1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Season summary
Australia toured England this season. On 17 October 1908, they drew 9-9 at Salford.


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Championship, Play-Offs, Final
The Championship final was played on a rainy afternoon of 1 May 1909 before a crowd of around 12,000 at The Willows in Salford.


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Championship, Play-Offs, Final
Wigan:1 Jim Sharrock, 2 Jim Leytham, 3 Bert Jenkins, 4 Lance Todd, 5 Joe Miller, 6 Johnny Thomas, 7 Ned Jones8 Jack Barton, 9 Walter Cheetham, 10 Howell de Francis, 11 Dick Ramsdale, 12 Dick Silcock, 13 Tom Whittaker


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Championship, Play-Offs, Final
Oldham:1 Alf Wood, 2 George Tyson, 3 Sid Deane, 4 Tom Llewellyn, 5 George Smith, 6 Billy Dixon, 7 Arthur Anlezark8 Bert Avery, 9 Joe Ferguson, 10 Bill Jardine, 11 Joe Owens, 12 Arthur Smith, 13 Harry Topham


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Championship, Play-Offs, Final
In the third minute, Wigan took the lead through a penalty goal by Jim Leytham. Oldham however scored the first try when Bill Jardine crossed in the fifteenth minute. Wigan's Dick Ramsdale took his side back into the lead with a try in the thirtieth minute. Leytham converted to give Wigan a 7-3 lead at half time. No further points were scored during the match.


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Challenge Cup
Wakefield Trinity beat Hull F.C. 17-0 in the final to win their first Cup in their first final. This was Hull's second successive defeat in a Challenge Cup final, having failed to score a point in either final.


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Challenge Cup
Wakefield Trinity Tries: Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, Ezra Sidwell, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, Ernest W. Bennett, William 'Billie ' G. Simpson


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Challenge Cup
Wakefield Trinity: James "Jimmy" D. Metcalfe, Ernest W. Bennett, William "Billy" Lynch, Ezra Sidwell, William 'Billie ' G. Simpson, Harry Slater, Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, James Auton, Joseph Taylor, John "Jack" Walton, Herbert Kershaw, Harry 'Dickie' Beaumont


1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season, Challenge Cup
Hull FC: Harry Taylor, J. Dechan, G. Connell, G. T. Cottrell, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Frank Boylen, F. Britton, H. Havelock, W. J. Carroll


1908–09 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
The 1908–09 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University. James C. Jones returned as the head coach for the 2nd year of the program and played their home games in Ohio Gymnasium.


1908–09 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team
The 1908–09 Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball team represents the University of Mississippi during the 1908–09 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States college basketball season.


1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season
The 1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season was the club's 24th season, third in the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association. Ottawa won the league championship and took over the Stanley Cup from the Montreal Wanderers.


1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Team business
This was the first season that the Club played as professionals as the amateur clubs dropped out of the league. There was turnover in Ottawa as Harvey Pulford and Alf Smith retired and Tom Phillips left. Ottawa would replace these players with Edgar Dey, Billy Gilmour and Albert 'Dubby' Kerr from Toronto Professionals. Alf Smith would organize the Ottawa Senators of the Federal Hockey League.


1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Team business
Ottawa played an exhibition game prior to the season with the Toronto Professionals on January 2 in Toronto. Ottawa lost to Toronto 5–4. Dubby Kerr played for Toronto, and signed with Ottawa a week later. Kerr had been the subject of a dispute between the Toronto and Berlin teams. The OPHL awarded Kerr to Guelph, but he instead left to join Ottawa.


1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Regular season
Marty Walsh would win the scoring championship with 38 goals. Ottawa would average nearly ten goals per game. After losing the first game, Ottawa then won the next ten in a row before losing in the final game of the season, when the league championship was already won.


1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Ottawa Hockey Club 1909 Stanley Cup Champions, Coaching and administrative staff
Only players were included on the team picture, which is reproduced in Coleman, p. 177.


1908–09 Ottawa Hockey Club season, Ottawa Hockey Club 1909 Stanley Cup Champions, Stanley Cup engraving
Ottawa added a new ring to the bottom of the Stanley Cup and put their name on it.


1908–09 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program.


1908–09 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season, Season
After remaining dormant for several years, Penn restarted its ice hockey program in 1908. The team used the rowing room at the campus gymnasium to practice while waiting for the weather to grow cold. The team arranged to play three games in Cleveland against local teams but those plans had to be changed and Cornell stepped in for all three matches. Penn tied the first game before losing the remaining two in the team's official return to action. The team scheduled several games to occur over the succeeding month or so but, due to the warm weather, none of the games were played and the season was essentially cancelled in mid-February.


1908–09 Penn Quakers men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a head coach but Duncan Worrell served as team manager.


1908–09 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
The 1908–09 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 1908–09 college men's basketball season. The team finished with a final record of 7–6.


1908–09 Pittsburgh men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 Pittsburgh men's ice hockey season was the 5th season of play for the program.


1908–09 Pittsburgh men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a coach, however, K. D. McCutcheon served as team manager.


1908–09 Pittsburgh men's ice hockey season, Season
The University had changed its name to the 'University of Pittsburgh' in the summer of 1908 but did not adopt the Panther as its mascot until November of 1909.


1908–09 Plymouth Argyle F.C. season
The 1908–09 season was the sixth competitive season in the history of Plymouth Argyle Football Club.


1908–09 Primera Fuerza season, Overview
In the 1907–08 tournament, Puebla withdrew from the Primera Fuerza due to the long distances they would have had to travel. Reforma went on to win the championship.


1908–09 Primera Fuerza season, League standings, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


1908–09 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 10th season of play for the program.


1908–09 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
Unlike the previous year, Princeton got off to a good start, winning its first two games with good defensive effort. The Tigers entered their winter break with a possible seven games on the slate before the IHA schedule began. While Princeton ended up playing five games, they won four of the matches and swept a three-game series against Yale, shutting the Elis out in all three games.


1908–09 Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey season, Season
Right after the break the Intercollegiate Hockey Association schedule began with a match against Columbia that Princeton took 5–2. Ten days later the Tigers headed into their match with Harvard with a 7–1 record and hopes of earning their second championship. Goaltender Clarence Peacock was the star of the game, stopping 21 shots that came his way but the Crimson press turned out to be just too much and the Tigers fell 2–3. After a second loss in conference play the Tigers lost any chance they had at capturing the title but the team ended their season with an exciting game against the Bulldogs that saw four overtime goals scored in a 5–5 draw.


1908–09 RPI men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 RPI men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program.


1908–09 RPI men's ice hockey season, Season
Note: Rensselaer's athletic teams were unofficially known as 'Cherry and White' until 1921 when the Engineers moniker debuted for the men's basketball team.


1908–09 Rangers F.C. season
The 1908–09 season is the 35th season of competitive football by Rangers.


1908–09 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 41 competitive matches during the 1908–09 season. The team finished fourth in the league, six points behind champions Celtic, after only winning 19 of there 34 matches.


1908–09 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The Scottish Cup campaign was thrown out against the league champions after a 2–2 draw at Hampden Park. The final was replayed a week later at the national stadium and finished 1–1, the competition was abandoned and trophy withheld following a riot after the replay.


1908–09 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1908–09 Rugby Union County Championship was the 21st edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1908–09 Rugby Union County Championship
Durham won the competition for the sixth time defeating Cornwall in the final. It was Durham's tenth consecutive final appearance.


1908–09 S.L. Benfica season
The 1908–09 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 5th season in existence and the club's 3rd competitive season.


1908–09 Scottish Cup
The 1908–09 Scottish Cup was the 36th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was not awarded in this season due to serious riots in the replay of the final between Rangers and Celtic.


1908–09 Scottish Districts season
The 1908–09 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1908–09 Scottish Division One
The 1908–09 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by one point over nearest rival Dundee.


1908–09 Scottish Division One
The end of the season was complicated by a high number of fixtures which still had to be played before the end of April 1909 due to postponements caused by replays in the Glasgow Cup the previous autumn, a situation made worse by the Scottish Cup final which also had to be replayed. Celtic, who were involved in both those finals, had to play their last eight league matches over a twelve-day period, winning five of these and drawing two to pull ahead of Dundee, who only played once in the same period.


1908–09 Scottish Division Two
The 1908–09 Scottish Division Two was won by Abercorn, with Arthurlie finishing bottom.


1908–09 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team
The 1908–09 Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team represented Seton Hall University during the 1908–09 college men's basketball season. The head coach was William Caffrey, coaching his first season with the Pirates.


1908–09 Sheffield Shield season
The 1908–09 Sheffield Shield season was the 17th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.


