1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1918 Big Ten Conference football season.


1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
HP = Howard Pearson, sporting editor of the Detroit Journal


1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Louth were nominated to represent Leinster. When Wexford beat Louth in the Leinster final, they were given Louth's place in the All-Ireland final.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 31st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Tipperary's preparations were severely hampered by military regulations following the Soloheadbeg ambush, not to mention the death of Davey Tobin by Spanish flu. A disallowed goal and a last-minute miss by Gus McCarthy were enough to allow Wexford to complete a four-in-a-row. The match, played on 16 February 1919, had been postponed from the previous autumn due to the spread of the flu.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
It was the fourth of four All-Ireland football titles won by Wexford in the 1910s. They have not since appeared in an All-Ireland football final.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1918 was the 32nd series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Wexford 9-5 to 1-3 in the final.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the Leinster and Munster championships contested this game. The winner was declared All-Ireland champions.


1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the thirty-first All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Limerick were the winners.


1918 All-Service football team
The 1918 All-Service football team consists of American football players selected to the all-service football teams chosen by various selectors.


1918 Allan Cup
The 1918 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1917-18 Senior season. The final challenge was hosted by the Kitchener Greenshirts and Toronto, Ontario. The 1918 playoff marked the 11th time the Allan Cup had a champion. The 1918 Allan Cup also marked the final time the Allan Cup would be awarded through a challenge series.


1918 Allan Cup, First challenge
The Toronto Dentals were challenged by the Kitchener Greenshirts, for the OHA Senior championship. The series took place as a home-and-home series.


1918 Allan Cup, First challenge, Results
Kitchener Greenshirts win the series 7-4 and conquer the Allan Cup.


1918 Allan Cup, Second challenge
The Kitchener Greenshirts received a challenge from the Port Arthur Columbus Club, Thunder Bay senior champions. The series took place in Toronto, Ontario.


1918 Allan Cup, Second challenge, Results
Kitchener Greenshirts win the series 20-2 and carry the Allan Cup.


1918 Allan Cup, Third challenge
Kitchener Greenshirts received a challenge from the Winnipeg Ypres, Western Canada Senior champions. Played in Toronto, Ontario.


1918 Allan Cup, Third challenge, Results
Kitchener Greenshirts carry the Allan Cup, winning the series 6-goals-to-4. With no more challengers accepted in time to play, the Greenshirts win the 1918 Allan Cup.


1918 American Cup
The 1918 American Cup was the annual open cup held by the American Football Association. Twenty nine teams began the tournament which culminated in Bethlehem's third straight championship.


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi
The 1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi was a modus vivendi agreement signed on 30 September 1918 regarding the creation of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in the area of modern-day Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Palestine. The agreement was first negotiated on 19 September 1918, and was built on the foundation of the previous Anglo-French agreement relating to the area, known as the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement.


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi
While the agreement was ostensibly focused on the French goal to take responsibility over their allotted areas of responsibility, now under Allenby’s military command, the British used the agreement to begin the revision of the Sykes-Picot allocations.


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi
In practice, the agreement resulted in the creation of the three OETA territories: South (Palestine) with a British-led administration, West (the north Mediterranean coast including Lebanon), with a French-led administration, and East (inland Syria including Transjordan), with an Arab-led administration.


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi, The agreement
The key terms of the agreement were as follows; the map references related to the 1916 Sykes-Picot map:


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi, The agreement
In the areas of special French interest, as described in the Anglo–French Agreement of 1916, which are or may be occupied by the Allied forces of the Egyptian expeditionary force, the Commander- in-Chief will recognise the representative of the French government as his Chief Political Adviser. The functions of the Chief Political Adviser will be as follows:


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi, The agreement
1. Subject to the supreme authority of the Commander-in-Chief, the Chief Political Adviser will act as sole intermediary on political and administrative questions between the Commander- in-Chief and any Arab government or governments, permanent or provisional, which may be set up in Area ‘A’, and recognised under the terms of clause 1 of the Agreement of 1916.


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi, The agreement
2. At the request of the Commander-in-chief, and subject to his supreme authority, the Chief Political Adviser will be charged by the Commander- in-Chief with the establishment of such provisional administration in the towns of the Syrian littoral situated in the blue area, and in the blue area in general.


1918 Anglo–French Modus Vivendi, The agreement
3. Subject to the approval of the Commander- in-Chief, the Chief Political Adviser will provide [… ] Such European advisory staff and assistants as the Arab government or governments set up in Area ‘A’ may require under clause 1 of the Anglo–French Agreement of 1916 [… ] Such personnel as may be necessary for civil duties in the littoral towns or other parts of the blue area.


1918 Argentine Primera División
The 1918 Argentine Primera División was the 27th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on April 7 and ended on November 17.


1918 Argentine Primera División
Racing won its 6th. consecutive league title, remaining unbeaten at the end of the season. Defensores de Belgrano debuted in Primera after promoting last year, while Argentino (Q) and Ferro Carril Oeste (which was also expelled from the Association) were relegated.


1918 Argentine legislative election
The Argentine legislative elections of 1918 were held on 3 March. Voters chose their legislators and numerous governors, and with a turnout of 56.4%.


1918 Argentine legislative election, Background
President Hipólito Yrigoyen, elected in 1916 in the nation's first, free elections, responded (like numerous other administrations before his) to opposition with less than democratic means: the placing of provincial governments under federal intervention. His first target, Marcelino Ugarte, was the Conservative Governor of Buenos Aires Province (home to over one in three Argentines, and to most of the source of the nation's growing wealth, the Pampas); Ugarte's removal on April 24, 1917, would be followed by six others by the time the first Yrigoyen-era mid-term elections arrived a year later.


1918 Argentine legislative election, Background
The President's lack of support in Congress for these moves (which, on the Ugarte issue, lost a floor vote by 36 to 53), extended to other areas, including foreign policy. Congress rejected Yrigoyen's policy of neutrality, and approved a series of measures in support of the Allied Powers; indeed, the only significant presidential bill supported by Congress during the 1916–18 term was a modest, 5 percent export tariff enacted to finance needed rural public works. Rifts developed within the UCR, itself - notably in the important Santa Fe Province, where Governor Rodolfo Lehmann formed the Dissident UCR in protest over the President's policy over removing governors.


1918 Argentine legislative election, Background
Focused on the crucial Buenos Aires Province gubernatorial race, the UCR nominated one of their most prominent supporters from among the landed gentry, José Camilo Crotto. Crotto, a UCR activist from its earliest days in the 1890s, was a reformist who shared Yrigoyen's support for public works, farm credit, and de-monopolization of the province's vast rail network. The economy, burdened by a shortage of capital and imported goods as a result of World War I, had begun to recover strongly by late 1917. This improvement took place despite an extensive strike in the critical rail transport sector, and turned the electoral tide in Yrigoyen's favor ahead of the March 1918 polls.


1918 Argentine legislative election, Background
Ultimately, the UCR repeated its performance in the 1916 legislative races, winning nearly half the vote, and gaining 12 seats. The results left them 5 short of an absolute majority; but made temporary alliances feasible, and thus guaranteed the President's legislative agenda. Buenos Aires Province, the bulwark of conservative opposition, would have its first elected UCR governor with Crotto's defeat of Conservative candidate Alfredo Echagüe by 114,000 to 68,000, as well as an ample majority in the provincial legislature.


1918 Argentine legislative election, Background
The UCR won in nearly every province in which elections were held in 1918, as well as in the City of Buenos Aires, where the formerly dominant Socialists (saddled by a break in party ranks) secured but 3 of the 9 seats at stake. Yrigoyen's most glaring defeat, in turn, came from Santa Fe, where Governor Lehmann's Dissident UCR won 4 of the 6 seats at stake.


