1926 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Washington
Reciprocating for last year, the Cornhuskers traveled to Seattle to play there for the first time. Both teams had been waiting for this rematch of the 1925 game which had ended in a 6-6 tie. With the Huskies barely holding a four-point lead in the final minutes, Nebraska marched down the field in a series recorded as one of the best ever to date put together by the Cornhuskers. As the seconds ticked away, Nebraska arrived at the Washington 8-yard line with a first down. On their fourth subsequent attempt to steal the win, time ran out as Nebraska's last effort fell short at the 3. Washington sent Nebraska home with their victory denied, and was left holding a tenuous 1-0-1 lead in the series.


1926 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Bearg's second season was an improvement over 1925, as Nebraska finished 2nd in the conference, and his career record improved to 10-4-2 (.688). The program's overall record was nudged slightly upward to 207-71-19 (.729), while Nebraska's conference winning percentage all-time remained unchanged at 45-7-5 (.833).


1926 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1926 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926, and featured incumbent Governor Adam McMullen, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former Governor Charles W. Bryan, to win a second and final two-year term in office.


1926 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1926 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada in the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1926 college football season. In their second season under head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 4–4 record (3–1 FWC) and finished second in the conference.


1926 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1925 season 3–1–0 and 4–3–1 in FWC play to finish in second place.


1926 Nevada gubernatorial election
The 1926 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Republican nominee Fred B. Balzar defeated Democratic incumbent James G. Scrugham with 53.00% of the vote.


1926 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1926 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1926 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled a 4–4 record, and were outscored by their opponents, 90–81. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field. This was the first season with Wildcats as the official nickname of the school's sports teams, having been adopted in February 1926.


1926 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Schedule
New Hampshire and the Quantico Marines practiced together in Durham for two weeks in September, including a scrimmage on September 18. The game played on September 25 was won by the Marines, 24–0. The game is not listed by the Wildcats' media guide or College Football Data Warehouse, possibly because players for the Marines were members of the active military rather than college students.


1926 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1926 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Republican nominee Huntley N. Spaulding defeated Democratic nominee Eaton D. Sargent with 59.70% of the vote.


1926 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1926 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1926 college football season. In their first year under head coach Arthur Burkholder, the Aggies compiled a 5–3–1 record and shut out four opponents. The team played its home games on Miller Field, sometimes also referred to as College Field.


1926 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1926 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Roy W. Johnson, the Lobos compiled a 4–2–1 record.


1926 New Mexico Lobos football team
The season marked the beginning of a 13-game unbeaten streak (11 wins and 2 ties) and a 12-game home winning streak. Those streaks continued until October 13, 1928, and remain the longest in school history.


1926 New Mexico Lobos football team
The team's 63-point loss to Texas A&M on October 16 was the third largest margin of defeat in school history to that date.


1926 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1926 New Mexico gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Democratic Governor Arthur T. Hannett was defeated by Republican nominee Richard C. Dillon who won 51.60% of the vote.


1926 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1926 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 29 December 1925.


1926 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1926 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1926 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George V on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1925 and the beginning of 1926, and were announced on 1 January 1926.


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


1926 New York Giants (MLB) season
The 1926 New York Giants season was the franchise's 44th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 74-77 record, 13½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.


1926 New York Giants (MLB) 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 New York Giants (MLB) 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 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 New York Giants season
The 1926 New York Giants season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Football League. They ended with an 8–4–1 regular season record and had one postseason appearance against the AFL Philadelphia Quakers, which the Giants won 31–0.


1926 New York Giants season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 New York Yankees season
The 1926 New York Yankees season was the team's 24th season in New York, and its 26th season overall. The team finished with a record of 91–63, winning their fourth pennant, finishing three games ahead of the Cleveland Indians. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they lost in 7 games to the St. Louis Cardinals, with the series ending with Babe Ruth being caught stealing second in the bottom of the 9th inning in game 7.


1926 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


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


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


1926 New York state election
The 1926 New York state election was held on November 2, 1926, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a U.S. Senator, the chief judge and an associate judge  of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. A referendum to repeal Prohibition was also proposed and accepted by a very large majority.


1926 New York state election, History
The Prohibition state convention met on June 24 at 150 Fifth Avenue in New York City and nominated Charles E. Manierre for Governor. The party had lost its automatic ballot access in 1922, had not run in 1924, and now needed to gather signatures and file a petition to go on the ballot.


1926 New York state election, History
The Republican state convention met on September 28 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, and nominated Ogden L. Mills for Governor and re-nominated the incumbent U.S. Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr.


1926 New York state election, History
The Democratic state convention met on September 28 at Syracuse, New York, and re-nominated Governor Al Smith.


1926 New York state election, Result
Almost the whole Democratic ticket was elected, only the Republican incumbent Attorney General Ottinger managed to stay in office.


1926 New York state election, Result
The incumbents Smith and Ottinger were re-elected. The incumbents Lowman, Murphy and Wadsworth were defeated.


1926 New York state election, Result
The Democratic, Republican and Socialist parties maintained automatic ballot access (necessary 25,000 votes for governor), the Prohibition and Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it, and the Workers Party did not attain it.


1926 New York-Pennsylvania League season
The 1926 New York–Pennsylvania League season was the minor league baseball league's fourth season of play. The Scranton Miners finished the season with the best overall record, and were declared the league champions. The New York–Pennsylvania League played at the Class B level during this season.


1926 New Zealand census
The 1926 New Zealand census was the eighteenth national population census. The day used for the census was Tuesday, 20 April 1926. The total population of the Dominion of New Zealand was counted as 1,408,140, an increase of 136,473 people or 10.73% since the 1921 census.


1926 New Zealand census
The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition was held during the census and due to its large visitor numbers (for example, on 1 May 1926, 84,000 visitors were counted at the exhibition), the results of the census were skewed.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1926 New Zealand rugby league season was the 19th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand toured Great Britain, losing the series 0-3 against the Lions and also losing a Test match against Wales. The 1926–27 New Zealand tour of Britain involved several skirmishes within the Kiwi party. Problems began on the boat journey over, with disputes developing about aspects of the trip and a rift developed between tour manager and coach, Australian Ernest Mair, and seven forwards. The disputes continued once the party arrived in Britain, with one of the rebels being involved in a street fight with another member of the tour party after the opening match.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
In mid-November, following further disturbances which almost led to the tour party being evicted from their Harrogate hotel, it was decided that coach Mair would withdraw from team selection and match tactics for a period of four weeks. The tour, and the costly disputes, continued with the rebels eventually setting sail for home a week earlier than their colleagues. Three months later all seven players were banned for life by the New Zealand authorities. New Zealand did not visit Europe again until 1939.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The touring party included; Charles Gregory, Lou Brown, Ben Davidson, Hec Brisbane, Frank Delgrosso, Wally Desmond, Wilson Hall, Frank Henry, Alphonsus Carroll, Ernie Herring, Len Mason, Bert Avery (c), Neil Mouat, Hector Cole, Jack Kirwan, Craddock Dufty, Bill Devine, Lou Petersen, Arthur Singe, Jim Sanders, Harry Thomas, Jim Parkes, George Gardiner and Joe Menzies.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The seven suspended were Singe, Mouat, Wright, Carroll, Devine, Petersen and English-born Henry, who remained in England after the tour and was allowed to play on by the Rugby Football League.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
James Carlaw was elected as the President of the New Zealand Rugby League.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season. They defeated South Auckland 49-15.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-island competition
Len Mason scored a try for the South Island, who also included Lou Petersen. The North Island included Bert Avery.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Ponsonby won the Auckland Rugby League's competition and the Stormont Shield. Richmond won the Roope Rooster while Northcote won the Norton Cup.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Arthur Myers died on 9 October. He had served as the Auckland Rugby League president since 1914.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Hornby defended the Thacker Shield twice, beating the West Coast's Runanga 32-10 and Otago's Christian Brothers 40-14.


1926 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
City from the Otago Rugby League won 20-8 over the Canterbury Rugby League's Hornby on 2 October in the inaugural Gore Cup match.


1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The 1926 New Zealand tour rugby to New South Wales was the 13th tour by the New Zealand national rugby union team to Australia.


1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
During the First World War the activity of Rugby Union was suspended. In Australia, the sport was initially reprised only in New South Wales (many players switched to Rugby league especially in Queensland), so official test matches between the two national sides were not resumed until 1929.


