Ohio Athletic Conference

The 1908 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College during the 1908 college football season.

TCU Horned Frogs

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

1908 Northwestern Purple football team

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

The 1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1908 college football season.

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Kansas Jayhawks

Columbus, OH

?, Eskilstuna

1908 Paris-Roubaix

Princeton Tigers

Arnaud Massy

1908 Major League Baseball season

Svenska Mästerskapet
?, Gävle

St. Louis Browns

football

Starkville, MS

manager visitor

1908 Tehran bombardment

1908 Rollins Tars football team

Minneapolis, MN

Up to

Minor Premiers

Michigan State Normal Normalites

Western Conference

Nebraska

Independent

New Orleans, LA

Neilson Field

Gold Medal

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1908 Summer Olympics medal table

1908 Old Age Pensions Act

1908 Oklahoma Sooners football team

James Sherlock

SIAA champion

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J.H. Taylor

1908 Navy Midshipmen football team

Big Ten Conference

The 1908 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1908 college football season. In their first and only year under head coach Alton Johnson, and following a two-year hiatus in which Northwestern did not field a football team, the Purple compiled a 2–2 record (0–2 against Western Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Western Conference.

IV Olympiad

?, Norrköping

1908 Norwegian Football Cup

April

Tom Williamson

Columbus Fairgrounds

Lund

The 1908 OPHL season was the first season of the Ontario Professional Hockey League. The Toronto Professional Hockey Club had the best record to win the league championship.

Mississippi State Fairgrounds

Michigan Wolverines

1908 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

Norman, OK

The 1908 State of the Union Address was written on December 8, 1908, by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. He did not speak directly to Congress. That did not happen until 1913. He said about the navy, "I approve the recommendations of the General Board for the increase of the Navy, calling especial attention to the need of additional destroyers and colliers, and above all, of the four battleships.

1908 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Andén

National champion

Iowa State

Location in Scotland

Sydney

The 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1908 college football season. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost in his eighth year at Michigan. The team compiled a 5–2–1 record, outscored opponents 128 to 81, and held five of seven opponents to six points or less.

Second round

Charles E. Corbin

1908 Pobeda

First Round

Lost League Playoff

1908 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team

The 1908 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen by the Helms Foundation. The player highlighted by gold indicates that he was chosen as the Helms Foundation Player of the Year.

Monday

1908 Paris–Roubaix

The 1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1908 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–2–1 record (0–2 against Western Conference opponents) and were outscored by all their opponents by a combined total of 50 to 32. The 1908 season was the first season in which the Minnesota football team was outscored by its season opponents.Center Orren Safford was named All-Big Ten first team.

Boyd Field

manager home

Thomas Renouf

The 1908 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1908 college football season.

Kendall Orange and Black

Michigan at Ohio State

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

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

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

The 1908 Nashville vs. New Orleans baseball game dubbed by Grantland Rice "The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie" was a 1–0 pitching duel to decide the Southern Association championship in the deadball era, on the last day of the season. The Nashville Vols won the game and thus the pennant by .002 percentage points, after finishing the prior season in last place.

1908 Swedish Association Football Championship

Ted Ray

James Braid

?, Stockholm

Tsunami waves, fires, landslides; building, infrastructure, and coastline damage ; cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria almost destroyed

Manhattan, KS

Western

Texas A&M

The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition, held in Melbourne in August 1908.

Harry Vardon

?, Uppsala

Tom Ball

National League

Norway

Carlisle

A panorama of the field that day
1908 Nashville vs. New Orleans baseball game

1908 Massachusetts Aggies football team

The 1908 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1908 college football season.

The 1908 New York Highlanders season finished with the team in 8th place in the American League with a record of 51–103. Their home games were played at Hilltop Park.The Highlanders finished in last place, 17 games out of seventh. It was the second-worst season in club history. Starting first baseman Hal Chase left the team in September under allegations that he was throwing games. After Clark Griffith's departure, the Highlanders lost 70 of their last 98 games under new manager Kid Elberfeld.