1918 Argentine legislative election, Background
Elections to the Senate, held in April, 1919, significantly enhanced the UCR's presence in the body, where opposition to Yrigoyen's populist agenda had been strongest. The party won 7 of the 10 seats at stake, including the crucial City of Buenos Aires seat (the only one not elected by provincial legislatures, until 2001), where Congressman Vicente Gallo, a veteran of the UCR's struggle for universal (male) suffrage from the 1890s, defeated the Socialists; Gallo, a founding member of the right-wing Argentine Patriotic League, benefited from a Red Scare that developed in the city during January's "Tragic Week" riots. Five of these new Senators, however, including three from the UCR itself, and both San Luis Province Senators, were barred from taking their seats by President Yrigoyen's intervention decrees. They joined the numerous Governors so removed, and portended a deep schism in the party.


1918 Arizona gubernatorial election
The 1918 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918, for the post of the Governor of Arizona. Thomas Campbell, who served a partial term in 1917 and had his election overturned by the Supreme Court of Arizona, returned to contest the Governors office. Incumbent Governor Hunt declined to run again after the stress of the close elections and the year-long court battle. Despite falling to its lowest percentage in years, the sole third party challenger held the difference between the two candidates. The Democratic challenger was state senator Fred T. Colter, a pro-Hunt Democrat.


1918 Arizona gubernatorial election
Thomas Campbell was sworn in for his first full term on January 6, 1919.


1918 Arizona gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Race
In early 1918, Sutter, who was one of two sitting State Senators from Cochise County, was approached by leaders of the Democratic party to consider running in the Democratic primary for the governorship. In February, the other sitting senator from Cochise, C. M. Roberts, announced his intention to run for the Democratic nod for Governor. Sid Osborne also announced his attention to seek the Democratic nomination in February, as did Fred Colter, the state senator from Apache County. Benjamin Baker Moeur announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination in mid-February.


1918 Arizona gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Race
On July 20, 1918, the last day to do so, Colter officially entered the gubernatorial race when he filed his petition with the Arizona Secretary of State. On the final day, Lamar Cobb added his name to the list of Democratic primary candidates, bringing the total to five. In mid-August, in an effort to consolidate the conservative arm of the Democratic party in an attempt to thwart Colter's candidacy, Moeur withdrew from the race, asking his supporters to throw their support behind Osborn. Shortly thereafter, also in August, Cobb also withdrew from the race.


1918 Arizona gubernatorial election, Democratic primary, Race
This left only three candidates to run in the Democratic primary: Osborn, Sutter and Colter. On September 10, early returns showed Sutter with a slight lead over Colter. With only 29 of 82 statewide precincts counted, Sutter had 772 votes to Colter's 755, with Osborn a distant third with 71. However. by the time 79 precincts had tallied their votes, Colter had pulled into a commanding lead, with the three final precincts to be counted being small. Colter won the Democratic primary in September 1918, garnering 44% of the total votes, 14,539 to Sutter's 10,108 and Osborn's 8,390. In doing so, he won 12 of Arizona's then 14 counties. It was felt that Osborn and Sutter split the anti-Hunt vote, which allowed Colter to win the nomination.


1918 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1918 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1918 college football season. In their second and final year under head coach Norman C. Paine, the Razorbacks compiled a 3–2 record (0–1 against SWC opponents), finished in seventh place out of eight teams in the SWC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 121 to 41. The Razorbacks also sustained the worst defeat in the program's history losing to Oklahoma by a 103 to 0 score.


1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918.


1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Charles Hillman Brough won re-election to a second term, defeating Socialist nominee Clay Fulks with 93.43% of the vote.


1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
The Democratic primary election was held on May 28, 1918.


1918 Arkansas gubernatorial election, General election, Candidates
The Republican Party did not field a candidate and endorsed Brough.


1918 Army Cadets football team
The 1918 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1918 college football season. In their only season under head coach Hugh Mitchell, the Cadets played just one game, on campus at West Point. They defeated a team from Mitchel Army Air Service on Long Island, New York.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1918 Atlantic hurricane season featured two hurricane landfalls in the United States. The season was inactive, with a total of six tropical storms developing, four of which intensified into hurricanes. One of the four hurricanes became a major hurricane, which is Category 3 or higher on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson scale. Additionally, there were four suspected tropical depressions, including one that began the season on June 19 and one that ended the season when it dissipated on October 19. The early 20th century lacked modern forecasting and documentation, and thus, the hurricane database from these years may be incomplete. Four previously unknown tropical cyclones were identified using records, including historical weather maps and ship reports, while information on the known storms was amended.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season
The strongest and most notorious tropical system of the season was the second tropical cyclone, which peaked as a Category 3 hurricane. The storm devastated southwestern Louisiana in early August, especially Cameron Parish, leaving 34 fatalities and approximately $5 million (1918 USD) in damage. In late August, the season's third tropical storm damaged portions of coastal North Carolina, causing up to $15,000 in damage. Although the fifth tropical storm or its extratropical remnants caused only minor impacts on land in Bermuda and Atlantic Canada, 21 people drowned after two ships were caught in the storm.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 40, below the 1911–1920 average of 58.7. ACE is a metric used to express the energy used by a tropical cyclone during its lifetime. Therefore, a storm with a longer duration will have high values of ACE. It is only calculated at six-hour increments in which specific tropical and subtropical systems are either at or above sustained wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h), which is the threshold for tropical storm intensity. Thus, tropical depressions are not included here..