1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The four most important matches were played against the New South Wales selection, and New Zealand won the 4 match series 3–1. In 1986 the Australian Rugby Union accorded Test status to the New South Wales matches played against international teams in the 1920–1928 period, but the matches against the All Blacks are not recorded as Tests by the New Zealand Rugby Union.


1926 Nicaraguan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nicaragua in November 1926 to elect half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one-third of the seats in the Senate of the National Congress.


1926 Nicaraguan parliamentary election
“The congressional elections which were postponed awaiting the outcome of the Corinto Conference were held late in November [1926] except in the Departments of León, Chinandega, and Esteli, where the unsettled conditions made elections impossible”.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Nicaragua on 11 November 1926.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Background
On 25 October 1925, former President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, the losing candidate in the previous presidential election, seized La Loma fortress dominating Managua and informed the American Minister that his purpose was to drive the Liberals from the Cabinet and restore the Conservative Party to office. Vargas argued that the unconstitutional procedures in the election of the Solórzano-Juan Bautista Sacasa administration voided the nonrecognition obligations of the 1923 treaty. He did not mention but everyone knew that in 1920 Vargas, as outgoing president, had insured the election of his uncle through a dishonest election. The American Minister at once informed General Vargas that he would not recognize any government assuming power by force.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Background
After the capture of the Loma Fortress, Doctor Juan Bautista Sacasa, the Vice President, had returned to León, remaining there in hiding. Early in November, General Vargas sent 1,200 men to León, stating that they would be held there until Doctor Sacasa should resign. Sacasa fled the country. Unable to secure Sacasa's resignation, Vargas took steps to ascend the Presidency by means which would secure recognition of the United States.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Background
Congress convened in December 1925 and eighteen senators and deputies were expelled. Vargas claimed they had been seated illegally after the 1924 elections.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Background
On 3 January 1926, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was elected without opposition Senator of Managua, the vacancy having been created by means of the resignation of one of his friends.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Background
On 12 January, Congress declared the Vice Presidency vacant. Congress then elected General Vargas First Designate for the Presidency. On 16 January, Congress granted President Solórzano an indefinite leave of absence, and Vargas, as First Designate, assumed executive power, thereby relegating Solórzano to a titular position.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Political manoeuvers
Congress did not act on President Solórzano's resignation, which had been presented on 14 January. General Vargas kept Solórzano under surveillance so that he could not leave the country and thereby disturb the technical constitutional status of the Government. The State Department, when it learned of Vargas's scheme, indicated to him that it considered that the manipulation of the laws to give him the Presidency was merely a subterfuge to obtain recognition by the United States in spite of the provisions of the Washington Treaty of 1923. Regardless of this advice, Vargas proceeded to execute his plan, thinking that the State Department, faced with the 'fait accompli' of his control, after an interval of time would recognize him.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Political manoeuvers
By March 1926 Solórzano had resigned, Vice-President Sacasa had fled the country, and Vargas, "the unscrupulous but charismatic leader of the Conservative party, had installed himself as chief executive. The State Department, citing the unconstitutionality of Vargas’s seizure of power, denied him diplomatic recognition, thereby effectively declaring open season on the new regime. Internal order – briefly re-established by the Conservative strong man – again disintegrated".


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Political manoeuvers
The first Liberal uprising came in May 1926, capturing Bluefields and surprising even many of the party's principal leaders. Sacasa assumed leadership of the movement from abroad but did not return. Retired U.S. Army major Calvin B. Carter's aides had helped Vargas build up the National Guard to nearly full strength and armed it well with the support of the State Department. Against this now rather formidable force, the uprising collapsed almost immediately.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Political manoeuvers
U.S. Embassy Secretary Lawrence Dennis repeatedly demanded Vargas's resignation and even incited other Conservative factions to oust him. This failed to bring results by August, however, when the year's second Liberal revolt commenced. This time the insurgents threatened more convincingly. Under the generalship of José María Moncada Tapia, the insurgents rapidly extended their control over most of the Atlantic area. Once again the United States landed marines in Bluefields.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Political manoeuvers
Although Vargas struggled for months to consolidate his position, in October 1926 – bankrupt, harried by a Liberal Party insurgency, and frustrated by American nonrecognition – he resigned the presidency. Turning to the problem of designating a successor, the State Department threw its support behind Adolfo Diaz.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Uriza designated President
On 30 October 1926, in accordance with article 106 of the Constitution, General Vargas deposited the Presidency in the Second Designate, Senator Sebastián Uriza, the First Designate being absent in the United States. The same day, Senator Sebastián Uriza appointed Vargas as Commander in Chief of the Army.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Uriza designated President
In the midst of renewed revolutionary activities Sebastián Uriza convoked Congress in extraordinary session. The Senators and Deputies who had been expelled by Vargas from the previous Congress were invited to return and resume their seats. The Liberal Nationalists illegally seated by the Bartolomé Martínez-controlled Congress of 1925 were to be replaced by the Conservatives who had been declared elected by the National Board of Elections.


1926 Nicaraguan presidential election, Uriza designated President
On 11 November 1926, Congress in joint session designated Adolfo Díaz for the Presidency. At this session 51 members were present out of a total membership of 67, of whom 44 voted for Díaz and 2 for Solórzano. Five Liberals refrained from voting, claiming infractions of the rules of procedure which prevented the complete attendance of their representatives. On 14 November Díaz took office. The American Charge d' Affaires attended the inauguration, although formal recognition by the United States was not accorded until 17 November.


1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1926 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1926 college football season.


1926 North Cumberland by-election
The North Cumberland by-election of 1926 was held on 17 September 1926. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Donald Howard. It was won by the Conservative candidate Fergus Graham.


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Unionist MP, Donald Howard. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1922.


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Election history
Cumberland North was created for the 1918 general election. At that election, the Unionist candidate, endorsed by the Coalition Government, was returned unopposed. The first actual electoral contest occurred in 1922 when Howard narrowly held the seat for the Unionists, in a 2-way contest with the Liberal. At the 1923 general election, Howard again narrowly held off the new Liberal challenger, R.D. Holt. At the 1924 general election, a Labour Party candidate intervened for the first time. This damaged Holt's prospects and Howard was easily re-elected;


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Campaign, Liberal divisions
In 1926, the Liberal Party was internally divided between the supporters of party leader H.H. Asquith and parliamentary party chairman David Lloyd George. The 1926 General Strike had seen the two men take differing positions on the issue and Asquith publicly criticised Lloyd George's position. Holt had never been either a supporter of Lloyd George or the interventionist social liberal policies he had advocated in the past or was again advocating. Holt was a member of the 'Liberal Council' a body of Asquithian Liberals intent on frustrating Lloyd George.


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Campaign, Liberal divisions
Although the ailing Asquith was still nominally the Liberal Party leader, increasingly Lloyd George was regarded as the leader in waiting. Therefore the decision of Lloyd George to neither visit the constituency during the by-election nor to issue a letter of support to Holt's candidacy, did not help the Liberal campaign.


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Result
There was a swing of 4.3% from Unionist to Liberal, but not a big enough swing to take the Liberals to victory. The Labour Party vote share went up.


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Aftermath
Three years later at the 1929 general election, there was a Graham/Holt re-match with a new Labour candidate. Graham was again the victor, despite a further swing of 3.8% to the Liberals;


1926 North Cumberland by-election, Aftermath
Graham remained the member until his defeat by a Liberal in 1935. He later served as MP for Darlington from 1951-59. Holt did not stand for parliament again.


1926 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
The 1926 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ion Cortright, the team compiled a 5–3 record (2–3 against NCC opponents) and finished in sixth place out of eight teams in the NCC. The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.


1926 North Dakota Flickertails football team
The 1926 North Dakota Flickertails football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1926 college football season. In its first year under head coach Tod Rockwell, the team compiled a 4–4 record (2–2 against NCC opponents), finished in a tie for seventh place out of nine teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 121 to 63.


1926 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1926 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican Arthur G. Sorlie defeated Democratic nominee David M. Holmes in a landslide victory with 81.74% of the vote.


1926 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The 1926 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona Teachers College (now known as Northern Arizona University) as an independent during the 1926 college football season. The Lumberjacks compiled a 5–2 record, shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 139 to 55.


1926 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
Emzy Harvey Lynch was the team's head coach. The 1926 season was his first and only as head coach.


