1909 St. Vincent's Saints football team
In 1910, St. Vincent's withdrew from participation in intercollegiate athletics, opting to confine athletics to the Catholic student body.


1909 Stetson Hatters football team
The 1909 Stetson Hatters football team represented the private Stetson College in the sport of American football during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election
The Stratford-on-Avon by-election of 1909 was held on 4 May 1909. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Thomas Kincaid-Smith, resigning to restand following his resignation from the Liberal Party. It was won by the Conservative candidate Philip Staveley Foster.


1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election
Kincaid-Smith was elected as Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon in 1906. In 1909, he resigned his seat and left the Liberal Party to advocate compulsory military training. He stood as an independent, supported by the National Service League, at the ensuing by-election, but was badly defeated.


1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election, Further reading
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1909 Swarthmore Quakers football team
The 1909 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1909 college football season. The team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 101 to 84. George H. Brooke was the head coach.


1909 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1909 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1909 college football season. The head coach was Tad Jones, coaching his first season with the Orangemen. The team played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.


1909 TCU football team
The 1909 TCU football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) as a member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) during the 1909 college football season. Led by Jesse R. Langley in his second and final year as head coach, TCU compiled an overall record of 5–2–1.


1909 Tamworth by-election
The Tamworth by-election of 1909 was held on 16 January 1909. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Philip Muntz. It was won by the Conservative candidate Francis Newdegate, who was unopposed.


1909 Tasmanian state election
The 1909 Tasmanian state election was held on Friday, 30 April 1909 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. At the 1909 election there was a reduction in the number of members from 35 to 30 and the first statewide use of the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — six members were elected from each of five electorates. The election saw an increase in Labour seats from 7 to 12, at the expense of the Anti-Socialist Party.


1909 Tasmanian state election, The Hare-Clark system
The Tasmanian House of Assembly had, from its inception in 1856, used a plurality voting system to elect members from one or two-seat electorates. In 1896, the Tasmanian attorney-general, Andrew Inglis Clark, suggested the House adopt a single transferable vote system devised by Englishman Thomas Hare with certain variations devised by himself, which became known as the Hare-Clark system.


1909 Tasmanian state election, The Hare-Clark system
The system was used on a trial basis in the Hobart and Launceston electorates from the 1897 election onwards, but was never used in the country electorates and was repealed in 1901, with the districts being broken up at the 1903 election. In order to blunt the emergence of the Labour Party which won eight seats in the 1906 election, Clark convinced the House to apply the Hare-Clark system statewide.


1909 Tasmanian state election, The Hare-Clark system
The outgoing House at the election was represented by 35 single-member districts. The adoption of the Hare-Clark system saw the number of seats in the House reduced from 35 to 30, and six members for each of five electorates (corresponding to the federal electoral divisions of Bass, Darwin, Denison, Franklin and Wilmot) would be elected using proportional representation.


1909 Tasmanian state election, Results
Tasmanian state election, 30 April 1909House of Assembly << 1906–1912 >>


1909 Tasmanian state election, Aftermath
The Anti-Socialist Party (previously known as the Free Trade Party) was a coalition of conservative parliamentarians, exhorted by incumbent Premier John Evans to combine their forces against the threat from the Labour Party who had won an unprecedented 12 seats. Evans offered to resign if asked, and in June was taken to his word, with Elliott Lewis elected as leader and premier with a pledge of twelve months loyalty.


1909 Tasmanian state election, Aftermath
A faction of Liberals led by Norman Ewing undermined Lewis' leadership, culminating in a no-confidence motion in October 1909 which led to the Governor of Tasmania Sir Harry Barron calling on John Earle to form Tasmania's first Labour ministry, a minority government which lasted only a week before being voted out by the House.


1909 Taunton by-election
The Taunton by-election of 1909 was held on 23 February 1909. The by-election was held due to the ill health of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Boyle. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Peel, previously the MP for Manchester South. Peel was the son of Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, a former Liberal MP and  Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grandson of former Prime Minister Robert Peel.


1909 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1909 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1909 college football season. The Volunteers went 1–6–2, their worst season since 1906, when they compiled the same record. George Levene served the final year of his three-year tenure as head coach.


1909 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 1909 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1909 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1909 college football season.


