and Chicago would win it all on a walkoff in the ninth despite Bacharach having numerous chances to score in a rematch of Game 7, which had also come down to the final inning.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 11
Bacharach had the first glance at a run in the first inning. With two outs, Dick Lundy and Chaney White each lobbed singles to center field, and Joe Lewis walked to load the bases. However, starting pitcher Willie Foster got Chance Cummings to strike out to end the inning. The next threat was in the fourth inning for Bacharach, who started with singles by Lewis and Cummings. However, a force out and two pop-outs led to zero runs.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 11
They had the next threat in the seventh when they loaded the bases with two singles and a walk, but a flyout by Chaney White to center fielder Jelly Gardner ended that threat. Chicago never even reached third base until the eighth, when Jim Brown had a walk and advanced to third on two plays for outs, but Foster soon committed an out to end the inning.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 11
Both teams would have their chance to take the lead in the ninth inning. Bacharach gained a baserunner when Chano García hit a single, although that was followed by a strikeout and a force-out that had Country Brown at first. He would go for stealing second base, and an error by catcher Brown meant that he was on third base with two out. Oliver Marcell walked to have runners on the corners, but Lundy grounded a ball to shortstop Sanford Jackson, who threw to first baseman George Sweatt to keep the game tied at 0.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 11
In the bottom half of the frame, Jelly Gardner started it with a single to left, and he was advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Dave Malarcher. With Sandy Thompson at bat, he would line a single to center field that left enough for Gardner to race to home plate and win the Series for Chicago.


1926 Colored World Series, Series, Game 11
Bill Foster had allowed ten hits but had thrown a complete game shutout with seven strikeouts and three walks for Chicago; Hubert Lockhart had thrown 8+1⁄3 innings and allowed four hits with one run allowed and a strikeout and a walk.