1926 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
The team played its home games at McMullen Field in Flagstaff, Arizona.


1926 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team
The 1926 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1926 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Roland Cowell and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Teachers finished the season with an 5–1–1 record. Wesley Cocidine was the team's captain.


1926 Northern Rhodesian general election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 22 May 1926 to elect the Legislative Council for the first time. A further four members were appointed by the Governor in September 1926.


1926 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
The Legislative Council Ordinance 1925 published in June 1925 provided for the election of members to the Legislative Council, which had been established in 1924. Five constituencies were created; Eastern, Livingstone and Western, Midland, Northern and Southern. Voting was restricted to British subjects, with suffrage granted to men aged 21 or over and women aged 25 or over, as long as they had lived in their constituency for at least six months and had property worth £250 or an annual salary of at least £200. There were a total of 1,036 registered voters.


1926 Northern Rhodesian general election, Campaign
In two constituencies, Eastern and Livingstone and Western, there was only one candidate, both of whom were elected unopposed. Two candidates ran in Northern and Southern, whilst three ran in Midland.


1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1926 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. The Wildcats compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 179 to 22.


1926 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1926 Norwegian Football Cup was the 25th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Odd won their 10th title, having beaten Ørn in the final. Brann were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Urædd in the quarterfinal.


1926 Norwegian continued prohibition referendum
A consultative and facultative referendum on continuing with prohibition was held in Norway on 18 October 1926. Partial prohibition had been effective since 1917, and following a 1919 referendum, spirits and dessert wine had also been banned.


1926 Norwegian continued prohibition referendum
Partially caused by pressure from France, who saw their export of alcoholic beverages drop, a referendum was organised to decide whether prohibition should be continued. Popular support for prohibition fell in all counties. It was overwhelmingly rejected in and around Oslo, as well as in other urban areas like Bergen. As a result, the law was abolished and prohibition brought to an end.


1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1926 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1926 college football season, led by ninth-year head coach Knute Rockne. The Irish won all but one of their ten games, upset by Carnegie Tech in late November.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane
The 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane (also known as the 1926 Great August Gale) was one of the deadliest Canadian hurricanes in the 20th century. The second tropical cyclone and second hurricane of the season, the storm developed from a trough situated well east of the Leeward Islands on July 29. Over the next few days, it moved west-northwest, becoming a tropical storm by July 31. The cyclone turned to the northwest on August 1 and began strengthening rapidly, reaching hurricane intensity by the early afternoon.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane
The next day, it became a major hurricane—equivalent to Category 3 intensity on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Over the next few days, the storm's track varied between north-northwest and northwest. Early on August 5, it peaked with winds of 120 mph (190 km/h). The hurricane then began weakening as it curved northward. The storm began losing tropical characteristics while approaching Atlantic Canada, transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on August 8. The remnants soon made landfall near Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, with winds of 75 mph (121 km/h), before being last noted over Newfoundland later that day.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane
The hurricane produced sustained winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) on Bermuda while passing about 80 mi (130 km) west of the island, but left minimal impact. In Atlantic Canada, the cyclone sank several ships and boats offshore Nova Scotia, including the schooners Sylvia Mosher and Sadie Knickle. A total of 55–58 deaths occurred, including at least 49 from those two ships crashing ashore Sable Island. On land, the storm downed trees and electrical poles in Nova Scotia, damaging some homes and leaving telephone service outages. Crops and fruit trees were also damaged. High winds interrupted telegraph communications in Newfoundland. Despite the number of fatalities, little was done to mitigate for a tropical cyclone prior to the hurricane in August 1927, which caused more than three times as many deaths.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
According to the Atlantic hurricane database, a trough situated more than 1,200 mi (1,930 km) east of the Leeward Islands developed into a tropical depression around 12:00 UTC on July 29. The cyclone initially moved west-northwestward and strengthened, becoming a tropical storm by 00:00 UTC on July 31. On August 1, the cyclone turned northwestward and began strengthening rapidly. Based on ship reports of hurricane force and near-hurricane-force winds, it estimated the storm intensified into a Category 1 hurricane by 18:00 UTC. Early on August 2, the system intensified into a Category 2 hurricane.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
At 12:00 UTC, the cyclone became a major hurricane—with winds of at least 115 mph (185 km/h)—equivalent to Category 3 intensity on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. Around that time, a ship recorded a barometric pressure of 968 mbar (28.59 inHg) – the lowest known pressure in association with the storm. However, no ships entered the eye of the hurricane and sampled the lowest pressure in the storm.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
Over the next few days, the track of the hurricane varied between north-northwest and northwest. After becoming a Category 3 hurricane on August 2, the hurricane may have maintained sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) for about three days, before wind increased slightly further to 120 mph (190 km/h), an estimate made based on the pressure–wind relationship. It curved to the north and weakened to a Category 2 before passing about 80 mi (129 km) west of Bermuda on August 6.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Meteorological history
Around 00:00 UTC on August 8, the storm weakened into a Category 1 hurricane and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone about six hours later. Shortly before 12:00 UTC, the extratropical remnants of the hurricane made landfall near Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, with winds of 75 mph (121 km/h), and continued northeastward until being last noted over southwestern Newfoundland around 18:00 UTC.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Preparations
Due to the possibility of gale-force winds occurring just offshore Maine, storm warnings were issued between Portland and Eastport. Shipping ahead of the hurricane received repeated warnings broadcast by both American and Canadian weather officials. However, the majority of fishing vessels in Atlantic Canada in this period did not have radios, leaving the large fishing fleet on the offshore banks unaware of the approaching disaster.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Impact
The system produced winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) on Bermuda as it passed very close to that island. About this time, five ocean liners near each other encountered the storm; some portholes on the Orca were damaged and 15 passengers were treated for cuts, bruises, and contusions. Off Nova Scotia, the cyclone produced an unspecified number of casualties, including the sinking of the schooners Sylvia Mosher and Sadie Knickle. Five people died and one other person was injured after the Norwegian steamer Ringhord capsized near Scatarie Island. One person also drowned after the Edith Newhall sank.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Impact
Many other boats and ships in and near Nova Scotia capsized or ran aground, including 11 ships at New Harbour, 2 motorboats at Mosher's Head, another motorboat at Spectacle Island, and several at the Chester harbor. Additionally, at least nine small boats, four schooners, a skiff, and several other vessels were wrecked in Newfoundland and Labrador. Overall, between 55 and 58 deaths occurred at sea, including 49 from the Sylvia Mosher and the Sadie Knickle crashing ashore Sable Island.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Impact
On land, the storm extensively damaged fruit trees and crops in some areas of Nova Scotia, especially in Truro. Several homes were left without telephone service in Chester after lightning struck several poles. A few homes were damaged by lightning in the town, while a home and a shed were destroyed by lightning in Kemptville. High winds in Newfoundland also interrupted telegraph communications. In New Brunswick, 3.9 in (99 mm) of rainfall was observed Fredericton, the highest precipitation total recorded from the hurricane.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Impact
With at least 55 fatalities, the hurricane was the deadliest in Canada since a hurricane in 1900. The system also ranks as the third deadliest Canadian tropical cyclone of the 20th century, behind only a hurricane in 1927 and the remnants of Hurricane Hazel in 1954. After the storm, Lunenburg Progress Enterprise publisher William Duff was one of few people calling for schooners to be supplied with transmission and receiving radio equipment, while there were a few requests for a rescue ship to be stationed at the fishing banks on standby should other ships become distressed.


1926 Nova Scotia hurricane, Impact
However, little was done to improve mitigation prior to the hurricane in August 1927. In Nova Scotia, the families of the victims of the storm received monetary compensation via the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. The agency became severely depleted of funds, leading the board to announce a 5% increase in insurance rates for the fishing industry. Captains and vessel owners responded by threatening to go on strike, forcing the board to reverse their decision.


1926 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team
The 1926 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented  Oglethorpe University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1926 college football season. The highlight of the season was the 7 to 6 victory over Georgia Tech.


1926 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1926 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Buckeye Athletic Association ( BAA) and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under head coach Don Peden, the Bobcats compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 111 to 17.


1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1926 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 7–1 record. Bucks outscored opponents 196–43, but suffered a devastating one-point loss to Michigan, their fifth straight loss to the Wolverines.


1926 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1926 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Democrat A. Victor Donahey defeated Republican nominee Myers Y. Cooper with 50.33% of the vote.