Fred Robson

American League

The 1908 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1908 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 6–3 overall. The team was coached by J.R. Langley in his first year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games at Clark Field, which was located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

1908 News of the World Match Play

Penn

Albert Tingey, Sr.
Richmond, London, England

Portland, OR

The 1908 Massachusetts Aggies football team represented Massachusetts Agricultural College in the 1908 college football season. The team was coached by Matthew Bullock and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 1908 season was Bullock's last as head coach of the Aggies. Massachusetts finished the season with a record of 3–3–3.

1908 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football season

Games of the IV Olympiad

The 1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1908 college football season.

Trinity

1908 Svenska Masterskapet

Atala-Dunlop

The 1908 South Australian Football League season was the 32nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.West Adelaide won their 1st SAFL premiership along with their 1st Championship of Australia against Carlton.

Massachusetts Aggies

1908 Lancashire Cup

Central State

The 1908 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) during the 1908 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record (3–2 against MVIAA opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 195 to 45. W. J. Monilaw was the head coach for the third of three seasons. The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

Orlando City

1908 Notre Dame football team

Major Semi

(Mid-Surrey Golf Club)

Notre Dame at Michigan

LSU Tigers

August

1908 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

1908 NSWRFL Premiership

Tom Vardon

1908 Miami Redskins football team

Missouri Tigers

James Batley

SIAA

Baton Rouge, LA

1908 Queensland Rugby League season

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

Michigan at Syracuse

Clark Field

1908 Kansas State Aggies football team

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Amherst, MA

State champion

1908 Orszagos Bajnoksag I (men's water polo)

1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Doane at Nebraska

1908 Messina Earthquake

Ottawa Rough Riders

Auburn, Alabama

Harry Kidd

"First" Tulane Stadium

1908 Open Championship

North Carolina Tar Heels

Philadelphia Athletics

Roy White

1908 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

1908 OPHL season

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

The 1908 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1908 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Roy White, and finished the season with a record of one win, two losses and one tie (1–2–1).

Nebraska vs. Iowa State

The 1908 NSWRFL season was the inaugural season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League's premiership, Australia's first rugby league football club competition, in which nine clubs (eight from Sydney and one from Newcastle) competed from April till August 1908. The season culminated in the first premiership final, for the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield, which was contested by Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney.

1908 New Zealand Maori rugby league tour of Australia

Penn at Michigan

Nebraska at Minnesota

Richmond, VA

Sewanee Tigers

1908 Princeton Tigers football team

MVIAA

The 1908 Open Championship was the 48th Open Championship, held 18–19 June at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. James Braid won the Championship for the fourth time, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Ball.Qualifying took place on 16–17 June. The players were divided into two "sections". Those in the first section played on the first morning and second afternoon while those in the second section played on the first afternoon and second morning.

1908 Ole Miss Rebels football team

Saint Louis

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Kentucky Wildcats

Beaver Field

1908 Penn Quakers football team

Frank Robison and Stanley Robison

Winners

Rutgers Queensmen

1908 SAFL Grand Final

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

Rowland Jones

The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on 28 December in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). The cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria were almost completely destroyed and between 75,000 and 200,000 lives were lost.

The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition, held in Melbourne in August 1908. It was known at the time as the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival because it was designed to commemorate 50 years of Australian rules football.The winning team was presented with a silk pennant; and each member of the winning team received a gold championship medal.Although the 29 August final between Victoria and Western Australia was played in front of something like 15,000 spectators, it is certain that the crowd would have been considerably larger if it had not also been the first day of the American Fleet's eight-day visit to Melbourne.

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Michigan at Michigan Agricultural

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

Big Ten

Antelope Field

1908 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Ernest Gray

Havana, Cuba

Antelope Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

Willie Binnie

The 1908 Maryland Aggies football team represented Maryland Agricultural College (later part of the University of Maryland) in the 1908 college football season. The Aggies compiled a 3–8 record, were shut out by seven of eleven opponents, and were outscored by all opponents, 204 to 27. William Lang was the team's coach.