1908–09 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team
The 1908–09 South Carolina men's basketball team represents University of South Carolina during the 1908–09 college men's basketball season. The head coach was J.H. Brown, coaching the Gamecocks in his first season. The team finished with an overall record of 0–3.


1908–09 Southern Football League
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1908–09 Southern Football League
The 1908–09 season was the 15th in the history of Southern Football League. Northampton Town won Division One and Croydon Common finished top of Division Two. No clubs applied for election to the Football League.


1908–09 Southern Football League, Division One
A total of 21 teams contested the division, including 18 sides from previous season and three new teams.


1908–09 Southern Football League, Division Two
A total of seven teams contested the division, including three sides from the previous season and four newly elected teams.


1908–09 St Helens RLFC season
The 1908-1909 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's 14th in the Northern Rugby Football Union, the 35th in their history. The club finished 17th out of 27 in the NRFU Championship. In the Lancashire League that ran concurrent to the national championship, St Helens finished eighth. In the Challenge Cup, the club were knocked out in the first round by Halifax.


1908–09 St. Louis Soccer League season
Final league standings for the 1908-09 St. Louis Soccer League.


1908–09 Stoke F.C. season
The 1908–09 season was Stoke's first season in the Birmingham & District League.


1908–09 Stoke F.C. season
With Stoke now out of the Football League they entered the Birmingham & District League for the 1908–09 season. With a new board, chairman, manager and squad Stoke used the season as a rebuilding one and the crowds began to return to the Victoria Ground. Stoke finished in eight place with 31 Points.


1908–09 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, League
Stoke now playing in the Birmingham & District League, which included the reserve teams of Aston Villa, Birmingham, West Brom and Wolves plus some other useful opposition. With Alfred Barker now the manager the team itself was made up of an mixture of ex-professionals and amateurs. Of those which remained with the club were William Davies, Ernest Mullineux, Fred Rathbone and Sam Baddeley. Barker used 32 players during the season and eighth place was secured in the final league table.


1908–09 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, League
Crowds were often good and there were turnouts of 7,000+ for a few league matches which confirmed that the club still had its local support. Wins of 7–0 over Wellington Town 5–0 over Walsall and 5–3 over Villa's second string were among the best performances while the nadir was an 8–1 defeat to West Brom reserves. Stoke's goalkeeper against Albion was Harry Cotton who after the match was sacked by Barker.


1908–09 Stoke F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Stoke made a poor exit in the first round being well beaten 5–0 at Sheffield Wednesday.


1908–09 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship
The 1908–09 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship was the first edition of the national ice hockey championship in Switzerland. Eight teams participated in the championship, which was won by HC Bellerive Vevey, who finished first in the standings.


1908–09 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team
The 1908–09 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team represents the University of Tennessee during the 1908–09 college men's basketball season. The Volunteers team captain was Nathan Dougherty.


1908–09 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 14th season of collegiate ice hockey.


1908–09 University of Virginia men's basketball team
The 1908–09 University of Virginia men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 1908–09 IAAUS men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Henry Lannigan, and played their home games at Fayerweather Gymnasium in Charlottesville, Virginia. Now known as the Virginia Cavaliers, the team did not have an official nickname prior to 1923.


1908–09 VMI Keydets basketball team
The 1908–09 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in their first ever season of basketball. The team was coached by Pete Krebs and went 3–3 the first year. They played their games out of the Lexington Skating Rink.


1908–09 WPHL season
The 1908–09 WPHL season was the ninth and final season of operation for the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. Four Pittsburgh-area teams competed in the season, in which all games were played at the Duquesne Gardens.


1908–09 WPHL season
By 1908, the league could no longer rely on salaries as novelty to attract Canadian talent, since professionalism had spread into Canada. Many players were lured to the league since the WPHL played on the Duquesne Gardens' artificial ice and was not dependent on cold weather to provide a naturally frozen surface. However, as winter began and Canadian rinks became available, the players would just return to teams closer to their Canadian homes. This jumping affected all of the league's teams. Once the Pittsburgh Lyceum team folded on December 23, it was decided to discontinue the WPHL after the season. The Pittsburgh Bankers ended their final season, by winning the final WPHL championship title and tying the Pittsburgh Athletic Club for the most titles won at three a piece.


1908–09 WPHL season, Final standings
* The Lyceum discontinued play on December 23, 1908. Their remaining games were recorded as losses.


1908–09 Welsh Amateur Cup
The 1908–09 Welsh Amateur Cup was the nineteenth season of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The cup was won by Carnarvon United who defeated Oak Alyn Rovers 5-1 in the final at Colwyn Bay.


1908–09 Western Football League
The 1908–09 season was the 17th in the history of the Western Football League.


1908–09 Western Football League
For the last time, Division One was split into two sections of six clubs, reorganised from the previous season, with the winner of each section playing each other in a Championship decider. Brighton & Hove Albion won Section A and reigning champions Millwall won Section B, with Millwall winning the decider 2–1 in a replay after the first match was drawn. At the end of this season, all 14 clubs in Division One resigned from the League, leaving Division Two as the only division in the league. All the member clubs of Division One also competed in the Southern League during this season. As with the previous season, the Division Two champions were Bristol City Reserves.


1908–09 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
One new club joined Division One, which remained at 14 clubs after Tottenham Hotspur left.


1908–09 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One, Championship decider
At the end of the season, the winners of the two sections played a match to decide the overall champions. For the first time, the match was drawn and a replay was arranged.


1908–09 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
Three new clubs joined Division Two, which was increased from nine to 12 clubs.


1908–09 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1908–09 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1908–09 season. The team finished the season with a 7–3 record. This was the fourth season in program history for William & Mary, whose nickname is now "Tribe."


1908–09 Williams Ephs men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 Williams Ephs men's ice hockey season was the 6th season of play for the program.


1908–09 Williams Ephs men's ice hockey season, Season
After a tremendous season in 1908, Williams attempted to build on that success by scheduling four games against teams from the Intercollegiate Hockey Association. While it was not surprising that the Ephs lost many of those games, failing to win any of their first five games was a bit of a setback. Much of the hand-wringing ended when the team trounced Cornell 8–1, beginning a 4-game winning streak to end the season. Williams also played their first games against eventual long-time rival Amherst.


1908–09 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1908–1909 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Haskell Noyes, coaching his first season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference.


1908–09 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season
The 1908–09 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 14th season of play for the program.


1908–09 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season
After winning the Intercollegiate championship in 1908, Yale wasn't able to sustain their high level of play and started the season flat, losing five of their first six games. They recovered a bit in the middle of their schedule, albeit against weaker opponents, but sagged at the end to finish four games below .500, their worst record in 6 years.


1908–09 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a coach, however, R. Seldon Rose served as team manager.


1908–09 Yorkshire Cup
The 1908–09 Yorkshire Cup was the fourth occasion on which the  Yorkshire Cup competition, a Rugby league tournament, was held. This year's final was between cup holder Hunslet and the previous season's runner-up Halifax with this year the reverse result, Halifax winning the trophy by beating Hunslet by the score of 9-6. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 13,000 and receipts were £356. This was the third meeting between the two teams, Halifax and Hunslet, who had now met in three out of the first four previous finals, Hunslet having won on both earlier occasions in 1905–06 and 1907–08.


1908–09 Yorkshire Cup, Background
This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the  same at thirteen. This, in turn, resulted in three byes in the first round.


1908–09 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and results, Final, Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1908–09 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield


1908–09 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from  the  county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1908–09 Yorkshire Cup, Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December (The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars)


1908–09 in Belgian football
The 1908–09 season was the 14th competitive season in Belgian football.


1908–09 in Belgian football, Overview
At the end of the season RC Gantois was relegated to the second division and replaced by Standard FC Liégeois.


1908–09 in Belgian football, Final league tables, Promotion
In the first stage of the Promotion, 5 provincial leagues were played, with 9 clubs qualifying for the final round:


1908–09 in English football
The 1908–09 season was the 38th season of competitive football in England.


1908–09 in English football, Overview
Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process. Spurs, along with Bradford Park Avenue entered the Second Division to replace Lincoln City and Stoke.


1908–09 in English football, Overview
This year started a new competition: the Charity Shield; a match between the champion of the Professional League vs. the champion of the Amateur League. The first championship went to Manchester United, in a replayed final against Queens Park Rangers.


1908–09 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1908–09 in English football, National team
The England national football team had a very successful season, with victory in the 1909 British Home Championship due to a whitewash of the other Home Nations and three heavy victories during a tour of Central Europe for the second year running.


1908–09 in Scottish football
The 1908–09 season was the 36th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 19th season of the Scottish Football League.