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
The Louisiana Hurricane of 1918 A tropical storm was first noted in cable reports from Bridgetown, Barbados, on August 1. Moving west-northwestward, the storm soon passed through the Grenadines before entering the Caribbean Sea. The cyclone gradually curved northwestward over the Caribbean and strengthened slowly. While approaching the Yucatán Channel late on August 4, the system began to intensify significantly. After reaching the Gulf of Mexico, the storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale at 12:00 UTC on August 5.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
On the following day, the cyclone became a major hurricane and peaked as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 955 millibars (28.2 inHg). Around 18:00 UTC on August 6, the hurricane made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana. The system quickly weakened after moving inland, dissipating over Oklahoma about 24 hours later.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
Along the coast of Louisiana, storm surge swept away homes in Creole and Grand Chenier. Strong winds were observed in southwestern Louisiana, with gusts up to 125 mph (201 km/h) at Sulphur. Very few businesses in the town remained standing, with the Union Sulphur Mines suffering $3 million in damage. Three pilots were killed at Gerstner Field near Holmwood, while 7 hangars and 96 airplanes were destroyed. Only its Big Lake Gunnery School survived, though it required extensive repairs. In Lake Charles, debris from destroyed homes and downed electrical wires left nearly all streets impassable.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
Several buildings were also severely damaged or destroyed, including a synagogue, two churches, an oil corporation building, and a number of sawmills. In the Goosport Milling District, fires broke out, causing additional damage. Most of the buildings in DeQuincy and Westlake were leveled, with the latter described as "a scene of desolation." Overall, there were 34 deaths and $5 million in damage in Louisiana.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
A tropical wave developed into the season's third tropical storm just east of the Windward Islands on August 22. While the storm passed south of Barbados, sustained winds reached 48 mph (77 km/h) from the southeast. Late on August 22, the cyclone passed through the Grenadines and entered the Caribbean. The system intensified into Category 1 hurricane while south of Haiti early on August 24 and became a Category 2 hurricane over the western Caribbean about 24 hours later.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
On August 25, the hurricane peaked with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 968 mbar (28.6 inHg). Late on August 25, the hurricane made landfall near Brus Laguna, Honduras. Early the following day, the storm briefly re-emerged into the Caribbean before making landfall near Monkey River Town, Belize. The cyclone quickly weakened over land and dissipated by 12:00 UTC on August 26. Due to lack of wind observations in Honduras and Belize, it is possible that the storm was below hurricane intensity during those landfalls.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three
A low-pressure area developed into a tropical storm by 06:00 UTC on August 23, while located about 240 mi (390 km) east-northeast of the northern Bahamas. The storm steadily strengthened while moving northwestward, before curving to the north-northwest. Around 18:00 UTC on August 24, the cyclone intensified into Category 1 hurricane, peaking with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). The storm, moving northeastward, made landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, with an estimated barometric pressure of 988 mbar (29.2 inHg), the lowest pressure in relation to the storm. While moving across coastal North Carolina, the cyclone weakened to a tropical storm early on August 25, several hours before re-emerging into the Atlantic. The system continued weakening before merging with a frontal system about 125 mi (200 km) east-southeast of New Jersey at 12:00 UTC on August 26.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three
Abnormally high tides and strong winds left some damage to crops, fencing, and buildings, especially at Atlantic, Ocracoke, and Harkers Island. Dozens of small boats were smashed into pieces along the beaches. A number of people were injured by airborne timbers while attempting to protect their property. It was estimated that damage did not exceed $15,000.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Four
A low-pressure area of non-tropical origins developed into a tropical storm about 815 mi (1,310 km) east-northeast of Bermuda on August 31. The storm initially moved northwestward, before curving east-northeastward late on September 1. Over the next few days, the cyclone intensified slowly. Early on September 4, the system peaked with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 992 mbar (29.3 inHg). The storm began weakening early on September 5 and was absorbed by a frontal boundary about 640 mi (1,030 km) southeast of Newfoundland at 00:00 UTC on September 6. This storm was first added to the Atlantic hurricane database in 2008.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Five
A tropical storm was first detected about 570 mi (920 km) northeast of the northern Leeward Islands on September 2. The cyclone moved west-northwestward and reached hurricane status early on September 3, based on a ship observation of 81 mph (130 km/h) winds. Later that day, the storm curved northwestward. Intensifying further, the system became a Category 2 hurricane late on September 4. While passing west of Bermuda early the following day, winds of at least 60 mph (100 km/h) bring down trees and shatter windows, while many boats were swamped or blown aground. Early on September 5, the hurricane peaked with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure 972 mbar (28.7 inHg).


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Five
The storm weakened after passing Bermuda, falling to Category 1 intensity hurricane at 06:00 UTC on September 6, about 12 hours before weakening to a tropical storm. By 00:00 UTC on September 7, the system transitioned into an extratropical cyclone. The remnant extratropical storm struck Nova Scotia and Newfoundland before dissipating over the latter on September 8. A total of 21 deaths occurred in Nova Scotia after the Otokio wrecked at Sober Island and the Belle of Burgeo disappeared near Sambro Island.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six
A tropical wave developed into a tropical storm just north of Barbados early on September 9. Later that day, the storm crossed the Windward Islands, passing between Martinique and Saint Lucia. While moving west-northwest to westward across the Caribbean, the cyclone only strengthened slightly. Early on September 11, the storm peaked with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). In real time, it was believed that the cyclone curved nearly due northward on September 12 and crossed Haiti before dissipating near Great Abaco Island on September 14. However, observations from the Greater Antilles suggest that the storm continued westward. Upon reaching the northwestern Caribbean on September 14, the storm weakened to a tropical depression, before dissipating about 170 mi (270 km) west of the Cayman Islands around 12:00 UTC.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depressions
In addition to the six officially recognized tropical storms and hurricanes, four tropical depressions in the 1918 season have been identified. The first developed in June from a trough of low pressure in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and moved east across Florida. Although it is possible that the system attained tropical storm intensity, a lack of supporting evidence precludes its designation as such. It is thought that the tropical depression developed on June 20 and dissipated on June 23. The second depression evolved from a tropical wave on September 13 in the eastern Atlantic.


1918 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depressions
It persisted until September 17, when the system was lost over the open ocean, although it is possible that the system persisted thereafter. On September 25, the third tropical depression formed in the northwestern Caribbean. It tracked northward into the eastern Gulf of Mexico and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone before dissipating on September 30. The final depression of the 1918 season developed on October 14 while situated in the southern Gulf of Mexico. While tracking northwestward, the depression experienced little change in intensity and made landfall in Louisiana three days after formation. It dissipated over land on October 19.


1918 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1918 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1918 college football season. It was the Tigers' 27th season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his 14th year, and played their home games at Drake Field in Auburn, Alabama. They finished with a record of two wins and five losses (2–5 overall, 0–2 in the SIAA).


1918 Auckland Rugby League season
The 1918 Auckland Rugby League season was its 10th since its inception in 1909. It was again severely affected by the ongoing war with several hundred players serving overseas and 44 killed who were named in the annual report. North Shore Albions withdrew from the competition early in the season and on other occasions teams played short-handed. There was also a truncated representative program with only a trial match and one full Auckland representative match versus Canterbury, which was played at the Auckland Domain in front of 10,000 spectators.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season
The senior grade featured six teams. Ponsonby United won their second consecutive title with an 8-win–1-loss record. Ponsonby then travelled to Christchurch to play Sydenham for the Thacker Shield and they won 11 points to 0. City Rovers won their second Roope Rooster title with a 6–3 win over Maritime following their first win in 1916.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season
Senior games still regularly attracted strong crowds. The round 4 matches at Victoria Park drew an estimated crowd of 6,000. While 4,000 attended the round 5 matches, 5,000 the round 7 clash between City Rovers and Grafton Athletic at the same venue, and 6,000 witnessed the round 9 match between City Rovers and Ponsonby United.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season
At the season end many one off matches were played between various teams. One of the more notable ones was a match between the Auckland Star staff and The New Zealand Herald staff. The game was won by the Auckland Star by 8 points to 4. These company type fixtures were to become a regular feature of Auckland Rugby League for decades to come.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, Maritime, Mangere, and Big Store football clubs form
The 'Maritime Football Club' applied to join the Auckland Rugby League with the nomination of a senior team. This was accepted by the league. They finished the season with a 1 win, 7 loss record.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, Maritime, Mangere, and Big Store football clubs form
The Mangere club applied for affiliation and the registration of 23 players at the Auckland Rugby League meeting on 17 April. This was granted by the league. They were to play in maroon and gold originally as requested but before the season started asked to wear blue instead.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, Maritime, Mangere, and Big Store football clubs form
The Big Store Football Club nominated a team to play in the league which was accepted and their colours of blue and white were approved.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, New league rooms
At the conclusion of the season the league opened their own league rooms on Swanson Street. The rooms were used for the first time with the Auckland Rugby League executive meeting on 23 October. The rooms consisted of "a large billiard room and League office, and a room for clubs to hold their weekly meetings in". It was stated that players did not formerly meet "their fellow players during the summer time, but with this club now on a sound footing they will be able to meet each other and spend enjoyable evenings which should bring about a better feeling between the different teams".