1926 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team
The 1926 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1926 college football season. This was the 26th year of football at A&M and the fifth under John Maulbetsch. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 3–4–1, 3–0–1 in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association en route to the program's first conference championship.


1926 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1926 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1926 college football season. In their 22nd year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the Missouri Valley Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 137 to 52.


1926 Oklahoma Sooners football team
No Sooners were recognized as All-Americans, but three Sooners received all-conference honors: end Roy LeCrone; back Frank Potts; and center Polly Wallace.


1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
The 1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926, and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat Henry S. Johnston defeated Republican Omer K. Benedict. Also on the ballot were John Franing of the Farmer–Labor Party, E. H. H. Gates of the Socialist Party, and Independent Ed Boyle.


1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
Ten candidates vied for the Democratic nomination, including former governor James B. A. Robertson and Oklahoma City, OK Mayor O. A. Cargill. Henry S. Johnston, who had been in the Oklahoma Senate since statehood including a term as the first President pro tempore, won the primary with a plurality.


1926 Oklahoma gubernatorial election, Republican primary
Eight candidates sought the Republican nomination, with Omer K. Benedict winning with less than one-third of the total vote.


1926 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1926 Ole Miss Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mississippi in the Southern Conference during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Homer Hazel, the team compiled a 5–4 record (2–2 against conference opponents). The team played its home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi


1926 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The team beat Florida and rival Mississippi A&M. Ap Applewhite was on the team.


1926 Ontario general election
The 1926 Ontario general election was the 17th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 1, 1926, to elect the 112 Members of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").


1926 Ontario general election
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was re-elected for a second term in government, despite losing a few seats in the Legislative Assembly. The principal issue of the campaign was the government's proposal to repeal the Ontario Temperance Act and replace prohibition with government control of liquor sales. The Opposition Liberal and Progressive parties both campaigned against repeal and one of Ferguson's ministers, William Folger Nickle, resigned from the cabinet and ran for re-election against the government as a Prohibitionist candidate.


1926 Ontario general election
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by W.E.N. Sinclair, maintained its 14 seats. After the defeat of the United Farmers of Ontario in the previous election, the farmers organization decided to withdraw from electoral politics and most UFO MPPs redesignated themselves as Progressives with former UFO Attorney-General William Edgar Raney becoming party leader. Nevertheless, several MPPs, including Raney himself, continued to run as candidates endorsed by local UFO associations despite the decision of the organization as a whole not to run in elections. The Progressive/UFO faction won 13 seats. As well, four Liberal-Progressive candidates were elected, along with various independents. Karl Homuth of Waterloo South was the only Labour MLA returned; a former UFO-Labour MLA, he would run as a Conservative in the 1929 election.


1926 Open Championship
The 1926 Open Championship was the 61st Open Championship, held 23–25 June at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Amateur Bobby Jones won the first of his three Claret Jugs, two strokes ahead of runner-up Al Watrous. Jones was the first amateur to win the title in 29 years, last by Harold Hilton in 1897. Americans finished in the top four spots and it was the fifth victory by an American in six years.


1926 Open Championship
This was the first Open Championship in which there was both qualifying and a 36-hole cut. A 36-hole cut had been introduced in 1898 to reduce numbers on the final day. However with an ever increasing number of entries, in 1907 the cut was replaced with a qualification competition. This had continued until 1925, except in 1910–11 when there was again no qualification but a 36-hole cut. To make the cut players would need to be within 14 strokes of the leader after 36 holes.


1926 Open Championship
A new rule by The Royal and Ancient was also put into place in the 1926 Open Championship; it stated that no competitors would be allowed more than two practice rounds prior to the event. In the past some players had spent weeks on the championship course practicing. This new rule allowed the American players to compete on more equal terms with the British entrants.


1926 Open Championship
This was also the first time there was regional qualifying. A southern section played at Sunningdale, a central section at St Annes Old Links and a northern section at Western Gailes. Each section played 36 holes, although for the southern and central sections this took place on two days (16–17 June) while for the northern section it was on just one day (16 June). 49 places (and ties) were allocated to the southern section, 42 places (and ties) to the central section and 10 places (and ties) to the northern section.


1926 Open Championship
55 players qualified from the southern section, 51 from the central section and 11 from the northern section giving a total of 117. Tom Wilson won the northern section with a score of 148. In the southern section Bobby Jones dominated, scoring 134 (66-68) and leading by seven clear strokes. During the two rounds on only one hole did he score more than four, a five at the 10th in his second round. After his first round of 66, The Times reported that "the crowd dispersed awe-stricken. They had watched the best round they had ever seen, or ever would see, and what the later players did they neither knew nor cared". Walter Hagen led the central section with a score of 143, one of nine Americans qualifying there.


1926 Open Championship
Hagen opened with 68 on Wednesday to take the lead, but a 77 in the second round dropped him back to third. In his second Open and already the winner of two U.S. Amateurs and a U.S. Open, Jones played steady golf and carded two rounds of 72 to co-lead with Bill Mehlhorn at the midway point. Hagen was a stroke back and one behind him were Watrous and Fred McLeod.


1926 Open Championship
Jones had 73 in the third round on Friday morning, but Watrous shot 69 and took a two-stroke lead after 54 holes. In the final round that afternoon, Jones was still two behind Watrous with five holes to play. After picking up two strokes to forge a tie, Jones hit a wayward drive on 17 which appeared to swing the tournament back to Watrous. However, Jones hit a remarkable recovery shot from the sand dunes onto the green, closer to the hole than Watrous' approach from the fairway.


1926 Open Championship
Jones wound up taking the decisive lead in the tournament on this hole after Watrous three-putted. Jones played the tough final 5 holes in 4-3-4-4-4 to post 74 for 291, while Watrous struggled to 78 and 293. Hagen, playing behind Jones and Watrous, had a chance to tie by holing his second shot on the 18th, but his shot rolled past the hole and into a bunker and he settled for third place.


1926 Open Championship
Jones, age 24, won his first Open Championship in just his second appearance. His first was five years earlier in 1921 and was less than pleasant: he walked off the Old Course at St Andrews in frustration after taking several shots to get out of a bunker. He went on to win two more Opens; his successful defense in 1927 was back at the Old Course, and his third in 1930 at Royal Liverpool was the second leg of his celebrated grand slam. Its first leg was the 1930 British Amateur, won three weeks earlier, Jones' win 91 years ago in 1930 is the last by an amateur.


1926 Open Championship
For the first time, an admission fee was charged for spectators. Six-time champion Harry Vardon missed his first cut in the Open Championship at age 56; he had made the cut in every Open he played since 1893.


1926 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1926 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1926 college football season. In their third season under head coach Paul J. Schissler, the Beavers compiled a 7–1 record (4–1 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the PCC, and outscored their opponents, 221 to 30. Under coach Schissler, from 1925 to 1932, no team captains were elected. The team played its home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.


1926 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1926 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1926 college football season. In their first season under head coach John McEwan, the Webfoots compiled a 2–4–1 record (1–4 against PCC opponents), finished in a tie for sixth place in the PCC, and were outscored by their opponents, 88 to 86. The team played its home games at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.


1926 Oregon gubernatorial election
The 1926 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926 to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Oregon. The election matched incumbent Democrat Walter M. Pierce against Republican Isaac L. Patterson and Independent candidate H. H. Stallard, who ran on an anti-Prohibition platform. Patterson won by a wide margin.


1926 Oregon gubernatorial election, Background
During a period of time in which Republicans had dominated politics in Oregon, Democrat Pierce had won election in 1922 with the support of the Ku Klux Klan, which was for a short time a powerful political force in Oregon. However, soon after the 1922 election, the Klan faded in power due in part to internal struggles and changing public sentiment.


1926 Oregon gubernatorial election, Campaign
Now running for re-election in 1926, Pierce won his party's primary for re-election in 1926 over Louise Palmer Weber, one of many anti-Prohibition candidates that year who ran on a platform of repealing or modifying laws regarding the regulation of alcoholic beverages in Oregon.


1926 Oregon gubernatorial election, Campaign
In their primary, Republicans nominated former state senator I. L. Patterson, who had chaired Calvin Coolidge's successful election campaign in Oregon, over Jay H. Upton and W. A. Carter. An independent candidate, H. H. Stallard, also entered the campaign as an Independent with a focus on repealing prohibition in the state.