1909 Thames by-election
The Thames by-election of 1909 was a by-election held during the 17th New Zealand Parliament.


1909 Thames by-election, Background
The by-election was caused after the resignation of Liberal Party MP James McGowan, who had been appointed to the Legislative Council. McGowan announced his resignation by advertisement in the Thames Star on 7 January 1909, and in the same edition, the Mayor of Thames, Archibald Burns, announced his candidacy.


1909 Thames by-election, Background
In the end, five candidates contested the election, but Burns was not among them. William Henry Lucas, a unionist, was the official representative of the liberal government. Edmund Taylor and Thomas William Rhodes were also Liberal Party member. Frederick Henry Haselden was the official candidate of the conservative opposition, but Ernest Deeble also stood for opposition interests.


1909 Thames by-election, Results
The Second Ballot Act 1908 was in force and had previously been used for the 1908 election. This was the first by-election where it applied, and the act stipulated that the leading candidate had to obtain an absolute majority of the votes, or else the two highest polling candidates would face each other in a second election. At the 28 January election, Taylor was the highest-polling candidate, but received only 34% of the vote, hence a second election between him and Lucas was required. That election was held on 4 February 1909, and was won by Taylor.


1909 Thames by-election, Results
A week after the election, William Massey announced that the opposition will from now on be known as the Reform Party. Taylor served until the end of the parliamentary term and was narrowly beaten by Rhodes at the next general election in 1911. Taylor contested the electorate again in 1914 but Rhodes remained successful.


1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
The 1909 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel Academy in the 1909 college football season. This was the fourth year of intercollegiate football at The Citadel, with Sam Costen serving as coach for the first season. The 1909 team was the first to be officially called the Bulldogs. The first road trip also took place on November 3, 1909 to play Davidson College at the County Fairgrounds in Orangeburg, SC. All other games are believed to have been played at Hampton Park at the site of the old race course.


1909 Tie Cup Final
The 1909 Tie Cup Final was the final match to decide the winner of the Tie Cup, the 10th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Argentine Alumni and Uruguayan CURCC.


1909 Tie Cup Final
In the match, played at Estadio G.E.B.A. in Belgrano, Alumni beat CURCC 4–0, with goals by Eliseo Brown (3) and Alfredo Brown, achieving not only its sixth Tie Cup trophy but the record of titles won by any team. It was also the last international title won by the team before Alumni was officially dissolved in April 1913.


1909 Tie Cup Final, Overview
Alumni qualified for the final after having won the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club, where the squad beat Rosarian teams Provincial (4–0) and Rosario Central (3–1 in Colegiales), San Isidro (3–2) and Newell's Old Boys in the final (5–1). The match was held in Gimnasia y Esgrima Stadium in Palermo on 5 September 1905. There was a low attendance due to bad weather.


1909 Tie Cup Final, Overview
The rain fallen during almost all the morning prior to the match left the field so muddy that players had problems to control the ball. Even though, Eliseo Brown received the ball 40 meters from the rival goal and started his run. When he was 25 meters from the goal Brown shot for the first goal of Alumni. On 40 minutes, Weiss passed to Arnold Watson Hutton who shot to the goal. Goalkeeper Pintos stopped the shot but the ball rebounded on his hands so Alfredo Brown took advantage of the play to score the second goal. Three minutes later, another pass from Weiss was connected by Eliseo Brown who scored the third goal.


1909 Tie Cup Final, Overview
The fourth goal came in the second half, with few minutes left when Eliseo Brown scored the last one for the final 4–0 of Alumni over CURCC. He was also the topscorer of the match with three goals. This edition of the Tie Cup was the last international title won by Alumni. In 1911 the club ceased its participation in official football competitions and two year later it was definitively dissolved.


1909 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1909 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 20th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


1909 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Thurles won the championship after a 10-04 to 5-02 defeat of Racecourse/Grangemockler in the final. It was their sixth championship title overall and their fourth title in succession.


1909 Toronto Argonauts season
The 1909 Toronto Argonauts season was the 26th season for the team since the franchise's inception in 1873. The team finished in third place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 1–5 record and failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1909 Toronto Argonauts season
The 1909 Toronto Argonauts season was the Argonaut Football Club's 12th season of organized league play since joining the Ontario Rugby Football Union in 1898, and its third season in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union. The team finished in third place in the "Big Four" league with one win and five losses and failed to qualify for the Dominion playoffs.


1909 Toronto Argonauts season
The team was managed by Argonaut rowing great Joe Wright, a former Double Blue player, who took a hand in coaching the squad along with captain and quarterback Warren Coryell. This proved to the be last season in their history that the Argos played a season without a dedicated coach.