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, Death of George Cook in World War 1
On January 14, 1918 George Cook died in France during World War 1. Originally he was a rugby player who played for many seasons for Horowhenua before moving to Wellington where he played representative rugby there too. He switched to rugby league in 1912 playing for Wellington and there gaining selection for New Zealand to play New South Wales. Cook moved to Auckland in 1913 and joined the Newton Rangers. He played in 9 matches for them and scored 33 points making him the second highest scorer. He was selected for Auckland and played in 6 matches scoring 4 tries.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, Death of George Cook in World War 1
In 1914 he joined the Otahuhu Rovers club where he played 9 games and scored 29 points which was the 3rd most in the competition. Cook enlisted in the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion in 1917. Cook died on October 12, 1918 from Broncho-pneumonia while at the No. 7 Canadian General Hospital in the field in France. He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery in Étaples, near Boulogne in north-west France.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Competition news, Representative match
Auckland played a representative match for the first time in a few seasons. They had taken a hiatus during the war years but they played a trial match between and A and B team before a match with Canterbury at the Auckland Domain. The match attracted an enormous crowd of 10,000 and Auckland won easily by 45 points to 9.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship
The 1st grade championship had been competing for the Myers Cup from 1910 to 1914 but after the beginning of the war the league decided to not award trophies though the grade competitions were still competed for as normal. The season began with 3 preliminary rounds before the competitions began proper on 18 May. Around 5,000 spectators attended the first round matches at Victoria Park and Devonport Domain. North Shore Albions played the preliminary rounds, round 1, and defaulted their next two matches before withdrawing from the competition.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, Preliminary rounds, Round 2
North Shore was struggling to field a team owing to the impact of the war on their playing numbers. They only managed 11 players for their match with Maritime who were also fielding a weakened forward pack.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, Preliminary rounds, Round 3
North Shore defaulted their match with Grafton. Ponsonby achieved a milestone of sorts becoming the first club to reach 1,000 first grade points during their match with Newton. They began the game with 983 points all time and progressed to 1,004 by the end of the match. It had taken them 72 matches to reach the mark.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, First Grade standings
Ponsonby and Maritime both had default wins over North Shore Albions. Newton had a default win over Maritime (R9). These results are included in the standings.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, First Grade results, Round 2
North Shore lost by default to Maritime. In the City v Grafton match the City player Mitchell was ordered off by referee Vause for disputing a decision. He wrote a letter of apology during the week and the league ordered him to appear on Saturday to receive a “severe citation”


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, First Grade results, Round 3
North Shore once again defaulted and the withdrew from the first grade competition leaving 5 teams.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, First Grade results, Round 5
Sheehan was ordered off for Maritime in their match with Ponsonby for striking Matthews.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, First Grade results, Round 7
Remarkably the match between Newton and Ponsonby at the Domain was recorded with footage of the game surviving and being archived on The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga website.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, First grade championship, First Grade results, Round 10
On 21 September a match was played between the Auckland Rugby League referees and officials of the league. The referees won by 14 points to 4 with it being refereed by Jim Rukutai.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Top try scorers and point scorers
The following point scoring lists include both Senior Championship matches (including preliminary rounds) and the Roope Rooster competition. For the 5th time in 6 seasons Karl Ifwersen topped the point scoring lists with 66 points. This gave him 287 points from 6 seasons. While Eric McGregor (brother of Kiwi Dougie McGregor) of Ponsonby United topped the try scoring list with 10. Newton Rangers had 4 tries and 2 conversions unattributed while Ponsonby had 1 try unattributed which make the point lists for those teams slightly incomplete.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Thacker Shield
Ponsonby United travelled south to Christchurch to play a match with Sydenham for the Thacker Shield. They were victorious and brought the shield to Auckland.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Lower grade clubs
The lower grades featured teams in the 2nd grade (5), 3rd grade (5), 4th grade (9), 5th grade (11), and 6th grade (4).


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Lower grade clubs
A team named "Big Store" was entered in the 5th grade.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Lower grade clubs
The following were the various grades with the winning teams in bold.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Exhibition matches
Richmond and the Post and Telegraph 4th grade teams travelled to Thames to play an exhibition match on 12 October. Post and Telegraph had been winners of the championship with Richmond the runners up.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative fixtures
On 7 September a trial match was held between two teams picked by the selectors at Victoria Park in order to select the Auckland representative team.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative fixtures
The A team was Minogue, Bill Walsh, Thomas McClymont, Jim Clark (Ponsonby), Dougie McGregor, Karl Ifwersen, Bailey, Ernie Herring (Grafton), George Iles (Newton), George Davidson (Maritime), Jim Rukutai, Tom Haddon, Francis (City, while the B Team was George Paki, Ivan Stewart (City), Eric McGregor, A Maddison, Cadman (Ponsonby), A Thomas, Jack Keenan, Bill Williams (Newton), Pullen, H Simpson (Grafton), Bert Avery, A Cross, Sheehan (Maritime), with W Hanlin (Ponsonby), Stallworthy (Maritime), Clarke (City), and Jack Keenan (Newton) named in the reserves. The following weekend Auckland played Canterbury at the Auckland Domain and were victorious by 45 points to 9.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative fixtures, Auckland v Canterbury
The match saw 10,000 spectators attend and took in 300 pounds in gate takings.


1918 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative fixtures, Auckland representative matches played and scorers
Ernie Bailey had begun the season with North Shore but after they withdrew their senior team from the competition he transferred to the Grafton Athletic team.


1918 Banbury by-election
The Banbury by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Banbury, sometimes also referred to as North Oxfordshire' on 24 September 1918. The seat had become vacant upon the appointment of the sitting  Liberal MP, Sir Eustace Fiennes, to become Governor of the Seychelles.


1918 Banbury by-election
The Liberal candidate, Colonel Rhys Williams, had been adopted by Banbury Liberal Association in preference to their previously selected candidate. It was reported he would stand as an Independent Liberal but in support of the then Coalition government of prime minister David Lloyd George. Williams was returned unopposed.


1918 Bath by-election
The Bath by-election of 1918 was held on 15 October 1918. The by-election was held due to the death in action of the incumbent Conservative MP, Lord Alexander Thynne. It was won by the Conservative candidate Charles Foxcroft who was unopposed.


1918 Baylor Bears football team
The 1918 Baylor Bears football team was an American football team that represented Baylor University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1918 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Charles Mosley, the team compiled a 0–6 record and was outscored by a total of 92 to 19.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1918 Big Ten Conference football season was the 23rd season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (officially known as the Western Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association and sometimes referred to as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1918 college football season.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1918 season was played during World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 50 to 100 million persons worldwide. Due to travel and quarantine restrictions, many games were canceled, and the Big Ten teams played irregular schedules, some as short as five games and one as long as 11 games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team, under head coach Fielding H. Yost, finished with a perfect record of 5–0, shut out four of five opponents, led the conference in scoring defense (1.2 points per game allowed), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 96 to 6. Fullback Frank Steketee was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American, while tackle Angus Goetz and center Ernie Vick received first-team All-Big Ten honors. Michigan has been recognized as the 1918 national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion with Pittsburgh by the National Championship Foundation.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, under head coach Robert Zuppke, tied for the Big Ten championship but lost two non-conference games. Center Jack Depler was a consensus first-team All-American. Tackle Burt Ingwersen received first-team All-Big Ten honors.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
PPG = Average of points scored per game (highest team average in bold)PAG = Average of points allowed per game (lowest team average in bold)


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Threat of cancellation
During the spring and summer of 1918, World War I moved into new phases with the German spring offensive followed by the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive. During the summer, the Big Ten universities considered calling off the fall football schedule. After the Department of War in mid-September encouraged the continuation of intercollegiate football, conference leadership decided to proceed with the football season. However, many of the conference's top players did not play due to military service. Players serving in the military included Chic Harley and Gaylord Stinchcomb of Ohio State and Archie Weston of Michigan.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Threat of cancellation
The football season was also jeopardized by the 1918 flu pandemic which began in January 1918. The pandemic infected 500 million persons and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million persons.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Quarantine and travel restrictions
In late September 1918, the Big Ten's faculty committee adopted a resolution that declared freshman eligible to play football, suspended the conference's activities as a controlling body during the period of emergency, and agreed to be governed by any rules of the War Department.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Quarantine and travel restrictions
In late September, the War Department imposed quarantine and travel restrictions.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Quarantine and travel restrictions
The restrictions were clarified in early October, and included the following provisions: (1) a prohibition on more than one-and-a-half hours per day of football practice; (2) a prohibition on football games during the month of October that required absence from campus "for a longer period than from noon to taps on Saturday" (thus eliminating games that required lengthy travel); and (3) making allowance for only four November games per school, two at home and two on the road, "which shall in no case involve longer absences than from retreat Friday to taps Sunday."