1908–09 in Scottish football, Scottish Cup
The Scottish Cup was withheld by the Scottish Football Association after a riot following the replay between finalists Rangers and Celtic.


1908–09 in Scottish football, Junior Cup
Kilwinning Rangers won the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Strathclyde in a replayed final.


1909
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1909th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 909th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th  year of the 20th century, and the  10th  and last year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1909, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.


1909 (film)
1909 (Devanagari:एकोणविसशे नऊ) is a 2014 Marathi movie based on the assassination of British officer Arthur Jackson by Anant Kanhere. Directed by Abhay Kambli, the film is set in the year 1909, during the period of British dominion over India and focuses on the young revolutionaries' efforts to drive the British out of the country and gain freedom. But it's not just one's spirit that plays an important role here. It takes proper execution of a plan to bring success, and then, laying down your life for the country doesn't seem a difficult task anymore.


1909 (film), Plot
Anant Kanhere (Akshay Shimpi) is a young lad from a small village in Konkan who goes to Aurangabad to pursue studies. Influenced by Lokmanya Tilak and Vinayak Savarkar's ideologies, Anant decides to contribute to the freedom struggle. Meanwhile, in Nashik, Krushnaji Karve (Shrikant Bhide) and his aides are preparing for an armed rebellion, but it is their mentor Ganesh Savarkar who advises them to wait for the right moment to strike. The root cause of everyone's anger is the collector of Nashik, Officer Jackson who has invited the wrath of people through his actions. And when he orders the arrest of Ganesh, Krushnaji and his group including Anant get into motion to execute Jackson's assassination.


1909 AAA Championship Car season
The 1909 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Portland, Oregon on June 12 and concluding with a point-to-point race from Los Angeles, California to Phoenix, Arizona on November 6. There were three events sanctioned by the Automobile Club of America in Lowell, Massachusetts. The de facto National Champion as poled by the American automobile journal Motor Age was Bert Dingley. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1909 season. Champions of the day were decided by C. G. "Chris" Sinsabaugh, an editor at Motor Age, based on merit and on track performance.


1909 AAA Championship Car season
The points table was created retroactively in 1927 keeping Dingley as champion. In 1951 the championship standings were reworked, stripping the traditional champion of his title and giving it to George Robertson. All championship results should be considered unofficial.


1909 AAA Championship Car season, Schedule and results
* Race halted at 235 miles due to track breaking up. AAA report states that race was halted at 245 miles.


1909 AAA Championship Car season, Schedule and results
** Event sanctioned by Automobile Club of America, 301–450, 231–300 & 161–230 run simultaneously.


1909 AAA Championship Car season, Leading National Championship standings
The points paying system for the 1909–1915 and 1917–1919 season were retroactively applied in 1927 and revised in 1951 using the points system from 1920.


1909 AAA Championship Car season, Leading National Championship standings
* Bert Dingley was poled as national champion in 1909 and held his championship when points were applied in 1927. These are the final standing as of 1951 after AAA revised the championship trail for 1909. The earliest known occurrence of George Robertson holding the title was in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 program.


1909 Aberdare Urban District Council election
The Aberdare Urban District Council was established in 1894 and covered the parish of Aberdare. Its responsibilities included public health, sanitation, roads and public works generally.


1909 Aberdare Urban District Council election
There were five wards, namely Aberaman (also known as No. 5 Ward), Blaengwawr (also known as No. 4 Ward), Gadlys (also known as No. 2 Ward), Llwydcoed (also known as No. 1 Ward), and the Town Ward (also known as No. 3 Ward). At this time, one member was elected from each ward on an annual basis.


1909 Aberdare Urban District Council election
An election was held in April 1909. It was preceded by the 1908 election and followed by the 1910 election. The term of office of members elected at the 1906 election came to an end and those elected were to serve until 1912.


1909 Aberdare Urban District Council election
Four of the five wards were uncontested, with Labour candidates becoming increasingly the dominant force as they took a seat at Gadlys for the first time.


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The 1909 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represented the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama in the 1909 IAAUS baseball season, winning the SIAA championship.


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1909 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 17th overall and 14th season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach J. W. H. Pollard, in his fourth year, and played their home games at the University of Alabama Quad in Tuscaloosa and the Birmingham Fairgrounds in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of five wins, one loss and two ties (5–1–2 overall, 4–1–1 in the SIAA).


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
Defensively, Alabama had six consecutive shutouts to go 5–0–1 before they surrendered their first touchdown against Tulane in their 5–5 tie.


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Union (TN)
Alabama opened the season with this 16–0 victory over Union University at Tuscaloosa. Although scoreless at the end of the first half, Alabama was in position several times to score. The Crimson Tide lost a fumble at the Union five yard line and Derrill Pratt missed field goals of 40, 45 and 53 yards. Alabama scored its first touchdown on a short Jere Austill run early in the second half after the Crimson tide blocked a Union punt at their five-yard line. Pratt and David Palmer scored Alabama's other two touchdowns later in the half en rote to the 16–0 win. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Union to 1–0.


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Howard
Against the Bulldogs, Alabama secured their second consecutive shutout to open the season with this 14–0 victory over Howard College (now known as Samford University).


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Howard
The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Howard to 3–0.


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson
Clemson was beaten by a 52-yard Del Pratt field goal.


1909 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
Alabama completed their season with a 12–5 loss to LSU at Birmingham to finish 5–1–2.


1909 Alberta general election
The 1909 Alberta general election was held on 22 March 1909, to elect 41 members to the 2nd Alberta Legislature.


1909 Alberta general election
The Liberal Party of Premier Alexander C. Rutherford was re-elected with 36 of the 41 seats in the legislature, and just under 60% of the popular vote. The Conservative Party led by Albert Robertson formed the official opposition, with only two members. The remaining three seats were split between smaller parties and independents. Robertson was defeated in his own seat in High River.


1909 Alberta general election
Prior to the election, the Legislative Assembly passed An Act respecting the Legislative Assembly of Alberta which was assented to on 25 February 1909. The Act created an additional 26 seats in the Legislature, lifting the total to 41, and redistributed the boundaries of the provincial electoral districts.


1909 Alberta general election
The vote in the district of Athabasca was conducted on 15 July 1909 due to the remoteness of the riding.


1909 Alekhin
1909 Alekhin, provisional designation 1972 RW2, is a stony asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 September 1972, by Russian–Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula, and named after chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine.


1909 Alekhin, Orbit and classification
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,377 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic.


1909 Alekhin, Physical characteristics, Slow rotator
Alekhin is a slow rotator. In March 2009 and September 2010, two rotational lightcurves for Alekhin were obtained from photometric observations made by the Palomar Transient Factory and by astronomer Roger Dymock, respectively. The lightcurves gave a rotation period of 148 hours with a brightness variation of 0.42–0.45 magnitude (U=2/3).


1909 Alekhin, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Alekhin measures between 15.5 and 18.8 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.046 to 0.070. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.045 and a diameter of 17.3 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.8.


1909 Alekhin, Physical characteristics, Occultation
Alekhin is scheduled to occlude a 9.1 magnitude star in the Leo constellation on 30 November 2008, dimming the magnitude of both heavenly bodies for a maximum duration of 0.6 seconds. Astronomers had, as of March 2008, not predicted an optimal trajectory for the event.


1909 Alekhin, Naming
This minor planet was named in honour of Russian-born Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946), chess grandmaster, considered one of the greatest chess players ever. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 February 1976 (M.P.C. 3937).


1909 All England Badminton Championships
The 1909 All England Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the London Rifle Brigade Drill Hall, Islington, London, England, from March 3 to March 6, 1909.


1909 All England Badminton Championships
Meriel Lucas won a fifth Championship women's singles title and a ninth women's doubles title to take her total to 15 Championship titles. Frank Chesterton won the men's singles and doubles.


1909 All England Badminton Championships, Men's Singles
There was only one first round match between G. T. Crombie & S. Ziffo in which Crombie received a walkover.


1909 All England Badminton Championships, Women's Singles
The first round consisted of just one match in which Lavinia Radeglia defeated Alice Gowenlock 11-9 13-12


1909 All England Badminton Championships, Mixed Doubles
The first round consisted of just one match in which Edward Hawthorn & C. K. Petersen defeated W. D. Bayne & Miss Radley 15-7, 15-13.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 23rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Kerry won by double scores, their scorers being as follows: Johnny Skinner (1–02); Paddy Mullane (0–03); Jack Kennelly (0–02); Tom Costello (0–01); Dick Fitzgerald


1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Louth.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1909 was the 23rd series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Tipperary 4-6 to 0-12 in the final.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.