1909 Toronto municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1909. Joseph Oliver was easily re-elected to his second term as Mayor of Toronto. One of the central issues of the campaign was whether the city should construct a bridge over the Don River connecting Bloor Street to Danforth Avenue. A referendum was held as part of the vote, and the bridge was approved. It would be built as the Prince Edward Viaduct.


1909 Toronto municipal election, Toronto mayor
Oliver had been elected in the 1908 election, and was easily reelected while facing no serious opposition.


1909 Toronto municipal election, Board of Control
The election was accompanied by a referendum on reducing the number of licensed bars in the city by 40. The measure passed, but in a surprise upset Controller Frank S. Spence, who was the strongest advocate for the measure, was defeated. His place on the Toronto Board of Control was taken by former Alderman George Reginald Geary who had been defeated by Oliver for Mayor the year previously. Alderman James Hales also tried to gain a seat on the board.


1909 Toronto municipal election, City council
Three aldermen were elected to Toronto City Council per ward.


1909 Toronto municipal election, Creation of Ward 7
The City of West Toronto was annexed on May 1, 1909 and became Ward 7. Due to its smaller size it had only two aldermen. A by-election was held on May 29, 1909.


1909 Tour de France
The 1909 Tour de France was the seventh edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 5 July to 1 August. It consisted of 14 stages over 4,497 kilometres (2,794 mi), ridden at an average 28.658 km/h. The results were computed by points accorded finishing positions on each stage, the rider with fewest points at the end of the race winning the race. The stages were approximately the same as in the 1907 and 1908 Tour de France.


1909 Tour de France
Because Lucien Petit-Breton, the winner of the Tour de France in 1907 and 1908, did not enter, the runner-up of 1908, François Faber, was the favourite. Faber went on to win six of the 14 stages and won the race easily.


1909 Tour de France, Innovations and changes
The 1909 Tour de France was again decided by the point system: the winner of a stage received one point, the second placed cyclist two points, and so on. The cyclist with the fewest points at the end of the race was the winner. After the eighth stage, the classification was cleaned up, by removing the cyclists from the result of the previous stages and recalculating the points of the remaining cyclists. This happened again after the thirteenth stage.


1909 Tour de France, Innovations and changes
In 1908, the cyclists had to use Tour-supplied frames; this rule was abandoned in 1909. The bicycles were still marked with a stamp, to ensure that the riders only used one bicycle.


1909 Tour de France, Innovations and changes
For the first time, cyclists could enter the race in teams, although technically they were still considered sponsored individuals.


1909 Tour de France, Innovations and changes
In the previous Tours, the Tour organisation had become embarrassed by cyclists urinating in front of spectators, so at the check points obligatory bathrooms were installed.


1909 Tour de France, Teams
The winner of the previous two editions, Lucien Petit-Breton, was not competing in 1909. Petit-Breton expected his former teammate François Faber, who had become second in 1908, to win the race. Faber had transferred from the Peugeot team, that had dominated the 1908 edition, to the Alcyon team.


1909 Tour de France, Teams
A new record of 150 cyclists started the race. The previous Tours had been successful, and similar races were initiated in other countries (most notably the Tour of Belgium, which started in 1908 and the Giro d'Italia, which started in 1909). The Tour de France was still the major race where the best cyclists came, and it was the first large-scale invasion of foreign stars. In total, 19 Italians, 5 Belgians, 4 Swiss, 1 German and 1 Luxembourgian started the race.


1909 Tour de France, Teams
Because cyclists could enter the race as sponsored cyclists, there were two classes of cyclists: cyclists with sponsors and cyclists without sponsors. There were seven different sponsors in the race (Nil–Supra, Alcyon, Biguet–Dunlop, Le Globe, Atala, Legnano and Felsina), with three to six cyclists. The majority of the cyclists, 112 in total, were not sponsored but were in the Isolé class, the class for cyclists without a sponsor.


1909 Tour de France, Race overview
The 1909 Tour de France was considered the most difficult one so far, because of the cold temperatures, the rain and snow. The first stage was won by Belgian Cyrille van Hauwaert, the first Belgian stage victory ever. As a result, he was leading also the race, the first time in the Tour de France history that a non-Frenchman was leading the race. François Faber, the pre-race favourite, finished in second place.