Missoula, MT

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

Oregon Agricultural Aggies

James Halligan

Oregon Webfoots

The 1908 New York Giants season was the franchise's 26th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 98-56 record, 1 game behind the Chicago Cubs.Paced by Turkey Mike Donlin, the offense scored the most runs in the league. Donlin led the team in nearly all batting categories and was second in batting to Honus Wagner.Future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson had another incredible season for New York, earning the pitching triple crown with 37 wins, 259 Ks, and a 1.43 ERA. However, he lost the last game of the season to Three Finger Brown of the Chicago Cubs, and the Giants finished one game back in the pennant race.That one-game playoff became necessary after Giants rookie Fred Merkle failed to touch second base at the end of a previous contest, costing them a win. In addition, they were beaten by another rookie, Phillies pitcher Harry Coveleski, three times in five days late in the season. Coveleski was subsequently nicknamed "The Giant Killer."

1908 Messina earthquake

Snow

Michigan

1908 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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

The 1908 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1908 college football season.Commenting on the game between Vanderbilt and Ole Miss which he officiated, Grantland Rice called captain Ike Knox, “a sensation in light hair, broad shoulders and stocky frame that gave both the Commodore offense and defense a shock that will not soon be forgotten.” Rice continued: “Time and again, as a Commodore back would start down the field, the gorilla-like arms of the demon Knox would encircle his frame and said runner wasn’t only checked, but more often still, literally hurled yards towards his own goal line.” In another article Rice wrote that only the mediocrity of his team kept Knox from being regionally and nationally famous: “If Knox has been upon a Vanderbilt, Sewanee or Auburn eleven he would more than likely have been hailed as one of the greatest halfbacks of the decade.”

Queensland Amateur Rugby League

Lindman 0–1

Case at Michigan

Mississippi College Collegians

Philadelphia, PA

The 1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) as an independent during the 1908 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Fred Norcross, the Aggies compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 83 to 51. Against major opponents, the Aggies lost to Oregon (0–8) and Washington (0–32). Frank Pendergrass was the team captain.

Disbanded

Charles Mayo

1908 Montana football team

Junior Awards

1908 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

London

St. Louis Cardinals

1908 State of the Union Address

Auburn

1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

July

1908 Mississippi College Choctaws football team

The 1908 Kentucky Derby was the 34th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1908. Muddy track conditions made the winning time 2:15.20 the slowest Derby ever.

The 1908 New York Giants season was the franchise's 26th season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 98-56 record, 1 game behind the Chicago Cubs.Paced by Turkey Mike Donlin, the offense scored the most runs in the league.

1908 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team

Kentucky Derby

Pelican Park

1908 Quebec election

The 1908 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1908 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Henry Schulte, the Normalites compiled a record of 1–4 and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 40 to 15.

1908 New Year Honours

Northrop Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota

1908 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team

(Prestwick)

Third Grade

William Devery and Frank Farrell

Joseph T. Smith

1908 Michigan Wolverines football team

Semi Finals

Mississippi A&M Aggies

Dietz Park • Omaha, Nebraska
Kansas

1908 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1908 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1908 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Amos Foster, the team compiled a perfect 7–0, shut out six of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 113 to 10. The team captains were George Booth and T. Rymer.

YMGC

1908 Stanley Cup playoffs

Jack Rowe

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Nashville–New Orleans Southern Association championship game

The 1908 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) in the 1908 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Chester Brewer, the Aggies compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored their opponents 205 to 22.

Italy

NOR

Charles Neaves

Premiers

1908 Kendall Orange and Black football team

New York Highlanders

Belgium

?, Hudiksvall

Stetson Hatters

McGee Field

Ole Miss Rebels

Reg Wilson

June

BEL

Columbus, MS

Litchfield Colton
Florida

Syracuse

1908 Stanford football team

1908 Pattern Webbing

Northrop Field

Regional knockout competition

Maryland Aggies

Hoagland

Alumni Field

1908 NSWRFL season

Sewanee, TN

Chapel Hill, NC

State College, PA

Big Eight Conference

1908 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1908 Summer Olympics (also known as the Games of the IV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 April to 31 October 1908, in London, United Kingdom, coinciding with the Franco-British Exhibition. A total of 2,008 athletes representing 22 nations participated in 110 events in 18 sports. Diving, field hockey, and figure skating were contested for the first time at these Games.