1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at the Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork, on 12 December 1909 between Kilkenny, represented by a club side from Mooncoin, and Tipperary, represented by club side Thurles. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 4-6 to 0-12.


1909 All-Western college football team
The 1909 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1909 college football season.


1909 All-Western college football team, Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors


1909 Allan Cup
The 1909 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1908–09 Senior season. The event was hosted by the Ottawa Cliffsides in Ottawa, Ontario. The 1909 playoff marked the first and second time that the Allan Cup was awarded.


1909 Allan Cup, The first champion
Sir H. Montagu Allan gave the Allan Cup to the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal to give to the 1909 champion of their league, the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union. The Ottawa Cliffsides won the IAHU championship, surpassing the Montreal Victorias with a 5-1-0 record (Montreal was 4-2-0) to win the league title and be awarded the Allan Cup on March 6, 1909.


1909 Allan Cup, The first champion
One week later, the first challenge was played, with the Intercollegiate league champion Queen's University challenging Ottawa to a single-game playoff. Queen's won the game and took over the Allan Cup championship.


1909 Allan Cup, The first champion
A second challenge was received, from St. Michael's College, the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) senior champion, but the trustees ruled that it was too late in the season to play.


1909 American Cup
The 1909 American Cup was the annual open cup held by the American Football Association.


1909 American Cup, Final, Replay
Paterson True Blues: GK Garside, DF Murray, McClellan, MF MacInstri, Stewart, Chambers, FW Spindler, Fletcher, McWinnie, Gilmour, Donechie. Clark A.A.: GK Hunt, DF Tomar, T.Fisher, MF Lone, Porter, Foster, FW C.Fisher, Maitland, Martin, Young, Neilson.


1909 Argentine Primera División
The 1909 Argentine Primera División was the 18th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season began on May 2 and ended on November 21. The championship featured 10 teams, with each team playing the other twice.


1909 Argentine Primera División
Alumni won the championship, achieving its 8th title in 10 seasons. River Plate made its debuts at the top division while Lomas and Reformer were relegated, being the first teams in the history of Primera División to be relegated under the new system.


1909 Arizona football team
The 1909 Arizona football team was an American football team that represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach H. B. Galbraith, the team compiled a 3–1 record, shut out three of four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 71 to 23. The team captain was Thomas Briggs Rice.


1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1909 college football season. In their second year under head coach Hugo Bezdek, Arkansas (whose mascot before 1910 was the Cardinals) compiled a 7–0 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 186 to 18.


1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Oklahoma disputes the score of a 21–6 Arkansas win on October 23, but the team achieved its first ever perfect season at 7–0.


1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
After defeating LSU in Memphis on November 13, Bezdek gave an impromptu press conference at the Fayetteville train station after the team arrived, stating that his team had "played like a wild band of razorback hogs!". The University of Arkansas students loved the reference, and the nickname stuck. By the next school year, the student body voted to change the school mascot from Cardinals to Razorbacks.


1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Amos Alonzo Stagg traveled to Little Rock and refereed the Arkansas-Washington game on Thanksgiving Day.


1909 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Arkansas was considered the unofficial "Champions of the South" for 1909.


1909 Army Cadets football team
The 1909 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1909 college football season. In their second season under head coach Harry Nelly, the Cadets compiled a 3–2 record, shut out two of their five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 57 to 32. The team's two losses were to Yale and Harvard; the Army–Navy Game was not played in 1909.


1909 Army Cadets football team
Tackle Daniel Pullen was selected by The New York Times as a second-team player on its All-America team.


1909 Atlanta Crackers season
The 1909 Atlanta Crackers season represented the Atlanta Crackers baseball team in the Southern Association and won the league pennant. John Heisman was president of the group of owners. The team was managed by Billy Smith and led by Dutch Jordan. The team also included Tommy Atkins, Scotty Barr, Bill Bartley, Dick Bayless, Roy Castleton, Tom Fisher, Enos Kirkpatrick, Roy Moran, and Syd Smith. Manager Billy Smith credited Syd Smith as the team's best player.


1909 Atlanta Crackers season
The Crackers had just a .222 batting average on the season. Both Tom Fisher and Harold Johns had 20 win seasons, and Tommy Atkins won 19. Only Nashville's Hub Perdue won more games as a pitcher in the Southern Association.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1909 Atlantic hurricane season was an average Atlantic hurricane season. The season produced thirteen tropical cyclones, twelve of which became tropical storms; six became hurricanes, and four of those strengthened into major hurricanes. The season's first storm developed on June 15 while the last storm transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on November 14. The most notable storm during the season formed in late August, while east of the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane devastated the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, and Mexico, leaving around 4,000 fatalities and more than $50 million (1909 USD) in damage.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1909 season was very deadly and destructive, featuring at least 4,673 fatalities, and $77.3 million in damage, mostly due to the sixth and eighth hurricanes of the season. In mid-July, the fourth storm of the season hit Freeport, Texas, as a Category 3 hurricane, killing 41 people, and causing $2 million in damage. In mid-September, the eighth storm of the season made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane, killing at least 350 people and causing $10 million in damage.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season
The storm's storm surge is responsible for destroying thousands of homes, as it penetrated 2 mi (3.2 km) inland. In mid-October, the eleventh storm of the season developed, and tracked across Cuba, the Florida Keys, and the Bahamas as a Category 3 hurricane. At least $2 million in damage was caused, and at least 22 deaths were recorded. Lastly, the final storm of the season struck eastern Jamaica and Hispaniola as a hurricane before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone northeast of the Bahamas. The storm killed 198 people, and caused $7 million in damage.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
Tropical cyclogenesis began on or shortly before June 15, when the first system was initially detected in the southwestern Caribbean. The month of June featured two other storms. One cyclone formed in July, the Velasco hurricane. August was the most active month, with four tropical storms, including the Monterrey hurricane. There were two systems in September. The former, the Grand Isle hurricane, was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 952 mbar (28.1 inHg). October and November each featured one storm, the Florida Keys hurricane and the Greater Antilles hurricane, respectively. The twelfth and final cyclone of the season, the Greater Antilles hurricane transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast of the Lesser Antilles on November 14.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season had a total of 12 tropical storms, 6 of which intensified into a hurricane. This was the most tropical storms in a season since the total of 13 in 1901. The reanalysis from Christopher Landsea et al. in 2011 resulted in the addition of two tropical storms, which are listed as the first and seventh storms. In 1999, José F. Partagás and Henry F. Diaz uncovered evidence confirming the existence of a tropical system in November, while Landsea et al.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
upgraded the system from a tropical storm to a Category 2 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Additionally, the second storm of the second was also upgraded to a hurricane, increasing the number of landfalling hurricanes in the United States to five, the most in a season since 1893. All of the season's 12 tropical storms made landfall. Collectively, the storms caused over $77.3 million in damage and at least 4,673 fatalities.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 93. 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.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One
The first tropical cyclone of the season was first identified as a tropical depression near the southeastern Nicaragua coastline on June 15. Tracking due north, the depression intensified into a tropical storm within 12 hours. Operationally, this system was not classified as a tropical storm as there was uncertainty of tropical storm-force winds being measured. Maintaining a slow, northward movement, the system attained peak winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). On June 18, it gradually turned towards the west, leading to the storm making landfall near Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, the following morning.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One
Once overland, the storm weakened, first to a tropical depression before dissipating near the Nicaragua-Honduras border during the evening of June 19. Due to the weak nature of the system, little information was recorded on it. Throughout its existence, ships in the region suggested a minimum pressure of 1009 mbar (hPa; 29.80 inHg).