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Quarantine and travel restrictions
The restrictions threatened to "kill" football in the west, where lengthy travel was required. Many games were canceled, including the planned resumption of the rivalry between Michigan and Minnesota. Concerns over spread of the flu pandemic also led to limitations on public gatherings and resulted in some games being played in stadiums with closed gates and with no spectators.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Pre-season, Coaching changes
Two Big Ten teams changed head coaches between the 1917 and 1918 football seasons:


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 28
On September 28, 1918, Iowa was the only Big Ten team to play a game.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 5
On October 5, 1918, the football season officially opened with six Big Ten football teams participating in non-conference games. The games resulted in five wins and one loss, giving the Big Ten a 5–2 non-conference record to that point in the season. Chicago, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Purdue did not play games. Purdue had its game against Franklin College canceled and tried unsuccessfully to schedule a game against a team from Fort Benjamin Harrison. Wisconsin was unable to arrange a game due to the pandemic and instead conducted a scrimmage between the first and second teams.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 12
On October 12, 1918, four Big Ten teams played non-conference games, resulting in two wins and two losses and giving the conference a 7–4 record to that point in the season. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 7–4 non-conference record to that point in the season. Several planned games were canceled due to the flu pandemic, including games between Michigan and Camp Custer, Wisconsin and Ripon, Indiana and Wabash, and Purdue and DePauw. Minnesota staged a game between its S.A.T.C. unit and an "all star" unit that was actually the team's second string; The Minneapolis Tribune described it as "not an honest-to-goodness football game, but just a scrub affair."


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 16
On Wednesday, October 16, 1918, Chicago played the first of four midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 19
On October 19, 1918, only three of the Big Ten football teams saw action, playing and winning non-conference games. The day's games gave the Big Ten an 11–4 non-conference record to that point in the season, including Chicago's midweek practice game.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 26
On October 26, 1918, five of the Big Ten football teams participated in non-conference games, resulting in two wins and three losses. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 13–7 non-conference record to that point in the season, including Chicago's midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 29
On Tuesday, October 29, 1918, Chicago played the second of four midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 2
On November 2, 1918, the Big Ten football teams played two conference games and four non-conference games. Michigan and Ohio State were idle. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 16–9 non-conference record to that point in the season, including Chicago's midweek practice games. A planned game between Michigan and Northwestern was canceled by order of the Health Board.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 6
On Wednesday, November 6, 1918, Chicago played the third of four midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 9
On November 9, 1918, the Big Ten football teams played three conference games and four non-conference games. The non-conference games all resulted in victories. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 20–9–1 non-conference record to that point in the season, including Chicago's midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 16
On November 16, 1918, the Big Ten teams played three conference games and four non-conference games. The non-conference games all resulted in victories. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 24–9–1 non-conference record to that point in the season, including Chicago's midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 16
Five days earlier, the Armistice of 11 November 1918 was signed, marking the end of fighting in World War I. Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 19
On Wednesday, November 19, 1918, Chicago played the fourth of four midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 23
On November 23, 1918, the Big Ten teams played three conference games and three non-conference games. Indiana was idle, having concluded its season the previous week. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 26–11–1 non-conference record to that point in the season, including Chicago's midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 28
On Thanksgiving Day, November 28, one Big Ten team played a non-conference game, resulting in a victory.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 30
On November 30, 1918, the Big Ten teams played two conference games and two non-conference games. Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, and Wisconsin were all idle, having already concluded their seasons. The day's games gave the Big Ten a 28–12–1 (.695) non-conference record for the season, including Chicago's midweek practice games.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Post-season
On December 7, 1918, the Big Ten's faculty representatives met in Chicago and voted to disregard eligibility rules for the 1918 season, thus granting a total of four years of eligibility to those who played as freshman in 1918.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Season overview, Post-season
Two Big Ten team changed their head coaches between the 1919 and 1919 football seasons.


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Big Ten honors
The following chart lists players who received first-team honors on the 1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team from Walter Eckersall (WE) in the Chicago Tribune. It also includes players listed as members of the 1918 "All-Conference Team" as published in the "ESPN Big Ten Football Encyclopedia" (BTFE).


1918 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-American honors
Only one Big Ten player, center Jack Depler of Illinois, was recognized as a consensus first-team player on the 1918 College Football All-America Team. Depler was selected as a first-team center by the Frank Menke Syndicate. Michigan fullback Frank Steketee also received first-team honors from Walter Camp.


1918 Birthday Honours
The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, 3 June and were published in The London Gazette on the same day, followed by a supplement.


1918 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Privy Councillor
The King appointed the following to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council:


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Salonika —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Egypt —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations on the Indian Frontier (Dated 1 January 1918) —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
In recognition of services in connection with the War —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Knight Commander (KCSI)
In recognition of meritorious services in connection with the War —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Companion (CSI)
In recognition of meritorious services in connection with the War —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
In recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with the War —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
In recognition of distinguished service in the theatre of War —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Salonika —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
For services rendered with the British Forces on the Mediterranean Line of Communications —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations on the Indian Frontier (Dated 1 January 1918)


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, For services with the war
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion (CIE)
In recognition of the meritorious services in connection with operations on the Indian Frontier (To date from 1 January 1918) —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For distinguished services rendered in connection with Military Operations on the Indian Frontier (Dated 1 January 1918)—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Egypt —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For distinguished services rendered with the British Forces on the Mediterranean Line of Communications —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
For distinguished services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Russia—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO*)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Egypt —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO*)
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order (DSO*)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Military Cross (MC)
For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Military Cross (MC)
For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Egypt —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Military Cross (MC)
For distinguished services rendered in connection with Military Operations on the Indian Frontier. (Dated 1 January 1918)—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Military Cross (MC)
For distinguished services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Russia—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Military Cross (MC)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Military Cross (MC), Awarded a Bar to the Military Cross (MC*)
For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Royal Red Cross (RRC)
In recognition of valuable services with the Armies in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Royal Red Cross (RRC)
In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Salonika—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Royal Red Cross (RRC)
In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Egypt —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Royal Red Cross (RRC)
For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Royal Red Cross (RRC), Awarded a Bar to the Royal Red Cross
In recognition of valuable services with the Armies in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Royal Red Cross (RRC), Awarded a Bar to the Royal Red Cross
In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces on the Mediterranean Line of Communications—


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
For distinguished services in connection with Military Operations with the British Forces in Egypt —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations with the Armies in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Italy —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
For distinguished services in connection with Military Operations with the British Forces in Salonika —


1918 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and British Empire, Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), Awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM*)
For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations with the Armies in France and Flanders —


1918 Birthday Honours (MBE)
This is a list of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) awards in the 1918 Birthday Honours.


1918 Birthday Honours (MBE)
The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette in early June 1918.


1918 Birthday Honours (MBE)
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.


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM)
This is a list of Meritorious Service Medals (MSM) awarded in the 1918 Birthday Honours.


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM)
The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette in early June 1918.


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM)
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.


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM), Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Egypt—


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM), Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Italy


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM), Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
For distinguished services in connection with Military Operations with the British Forces in Salonika —


1918 Birthday Honours (MSM), Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)
In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces on the Mediterranean Line of Communications —


1918 Birthday Honours (OBE)
This is a list of Member of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) awards in the 1918 Birthday Honours.


1918 Birthday Honours (OBE)
The 1918 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were published in The London Gazette in early June 1918.