1909 Tour de France, Race overview
During that first stage, the weather had been reasonable, but at night the storm started. Faber was best fit to those conditions, and he won the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th stage, this record of five stages in a row has not been broken since. In stage two, Faber broke away halfway the stage, and rode the last 200 km alone. In the third stage (at a temperature of only 4 degrees Celsius), Faber's chain broke in the last kilometre, and he had to run his bicycle across the finish line.


1909 Tour de France, Race overview
In the fifth stage, Faber was blown of the road by a strong wind, but remounted. Later, he was knocked down by a horse that also kicked his bicycle away. Faber remounted again, and won the stage with a five-minute margin. In the sixth stage, 20,000 fans had come to see Faber win his fifth stage in a row, which he did. The 7th stage was won by Ernest Paul, Faber's half brother. Because of the bad weather, already 50 cyclists (1/3 of the field) had quit the race at that point.


1909 Tour de France, Race overview
The Tour organisers asked Faber to calm down, in order to keep the Tour exciting. His team leader agreed and Faber slowed down and let others win stages; his leading position was never endangered.


1909 Tour de France, Race overview
In the ninth stage, Faber finished in 10th place at 46 minutes from the winner, his worst performance of the race. He was still leading the race with 26 points, whereas second placed cyclist Garrigou had 40 points.


1909 Tour de France, Race overview
It seemed impossible to beat Faber in this Tour, and the question became who would finish in second place. Gustave Garrigou was in second place, but Jean Alavoine was getting close to him. Garrigou had more experience, and remained second. In the fourteenth stage, Jean Alavoine was leading when his bicycle broke, with only 10 km to go. Changing bicycles was not allowed, so Alavoine ran the last 10 km with his bicycle on his shoulders, and still won the stage with a margin of 6 minutes and 30 seconds.


1909 Tour de France, Results
The Alcyon-sponsored cyclists dominated the 1909 Tour de France, winning 13 out of 14 stages. Only the 7th stage was not won by a cyclist sponsored by Alcyon, but by Ernest Paul, without sponsor.


1909 Tour de France, Results, General classification
The general classification was calculated by points: at every stage, the winner was given one point, the next cyclist two points, etc. After the eighth stage, when only 71 cyclists were still in the race, the points given in the first eight stages were redistributed among the remaining cyclists, in accordance with their positions in those stages. Of the 150 starting cyclists, 55 finished. François Faber is one of the youngest Tour de France winners in history at only 22 years and 7 months; as of 2019, only Henri Cornet in 1904 was younger (19 years and 11 months).


1909 Tour de France, Results, Other classifications
Sixth-placed Ernest Paul became the winner of the "isolé" category.


1909 Tour de France, Results, Other classifications
The organising newspaper l'Auto named François Faber the meilleur grimpeur. This unofficial title is the precursor to the mountains classification.


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7
The 1909 Tour de France was the 7th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 5 July and Stage 7 occurred on 17 July with a flat stage to Nîmes. The race finished in Paris on 1 August.


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 1
5 July 1909 — Paris to Roubaix, 272 km (169.0 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 2
15 July 1909 — Roubaix to Metz, 398 km (247.3 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 3
9 July 1909 — Metz to Belfort, 259 km (161 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 4
11 July 1909 — Belfort to Lyon, 309 km (192 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 5
13 July 1909 — Lyon to Grenoble, 311 km (193 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 6
15 July 1909 — Grenoble to Nice, 346 km (215 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7, Stage 7
17 July 1909 — Nice to Nîmes, 345 km (214 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14
The 1909 Tour de France was the 7th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 5 July and Stage 8 occurred on 19 July with a flat stage from Nîmes. The race finished in Paris on 1 August.


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 8
19 July 1909 — Nîmes to Toulouse, 303 km (188.3 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 9
21 July 1909 — Toulouse to Bayonne, 299 km (185.8 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 10
23 July 1909 — Bayonne to Bordeaux, 269 km (167 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 11
25 July 1909 — Bordeaux to Nantes, 391 km (243 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 12
27 July 1909 — Nantes to Brest, 321 km (199 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 13
29 July 1909 — Brest to Caen, 424 km (263 mi)


1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14, Stage 14
1 August 1909 — Caen to Paris, 250 km (160 mi)


1909 Trinity Bantams football team
The 1909 Trinity Bantams football team represented the Trinity College during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Tulane Olive and Blue football team
The 1909 Tulane Olive and Blue football team represented Tulane University during the 1909 college football season.