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
In late June, the season's second tropical cyclone developed near the Florida Keys. Its origins are unknown and the first indications of the system were as a tropical storm. After tracking northwest towards Louisiana for about a day. The system sharply changed direction and took a direct path towards the south Texas coastline. By June 29, it was estimated that the storm intensified into a minimal hurricane, attaining winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). However, reanalysis on the storm by Partagás in 1999 indicated that it was only a tropical storm.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
Shortly before the hurricane made landfall near Brownsville, Texas, it attained its peak intensity as a modern-day Category 2 cyclone with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h). A barometric pressure of 972 mbar (hPa; 28.70 inHg) was recorded as the storm moved inland. By June 30, the system weakened to a tropical storm and crossed into northern Mexico; the cyclone dissipated several hours later.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
Upon making landfall, the hurricane brought a storm surge exceeding 5 ft (1.5 m), inundating low-lying coastal areas such as Padre Island. Winds up to 48 mph (77 km/h) were recorded as far north as Corpus Christi; however, no known winds were measured where the system made landfall. During a 24‑hour span, 10 in (250 mm) of rain fell in Mercedes, Texas. These heavy rains resulted in substantial flooding along the Rio Grande over the following week.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
Near Brownsville, a town in Mexico was mostly flooded after the river broke its banks on July 4. Floods persisted in the country through July 10, leaving behind substantial damage. Though no loss of life took place, total losses from the hurricane reached $1.3 million, almost all of which was attributed to destroyed railroads in Mexico.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Three
A tropical depression developed near Turks and Caicos Islands on June 26. Moving west-northwestward, the depression struck Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas. By 12:00 UTC the following day, the storm curved northwestward and strengthened into a tropical storm. While situated near Andros around 12:00 UTC on June 28, the cyclone peaked with winds of 50 mph (85 km/h). About eight hours later, it made landfall near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Three
The storm emerged into the Gulf of Mexico near Cedar Key early on June 30, before making landfall near St. Marks close to 14:00 UTC with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). Although the system quickly weakened to a tropical depression, it remained a tropical cyclone while moving in a semicircular path across the Southeastern United States. Early on July 3, the storm emerged into the Atlantic near Beaufort, South Carolina. Around this time, Charleston observed a barometric pressure of 1,005 mbar (29.7 inHg), the lowest in relation to the system. The storm moved east-southeastward and continued weakening, until dissipating between Bermuda and Grand Bahama late on July 4.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Three
In Florida, the storm brought heavy rainfall to some areas. There was standing water on the streets of Bartow and Lakeland. In Tampa, winds exceeding 30 mph (48 km/h) shattered some windows. There was also "considerable" impact to crops and telegraph and telephone wires. Along the coast, several small crafts were damaged.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
A tropical depression was first noted in close proximity to the Windward Islands on July 13. Remaining weak for the next few days, the system began to intensify after nearing Jamaica on July 17, when it became a tropical storm. Curving towards the northwest, the cyclone reached hurricane strength on July 18 near the western tip of Cuba. Intensification halted as it moved westwards across the Gulf of Mexico, but resumed as the hurricane approached the Texas coast.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
The storm deepened into a Category 3 hurricane on July 21 and subsequently reached its peak intensity with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Shortly thereafter, the hurricane made landfall near Velasco, Texas. Once over land, the system began to quickly weaken, and dissipated near the Rio Grande on July 22.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
In Cuba, the storm brought rough seas, strong winds, and persistently heavy rainfall over a period of two days, inundating the streets of Batabanó with about 3 ft (0.91 m) of water. A number of vessels also sank, but no fatalities occurred. In Texas, strong waves caused several offshore shipping incidents, and storm surge inundated areas of the Texas coast, though damage in Galveston was mostly mitigated by the Galveston Seawall. In Velasco, one of the hardest hit cities, only eight buildings remained intact after the hurricane. Strong winds forced train closures and destroyed and downed various infrastructure. Heavy rains further inland peaked at 8.5 in (220 mm) in Hallettsville. The hurricane caused 41 deaths and $2 million in damages in Texas.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five
On August 6, a new tropical depression was identified between Jamaica and Honduras. Tracking northwestward, the system gradually intensified, attaining tropical storm status near the Cayman Islands later that day. On August 7, the storm turned towards the west and reached its peak intensity just off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a pressure of 1004 mbar (hPa; 29.65 inHg). Hours later, the cyclone made landfall near Cancún and weakened to a tropical depression hours later. Continuing westward, the system moved back over water on August 9, over the Bay of Campeche. Within hours of doing so, it re-attained tropical storm status as its forward motion quickly increased. During the afternoon of August 10, the storm made its final landfall near Tampico, Tamaulipas, before rapidly dissipating over the mountainous terrain of Mexico later that day.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depression
A tropical depression formed southwest of the Capo Verde Islands on August 7. A nearby ship recorded winds of 52 mph (84 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1,004 mbar (29.6 inHg) later that day. Thus, the depression may have intensified into a tropical storm. However, due to sparse data, it is unclear if the depression remained a tropical cyclone over the next several days as it tracked westward. The presence of a closed circulation on August 14 and August 18 was confirmed by historic weather maps. On the latter date, the depression again may have strengthened into a tropical storm, though data from the ship observing tropical storm-force winds may have been unreliable. No evidence of a closed circulation exists beyond August 18, and thus, the depression likely dissipated.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
Originating from a tropical storm east of the Leeward Islands on August 20, the storm tracked west-northwest, entering the Caribbean Sea as a minimal hurricane the next day. After striking Hispaniola on August 23, the hurricane made another landfall in eastern Cuba before reentering the Caribbean. Once back over open water, the storm intensified into a Category 3 hurricane and moved across the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula. By August 26, the storm had emerged into the Gulf of Mexico as a weakened but regrouping system. It attained its peak winds of 120 mph (185 km/h) that evening. Maintaining this intensity, the system made landfall in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas late on August 27 and rapidly dissipated the following afternoon.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
Throughout its existence, the hurricane remained relatively close to land, so consequently it effected many areas of the northern Caribbean Sea. Although the storm impacted several islands, only Haiti reported damage during the hurricane's passage. In northeastern Mexico, catastrophic flooding occurred due to the storm, especially in the city of Monterrey. In that city, more than half of the structures were flooded, hundreds were destroyed, and 20,000 people were left homeless. Throughout Mexico, reports indicated that 4,000 people were killed by the hurricane, making it the tenth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Monetary losses were also estimated to have exceeded $50 million.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Seven
A low-pressure area formed over the central Gulf of Mexico between August 19 and August 20. Ships and weather maps indicate that a tropical depression developed from the low to the northwest of the western tip of Cuba at 00:00 UTC on August 22. The system moved northwestward and intensified into a tropical storm about 24 hours later. By 12:00 UTC on August 23, sustained winds were estimated to have peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h). The storm began curving to the west-southwest shortly thereafter.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Seven
Late on August 24, the cyclone weakened to a tropical depression while approaching the coast of Mexico, with the weakening probably caused by wind shear generated by the sixth storm. The cyclone made landfall in northern Tamaulipas near the United States border early the following day, and promptly dissipated. The highest wind speed observed on land was 36 mph (58 km/h) in New Orleans.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eight
A ship first indicated the presence of this storm about 60 mi (95 km) northeast of Samana Cay in the Bahamas on August 28. The cyclone moved west-northwestward and struck the southern end of Abaco Islands later that day. Early on August 9, the storm is estimated to have peaked with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h), based on a minimum barometric pressure of 1,009 mbar (29.8 inHg) observed by a ship. The cyclone made landfall around 09:00 UTC near modern-day Boca Raton, Florida.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eight
Moving inland, the system weakened to a tropical depression early on August 30 while just to the west of Lake Okeechobee, where it began curving northwestward. Around midday, the cyclone turned northeastward. Late on August 30, the storm reemerged into the Atlantic Ocean and restrengthened into a tropical storm early the following day. The reintensification was short-lived, with the cyclone weakening to a tropical depression and dissipating about 120 mi (190 km) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine
During early September, a tropical disturbance over the western Atlantic began to strengthen as it moved towards the Lesser Antilles. By September 13, the system had become sufficiently organized to be classified as a tropical depression. Moving west-northwestward, the depression attained tropical storm status near Jamaica on September 15 and hurricane intensity the following day. By September 18, the hurricane had attained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) as it moved over the western tip of Cuba.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine
After briefly weakening due to its interaction with land, the storm re-intensified over the Gulf of Mexico, attaining winds of 120 mph (185 km/h), becoming the third major hurricane of the season. Maintaining this strength, the storm eventually made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, on September 21. Rapid weakening took place as it quickly moved northward, dissipating the following day over Missouri.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine
In western Cuba, the storm brought strong winds and heavy precipitation to several areas. Numerous buildings suffered severe damage and a large portion of the orange crop was lost. Ships were pushed onshore by the hurricane's large swells. Throughout Pinar del Río Province, damage was estimated at about $1 million. The steamship Nicholas Castina capsized near Isla de la Juventud, drowning at least 29 people. In the United States, the hurricane killed at least 350 people and wrought $10 million in damage. Thousands of homes were destroyed by the cyclone's powerful storm surge which penetrated 2 mi (3.2 km) inland. The states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama sustained the most severe damage, especially from strong winds which covered a large area.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ten
Observations from a ship and weather maps indicate that a tropical depression developed near the north coast of Isla de la Juventud on September 24. Moving northward, the depression soon struck the Caribbean coast of modern-day Artemisa Province in Cuba. Heavy rainfall and gusty winds were reported in the now defunct Santa Clara Province. The depression emerged into the Gulf of Mexico and failed to intensify further before making landfall near Naples, Florida late on September 25. Moving northeastward, the cyclone emerged into the Atlantic Ocean and strengthened into a tropical storm around 12:00 UTC on September 26.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ten
About 24 hours later, the system peaked with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Thereafter, the storm began weakening. However, on September 28, a ship observed a barometric pressure of 1,000 mbar (30 inHg), the lowest known in relation to the storm. Around 00:00 UTC on September 29, the cyclone weakened to a tropical depression just west of Bermuda and dissipated shortly thereafter.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eleven
The storm was first detected in the Caribbean about 35 mi (55 km) northwest of Cartagena, Colombia, on October 6. Initially a tropical depression, the system became a tropical storm early on the next day while heading northwestward. By October 8, the storm became a Category 1 hurricane to the southwest of Jamaica. The hurricane curved west-northwestward and intensified throughout the next day, becoming Category 3 intensity late on October 9. The cyclone peaked with winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) early on October 10.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eleven
Later that day, it turned to the north and made landfall in Sandino, Pinar del Río Province. After traversing the western extremity of Cuba, the storm entered the Straights of Florida and turned northeastward. The hurricane made landfall near Marathon, Florida, late on October 11 with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Thereafter, the system weakened quickly while crossing the northwestern Bahamas and the western Atlantic, falling to tropical storm intensity late on October 12. About 24 hours later, it weakened to a tropical depression and then dissipated 200 mi (320 km) northeast of Bermuda.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eleven
In western Cuba, strong winds and large waves left severe damage. The cities of Cayuco and La Fe in Pinar del Río Province were completely destroyed, while Guane experienced considerable devastation and every house in Puerto Esperanza suffered damage due to strong winds. In Havana alone, the storm caused five fatalities and about $1 million in damage. The large waves reached the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, causing many fishermen and their families to drown.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eleven
In Key West, the streets became a "mess of wreckage", with at least 500 homes were destroyed and at least 400 buildings throughout the city being damaged or demolished. Overall, damage in Key West reached approximately $2 million and there were two fatal injuries. Worst damage in Key West since 1870 hurricanes. Damage to Keys railroad not as great as the similar 1906 hurricane storm. At several locations in the Florida Keys, the Florida East Coast Railway was damaged. Twelve deaths occurred at Bahia Honda Key after the tugboat Sybil wrecked there. In Marathon, the timekeeper drowned. In Miami, a number of structures were deroofed, while the newly built hotel suffered severe damage, but impact otherwise primarily limited to downed trees. Along its path, the storm killed 34 people.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Twelve
The final storm of the season formed from a large weather system over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on November 8. Tracking northwestward, the system gradually intensified. On November 11, the storm brushed the eastern tip of Jamaica before attaining hurricane-status several hours later. During the afternoon of November 12, the hurricane made landfall in northeastern Haiti with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) before entering the Atlantic Ocean. Once in the Atlantic, the storm further intensified to attain peak winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) on November 13 as it accelerated eastward. The system rapidly transitioned into an extratropical cyclone the following day before being absorbed by a frontal system northeast of the Lesser Antilles.