1926 Oregon gubernatorial election, Campaign
In the general election, Patterson cruised to a 12-point victory over the incumbent Pierce, with Stallard earning more than 5% of the vote.


1926 Oregon gubernatorial election, Aftermath
Patterson served about three years of his term before dying of pneumonia on December 22, 1929. Pierce was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, and represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district from 1933 to 1942.


1926 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1926 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 20th water polo championship in Hungary. There were six teams who played one round match for the title.


1926 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1926 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 2. Class
1. MUE 12, 2. BSZKRT SE 10, 3. OTE 8, 4. BEAC 6, 5. Bankszövetség 4, 6. Postás 2, 7. BAK 0 points.


1926 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Countryside
1. MOVE Eger SE, 2. Szegedi UE, 3. Bajai SE, 4. Tatatóvárosi AC


1926 Ottawa Senators (CFL) season
The 1926 Ottawa Senators finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 5–1 record and successfully repeated as Grey Cup champions by winning the 14th Grey Cup. It was the second Grey Cup championship won by the franchise and was the first ever repeat by an IRFU team.


1926 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1926 to elect members of the 1927 Ottawa City Council.


1926 Ottawa municipal election, Mayor of Ottawa
Incumbent mayor John P. Balharrie is re-elected, defeating future mayors Patrick Nolan (a former alderman) and controller Frank H. Plant. Balharrie won eight of the city's nine wards, losing just Victoria Ward to Nolan.


1926 Ottawa municipal election, Plebiscites
Property owners voted against a plebiscite which would have raised $330,000 to pay for the removal of cross-town tracks.


1926 Ottawa municipal election, Plebiscites
Voters approved a plebiscite to move public school board elections from being elected by ward to an at-large voting system.


1926 PGA Championship
The 1926 PGA Championship was the ninth PGA Championship, held September 20–25 at Salisbury Golf Club on Long Island in East Meadow, New York. Then a match play championship, Walter Hagen defeated Leo Diegel 5 & 3 in the finals to win his third consecutive PGA Championship, his fourth overall, and the eighth of his eleven major titles.


1926 PGA Championship
The victory ran Hagen's match record at the PGA Championship in the 1920s to 25–1 (.962), falling only to Gene Sarazen in 38 holes in the 1923 finals. With his third consecutive title, his winning streak stood at fifteen matches. Hagen was also the medalist in the 36-hole qualifier on Monday at 140 (−4). Through 2013, he remains the only winner of three consecutive PGA Championships.


1926 PGA Championship
Hagen won the following year in 1927 for his fourth consecutive title, but Diegel stopped the streak in 1928 and repeated in 1929. In both years, Diegel defeated both Hagen and Gene Sarazen, the only winners of the title from 1921 through 1927, in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Hagen had previously stopped Diegel in the 1925 quarterfinals in 40 holes.


1926 PGA Championship
Devereux Emmet designed the course in 1914. The 90-hole Salisbury Golf Club ran into financial difficulty during the 1930s and its land was acquired by Nassau County. Originally "Nassau County Park at Salisbury" in 1944, it was renamed Eisenhower Park in 1969. The 1926 venue presently exists as the Red Course; it hosted the Commerce Bank Championship on the Champions Tour as recently as 2008. Eisenhower Park also includes two additional 18-hole courses, Blue and White.


1926 PGA Championship, Format
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1926 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:


1926 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1926 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific (COP) as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1926 college football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Erwin Righter and played home games at a field on campus in Stockton, California. Pacific compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 1–2–1 in conference play, tying for third in the FWC. The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 105–112 for the season.


1926 Pacific hurricane season
The 1926 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1926. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One
A tropical storm existed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 13. The lowest reported pressure was 29.55 inHg (100.1 kPa).


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
Well south of Mexico, a tropical cyclone formed on July 5. It moved northwestward, and was last observed on July 9 while located south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. It was a hurricane, and the lowest reported pressure was 28.90 inHg (97.9 kPa).


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Three
Far from land, a tropical cyclone was reported on July 21. It had gale-force winds and a minimum reported pressure of 29.49 inHg (99.9 kPa).


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Four
On August 8, a tropical cyclone began forming. It was definitely extant on August 11, and was last seen on August 15. It caused gales and had a lowest reported pressure of 29.44 inHg (99.7 kPa).


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Five
Another tropical cyclone was observed from August 22 to 23. It had a lowest reported pressure of 29.60 inHg (100.2 kPa) and also caused gales.


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Six
A tropical cyclone existed from September 14 to 16, during which time it moved along the coast. The lowest reported pressure was 29.64 inHg (100.4 kPa). It caused heavy rain.


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Seven
A tropical cyclone moved along the coast from Manzanillo, to Mazatlán, to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, from September 24 to 26. It had gale-force winds, a lowest reported pressure of 29.56 inHg (100.1 kPa), and caused heavy rainfall.


1926 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eight
A tropical cyclone formed south of Acapulco on October 2. The next day, it was a tropical storm. It pretty much hung around in the same area, and dissipated near the western Gulf of Tehuantepec on October 11. The lowest reported pressure was 29.55 inHg (100.1 kPa).


1926 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1926 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Nacional.


1926 Paris–Roubaix
The 1926 Paris–Roubaix was the 27th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 4 April 1926 and stretched 270 km (168 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Julien Delbecque from Belgium.


1926 Paris–Tours
The 1926 Paris–Tours was the 21st edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 2 May 1926. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Heiri Suter.


1926 Passaic textile strike
The 1926 Passaic textile strike was a work stoppage by over 15,000 woolen mill workers in and around Passaic, New Jersey, over wage issues in several factories in the vicinity. Conducted in its initial phase by a "United Front Committee" organized by the Trade Union Educational League of the Workers (Communist) Party,  the strike began on January 25, 1926, and officially ended only on March 1, 1927, when the final mill being picketed signed a contract with the striking workers. It was the first Communist-led work stoppage in the United States. The event was memorialized by a seven reel silent movie intended to generate sympathy and funds for the striking workers.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
From the end of the 19th Century, Passaic, New Jersey, located just south of the city of Paterson, was the heart of an industrial district which included the towns of Lodi, Wallington, Garfield, and the city of Clifton. While cotton and woolen mills had been constructed in the area as early as the 1860s, it was not until 1889, when Congress increased the rate of tariffs on imported worsted wool that the textile industry expanded in any meaningful way.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
In the middle part of the 1920s, there were over 16,000 workers employed in the wool and silk mills located in and around Passaic, New Jersey. The largest of the mills in the area, the German-owned Botany Worsted Mill, employed 6,400 workers, with three other giant mills employing thousands more. The workers at these facilities were predominantly foreign-born, including among them representatives of 39 nationalities, with immigrants from Poland, Italy, Russia, Hungary in particular evidence. Fully half the workforce was female.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
Wages of these workers were miserable. A 1926 survey indicated that male workers in the Passaic textile mills averaged wages of from $1,000 to $1,200 per year, while female workers typically earned from $800 to $1,000 per annum. Female workers worked 10 hours a day to earn this sum, with the pace of work rapid and the use of the piecework system prevalent. With an income of approximately $1,400 estimated to be necessary to maintain a basic "American standard of living," many New Jersey factory workers found themselves on the brink of financial disaster.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
This was not just a question of creature comforts for many Passaic textile workers, but a matter of life and death. The 1925 report of the New Jersey Department of Health showed a death rate for infants under 1 year of age that was 43% higher than for the rest of the state, 52% higher for children aged 1–5 and 5-9. Sanitary conditions were poor and an exhaustingly long work week in poorly ventilated facilities resulted in a higher than average rate of tuberculosis as well as other diseases.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
The affected workers had little recourse to their situation. Despite previous efforts to organize the Passaic millworkers by the Industrial Workers of the World and the Workers International Industrial Union in 1912 and the Amalgamated Textile Workers Union in 1919 and 1920, as of 1925 there were no textile unions extant in the area. A conscious effort was made by the mill owners to employ as many different nationalities as possible in their facilities, thereby making the task of labor organization even more difficult.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
A majority of the strikers were foreign-born, with the biggest percentage being Poles, followed by Italians and Hungarians. Despite the divergent nationalities involved, it was judged that, given the limits placed upon new immigration, these foreign-born workers had been more tightly attached to their occupations and "greatly Americanized." Communist union organizer Ben Gitlow observed that these workers "understand English and have acclimated themselves to many of the American customs," cemented together by their  American-born children into "one homogeneous whole."


