1920 in Michigan

none 1920 1920 Events from the year 1920 in Michigan. 3 Office holders right|thumb|135px|Gov. Sleeper State office holders Governor of Michigan: Albert Sleeper (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) Michigan Attorney General: Alexander J. Groesbeck (Republican) Michigan Secretary of State: Coleman C. Vaughan (Republican) Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Thomas Read (Republican) Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Joseph B. Moore Mayors of major cities right|thumb|125px|Mayor Couzens Mayor of Detroit: James J. Couzens (Republican) Mayor of Grand Rapids: Christian Gallmeyer/John McNabb Mayor of Flint: George C. Kellar/Edwin W. Atwood Mayor of Lansing: Benjamin A. Kyes Mayor of Saginaw: Ben N. Mercer Mayor of Ann Arbor: Ernst M. Wurster Federal office holders right|thumb|135px|Sen. Townsend U.S. Senator from Michigan: Truman Handy Newberry (Republican) U.S. Senator from Michigan: Charles E. Townsend (Republican) House District 1: Frank Ellsworth Doremus (Democrat) House District 2: Earl C. Michener (Republican) House District 3: John M. C. Smith (Republican) House District 4: Edward L. Hamilton (Republican) House District 5: Carl E. Mapes (Republican) House District 6: Patrick H. Kelley (Republican) House District 7: Louis C. Cramton (Republican) House District 8: Joseph W. Fordney (Republican) House District 9: James C. McLaughlin (Republican) House District 10: Gilbert A. Currie (Republican) House District 11: Frank D. Scott (Republican) House District 12: W. Frank James (Republican) House District 13: Charles Archibald Nichols (Republican) Population Sports Baseball right|thumb|115px|Bobby Veach 1920 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager Hughie Jennings, the Tigers finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93. The team's statistical leaders included Ty Cobb with a .334 batting average, Bobby Veach with 113 RBIs and 65 extra-base hits, and Howard Ehmke with 15 wins and a 3.25 earned run average.1920 Detroit Tigers Statistics Sports Reference LLC Baseball-Reference.com July 10, 2017 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1920.shtml 1920 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Carl Lundgren, the Wolverines compiled a 17–6–2 record and won the Big Ten Conference championship.2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book University of Michigan 2012 August 9, 2017 22, 66 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120456/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf dead Slicker Parks was the team captain.2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13. American football right|thumb|145px|Ernie Vick 1920 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 5–2 record. Center Ernie Vick was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player.1920 Football Team University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library July 11, 2017 https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1920fbt.htm 1920 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach Potsy Clark, the Aggies compiled a 4–6 record and outscored their opponents 270 to 166, including a 109 to 0 victory over Olivet College on October 30, 1920.2016 Football Media Guide Michigan State University 146, 152 June 14, 2017 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf January 17, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170117203046/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf dead 1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a record of 6–2 and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 132 to 86.2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide Eastern Michigan University Football June 30, 2016 160, 170 http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2015/2015EMUFBGuide_072215small.pdf 1920 Detroit Titans football team – The Titans shut out six of ten opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 279 to 32, and finished with an 8–2 record under head coach James F. Duffy.1920 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 23, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/detroit-mercy/1920-schedule.htmlFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes 1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Joe Simmons, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 41.Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide Central Michigan University July 24, 2016 100, 107 2015 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf October 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171041/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf dead 1920 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 131 to 119.Football Records: Annual Results Western Michigan University July 5, 2016 http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204948424 Basketball right|thumb|130px|E. J. Mather 1919–20 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – The team compiled a record of 10–13.Michigan Wolverines sports-reference.