The 1908 Lancashire Cup was the fourth year for this regional rugby league competition and saw a final between two previous cup winners. The cup was won by Wigan who beat Oldham in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 10-9. The attendance for the final was 20,000 and receipts £600.

1908 Philadelphia Athletics season

1908 SAFL season

LSU

Sandy Herd

Alumni Oval

South Bend, IN

1908 Olympics

1908 Milan–San Remo

Carpenter

The 1908 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1908 college football season. In their first season under Frank Berrien, the Midshipmen compiled a 9–2–1 record, shut out seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 218 to 38.

def. Fred Robson 2 up

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England from 27 April to 31 October 1908. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were re-located on financial grounds following a disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906. They were the fourth chronological modern Olympic Games in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle as opposed to the proposed Intercalated Games alternate four-year cycle. The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Lasting a total of 187 days, or 6 months and 4 days, these games were the longest in modern Olympics history.

Silver Medal

1908 Olympic medal table

Ind

1908 Rock Island Independents season

Fort Worth, TX

1908 Stanford rugby football team

Charles Stanley Davis, Sarpsborg
Norgesmester i fotball for menn 1908

1908 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1908 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1908 college football season. The team captain of the 1908 season was Romy Story.

1908 New York to Paris Auto Race

George Coburn

Fagrell

Co-national champion

May

Frank Pendergrass

1908 Svenska Mästerskapet Final

The 1908 NSWRFL season was the inaugural season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League's premiership, Australia's first rugby league football club competition, in which nine clubs (eight from Sydney and one from Newcastle) competed from April till August 1908. The season culminated in the first premiership final, for the Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield, which was contested by Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney. In 1908 the NSWRFL also assembled a New South Wales representative team for the first ever interstate series against Queensland, and towards the end of the season, the NSWRFL's leading players were absent, having been selected to go on the first Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Winter Park, FL

1908 New York Yankees season

1908 Kentucky Derby

1908 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Pictured above is the 1908 West Adelaide premiership team.

Miami Redskins

The 1908 Mississippi College Collegians football team represented Mississippi College in the 1908 college football season.

State Field

1908 Summer Olympics

safl

Soldiers

Harry Miller

Saturday

1908 St. Louis Browns season

Vanderbilt at Michigan

Olsson

1908 Pittsburg Pirates season

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

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The 1908 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1908 college football season. Coached by Edgar Wingard, the Tigers played their way to a perfect 10–0 record, outscoring opponents 442 to 11. The team played its home games at State Field and competed as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).Triple threat quarterback Doc Fenton led the nation in points scored. The Tigers have been recognized as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation; however, LSU does not officially recognize this season as a national championship season.The season was clouded by accusations of professionalism from Grantland Rice and rival school Tulane. As a result, many writers did not even recognize LSU's SIAA title.

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

Final

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

1908 New South Wales Rugby Football League season

New York Giants

IFK Göteborg

The 1908 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1908 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled a 8–1–1 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 272 to 35.

Miss. A&M

The 1908 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University during the 1908 college football season. In their third season under head coach Albert E. Herrnstein, the Buckeyes compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 118 to 92.

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

Ben Sayers

The 1908 Major League Baseball season. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers 4–1 to win the World Series.