1918 Birthday Honours (OBE)
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.


1918 Birthday Honours (OBE), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) awards
Brevet Major Charles Murray Playfair — Inspector of Carriages, Barrow and Manchester Districts, Ministry of Munitions


1918 Bolivian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bolivia in May 1918 to elect half the seats of the Chamber Deputies and one-third of the Senate.


1918 Boston Braves season
The 1918 Boston Braves season was the 48th season of the franchise. The Braves finished seventh in the National League with a record of 53 wins and 71 losses.


1918 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Boston College football team
The 1918 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College during the 1918 college football season.


1918 Boston Red Sox season
The 1918 Boston Red Sox season was the 18th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 75 wins and 51 losses, in a season cut short due to World War I. The team then faced the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs in the 1918 World Series, which the Red Sox won in six games to capture the franchise's fifth World Series. This would be the last World Series championship for the Red Sox until 2004.


1918 Boston Red Sox season
With World War I ongoing, a "work or fight" mandate was issued by the government, requiring men with non-essential jobs to enlist or take war-related jobs by July 1, else risk being drafted. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker granted an extension to MLB players through Labor Day, September 2. In early August, MLB clubs decided that the regular season would end at that time. As a result, AL teams played between 123 and 130 regular-season games (including ties), reduced from their original 154-game schedules. Later in August, Baker granted a further extension to allow for the World Series to be contested; it began on September 5 and ended on September 11. World War I would end two months later, with the Armistice of 11 November 1918.


1918 Boston Red Sox season
The Red Sox' pitching staff, led by Carl Mays and Bullet Joe Bush, allowed the fewest runs in the league. Babe Ruth was the fourth starter and also spent significant time in the outfield, as he was the best hitter on the team, leading the AL in home runs and slugging percentage.


1918 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Boston Red Sox season, 1918 World Series
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)


1918 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918. The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99.1% of the vote. However, he died of the Spanish flu in 1919 before he could take office. Vice-President Delfim Moreira became Acting President until fresh elections were held on 13 April 1919.


1918 Brazilian general election, Results
The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote.


1918 Bridgwater by-election
The Bridgwater by-election of 1918 was held on 18 June 1918. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Robert Sanders, becoming Treasurer of the Household. It was retained by Sanders who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.


1918 Brooklyn Robins season
The 1918 Brooklyn Robins finished the season in fifth place.


1918 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Brooklyn Robins season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Brown Bears football team
The 1918 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1918 college football season.


1918 Bucknell football team
The 1918 Bucknell football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Edgar Wingard, the team compiled a 6–0 record.


1918 Buffalo Bisons football team
The 1918 Buffalo Bisons football team was an American football team that represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In its third season under head coach Art Powell, the team compiled a 6–1 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 234 to 40.


1918 Buffalo Niagaras season
The 1918 Buffalo Niagaras season was a top-level semi-professional football team in Buffalo, New York. The team, which was the successor to the Buffalo All-Stars (1915–1917) and predecessor to the 1919 Buffalo Prospects, was one of four teams that played in the newly created Buffalo Semi-Professional Football League. The league was created to accommodate the travel restrictions put in place because of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, which required a delay in the start of the season (not starting until October 27) and prevented Buffalo's teams from leaving the city.


1918 Buffalo Niagaras season
Because of the greatly fewer number of teams playing across the country in 1918, the Niagaras had greater access to the remaining players who were not in the war. The 1918 Niagaras, whose name was borrowed from an earlier (and later) semi-pro team, were the first Buffalo team to employ former Michigan Wolverines and Youngstown Patricians quarterback Ernest "Tommy" Hughitt; Hughitt would go on to play for the Prospects and its NFL successors through 1924 and live in Buffalo for the rest of his life.


1918 Buffalo Niagaras season
Under Hughitt's leadership, Buffalo dominated the makeshift four-team league and compiled a perfect season of five wins, a sixth game was scheduled but canceled due to it being rendered moot. Only in one game did the Niagaras give up any points at all, surrendering a single touchdown and extra point to the Buffalo Hydraulics through the entire season.


1918 Buffalo Niagaras season
Because of the travel restrictions, the Niagaras were not allowed to challenge the other teams in the nation (such as the first-place Dayton Triangles, the still-active Detroit Heralds or even Buffalo's regional rivals, the Rochester Jeffersons), leaving it unknown how the team would have fared compared to the rest of the country.


1918 Calgary municipal election
The 1918 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1918 to a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the Public School Board were elected.


1918 Calgary municipal election
There were twelve aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Samuel Hunter Adams, Andrew Graham Broatch, Frank Roy Freeze, Annie Gale, and Albert Mahaffy were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Robert Colin Marshall was elected as an Alderman in 1917 for a two-year term, but resigned to run for mayor.


1918 Calgary municipal election
A number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a majority to pass.


1918 Calgary municipal election
The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for Alderman being two years and the Mayor being one year. The Alderman seat vacated by Marshall would be held by the 7th-place finisher in the election for a period of one year.


1918 Calgary municipal election, Background
The election would take place during the 1918 influenza pandemic which was first reported in Calgary two months before the election on October 3, 1918 by 15 soldiers returning to Canada from the First World War. By November 30, 1918, the pandemic had effected almost every Alberta community with more than 26,000 cases.


1918 Calgary municipal election, Background
The Calgary Daily Herald would also set a "brilliant colored" flare above the Herald Building to announce the elected mayor, red should Marshall win and yellow should Costello be elected.


1918 Calgary municipal election, Background
This would be the second municipal election held with the proportional vote system in Calgary, and there was an expectation there would be several invalid ballots due to electors marking preference with an "x" rather than numerically by preference. However, there would be far fewer spoiled ballots in the 1918 election then the 1917 election. Following the election the editors of the Calgary Daily Herald would comment on "carelessness" in the preparation of voters' lists which left many people without the ability to vote, stating "An inaccurate voters' list is almost worse than none at all".


1918 California Golden Bears football team
The 1918 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1918 college football season. In their third year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 7–2 record (2–0 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 186 to 62.


1918 California gubernatorial election
The 1918 California gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. William Stephens had defeated James Rolph for the Republican nomination.


1918 Camp Devens football team
The 1918 Camp Devens football team was an American football team that represented the United States Army stationed at Camp Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts, during the 1918 fall football season. George Hoban served as both the team captain and coach. The team compiled a 4–2 record.


1918 Camp Dix football team
The 1918 Camp Dix football team represented the United States Army's Camp Dix located near Trenton, New Jersey, during the 1918 college football season. Sol Metzger was the camp's Y.M.C.A. athletic director and the coach of the football team.


1918 Camp Dodge football team
The 1918 Camp Dodge football team represented Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 2–1–1 record.


1918 Camp Gordon football team
The 1918 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, during the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 2–3 record. Former Georgia Tech star Everett Strupper played quarterback for Camp Gordon. Red Barron starred in Gordon's loss to Tech.


1918 Camp Grant football team
The 1918 Camp Grant football team represented Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois, during the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 3–3 record.


1918 Camp Greenleaf football team
The 1918 Camp Greenleaf football team represented Camp Greenleaf of Fort Oglethorpe during the 1918 college football season. Jock Sutherland was on the team. The team challenged Georgia Tech to a game, but Tech declined.


1918 Camp Greenleaf football team
Andrew W. Smith was the coach until he was selected in November 1918 to serve overseas.


1918 Camp Hancock football team
The 1918 Camp Hancock football team represented Camp Hancock during the 1918 college football season.


1918 Camp Hancock football team
The 66 points scored on Clemson remained the highest total scored on a Clemson team until 1931 and remains the third-highest total ever allowed by Clemson.