1909 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
List of champions of the 1909 U.S. National Championships tennis tournament (now known as the US Open). The men's tournament was held from 17 August to 27 August on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. The women's tournament was held from 21 June to 27 June on the outdoor grass courts at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Philadelphia, PA. It was the 29th U.S. National Championships and the second Grand Slam tournament of the three played that year.


1909 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Singles
William Larned (USA) defeated  William Clothier  (USA) 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 6–1


1909 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's doubles
Fred Alexander (USA) /  Harold Hackett (USA) defeated  Maurice McLoughlin (USA) /  George Janes (USA) 6–4, 6–4, 6–0


1909 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's doubles
Hazel Hotchkiss (USA) /   Edith Rotch  (USA) defeated  Dorothy Green (USA) /  Lois Moyes (CAN) 6–1, 6–1


1909 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed doubles
Hazel Hotchkiss (USA) /  Wallace F. Johnson (USA) defeated  Louise Hammond Raymond (USA) /  Raymond Little (USA) 6–2, 6–0


1909 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
Defending champion William Larned defeated William Clothier in the Challenge Round 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 6–1 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1909 U.S. National Championships. Clothier defeated Maurice McLoughlin in the All Comers' Final.


1909 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
The event was held at the Newport Casino in Newport, R.I., USA.


1909 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Hazel Hotchkiss won the singles tennis title of the 1909 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating reigning champion Maud Barger-Wallach 6–0, 6–1 in the challenge round. Hotchkiss had won the right to challenge Barger-Wallach by defeating Louise Hammond 6–8, 6–1, 6–4 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon Heights, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia from June 21 through June 27, 1909.


1909 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1909 U.S. Open was the fifteenth U.S. Open, held June 24–25 at Englewood Golf Club in Englewood, New Jersey, north of downtown New York City (Manhattan). George Sargent established a new U.S. Open scoring record to win his only major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara.


1909 U.S. Open (golf)
In the opening round on Thursday morning, David Hunter made U.S. Open history as the first player to break 70, but he had some problems in the second round when he hit his ball into a brook and subsequently used four niblick shots in getting out. After reaching the turn in 47 he made a nice recovery on the back nine and came home in 37 for 84 (he had another 84 in the third round and finished thirtieth). McNamara also had a sub-70 score with 69 in the second round and led by four strokes midway at 142.


1909 U.S. Open (golf)
McNamara carried a two-stroke lead over Sargent into the final round on Friday afternoon. Sargent birdied the final hole for 71 and his third consecutive round of 72 or better. McNamara struggled over the final 18 holes with 77 and finished four back of Sargent. Sargent's winning total of 290 broke the U.S. Open scoring record by five shots. Bob Peebles was well positioned after three rounds on 222 but struggled and fell back into the pack with a final round 78.


1909 U.S. Open (golf)
John McDermott made his U.S. Open debut at age 17 and was 49th. He placed in the top-ten in each of the next five, with consecutive wins in 1911 and 1912, the first American-born champion. Four-time champion Willie Anderson tied for fourth in his penultimate U.S. Open. Horace Rawlins, the inaugural champion fourteen years earlier in 1895, made his last cut in the championship and finished sixtieth.


1909 U.S. Open (golf), Past champions in the field
Did not play: Harry Vardon (1900), Willie Smith (1899), Fred Herd (1898),                     Joe Lloyd (1897), James Foulis (1896).


1909 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Amateurs: Travis (+12), Upton (+16), Douglas (+23), Tiffany (+30),                 Morgan (+36), Behr (+37), Kirkby (+40), Watson (+40)


1909 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1909 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 14 to 23 August 1909. Four events for men were contested, two for professionals and two for amateurs.


1909 USC Methodists football team
The 1909 USC Methodists football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California during the 1909 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach Dean Cromwell, compiling a 3–1–2 record.


1909 USFSA Football Championship
Statistics of the USFSA Football Championship in the 1909 season.


1909 United Kingdom local elections
The 1909 United Kingdom local elections took place in 1909 for municipal councils (including Urban Districts), as well as Rural districts. Municipal elections in Ireland took place in January. Municipal elections across England and Wales, and for Londons Metropolitan Boroughs, were held on Monday 1 November. Scotland held municipal elections the following day.