1909 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Twelve
In Jamaica, torrential rains from the storm, peaking at 114.50 in (2,908 mm) at Silver Hill Plantation, wrought widespread damage. Throughout the country, roughly 500,000 banana plants were lost as a result of the floods, about 20% of the entire country's yield. The storm left 30 people dead and $7 million in damage. Nearby Haiti suffered more severe losses from the storm, with 166 people confirmed to have died and hundreds other presumed dead. Additionally, damage reached at least $3 million. Widespread flooding and landslides destroyed entire villages and ruined transportation.


1909 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1909 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1909 college football season.


1909 Auckland City mayoral election
The 1909 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1909, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1909 Auckland City mayoral election, Background
Incumbent mayor Charles Grey re-elected unopposed. Grey had been elected by the council to fill the vacancy for the mayoralty remainder of the previous term following the resignation of Arthur Myers.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season
The 1909 Auckland Rugby League season was the league's first ever official season. It celebrated its centenary in 2009. Four representative matches had been played in 1908 as players in Auckland attempted to showcase the new code to both Auckland residents and those elsewhere.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, First meeting
A meeting of players was held on Monday 12 July where it was decided to call for another meeting the following Monday and to invite all interested parties to attend. The ultimate aim was to form a league. It was also stated that "three clubs will be formed, two in the city and one at the North Shore". The meeting was duly held on 19 July at the Chamber of Commerce on Swanson Street. Mr. A.E. Glover, M.P., occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of around 150 supporters and players.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, First meeting
They were to affiliate with the Northern Union and hold a practice match on the following Saturday. "Mr. R. Eagleton offered the league the use of three suitable playing grounds in Epsom". The ground was located near Potters Paddock which was later converted into Alexandra Racecourse. Elections for officers were also held with 14 appointments made.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, North Shore Albions formed
A further meeting was held at North Shore on the Wednesday evening at the Council Chambers in Devonport with 40 in attendance, and a club was formed. It was noted that they had the playing numbers for two teams and they had "taken the pick of the amateur players of the district club". The club would be called North Shore Albions.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, North Shore Albions formed
On the Thursday night a preliminary meeting was held in the city with 20 players attending with the goal of forming a club that was either a city team or a combination of a city and Ponsonby team, while a Newton club was also aimed to be formed the following week as there was "considerable dissatisfaction among the members at the management of the Auckland Union". It was decided to play a match on the Saturday between the North Shore team and the city team. The match was duly played between North Shore and City and resulted in a win to the former by 44 points to 22.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, North Shore Albions formed
Chairman of the league, D.W. McLean spoke with a representative of The New Zealand Herald and was reported as saying the following; "no payment would be made for playing, but the men when away from home would be recompensed for lost time. They would provide players with uniforms free in order that a team might take the field in a regulation costume, not in varied coloured pants and stockings, as is often seen even in rep. Rugby matches.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, North Shore Albions formed
Their meetings would be open to the press and full information will be given to the public of all moneys received and expended...". He "spoke enthusiastically of the possibilities of the new code, from which he contended the rougher elements of rugby had been removed, this providing a game which was full of bright play and sparkling situations. The liability of getting hurt had been greatly reduced by the removal of scrums and line-out play".


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, North Shore Albions formed
It was also reported that several prominent players, questioned about why they had left the Rugby Union game said that "they were tired of the unequalness of the contests under the present system. There was no sport in being beaten by 61 points to nil as the North Shore seniors were recently by the Ponsonby team… the management of the Auckland Union was not mindful enough of the clubs’ or players interests".


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Ponsonby United born
At a meeting at Leys Institute on 30 July the Ponsonby club was formed. There were 50 supporters present with Mr. A Thompson chairing the meeting. Also in attendance were Mr James Carlaw, along with Arthur Carlaw, Charles Dunning, and Jack Stanaway. They called for another meeting to be held the following week to enroll players. They played a match against Newton Rangers on August 21 which they won by 16 points to 6.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches
Auckland played four representative matches, though the first match was still prior to the official formation of the league. They played the New Zealand Maori team, two matches against Taranaki, one against Wellington, and a further match against Rotorua which was a largely junior side. The match versus Wellington on 9 October drew 4,000 spectators and raised £122 for the Auckland Rugby League.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland v NZ Maori
A match was played between Auckland and a New Zealand Māori team on 10 July which was preparing to depart for a tour of Australia. The Auckland team was victorious by 21 points to 14 in front of a crowd estimated at 3,000. Proceeds from the match were to go towards the formation and establishment of the league. Auckland City Council granted use of Victoria Park for the match to be played on Saturday, 10 July.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland v NZ Maori
The council allowed for an admission charge "not exceeding one shilling for each person… with an extra shilling for every horse or vehicle, and an additional charge not exceeding one shilling for each person for admission to the pavilion". The Maori team was preparing for a tour of Australia. They had been based in Te Kuiti with Barclay tutoring the side. He had been a member of the last 'native' team to tour Australia. The Auckland team was preparing hard under the guidance of William Mackrell.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland v Taranaki
Taranaki tipped over the home team 8–7. On 31 July a trial match was played between A and B teams before William Wynyard selected the representative side to face Taranaki. It was an uninspiring encounter, won by the Possible selection 37–29. The match against Taranaki marked the first ‘official’ Auckland team as it was selected after a league had formed.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland v Taranaki
On 12 September a trial match was played at Eagleton's Paddock in Epsom between A and B teams. The A team won by 22 points to 8 with tries for the A team to Arthur Carlaw 2, Fred Jackson, William Mackrell, George Seagar, and Winters, with D Bradburn kicking 2 conversions. While for the B team Smith and Frederick Neighbour scored tries, and Neighbour also kicked a conversion.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland v Taranaki
William Wynyard then selected the team to face Taranaki in New Plymouth and they fared better this time winning by 27 points to 11.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland v Rotorua
An Auckland XIII travelled to Rotorua to play the local side and was trounced by a much better team filled with Māori players who had represented them in Australia. The Auckland team was largely a junior side though it did feature several more experienced players such as Richard Wynyard, Frank Woodward and Frederick Neighbour. Unfortunately Ferguson broke his leg during the match and had to be taken to the local hospital. The Rotorua side featured Riki Papakura who a week later played for Auckland against Wellington.