1918 Camp Lewis football team
The 1918 Camp Lewis football team represented the United States Army's 13th Division stationed Camp Lewis in Tacoma, Washington, during the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2 record.


1918 Camp Lewis football team
The 1917 Camp Lewis football team was made up from members of the Army's 91st Division. However, the 91st Division was deployed to France, and the 1918 team was made up of entirely different personnel from the 13th Division.


1918 Camp Lewis football team
Ray Selph of the 1918 Camp Lewis team was selected by Walter Camp as the second-team center on the 1918 All-Service football team.


1918 Camp Perry football team
The 1918 Camp Perry football team represented the sailors of the United States Navy's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard located in Bremerton, Washington, during the 1918 college football season. The team compiled a 2–4 record. The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was the headquarters of the Thirteenth Naval District.


1918 Camp Upton football team
The 1918 Camp Upton football team represented the United States Army stationed at Camp Upton in Yaphank on Long Island, New York, during the 1918 college football season. Former Princeton halfback Frank Glick was in charge of athletics at the camp before being transferred in November 1918. He was then replaced in that position by boxing champion Benny Leonard.


1918 Camp Zachary Taylor football team
The 1918 Camp Zachary Taylor football team represented Camp Zachary Taylor in college football during the 1918 college football season.


1918 Campeonato Carioca
The 1918 Campeonato Carioca, the thirteenth edition of that championship, kicked off on April 14, 1918 and ended on January 5, 1919. It was organized by LMDT (Liga Metropolitana de Desportos Terrestres, or Metropolitan Land Sports League). Ten teams participated. Fluminense won the title for the 7th time. No teams were relegated.


1918 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title. The team with the fewest points would dispute a playoff against the champions of the second level.


1918 Campeonato Carioca, Championship, Second-place playoffs
The regulation also stipulated that the runners-up of the championship would also receive a trophy. Since São Cristóvão and Botafogo tied in points for that position, they had to dispute a playoff.


1918 Campeonato Carioca, Championship, Relegation playoffs
The last-placed team, Mangueira, would dispute a playoff against Americano, champions of the Second Level. Mangueira won the playoff.


1918 Campeonato Nacional
The 1918 Campeonato Nacional was the first official tournament of the Colombian football. It was only played by two teams from the city of Bogotá: Bartolinos, a team of the Colegio San Bartolomé, a state owned school ruled by the Jesuits, and Colombia FC. This was the only edition held for this competition, being replaced by the Categoría Primera A.


1918 Campeonato Paulista
The 1918 Campeonato Paulista, organized by the APEA (Associação Paulista de Esportes Atléticos), was the 17th season of São Paulo's top association football league. After the sixth round, Palestra Itália abandoned the championship in protest against the refereeing in their match against Paulistano. Then, the championship was interrupted in October, when the Spanish flu hit Brazil, and did not return until December. As a result, multiple matches that did not have any bearing in the title dispute were cancelled and the championship only ended in January 1919. Paulistano won the title for the 6th time. The top scorer was Paulistano's Arthur Friedenreich with 25 goals.


1918 Campeonato Paulista, System
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1918 Canterbury by-election
The Canterbury by-election of 1918 was held on 9 August 1918. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Francis Bennett-Goldney. It was won by the Conservative candidate George Knox Anderson who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.


1918 Case Scientists football team
The 1918 Case Scientists football team represented the Case School of Applied Science, now a part of Case Western Reserve University, during the 1918 college football season. The team's head coach was Pat Pasini.


1918 Case Scientists football team
Due to the Spanish flu pandemic, Case played the Wooster and Hiram games behind locked gates with no fans and cancelled their games with Ohio Wesleyan and Kenyon. The game against Baldwin–Wallace was rescheduled from September 21 to midweek contest on November 6 and Hiram was added late in the year.


1918 Celebes Sea earthquake
The 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake occurred on 15 August at 12:18 UTC near the Moro Gulf coast of Mindanao. It had a magnitude of 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.


1918 Celebes Sea earthquake
This event in the southern Philippines triggered a large tsunami, with a maximum run-up of 7.2 m, which affected the coasts of the Celebes Sea, causing widespread damage. The combined effects of the earthquake and the tsunami caused 52 casualties.


1918 Celebes Sea earthquake
The earthquake has been associated with the Cotabato Trench, the surface expression of an active east-dipping subduction zone beneath Mindanao.


1918 Central Michigan Normalites football team
The 1918 Central Michigan Normalites football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1918 college football season. The official 1918 football season was cancelled due to S.A.T.C. rules during World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic. However, a scrub team played one game, a 41-6 victory over Traverse City High School on November 16, 1918. Charles Tambling, who coached the team from 1902 to 1905, returned as head coach in 1918.


1918 Centre Colonels football team
The 1918 Centre Colonels football team represented Centre College in the 1918 college football season. The season started late due to flu epidemic. The game on November 16 with University of Kentucky was cancelled for the same reason.


1918 Chicago Cubs season
The 1918 Chicago Cubs season was the 47th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 43rd in the National League and the 3rd at Wrigley Field (then known as "Weeghman Park"). The Cubs finished first in the National League with a record of 84–45, 10.5 games ahead of the second place New York Giants. The team was defeated four games to two by the Boston Red Sox in the 1918 World Series.


1918 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Chicago Cubs season, 1918 World Series
AL Boston Red Sox (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (2)


1918 Chicago Maroons football team
The 1918 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1918 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 27th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 4–6–1 record, finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference, but still outscored their opponents by a combined total of 128 to 91. No Chicago players were selected to the first team of that All-America or All-Big Ten teams.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Quarantine and travel restrictions
In late September 1918, the Big Ten's faculty committee suspended the conference's activities as a controlling body during the period of emergency and agreed to be governed by any rules of the War Department.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Quarantine and travel restrictions
In early October, the War Department announced quarantine and travel restrictions which included the following: (1) a prohibition on more than one-and-a-half hours per day of football practice; (2) a prohibition on football games during the month of October that required absence from campus "for a longer period than from noon to taps on Saturday" (thus eliminating games that required lengthy travel); and (3) making allowance for only four November games per school, two at home and two on the road, "which shall in no case involve longer absences than from retreat Friday to taps Sunday."


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Quarantine and travel restrictions
The restrictions threatened to "kill" football in the west, where lengthy travel was required. Many games were canceled, and concerns over spread of the 1918 flu pandemic also led to limitations on public gatherings and resulted in some games being canceled and others being played in stadiums with closed gates and no spectators.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Saturday, October 12, 1918, Chicago lost to Chicago Naval Reserve by a 14–7 score at Stagg Field in Chicago. The Naval Reserve School was established on Chicago's Municipal Pier in June 1918.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Wednesday, October 16, 1918, Chicago played the first of four midweek practice games. The Maroons defeated Crane Tech College, 46–0, at Stagg Field in Chicago. Amos Alonzo Stagg, Jr., made his college football debut in the game. Due to the influenza epidemic, city official forbade further athletic contests after this game.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Friday, October 18, 1918, in an "unadvertised crowdless practice game", Chicago defeated Hyde Park High School, 41–0. Amos Alonzo Stagg, Jr., "ran the team for three quarters."


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Tuesday, October 29, 1918, Chicago played the second of four midweek practice games. This time, the Maroons defeated the Loyola Academy prep school, 6–0. Amos Alonzo Stagg, Jr., sustained a broken collar bone in the game.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Saturday, November 2, 1918, Purdue defeated Chicago, 7–3, at Lafayette, Indiana. The Purdue victory broke a 20-game losing streak against Chicago dating back to 1898. According to a newspaper account, Chicago's coach Stagg "used everything at his command to put a winning score across, but the plucky Purdue men foiled him."