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
In the fall of 1925, after first applying economic pressure to household budgets by the cutting of work hours, Passaic's largest mill, Botany, implemented a 10% wage cut. This cut was matched at once by all the other mills in the area, save one.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Prelude to the strike
A former Phi Beta Kappa graduate of City College of New York and Harvard Law School, Albert Weisbord, was already active in the Passaic area as an organizer for the Trade Union Educational League (TUEL), the trade union arm of the Workers (Communist) Party. Weisbord moved into the void, establishing a "United Front Committee of Textile Workers" (UFC) — a de facto union organizing committee for the supposedly "unorganizable" immigrant mill hands. Within about 2 months, the UFC had enrolled about 1,000 workers in its ranks to fight the wage cut at the Botany Worsted Mill.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Outbreak of the strike
On January 21, 1926, a worker speaking out for the United Front Committee was fired from the Botany Worsted Mills for his organizing activity, sparking worker unrest. A committee of 3 was elected by the members of the UFC to meet with the manager of the Botany facility to discuss the firing. This committee was told in no uncertain terms that any individuals known to be members of the UFC would be similarly terminated, a hardline position which further inflamed the situation.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Outbreak of the strike
Another meeting of the UFC followed on January 25, at which it was decided to elect a committee of 45 to meet again with management. This time not in supplication for the reinstatement of a fired colleague, but rather to present a set of concrete demands, including establishment of a 44-hour work week, elimination of the 10% pay cut effected in October 1925, initiation of the payment of time-and-a-half rates for overtime work, and firm promises that there would be no retaliation by management against union members.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Outbreak of the strike
Instead of negotiating, the manager of the mill chose to fire the entire committee on the spot. The committee returned to their places at the mill, told their fellow workers what had transpired, and called for them to shut down production. Within an hour, 4,000 Botany workers had walked out and begun to picket at the factory gate, and the strike was on.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
On February 9, 1926, a line of strikers attempted to cross the bridge from Passaic to the neighboring Clifton in an attempt to shut down the Forstmann & Huffman mill in that city. They were met at the bridge by a line of police, who wielded their clubs and turned back the strikers. The effort was repeated the next day and a picket line was established and joined by many workers of the mill. In the face of continued aggressive picketing, the firm was forced to shutter its operations for the duration of the strike on February 23.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
The authorities met this expansion of the strike with intensified force. On February 25, the Passaic City Council invoked a Riot Act which had been on the books for more than six decades against the strikers. On March 2, a line of policemen blockaded a street along which a line of pickets was passing.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
Stopped in their tracks, the police began clubbing the massed strikers and dispersed the crowd with the use of tear gas and firehoses of icy-cold water. Horses and motorcycles were ridden into the crowd. The riotous scene was repeated the next day, this time with newspaper reporters and photographers present to chronicle the mayhem. The authorities took the fight to the press, clubbing cameramen and destroying cameras. Dozens were arrested, including strike leader Albert Weisbord, who was held on $50,000 bail.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
The strikers paused for a day before making their next effort, this time donning steel helmets and passing triumphantly through the police line as cameramen documented the scene from the safe confines of armored cars and via an airplane overhead.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
The strikers next turned their attention to the United Piece Dye Works of Lodi, located three miles from Passaic. This large factory was also shut down under the pressure of picketing workers on March 9. The original strike of 4,000 Botany workers had grown to 15,000 of the estimated 17,000 textile workers in the area.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
Mass meetings of the strikers were held daily and picket lines continued without interruption. A governing strike committee containing representatives from each striking mill, as well as delegates from participating ethnic groups, met each morning at 9 am. Key organizers were provided by the Workers (Communist) Party and included, in addition to Albert Weisbord, New York, garment worker Lena Chernenko and Jack Stachel of the Trade Union Educational League.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
Borrowing a page from the successful 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike by sending away children of striking workers to the homes of sympathizers in New York City. This simultaneously reduced the maintenance cost of the strike and served as a vehicle to garner publicity and support for the work stoppage.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
A more innovative attempt to garner public sympathy and financial support came in the form of a motion picture shot to aid the strikers' cause. Entitled simply The Passaic Textile Strike, the 7-reel film was directed by Samuel Russak and produced by Communist Party functionary Alfred Wagenknecht, making use of funds provided by International Workers Aid, an adjunct of the Communist International.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The strike develops
In April Socialist Party leader Norman Thomas and Communist Robert W. Dunn, members of the National Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), challenged the virtual imposition of martial law by Bergen County's sheriff, by speaking to strikers there. Thomas and Dunn were arrested with two others for violation of the New Jersey "Riot Act" and held under $10,000 bond, providing an opportunity for the ACLU to begin legal action and to obtain an injunction against the sheriff for his alleged violation of civil rights. The courage of Thomas, Dunn, and their fellows was followed by others, including Reverend John Haynes Holmes and constitutional scholar Arthur Garfield Hays, who likewise came to Passaic in defiance of the authorities to exercise their constitutional rights.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Strike support
Acting in support of the strikers, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn of the so-called "Garland Fund" hired Mary Heaton Vorse to act as publicity director for the strike. Vorse produced a regular Textile Strike Bulletin to keep strikers and sympathetic outsiders abreast of developments in the ongoing work stoppage. This publication was instrumental in helping to raise funds on behalf of the relief effort.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Strike support
The strikers were supported through the establishment of four relief stores and two soup kitchens, operated by the strikers and their sympathizers with Alfred Wagenknecht in charge of the operation. Local bakers supplied bread, shoemakers repaired footwear of strikers without charge, barbers donated shaves and haircuts, and other unions, such as the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union contributed a wide array of foodstuffs. A playground was constructed for the children of strikers, some of whom were also sent off to summer camps. The strikers' General Relief Committee tried to raise funds by issuing and selling a heavily illustrated, poignant photographic survey of the strike entitled "Hell in New Jersey."


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The American Federation of Labor takes over
Despite the series of successful strike actions and public relations victories, the Passaic labor stoppage dragged on interminably, with no end in sight. As early as March 28, 1926, strike leader Albert Weisbord had appealed to the American Federation of Labor's Executive Council for help. This appeal was rejected summarily by William Green of the AF of L, who declared that his organization would have nothing to do with any "Communist-dominated United Front Committee."


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The American Federation of Labor takes over
Locked in a stalemate with management with no end in sight, the Communists were uncertain how to proceed. After a period of debate, the Communists and the leadership of their TUEL adjunct made the determination that "it would be incorrect to let the issue of communism stand in the way of a settlement," even though this position would mean that Weisbord and the rest of the party's leadership would as a result be removed to pave the way for an agreement.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The American Federation of Labor takes over
On August 12, 1926, a committee elected by the strikers met with officials of the AF of L-affiliated United Textile Workers of America and reached agreement that the union should take over the strike, replacing Weisbord and the United Front Committee. The Passaic strikers were accepted as Local 1603 of the UTW.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The American Federation of Labor takes over
After the transition from the Communist-led United Front Committee to the United Textile Workers in September, relief funds for the strikers began to dry up and morale started to drop. The strike continued to wind along into the fall, however, with the UTW entering into direct negotiations with factory management.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, The American Federation of Labor takes over
The first break in the Passaic strike came on November 12, 1926, when the Passaic Worsted Company signed an agreement with the union. On December 12, Botany  Mills and its subsidiary, Garfield Worsted Mills, settled with the strikers. A series of negotiated settlements followed, with the final mill settling coming on March 1, 1927.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Aftermath and legacy
The relationship between the United Textile Workers and their Passaic local remained an uneasy one. The Communists charged that an agreement was made between the International office of the United Textile Workers of America and Botany Mills agreeing that "the active and militant workers, and all those that may look 'Red,' must not go back into the mills." The situation was further muddied by an economic downturn in the textile industry which left many of the former strikers unemployed. Of those rehired, it was alleged that many were promptly laid off and then rehired into another department at a lower rate of pay.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Aftermath and legacy
This simmering acrimony between the union's headquarters and its active members in New Jersey finally erupted in 1928, when the UTW expelled the entire Passaic local for its support of the ongoing Communist-led strike of textile workers in New Bedford, Massachusetts.