1909 Auckland Rugby League season, Representative matches, Auckland representative matches played and scorers
The following list includes the four legitimate representative matches against New Zealand Maori, Taranaki (two matches), and Wellington. The Rotorua match is omitted as it was an Auckland Junior/Auckland XIII selection.


1909 Australasian Championships
The 1909 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor grass courts at Perth Zoo, Perth, Australia from 16 October to 25 October 1909. It was the fifth edition of the Australasian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the first held in Perth and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. Anthony Wilding won the singles title, his second after 1906.


1909 Australasian Championships, Finals, Doubles
J. P. Keane /  Ernie Parker defeated  Tom Crooks /  Anthony Wilding 1–6, 6–1, 6–1, 9–7


1909 Australasian Championships – Singles
Anthony Wilding defeated Ernie Parker 6–1, 7–5, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1909 Australasian Championships. It was Wilding's second Australasian singles title after 1906. The event was held on the grass courts of the Zoological Gardens in Perth.


1909 Baylor football team
The 1909 Baylor football team was an American football team that represented Baylor University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second season under head coach Enoch J. Mills, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponent by a total of 112 to 41.


1909 Baylor football team
1909 was only the second season in which Baylor's first six games were at home; since then, Baylor has not begun the season with more than four home games. The season is prominent for having the world's first "Home-Coming" at the Thanksgiving Day game, which included a concert, parade, and bonfire. To this day, Baylor claims to have the largest homecoming parade in the world.


1909 Berlin International Tournament
The 1909 Berlin International Tournament was the second edition of the Berlin International Tournament, an international ice hockey tournament. It was held from March 3-6, 1909, in Berlin, Germany. Akademischer SC 1906 Dresden won the tournament.


1909 Bermondsey by-election
The Bermondsey by-election, 1909 was a by-election held on 28 October 1909 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bermondsey in South East London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP)  to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The presiding officer and the ballots were damaged by two suffragettes who tried to disrupt the men's election.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was called following the death of George Cooper who had gained the seat as part of the Liberal Party victory in the 1906 general election.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Electoral history
The seat had been Liberal since they gained it at the last General Election in 1906;


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Candidates
The Labour party intervened in the contest having not stood in 1906. They selected 36-year-old Alfred Salter who had recently joined the Independent Labour Party. Back in 1906, Salter had been elected in succession to Cooper as the Progressive member for Bermondsey on the London County Council. On 8 October, Salter was officially announced as the party's candidate, just one day after the death of Cooper. The local Liberal Association selected 51-year-old journalist Spencer Leigh Hughes to defend the seat. He was not previously connected to the area and had unsuccessfully stood as Liberal candidate in the 1907 Jarrow by-election.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Candidates
Hughes was adopted unanimously as the candidate for the by-election. The local Liberal might have chosen Harold Glanville, a Bermondsey man who represented neighbouring Rotherhithe on the London County Council. With a General election pending, the Conservatives had already selected their candidate, Assheton Pownall. However, he was out of the country at the time and unable to campaign. Forced to find someone else at short notice, they settled on a local man, 64-year-old Cllr.John Dumphreys as their candidate. He had worked as a leather dresser, in an industry which was quite significant locally. In 1907 he became Mayor of Bermondsey. He was a supporter of Tariff Reform.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Campaign
Polling Day was fixed for the 28 October, just 21 days after the death of Cooper. There was a significant speech made by Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George, at Limehouse on 30 July 1909 in which he outlined the proposals in the People's Budget. Since then, there had been no by-election in which to gauge public reaction to these proposals. The proposals therefore became central to the campaign. The Conservatives campaigned against the radicalism of the Liberals and their idea of massive state intervention in welfare. Hughes and the local Liberals embraced this New Liberal approach.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Campaign
Dumphreys was critical of the Liberal government's failure to act on the recommendation of the Poor Law Commission, which had been initiated by the previous Conservative government. In particular, he pressed for wholesale reform of the workhouse system, for better treatment of the deserving poor, and removal of the taint of pauper from children. "For every child a chance" was his philosophy. The Liberal campaign faced particular difficulties because their candidate was an outsider while both the Conservative and Labour candidates were local.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Result
Dumphreys gained the seat for the Conservatives and Unionists, though with less than half the votes;


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Result
Polling day had been marred by two women suffragette protesters from the Women's Freedom League, attacking polling stations, smashing bottles containing corrosive liquid over ballot boxes, in an attempt to destroy votes. A presiding officer, George Thornley, was blinded in one eye in one of these attacks, and a Liberal agent suffered a severe burn to the neck. The count was delayed while ballot papers were carefully examined, 83 ballot papers were damaged but legible but two ballot papers became undecipherable.


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Aftermath
Dumphreys would lose the seat to the Liberals eleven weeks later in the general election, but not to Hughes who was to be elected as Liberal MP for Stockport, but this time to a Bermondsey man. After finishing bottom of the poll in the by-election, the Labour party withdrew from the contest;


1909 Bermondsey by-election, Aftermath
Salter later became MP for West Bermondsey in 1922. The two suffragette protesters Alice Chapin and Alison Neilans, were sentenced to three months each in Holloway Prison.


1909 Birthday Honours
The 1909 Birthday Honours for the British Empire were announced on 28 June, to celebrate the birthday of Edward VII.


1909 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.


1909 Borujerd earthquake
The 1909 Borujerd earthquake also known as Silakhor earthquake occurred in Silakhor plain (in the south of today's Borujerd County), Persia (modern day Iran) on January 23. Around 8,000 fatalities were caused directly from the magnitude 7.3 earthquake. An indefinite number of aftershocks continued for six months after the main shock. The section on this fault ruptured was the same as the main rupture zone of the 2006 Borujerd earthquake.


1909 Borujerd earthquake, Earthquake
Occurring on the local Dorood Fault, the tremor caused 40 kilometers (25 mi) of visible surface faulting.


1909 Borujerd earthquake, Damage
Sixty villages within the region were either completely destroyed or damaged beyond repair. Casualties were extensive, occurring in 130 individual villages. However, damage was contained within a 40,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) area. Eight thousand were killed in this sector along with several thousand animals. Damage was worst within the epicentral area (Silakhor Valley) and surrounding valleys populated by domestic tribes. Signs of ground failure and landslides was evident for another 20–30 kilometres (12–19 mi) southeast of the epicenter.


1909 Boston College football team
The 1909 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Boston Doves season
The 1909 Boston Doves season was the 39th season of the franchise.


1909 Boston Doves 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


1909 Boston Doves 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


1909 Boston Doves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1909 Boston Doves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1909 Boston Doves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1909 Boston Red Sox season
The 1909 Boston Red Sox season was the ninth season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses, 9+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The team played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.


1909 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
The team's longest game of the season was 12 innings, which occurred three times.


1909 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Statistical leaders
The offense was led by Tris Speaker, who hit seven home runs and had 77 RBIs while recording a .309 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Frank Arellanes with 16 wins, Eddie Cicotte with a 1.94 ERA, and Smoky Joe Wood with 88 strikeouts.


1909 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season, Season standings
The team had one game end in a tie; August 25 at Chicago White Sox. Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.


1909 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1909 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1909 British Columbia general election
The 1909 British Columbia general election was the twelfth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on October 20, 1909, and held on November 25, 1909. The new legislature met for the first time on January 20, 1910.


1909 British Columbia general election
The governing Conservative Party won its third consecutive term in government with over half of the popular vote and all but four of the 42 seats in the legislature, effectively a rout for the popular incumbent Premier, Sir Richard McBride.


1909 British Columbia general election
Despite winning almost one-third of the popular vote, the Liberal Party won only two seats, the same number won by the Socialist Party with only 11.5% of the vote.


1909 British Columbia general election
The first-past-the-post allocation of seats, combined with the multi-member constituencies in effect at the time, ensured that the Conservatives won with a lead of 34 seats, instead of only a lead of two seats that its proportion of the popular vote should have granted it.