France

Montana

Unknown

Haskell at Nebraska

Drummoyne

First season

Arkansas

First round

The 1908 Open Championship was the 48th Open Championship, held 18–19 June at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. James Braid won the Championship for the fourth time, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Ball.Qualifying took place on 16–17 June. The players were divided into two "sections". Those in the first section played on the first morning and second afternoon while those in the second section played on the first afternoon and second morning. After the 36 holes the leading 30 players and ties qualified from each section. The qualifying score of 163 was the same in both sections. 65 players qualified.The first round was noted for its low scoring, especially on the first nine holes. Ernest Gray, from Littlehampton went out in 31 and equalled J.H. Taylor's Open Championship record score of 68 set at Royal St George's in 1904. Braid finished with a 70 after going out in 33, with Fred Robson in third place after a 72. Ben Sayers was amongst those in fourth place on 74 after he too went out in 33. In the afternoon Gray was 11 shots worse with a round in 79 while Braid added a 72 to lead by 5 strokes from Gray with Sandy Herd and David Kinnell a further stroke behind. Braid again played the front nine in 33 and although he took 6 at the 13th he had a comfortable lead at the end of the day.Braid began the third round badly. After taking five at the 1st, he followed with an eight at the 3rd. Despite slicing his tee shot into the rough he tried to carry the Cardinal Bunker but failed. His bunker shot hit the sleepers and went out of bounds and, after dropping in the bunker, he hit the sleepers again, this time landing further back in the bunker. He finally escaped the bunker, played a further shot to the green and two-putted for an eight. Under modern rules, he would have scored nine but at the time there was no penalty stroke for "out of bounds". After this, he recovered well and finished with a 77, only three strokes worse than the best rounds of the morning. With Gray taking 83 and Herd coming back in 45, Braid, on 219, had extended his lead to six strokes over Ball and Ted Ray.Braid had a final round of 72, the best of the afternoon to win by eight shots from Ball. His total of 291 was an Open Championship record, beating Jack White's 296 in 1904. After poor scores on the first day, Harry Vardon and Taylor were amongst the best scorers on the second day and finished in ties for fifth and seventh places.

Iowa State University

The 1908 Norwegian Football Cup was the seventh season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for 1908 local association leagues (kretsserier) champions, except in Smaalene and Kristiania og omegn, where a separate cup qualifying tournament was held. Lyn won their first title.

Stucchi–Pirelli

Rain

Missouri Valley champion

Castle Heights

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Navy Midshipmen

Wabash at Nebraska

Jackson Barracks-New Orleans

Cyrille Van Hauwaert won the second Milan–San Remo

1908 New York Highlanders season

Other seasons

1908 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Young Men's Gymnastic Club-New Orleans

The 1908 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1908 college football season.

1908 Svenska Mästerskapet

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Cartier Field

OAC

The 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1908 college football season. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost in his eighth year at Michigan. The team compiled a 5–2–1 record, outscored opponents 128 to 81, and held five of seven opponents to six points or less. After opening the season with a 5–0–1 record, and allowing an average of four points per game, the Wolverines lost badly in back-to-back games against the 1908 national champion Penn Quakers (29–0) and Syracuse (28–4).Team captain and center Germany Schulz was academically ineligible for the first three games of the season, but his performance in the Penn game, withstanding the attack of multiple Penn players focused on knocking him out of the game, was told and re-told by sports writers for decades after the 1908 season had ended. In 1951, Schulz was selected as the greatest center in football history in a poll conducted by the National Football Foundation and became one of the initial inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame.Right halfback Dave Allerdice, who also handled punting and place-kicking responsibilities for Michigan, was the team's leading scorer with 64 points (exactly half of the team's total), despite missing the final game of the season with a broken collarbone. Allerdice also led the 1909 team in scoring and was a first-team All-American that year. Fullback Sam Davison scored six touchdowns in the team's November 1908 victory over Kentucky State. Davison's total is tied for second in Michigan history for the most touchdowns in a game, trailing Albert Herrnstein's seven touchdowns against the Michigan Aggies in 1902.

Unknown, possibly blind normal fault underlying Strait of Messina

1908 Maryland Aggies football team

Kansas State Aggies

1908 New Zealand Māori rugby league tour of Australia

New York City

1908 Philadelphia Phillies season

Jack Oke

Carlisle at Nebraska

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

Ohio Field

1908 NSWRFL Premierhsip

The 1908 Summer Olympics (also known as the Games of the IV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 April to 31 October 1908, in London, United Kingdom, coinciding with the Franco-British Exhibition. A total of 2,008 athletes representing 22 nations participated in 110 events in 18 sports. Diving, field hockey, and figure skating were contested for the first time at these Games. Argentina, Switzerland and Turkey were the only nations that did not earn any medals.The host nation, the United Kingdom, dominated the medal table, collecting the most gold (56), silver (51), and bronze (39) medals. The 146 medals won at these Games—a major increase from the two medals won at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis—are still the highest number won by a British delegation at any modern Olympics. Particular success was achieved by the British team in the boxing events, where out of a possible fifteen medals across the five weight classes, they won all but the middleweight silver medal, which was taken by Reginald Baker competing for Australasia.Australasia was the name given to the combined team of athletes from Australia (making its fourth Olympic appearance) and New Zealand (competing for the first time). The host team included a number of athletes from Ireland, at the time part of the United Kingdom. In contrast, Finland, which was integrated in the Russian Empire, competed in London as a separate country.