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan/ E. J. Mather was in his first year as the team's coach, and Ralph O. Rychener was the team captain.1920 Michiganensian, page 363. Other 1919–20 Michigan College of Mines men's ice hockey team – In the first season of college ice hockey in the state, the Michigan College of Mines (later renamed Michigan Technological University) team compiled a 1–2–1 record under head coach E. R. Lovel.College Hockey News August 8, 2017 Michigan Tech Team History http://www.collegehockeynews.com/reports/teamHistory/Michigan-Tech/33 Chronology of events January February March April May June July August September October November right|thumb|150px|General Motors Building November 27 - The Durant Building in Detroit, later renamed the General Motors Building and eventually Cadillac Place, was opened for business as the new headquarters for General Motors.G.M.C. Occupies New Building Detroit Free Press November 25, 1920 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12310786/gmc_occupies_new_building/ Newspapers.com December Births January 15 - Steve Gromek, Major League Baseball pitcher (1941–1957), in Hamtramck, Michigan January 22 - Margaret Hillert, author of more than 80 children's books, including the Dear Dragon series, in Saginaw, Michigan February 8 - Bob Bemer, computer scientist known for his work on the specifications for COBOL and the ASCII character codeset, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan February 18 - Eddie Slovik, U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II, in Detroit February 23 - Hall Overton, composer, jazz pianist and music teacher, in Bangor, Michigan April 9 - Art Van Damme, jazz accordionist, in Norway, Michigan April 22 - Alfred Burt, jazz musician who composed music for 15 Christmas carols, in Marquette, Michigan April 29 - David M. Nelson, football coach and Secretary-Editor of the NCAA Football Rules Committee for 29 years who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, in Detroit May 31 - Francis P. Hammerberg, U.S. Navy diver who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers, in Daggett, Michigan July 13 - Don Ralke, prolific music arranger and composer for film and television and producer of the "Golden Throats" recordings, in Battle Creek, Michigan July 20 - Dominic Jacobetti, longest serving Michigan state legislator, served in state house from 1955 to 1994, in Negaunee, Michiganhttps://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/legislator/LegislatorDetail/2050 Legislator Details - Dominic J. Jacobetti Library of Michigan February 4, 2023 July 30 - Marie Tharp, geologist and oceanographic cartographer who discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which led to acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift, in Ypsilanti, Michigan August 19 - Ralph Story, television and radio personality best known as the host of The $64,000 Challenge, in Kalamazoo, Michigan September 1 - Charline White, first African-American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature, in Atlanta, Georgiahttps://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/legislator/LegislatorDetail/2959 Legislator Details - Charline White Library of Michigan February 4, 2023 September 13 - Charles Smith, actor (The Shop Around the Corner, The Major and the Minor) in Flint, Michigan October 11 - James Aloysius Hickey, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (1980–2000), in Midland, Michigan October 21 - Ruth Terry, singer and actress, in Benton Harbor, Michigan November 12 - Richard Quine, stage, film and radio actor, and television director, in Detroit Gallery of 1920 births Deaths January 14 - John Francis Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, at age 55 in New York City John P. Dodge Dies at Ritz-Carlton. Detroit Manufacturer Was Stricken with Pneumonia at Automobile Show. His Brother Recovering as Minority Stockholders of Ford Company. They Won $60,000,000 Suit Against Henry Ford https://www.nytimes.com/1920/01/15/archives/john-p-dodge-dies-at-ritzcarlton-detroit-manufacturer-was-stricken.html John F. Dodge, the Detroit automobile manufacturer, who had been ill for a week with pneumonia in his apartments at the Ritz-Carlton, failed to survive the crisis of the attack and died last night at half past 10 o'clock. For some time before the end he was unconscious and unable to recognize his wife and daughters, who were with him. The New York Times January 15, 1920 February 4, 2023 January 21 - Ferris S. Fitch Jr., Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction (1891–1892), at age 66 in DetroitOnce Prominent Oakland County Man Dies https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105617444/once-prominent-oakland-county-man-dies/ Livingston County Daily Press and Argus January 28, 1920 1 Newspapers.com July 14, 2022Alumni Association of the University of Michigan 1892 The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 27 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044083140830 English 638 February 4 - Ed Siever, Major League Baseball pitcher (1901–1908) and AL ERA leader (1902), at age 44 in Detroit April 2 - Matty McIntyre, Major League Baseball outfielder (1901–1912) led AL in runs scored (1908), at age 39 in Detroit July 21 - Otto Kirchner, Michigan Attorney General (1877–1880), at age 74 in DetroitMichigan Historical Commission 1924 Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1 474 https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2jhAAAAMAAJ English December 10 - Horace Elgin Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, in Palm Beach, Florida December 14 - George Gipp, Notre Dame football player and native of Laurium, Michigan, in South Bend, Indiana Gallery of 1920 deaths See also History of Michigan History of Detroit References 30em