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Wednesday, November 6, 1918, Chicago played the third of four midweek practice games. The Maroons played a scoreless tie with the Crane College S.A.T.C. on the Midway practice field. The game ended five minutes into the second half, because the Crane soldiers had to return to their barracks. A "ghost ball" was put into play late in the game because of the darkness on the field.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Saturday, November 9, 1918, Michigan defeated Chicago, 13–0, at Stagg Field in Chicago. The two teams, which had been one another's principal rivals from 1892 to 1905, had not met for 13 years. The game was played as negotiations were underway to end World War I, and the Chicago Daily Tribune wrote: "While the nations of the world are hoping for an armistice, the resumption of hostilities between forces guided by Gens. Yost and Stagg brought joy to thousands of football fans, and the opening battle attracted approximately 7,000 of them." Chicago's Stegman attempted a dropkick from the 45-yard line, but Goetz broke through the Chicago line and blocked the kick. Goetz picked it up an returned it 55 yards for a touchdown.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Saturday, November 16, 1918, Northwestern defeated Chicago, 21–6, in the rain, fog, and mud before a crowd of 8,000 at Evanston Field.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Wednesday, November 19, 1918, Chicago played the fourth of four midweek practice games. The Maroons defeated a YMCA college team, 19-0, at Stagg Field in Chicago.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Saturday, November 23, 1918, Illinois defeated Chicago, 29–0, at Stagg Field in Chicago.


1918 Chicago Maroons football team, Games summaries
On Saturday, November 30, 1918, Minnesota defeated Chicago, 6–0, in Chicago. Gus Ekberg scored the game's only points on a run in the second quarter. The result was Minnesota's fifth consecutive victory over Chicago.


1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team
The 1918 Chicago Naval Reserve football team represented the Chicago Naval Reserve School during the 1918 college football season. The Naval Reserve School was established on Chicago's Municipal Pier in June 1918. Jerry Johnson was the team's star. The October 19th game against Notre Dame was cancelled due to influenza.


1918 Chicago White Sox season
Depleted of most of their stars due to World War I, the Chicago White Sox had a relatively bad year in 1918, going 57–67 and finishing in the second division. They had won the American League pennant in 1917 and would win another in 1919.


1918 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
Ace pitcher Eddie Cicotte led the AL in losses, with 19.


1918 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1918 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1918 Chilean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 3 March 1918. The Radical Party received the most votes in the Chamber of Deputies elections.


1918 Chinese National Assembly election
The 1918 Chinese National Assembly elections, held in May to June, were the elections for the second National Assembly. The bicameral assembly consisted of a senate and a house of representatives. Representatives were directly elected while senators were elected by provincial assemblies.


1918 Chinese National Assembly election
The first National Assembly elected in 1912 was dismissed by President Yuan Shikai in 1914 followed by the proclamation of emperor himself. After Yuan died, Vice President Li Yuanhong succeeded the office and reconvened the National Assembly on 1 August 1916 under the pretext that its three-year term was suspended not expired. Li Yuanhong was forced to disband it due to the Manchu Restoration on 13 June 1917. Duan Qirui, the former Premier dismissed by his rival Li Yuanhong and the head of Anhui clique defeated the Restoration armies in Beijing and resumed his post as Premier, which made him the most powerful leader in China.


1918 Chinese National Assembly election
Duan Qirui initiated elections for a new assembly to consolidate his power. Seventeen provinces responded, five southern provinces under the Southern militant governments (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan) boycotted, and the delegates for Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai were chosen by Beijing. While there were 574 seats available, the southern boycott left 104 seats vacant leading to the actual total of 470. Votes were bought and sold in an open market with prices fluctuating constantly and fraud and abuse was widespread. Duan dominated this assembly with his Anhui clique's political wing, the Anfu Club, which won 342 of the 470 seats with the rest going to Liang Shiyi's Communications Clique, Liang Qichao's Research Clique or to independents. Only 98, about one-fifth, of those elected had prior legislative experience.


1918 Chinese National Assembly election
It met on 12 August 1918 to elect Xu Shichang to the presidency in the 1918 presidential election. Though the Anfu Club promised the vice-presidency to Cao Kun, the Communications clique prevented the two-thirds quorum required for his election and left the office vacant. This assembly met until 30 August 1920 when the Anhui clique was defeated by the Zhili clique in the Zhili–Anhui War. Xu held national elections in 1921 but only eleven provinces responded so that assembly never convened.


1918 Chinese National Assembly election
After Duan dismissed the old assembly, 130 members (mostly Kuomintang) moved to Guangzhou where they held an "extraordinary session" on 25 August under a rival government led by Sun Yat-sen, another 120 quickly followed. After the Old Guangxi clique became disruptive, the assembly temporarily moved to Kunming and later Chongqing under Tang Jiyao's protection until Guangzhou was liberated. Lacking a quorum, they selected new members in 1919.


1918 Chinese presidential election
The 1918 Chinese presidential election were the elections held on 4 September 1918 in Beijing for the second term of the President of China. Xu Shichang was elected by two houses of the National Assembly which were controlled by the Anfu Club formed in the National Assembly election in the same year.


1918 Chinese presidential election
Feng Guozhang's term as president expired on 10 October 1918. He did not seek re-election provided Duan Qirui retired as Premier on the same day. Xu Shichang, a veteran statesman and was seen as being a fairly neutral mediator between different factions and between the North and South.


1918 Chinese presidential election
Though the Anfu Club promised the vice-presidency to Cao Kun, the Communications Clique prevented the two-thirds quorum required for his election and left the office vacant.


1918 Chinese presidential election
The Guangzhou Government denounced the "new" parliament as illegal and refused to recognize the election of Xu Shichang as legitimate. The "old" National Assembly elected in 1912 attained a quorum on 6 August in Guangzhou and declared it would not recognize any activities of the body meeting in Beijing, including the presidential election or any mandates or agreements made.


1918 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1918 Cincinnati Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1918 college football season. In their first season under head coach Boyd Chambers, the Bearcats compiled a 3–0–2 record (0–0–2 against conference opponents). Charles Shyrock was the team captain. The team played its home games at Carson Field in Cincinnati.


1918 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1918 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 68–60, 15½ games behind the Chicago Cubs.


1918 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
In March, the Reds sold third baseman Bill McKechnie to the Pittsburgh Pirates for $20,000. McKechnie had previously played for the Pirates from 1907-1912. A natural third baseman, he appeared in only four games at third for the Reds in 1917, as he played most of his games at second base.


1918 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
On March 18, Cincinnati was part of a three way deal with the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees. In the deal, the Reds received Lee Magee from the Browns. Magee would become the Reds starting second baseman, and split the 1917 season with the Browns and Yankees. In 87 games between the two clubs, Magee hit .200 with no home runs and 12 RBI. The Reds sent catcher Tommy Clarke to New York to complete the deal.


1918 Cincinnati Reds season, Off-season
A couple of weeks later, on April 1, the Reds sent second baseman Dave Shean to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Rube Foster. Foster refused to report in Cincinnati and the Red Sox sent the Reds cash to complete the trade.


1918 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Midway through the season, Reds first baseman Hal Chase allegedly paid pitcher Jimmy Ring $50 to throw a game against the New York Giants. Manager Christy Mathewson got wind of it and suspended Chase for the remainder of the season, and brought formal charges against Chase for fixing games, but National League president John Heydler acquitted him. Heydler had told sportswriter Fred Lieb in private that he believed Chase had bet on baseball, but did not have enough evidence to convict him.


1918 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
On July 15, the Reds sold pitcher Fred Toney to the New York Giants. Toney, who had pitched with the club since 1915, was only 6-10 with a 2.90 ERA and had lost his spot in the Reds starting rotation due to the emergence of Jimmy Ring and Hod Eller.