Sweden

Syd Ball

1908 Olympic Marathon

Havana YMCA

Oklahoma A&M Aggies

1908 Summer Olympics medal count

Second Round

Ekbom

The 1908 Kendall Orange and Black football team represented Henry Kendall College (later renamed the University of Tulsa) during the 1908 college football season. In its first season under head coach Sam P. McBirney, the team compiled a 2–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 80 to 43. The team played no intercollegiate football games. Four of its games were played against local high schools, and the fifth was against the Outrigger Canoe Club from Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

1908 Presidential campaign

The 1908 Kansas State Aggies football team represented Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) in the 1908 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Mike Ahearn, the Aggies compiled a 6–2 record, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 182 to 74.

SWPU

1908 Stetson Hatters football team

1908 Melbourne Carnival

1908 Queensland state election

Ann Arbor, MI

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

Penn State Nittany Lions

1908 Summer Games

1908 Southeast tornado outbreak

Fultz

1908 LSU Tigers football team

1908 State of the Union

Athletic League of New England State Colleges

Tom Beck

Worden Field

Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Oxford, MS

Pittsburg Pirates

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Waco, TX

Baylor

James Bradbeer

Kentucky State at Michigan

Marshall Gandy

Summer Olympic Games

1908 Richmond Spiders football team

Dip-slip

1908 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team

1908 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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

Hardy Field

Haskell

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The 1908 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1908 college football season. The team was coached by William C. "King" Cole and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Börjesson

Peru State at Nebraska

Mooney School

1908 Stanley Cup championship

Minor Semi

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Iowa State Cyclones

Franklin Field

1908 New York Giants season

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

Nebraska at Iowa

The 1908 Pattern Web Infantry Equipment was an innovative type of webbing equipment issued to the British Army during World War I.

The 1908 LSU Tigers football team represented the LSU Tigers of Louisiana State University during the 1908 college football season. Coached by Edgar Wingard, the Tigers played their way to a perfect 10–0 record, outscoring opponents 442 to 11. The team played its home games at State Field and competed as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).Triple threat quarterback Doc Fenton led the nation in points scored.

The 1908 Pittsburg Pirates season was the 27th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The team finished tied for second place in the National League with the New York Giants, one game behind the Chicago Cubs. The Pirates spent 46 days in first place, and were on top on October 3. However, they lost their last game to the Cubs, which set up a replay of the infamous "Merkle" game between the Cubs and the Giants. The Cubs took it to win the pennant. Pittsburg finished tied for second place with the Giants, just one game back. It was one of the closest races in baseball history.Shortstop Honus Wagner had one of the most dominating hitting performances of all-time. The "Flying Dutchman" led the majors in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs batted in, and stolen bases. He missed the triple crown by two home runs. For his efforts, Wagner was paid $5,000, possibly the most on the team.

Northwestern Purple

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Location in England

1908 Kansas Jayhawks football team

LII

1908 Mercer Baptists football team

Penn Quakers

1908 Oklahoma A&M Aggies football team

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1908 Ottawa Rough Riders season

Rollins Tars

New South Wales Rugby Football League

The New Year Honours 1908 were appointments by King Edward VII to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were announced on 31 December 1907.