1926 Passaic textile strike, History, Aftermath and legacy
The Passaic Textile Strike of 1926 is remembered as one of the seminal events in American labor history in the decade of the 1920s. The historical memory of the event has been enhanced due to its immortalization in film. Five of the seven reels of the film The Passaic Textile Strike have survived, with reels 5 and 7 missing. In 2006, graduate students in New York University's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program discovered the missing reel 5 while processing films belonging to the Communist Party USA's collection. Reel 5 was subsequently meticulously reprinted and preserved by Colorlab and the Library of Congress.


1926 Passaic textile strike, Facilities affected
According to contemporary sources, the following mills were affected in the 1926 Passaic strike:


1926 Penn Quakers football team
The 1926 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Lou Young, the Quakers compiled a 7–1–1 record, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 204 to 20. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.


1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1926 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1926 college football season. The team was coached by Hugo Bezdek and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.


1926 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team
The 1926 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1926 season playing in the Intercollegiate Soccer League. It was the program's 16th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team. The 1926 season is William Jeffrey's first year at the helm.


1926 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
The 1926 season was the Nittany Lions' 16th season as a varsity soccer program, and their first season playing in the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association League. The team was led by first year head coach, William Jeffrey, who had previously served as the head coach for the professional soccer team, Altoona Works.


1926 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
William Jeffrey was hired after the departure of former head coach Ralph G. Leonard. The arrival of Jeffrey came on Monday, September 13, 1926.


1926 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
At the beginning of the 1926 season the initial Intercollegiate Soccer League was dissolved. Penn State, who had long to be admitted to the league was extended an invitation to be a part of the next version of the former league called the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association. The ISFA was created as a broader organization and governing body that would be support a for collegiate soccer play across the country. Receiving an invitation to join the association alongside Penn State were Lehigh, Army, Lafayette, Navy, Colgate, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Wesley and all six former members of the Intercollegiate Soccer League. Under the new rules of the association Penn State would be required to play four members of the organization during each season. Instead of a league title, national championships would be awarded by the association at the end of each season.


1926 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team, Background
In their first season in the new league the Nittany Lions were crowned Co-National Champions by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association along with Princeton and Haverford. The team was the only in the league to remain undefeated.


1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
The 1926 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 2, 1926. Incumbent Republican  governor Gifford Pinchot was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate John Fisher defeated Democratic candidate Eugene C. Bonniwell to become Governor of Pennsylvania.


1926 Persian legislative election
The elections for the sixth Majlis ended on 27 June 1926.


1926 Persian legislative election, Electoral fairness
The election was the first one encompassed by the reign of Reza Shah as the king. To ensure that deputies remained pliant, the shah took away parliamentary immunity and banned all political parties. It was the only election that retained some credibility until 1944 Iranian legislative election, since its elections were not wholly manipulated. A few critics of Reza Shah managed to win seats in Tehran, including Hassan Modarres who gained the highest number of votes, Mohammad Mossadegh, Hassan Mostowfi and Hossein Pirnia.


1926 Persian legislative election, Electoral fairness
According to a report by British minister plenipotentiary dated as early 1926, "the Persian Majles cannot be taken seriously. The deputies are not free agents, any more than the elections to the Majles are free. When the Shah wants a measure, it is passed. When he is opposed, it is withdrawn. When he is indifferent, a great deal of aimless discussion takes place."


1926 Peruvian Primera División
The 1926 Primera División was the 11th season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 11 teams competed in the league, with Sport Progreso successfully defending their national title won in 1921. This was the first season to be organized by the Peruvian Football Federation as the Liga Peruana de Football ceased operations in 1921. Many matches were not played; therefore many teams were relegated and for 1927 the Primera División was reduced to 8 clubs.


1926 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1926 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing third in the American League with a record of 83 wins and 67 losses.


1926 Philadelphia Athletics season, Regular season
38-year-old Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators threw a 15-inning shutout against the A's for his record sixth Opening Day shutout.


1926 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


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


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


1926 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1926 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 58 wins and 93 losses.


1926 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


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


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


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jock Sutherland, the team compiled an 5–2–2 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 170 to 73. The team played all nine of its games at home at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
With the 8-1 record recorded by his 1925 eleven, the Jock Sutherland system of football was validated to the Pitt faithful. Unfortunately, graduation depleted his strong team. John Harding, Jesse Brown, Andy Gustafson, Ralph Chase, Zoner Wissinger and John Kifer were all gone from the starting lineup along with top reserves Ulhard Hangartner, Frank Benedict, Robert Irwin and Carl McCutcheon.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
The lettermen selected end Blair McMillin as captain for the 1926 season.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
On January 12, John B. McGrady, a junior in the School of Industrial Engineering, was appointed varsity football manager for the 1926 season by Karl E. Davis, graduate manger of athletics.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Fifty young men attended coach Sutherland's second spring football practice from April 7 – May 1. Prior to camp, Coach Sutherland canvassed the University to recruit young men with football experience who never tried out for the Pitt team. The Pitt Weekly reported: "The spring work has always been heralded as an opportunity to review the fundamentals of the game and to find new men. Players who never before applied for football here attended the sessions and several have excellent chances of earning places on the team." The session closed Saturday, May 1st with a full length practice game.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
On August 31 the fourteenth edition of Camp Hamilton commenced for close to 50 hopeful lads vying for  positions on the 1926 Pitt squad. Coach Sutherland and his staff had three weeks to craft his men into a cohesive unit to take on the nine game home schedule that awaited. The schedule is harder, "beyond a doubt, than that of any eleven in the East, South or West. There is the question whether or not the bevy of inexperienced, unseasoned men who have been called on to fill the gaps cut in the ranks by graduation will measure up."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Student Manager John McCrady encapsulated his myriad of memories acquired at Camp Hamilton for the 1928 Owl Yearbook:


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
“At the mention of Camp Hamilton to any of those who have done time there brings first a glamorless memory of monotonous plugging, of sprains and bruises and fatigue; but then comes a memory of the chill of the cool evenings, the dripping dampness of white tents, the rushing murmur of Paint Creek, the discordant jangling of the first bell. At Camp Hamilton acquaintances are formed and friendships sealed. There is an irrepressible spirit born of perseverance and self-sacrifice which draws and binds the men together. Inconveniences are undergone willingly, injuries borne patiently, strict training rules adhered to without protest.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
Any manager, ex-manager, or assistant manager, will tell you that the contact with this group, and the friendships and acquaintances made mean more to him than the attaining of the managership. Any player will tell you that it is these few weeks at Camp Hamilton that inculcate a fighting spirit into the members of the squad, which gives zest to the whole season. In my three pilgrimages to Windber Wilderness I have never seen a more wonderful spirit among managers, players and coaches, than was shown last fall.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Preseason
With the team back in school, practice was held in the stadium so the 75 freshmen team aspirants could use the practice field. At the stadium, the day before the first game against Allegheny College, Coach Sutherland allowed the student body to watch practice for the first time.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
Allegheny College in Meadville, PA was the opening game opponent for the Panthers. Pitt led the all-time series with Allegheny by a 4-2 margin. Pitt out scored the Methodists in the last three games played by 46, 35 and 74 points, but the two had not met on the gridiron since 1916. First year Allegheny coach Melvin P. Merritt installed the Dartmouth-Hawley system to counter the Sutherland-Warner system. "Coach Merritt played at Dartmouth during the regime of Dr. C. W. Spears and was assistant later under Jack Cannell and Jess Hawley. If the Methodists have perfected forward passing in a manner in any way comparable to the Green's air attack of last fall, they may be counted on to keep the Panthers' secondary defense on the alert."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
Pitt halfback, Gilbert "Gibby" Welch suffered an injury at Camp Hamilton and was not in the starting lineup. Otherwise, the Panthers were healthy and Coach Sutherland planned to make numerous substitutions during the game.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
"Allegheny College's game and doughty little eleven exceeded the fondest hopes of its most ardent supporters yesterday. By holding the Pitt Panthers to a 9 to 7 score in the opening game of the season at the Pitt stadium, the Meadville Methodists carried home with them virtually a victory." "The Panther margin of victory was only a safety, which came after a succession of fumbles and finally ended up with (Andy) Cutler tackling Davis of Allegheny behind his own goal line for the points necessary to triumph."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
Pitt's first possession started on their own 20-yard line. James Hagan and Joseph Schmitt alternated carrying the ball off-tackle and around the ends. From the Allegheny 2-yard line "Hagan ran wide around right end for the touchdown." Allan Booth converted the placement and Pitt led 7 to 0. Allegheny countered at the start of the third period. The Methodists gained possession on the Pitt 40-yard line. Four straight pass plays resulted in a first down on the Pitt 25-yard line. Another pass from Waleski to Davis was good for the touchdown. Waleski kicked the extra point and the score remained tied until Davis's critical fumble late in the fourth quarter. Allegheny finished the season with a 4-5 record.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Allegheny
The Pitt lineup for the game against Allegheny was Blair McMillin (left end), Andrew Salata (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), William Kern (right tackle), Felix Demoise (left end), James Rooney (quarterback), James Hagan (left halfback), Joseph Schmitt (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Alfred Amann, Joseph Archibald, Markley Barnes, Allan Booth, John Breen, Charles Crabb, Albert DiMeolo, Paul Fisher, Mike Getto, John Grindle, Albert Guarino and Clyde Jack.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
Future Hall of Fame coach Lou Little brought his Georgetown eleven to Pitt Stadium for the second game of the 1926 season. The teams last met in 1914. Pitt was ahead in the all-time series 2-0, outscoring the Blue and Grey 38-0. Georgetown, under the direction of coach Little, finished the 1925 season with a 9-1 record. Coach Little upgraded the schedule by adding Pitt, West Virginia, Syracuse and Navy to the 1926 slate. The Blue and Gray beat Drexel 42-0 in their season opener. The Georgetown team averaged close to 190 pounds per man.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
Guard Harry Connaughton, a consensus All-American pick, anchored the line. "Coach Lou Little confided to friends in Washington that he plans to use his running attack against the Panthers. While he would not definitely predict a victory, it is known that he has all the confidence in the world in his charges."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
Gilbert Welch was back in the lineup at halfback and Coach Sutherland hoped his pass defense was improved over the showing against Allegheny.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
The Pittsburgh Press reported: "Georgetown, touted as one of the most powerful football teams in the entire east this season, and the Pitt Panthers, regaining in a measure some of their old-time color and power, staged one of the prettiest early season gridiron battles in years at Pitt stadium yesterday. There was glory enough for both teams as they battled on almost even terms throughout four hectic periods underneath a broiling sun, and the drawn struggle, the score was 6 to 6, tells the complete story."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
In the first period James Rooney's punt was blocked and Georgetown recovered on the Pitt 14-yard line. A 9-yard pass play followed by two plunges into the line by Thompson put 6 points on the board for the visitors. Gormley missed the placement and Georgetown led 6-0. The remainder of the half was a punting duel. In the third quarter after Pitt advanced the ball to the Georgetown 18-yard line, Joseph Schmitt fumbled and Georgetown recovered. On first down Gormley fumbled the ball back to Pitt on the 5-yard line.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
"On five attempts, the extra being due to Georgetown's offside playing, (Allan) Booth made the tying touchdown." The extra point was blocked and the game was tied 6 to 6. Late in the game Georgetown made a first down on the Pitt 6-yard line. "On three tries the Capital players made 4 yards and elected to try for a touchdown via the aerial route on the last chance, but the ball was knocked down by Booth. There were no further scoring opportunities."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
The Blue and Gray finished their season with a respectable 7-2-1 record. Pitt and Georgetown would not meet on the gridiron again.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Georgetown
The Pitt lineup for the game against Georgetown was Albert Guarino (left end), William Kern (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Andrew Salata (right tackle), Felix Demoise (right end), James Rooney (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), Joseph Schmitt (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were James Hagan and Albert DiMeolo.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
Jock Sutherland built the Lafayette program into an eastern juggernaut prior to his arrival as Pitt coach. Now, third year coach Herb McCracken and his Lafayette Leopards are Jock Sutherland's number one nemesis. The Leopards have beaten the Panthers two years in a row and lead the all-time series 4-3. The Leopards arrived in Pittsburgh with a 2-0 record on the season, having beaten both Muhlenberg and Schuylkill College handily. Tackle Howard D. Cothran, Halfback Frank Kirkleski, and halfback George Wilson all received All-America mentions at the end of the season.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
"On Saturday the same lineup will start for the third time this season. Coach McCracken has announced that there will be no change. He is satisfied that the 11 men who have been playing together since the start of the season compose the best possible combination." The Pittsburgh Press noted: "Jock (Sutherland) regards tomorrow's game as his team's supreme early season test. He recognizes the eagerness of McCracken to score his third straight victory at the expense of his alma mater, and is impressing upon the wearers of the Blue and Gold the necessity of winning over the easterners."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
Max E. Hannum summed it up best. "Herb McCracken returned to Pittsburgh again yesterday to work grief on his Alma Mater. The maroon-colored jinx that has clung to the Pitt Panther for several seasons refused to let go and for the third successive time the Blue and Gold trailed their Eastonian rivals. Yesterday's score was 17 to 7 and 20,000 spectators thronged into the stadium to witness a game that was staged under perfect weather conditions, a contest that was thrilling and solidly played from the very start until late in the final period."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
Lafayette scored first. Late in the first quarter Pitt quarterback James Rooney punted to Frank Kirleski on the Lafayette 37-yard line and he returned it 37-yards to the Pitt 26-yard line. George Wilson lost two yards on first down and the period came to a close. A double pass followed by a forward pass advanced the ball to the Pitt 8-yard line. On third down a forward pass from halfback Wilson to quarterback Marsh produced a touchdown. Howard Cothran kicked the extra point and Lafayette led 7 to 0.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
Pitt received the kick-off and, utilizing their running attack, promptly marched down the field to the Lafayette 17-yard line. Rooney threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Gibby Welch for the touchdown. Allan Booth tied the game with a successful placement. Pitt was on the Lafayette 36-yard line as the half ended. In the third stanza the Pitt offense advanced the ball to the Lafayette 30-yard line and Booth missed a 35-yard field goal attempt. On their next possession the Pitt offense ran and passed to the Leopard 15-yard line but proceeded to lose the ball on downs.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
The fourth quarter was all Lafayette. The Maroon advanced the ball from their 35-yard line to the Pitt 14-yard line. The Pitt defense stiffened and Cothran booted a 20-yard field goal to give Lafayette a 3 point lead 10 to 7. Pitt received the kick-off and started play on their 21-yard line. An incomplete pass was followed by a fumble and Lafayette had the ball on the Pitt 23-yard line. A penalty and two running plays advanced the ball to the Pitt 10-yard line. A pass play placed the ball on the 1-yard line and Maroon fullback Guest plunged into the end zone for the touchdown. Cothran added the placement and the final score read 17 to 7.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
Lafayette finished the season with a 9-0 record and was named the National Champion by Parke H. Davis. Pitt and Lafayette did not meet again on the gridiron.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Lafayette
The Pitt lineup for the game against Lafayette was Blair McMillin (left end), William Kern (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Andrew Salata (right tackle), James Rooney (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), Joseph Schmitt (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). James Hagan replaced Schmitt at right halfback.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
Colgate University led by first year coach George Hauser furnished the opposition for the fourth game. "Colgate is a newcomer on the Pitt schedule, but it is no means a newcomer in high collegiate sport circles." The 1925 team finished the season undefeated and rated top-five in the east. Their only blemishes were tie games with Lafayette and Brown. The 1926 edition rolled into Pittsburgh riding a three game unbeaten, unscored upon start to their season, having outscored their opposition 109-0. "The game looms as a tough proposition for the Panthers, and is expected to prove a fine exhibition of modern football. Colgate is a school that is thoroughly up to the minute in its athletics, and its football teams are always strong."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
Coach Sutherland altered the lineup for the Colgate game. Chester Wasmuth replaced Andy Salata at right tackle; Paul Fisher replaced James Rooney at quarterback; James Hagan replaced Joseph Schmitt at right halfback and Albert Guarino replaced Felix Demoise at right end. The Pittsburgh Press noted that with the revamped lineup: "A victory over Colgate is expected to bolster the Panther morale, renew the confidence of Coach Sutherland's charges, and put them in just the proper frame of mind for the city championship tilt with Carnegie Tech a week hence."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
The revised lineup worked as the Panthers gave Colgate its first defeat in two years by a score of 19 to 16 in front of 20,000 fans at the Stadium in beautiful fall weather. "The noisiest and most active spectators were the 5,000 school children who attended the game on the special admission charge."