1909 British Columbia general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1909 British Columbia general election, Results
1 Two candidates are counted twice: R. McBride (Conservative), who contested and was elected in both Victoria City and Yale, and J. Oliver (Liberal) who contested but was defeated in both Delta and Victoria City.


1909 British Columbia general election, Results
2 Organized in 1906. Not the same as the CLP that contested the 1924 election.


1909 Brooklyn Superbas season
The 1909 Brooklyn Superbas handed the manager's job over to outfielder Harry Lumley. However, the team finished in sixth place again and Lumley's playing stats took a tumble as he tried to do both jobs. He was replaced as manager after the season and traded as a player halfway through the next season.


1909 Brooklyn Superbas 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


1909 Brooklyn Superbas 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


1909 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1909 Brooklyn Superbas season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1909 Brown Bears football team
The 1909 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Buchtel football team
The 1909 Buchtel football team represented Buchtel College in the 1909 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Clarence Weed, in his only season. Buchtel was outscored by their opponents by a total of 54–69.


1909 Bulloo state by-election
The Bulloo state by-election, 1909 was a by-election held on 27 March 1909 for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Bulloo, based in the remote south western part of the state.


1909 Bulloo state by-election
The by-election was triggered by the death of Ministerial member John Leahy on 20 January 1909. Leahy had held the seat since 1893, five years after its creation. He was a minister in the First Philp Ministry from 1901 until 1903, and at the time of his death was the Legislative Assembly.


1909 Bulloo state by-election
The seat included the towns of Thargomindah, Birdsville, Eromanga, Eulo, Hungerford and Windorah.


1909 Calgary municipal election
The 1909 Calgary municipal election took place on December 13, 1909 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-sixth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1910 to January 2, 1911.


1909 Calgary municipal election
Mayor Reuben Rupert Jamieson was acclaimed upon the close of nominations on December 6, 1909.


1909 Calgary municipal election, Background
The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward.


1909 Calgary municipal election, Results, Plebiscite
A bylaw providing that the legislature be requested to give the ratepayers an opportunity of voting on a question of adopting a commission form of government.


1909 Campeonato Carioca
The 1909 Campeonato Carioca, the fourth edition of that championship, kicked off on May 2, 1909 and ended on October 31, 1909. It was organized by LMSA (Liga Metropolitana de Sports Athleticos, or Metropolitan Athletic Sports League). Seven teams participated. Fluminense won the title for the 4th time. No teams were relegated.


1909 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1909 Campeonato Paulista
The 1909 Campeonato Paulista, organized by the LPF (Liga Paulista de Football), was the 8th season of São Paulo's top association football league. AA das Palmeiras won the title for the 1st time. No teams were relegated and the top scorer was Paulistano's Bibi with 9 goals.


1909 Campeonato Paulista, System
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1909 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
With the return of AA das Palmeiras to the league, the bottom two teams of the previous year's championship had to dispute a playoff to define who would remain in the league, won by São Paulo Athletic.


1909 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
In the last match, Internacional, that needed to beat Americano to win the title, tied by 1-1 (which would force them into a three-way tiebreak with AA das Palmeiras and Paulistano), with two goals annulled, and at the match's end, the referee was threatened by the Internacional players. Two of Internacional's players were suspended, and after the club's officialdom tried to appeal, the club was expelled from the league for refusing to obey the decision.


1909 Carlisle Indians football team
The 1909 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indians football team of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School during the 1909 college football season. Coach Pop Warner ran the single-wing.


1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team
The 1909 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by Edwin N. Snitjer in his first and only season as head coach, Carnegie Tech compiled a record of 5–3–1.


1909 Case football team
The 1909 Case football team represented the Case School of Applied Science, now a part of Case Western Reserve University, during the 1909 college football season. The team's head coach was Joe Fogg. Case compiled a 6–1–2 record outscoring their opponents 141–32.


1909 Central Michigan Normalites football team
The 1909 Central Michigan Normalites football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their first season under head coachHarry Helmer, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 63 to 58.


1909 Central Michigan Normalites football team
The team's roster included quarterback Wallace Coutant, halfbacks Emmet Houlihan and Earl McCarty, fullback Ford Bradish, ends Ralph Gilpin and Ollie Richards, guards William Ochs, Alexander Perkins, and Leo Going, tackles Rollie Moody and Floyd L. Livermore, end/fullback George Parkhill, and guard/tackle Harold Spross.


1909 Challenge Cup
The 1908–09 Challenge Cup was the 13th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1909 Challenge Cup, Final
The final was contested by Wakefield Trinity and Hull F.C. at Headingley, Leeds.


1909 Challenge Cup, Final
The final was played on Saturday 24 April 1909, where Wakefield Trinity beat Hull F.C. 17-0 at Headingley, Leeds in front of a crowd of 23,587.


1909 Challenge Cup, Final
Trinity's 17-0 victory in the final was their first Cup in their first final.


1909 Challenge Cup, Final, Teams
Wakefield Trinity: James "Jimmy" D. Metcalfe, Ernest W. Bennett, William "Billy" Lynch, Ezra Sidwell, William 'Billie ' G. Simpson, Harry Slater, Thomas "Tommy" 'Trapper' Newbould, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, James Auton, Joseph Taylor, John "Jack" Walton, Herbert Kershaw, Harry 'Dickie' Beaumont


1909 Challenge Cup, Final, Teams
Hull: Harry Taylor, J. Dechan, G. Connell, G. T. Cottrell, (E. or Ned) Rogers, Harry Wallace, Billie Anderson, Tom Herridge, William Holder, Frank Boylen, F. Britton, H. Havelock, W. J. Carroll


1909 Championship of Australia
The 1909 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 9 October 1909.


1909 Championship of Australia
The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL, South Melbourne and the premiers of the SAFL, West Adelaide.


1909 Championship of Australia
The match was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria.


1909 Championship of Australia
The match, played in front of 15,000, was won by South Melbourne by a margin of 24 points, giving South Melbourne its 1st Championship of Australia Title.


1909 Championship of Australia
The West Australian Football League champions, East Fremantle Football Club also travelled to the Eastern States, defeating Port Adelaide in Adelaide but losing to a combined Victorian league side 12.8 (80) to 9.13 (67) in the curtain-raiser to the South Melbourne – West Adelaide game.


1909 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1909 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga as an independent during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster
The Cherry Mine disaster was a fire in the Cherry, Illinois, coal mine in 1909, and surrounding events, in which 259 men and boys died. The disaster stands as the third most deadly in American coal mining history.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster, History, Background
The Cherry Mine had been opened in 1905 by the St. Paul Coal Company to supply coal for the trains of its controlling company, the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad. The mine consisted of three horizontal veins, each deeper than the last. The veins were connected vertically by two shafts set some 100 yards (91 m) apart. Both the main shaft and the secondary shaft contained wooden stairs and ladders. The main shaft was capped by an 85-foot (26 m) steel tipple which controlled a mechanical hoisting cage. A large fan, located in a shunt off the secondary shaft, pushed fresh air into the mine.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster, History, Background
The miners included a large number of immigrants, heavily Italian, many of whom could not speak English. Boys as young as 11 years old also worked the mine. Rather than a fixed per-hour wage, pay was based on the coal production.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster, The Cherry Mine Disaster
On Saturday, November 13, 1909, nearly 500 men and boys and three dozen mules were working in the mine. An electrical outage earlier that week had forced the workers to light kerosene lanterns and torches, some portable, some set into the mine walls.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster, The Cherry Mine Disaster
Shortly after noon, a coal car filled with hay for the mules caught fire from one of the wall lanterns. Initially unnoticed and, by some accounts, ignored by the workers, efforts to move the fire only spread the blaze to the timbers supporting the mine.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster, The Cherry Mine Disaster
The large fan was reversed in an attempt to blow out the fire, but this only succeeded in igniting the fan house itself as well as the escape ladders and stairs in the secondary shaft, trapping more miners below. The two shafts were then closed off to smother the fire, but this also had the effect of cutting off oxygen to the miners, and allowing the “black damp,” a suffocating mixture of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, to build up in the mine.


1909 Cherry Mine disaster, The Cherry Mine Disaster
Some 200 men and boys made their way to the surface, some through escape shafts, some using the hoisting cage. Some miners who had already escaped returned to the mine to aid their coworkers. Twelve of these, led by John Bundy, made six dangerous cage trips, rescuing many others. The seventh trip, however, proved fatal when the cage operator misunderstood the miners' signals and brought them to the surface too late - the rescuers and those they attempted to rescue were burned to death.