Kansas at Nebraska

LUX

Drill Field

Texas Deaf School

Missouri Normal

Semi-finals

Oklahoma Sooners

Tufts Oval

Stillwater, OK

Ohio State Buckeyes

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1908 Maryland Terrapins football team

Third round

1908 London Olympic Games

Dirt

Willie Fernie

1908 London Olympics

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Purdue Boilermakers

SAFL

AP Poll released prior to game

Annapolis, MD

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

1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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Syracuse Orangemen

Romy Story

James Edmundson
Tom Watt

1908 Missouri Tigers football team

1908 Olympic Games

Ferry Field

Mercer Baptists

Cleveland, Ohio

Second Grade

Rock Island Independents

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J.R. Langley

Nebraska Cornhuskers

The 1908 News of the World Match Play was the sixth News of the World Match Play tournament. It was played from Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 October at Mid-Surrey Golf Club. 32 players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 18 holes, except for the final which was over 36 holes. The winner received £100 out of a total prize fund of £240. J.H. Taylor defeated Fred Robson by 2 holes in the final to win the tournament.
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The 1908 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1908 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Henry Schulte, the Normalites compiled a record of 1–4 and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 40 to 15. Curry Hicks, who served as the school's head football coach in 1910, was the team captain.In three years as Michigan Normal's football coach, Schulte compiled a 9–6–1 record. He later served as the head football coach at Missouri (1914-1917) and Nebraska (1919-1920).

Match play – 18 holes

Philadelphia Phillies

IFK Arboga

1908 Mississippi College Collegians football team

Fitzsimmons

FRA

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England from 27 April to 31 October 1908. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were re-located on financial grounds following a disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906.

1908 Swedish Association Football Championship Final

Oregon Alumni

1908 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team

Riverside Eleven

1908 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1908 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1908 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–2–1 record (0–2 against Western Conference opponents) and were outscored by all their opponents by a combined total of 50 to 32.

The 1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1908 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joseph T. Smith, the Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 104 to 53. The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Charles E. Corbin.The Rutgers yearbook put a positive spin on the season: "The football season of 1908 turned out to be very successful, considering the poor prospects which seemed to face us before the opening of college in the fall."The following players earned varsity letters for their participation on the 1908 football team:James Woods Babcock, Paterson, NJ, Class of 1909Myron Hamilton Beekman, Rosendale, NY, Class of 1909Charles Eli Corbin, Oxford, NY, Class of 1909Allen Dale Cloke, Rahway, NJ, Class of 1909Samuel S. Demarest, Bergenfield, NJ, Class of 1909Frederick Foster Read, Arlington, NJ, Class of 1909F. Rudolph Steinke, Elizabeth, NJ, Class of 1909William Henry Wallace, Moorestown, NJ, Class of 1909Booz, Class of 1910Thomas Laughlin Hanson, Class of 1910Edwin Thomas Leslie, Class of 1910Arthur Thomas McMichael, Class of 1910E. T. Goode 1911Rogers 1911H. A. Smith 1911Alverson 1912Carpender 1912H. C. Cooper 1912Freystadt 1912

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The 1908 Nashville vs. New Orleans baseball game dubbed by Grantland Rice "The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie" was a 1–0 pitching duel to decide the Southern Association championship in the deadball era, on the last day of the season. The Nashville Vols won the game and thus the pennant by .002 percentage points, after finishing the prior season in last place. Both teams had the same number of losses (56), but the New Orleans Pelicans were in first place with 76 wins to the Vols' second-place 74. Carl Sitton used his spitball to out-pitch Ted Breitenstein for a complete-game, nine-strikeout, four-hit, shutout. According to one account, "By one run, by one point, Nashville has won the Southern League pennant, nosing New Orleans out literally by an eyelash. Saturday's game, which was the deciding one, between Nashville and New Orleans was the greatest exhibition of the national game ever seen in the south and the finish in the league race probably sets a record in baseball history".Nashville scored in the seventh inning with the bases loaded. With two outs, catcher Ed Hurlburt hit a single. Then Sitton did too. Harry "Deerfoot" Bay bunted perfectly down the third base line, Bay's fondest memory in his long baseball career. Julius Augustus "Doc" Wiseman then drove in the winning run. Sitton was thrown out at home after Hurlburt scored. The time of the game was one hour and forty-two minutes.

1908 Svenska Masterskapet Final

1908 Scottish Cup Final

1908 Milan-San Remo

1908 Oregon Ducks football team

Michigan Agricultural Aggies

1908 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

Pittsburgh Panthers

Grinnell at Nebraska

1908 Oregon Webfoots football team

IFK Uppsala

Grand Final