1909 United Kingdom local elections, London borough elections, Overall results
The elections were the fourth held for Londons Metropolitan Borough councils. Municipal Reform candidates performed well, and the party won several new councils (most prominently Battersea), solidifying the party's hold on London.


1909 United Kingdom local elections, London borough elections, Overall results
The following table shows the aggregate results for the 28 Metropolitan boroughs in London.


1909 United States House of Representatives elections
There were elections in 1909 to the United States House of Representatives:


1909 United States Senate election in New York
The 1909 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 19, 1909, by the New York State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class 3) to represent the State of New York in the United States Senate.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Background
Republican Thomas C. Platt had been re-elected to this seat in 1903, and his term would expire on March 3, 1909.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Background
At the State election in November 1908, 35 Republicans and 16 Democrats were elected for a two-year term (1909–1910) in the state senate; and 99 Republicans and 51 Democrats were elected for the session of 1909 to the Assembly. The 132nd New York State Legislature met from January 5 to April 30, 1909, at Albany, New York.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Republican caucus
The Republican caucus met on January 18. State Senator J. Mayhew Wainwright presided. The caucus nominated U.S. Secretary of State Elihu Root unanimously. Root was the choice of President Theodore Roosevelt. President pro tempore of the State Senate John Raines lauded warmly Root's nomination, eulogized the retiring U.S. Senator Platt, and declared war on Governor Charles Evans Hughes's reforms.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Candidates, Democratic caucus
The Democratic caucus met also on January 18. They nominated ex-lieutenant governor Lewis S. Chanler unanimously. Chanler had been elected lieutenant governor in 1906 on the Democratic/Independence League ticket, and had served under Republican governor Hughes. Chanler had just been defeated when running against Hughes for governor in November 1908.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Result
Elihu Root was the choice of both the Assembly and the state senate, and was declared elected.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Result
Note: The votes were cast on January 19, but both Houses met in a joint session on January 20 to compare nominations, and declare the result.


1909 United States Senate election in New York, Aftermath
Root resigned as U.S. Secretary of State on January 27, 1909, and was succeeded by his Assistant Secretary Robert Bacon for the remaining five weeks of Roosevelt's presidency. Root then served a single term and remained in the U.S. Senate until March 3, 1915, when he retired. After the 74-day deadlock to elect a successor to U.S. Senator Chauncey M. Depew in 1911, the U.S. Constitution was amended, and at the State election in November 1914, for the first time a U.S. Senator was elected by statewide popular vote. James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr. won the nomination in the Republican primary election, and was then elected to succeed Root.


1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
The 1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on January 19, 1909. Boies Penrose was re-elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate. This was the last Class III U.S. Senate election to be decided by the Pennsylvania General Assembly before the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which mandated direct election of U.S. Senators.


1909 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, Results
The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, convened on January 19, 1909, to elect a Senator to fill the term beginning on March 4, 1909. Incumbent Republican Boies Penrose, who was elected in 1897 and re-elected in 1903, was a successful candidate for re-election to another term. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:


1909 United States Senate election in South Carolina
The 1909 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on January 26, 1909. Its outcome was determined by a Democratic Party primary election held on August 25 and September 8, 1908. Interim Senator Frank B. Gary, who had been elected to complete the unfinished term of the late Senator Asbury Latimer, did not run for re-election. Democrat Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic primary and was elected by the General Assembly for a six-year term.


1909 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Background
Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, U.S. Senators were elected by state legislatures rather than the direct election by the people of the state. However, the South Carolina Democratic Party organized non-binding primary elections for the U.S. Senate beginning in 1896, and the South Carolina General Assembly confirmed the choice of the Democratic voters.


1909 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign
Ellison D. Smith, an official in the Cotton Association and often called "Cotton Ed", entered the Democratic primary but found himself in early trouble when he promised that cotton would rise to eighteen cents and it did not occur. However, his rhetorical skills allowed him to take command of the stump and attract voters to his campaign.


1909 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Democratic primary, Campaign
Former Governor John Gary Evans was making his fourth straight attempt for the Senate seat and received the private support of Senator Ben Tillman. The tide of Tillmanism had receded in the state and the public endorsement by Tillman would doom a candidate's prospects. Smith and Evans emerged as the top two candidates were to face each other in a runoff election on September 8. Evans once again failed to carry the day and Smith scored a resounding victory.


1909 United States Senate election in South Carolina, Election
Smith was elected unanimously by the South Carolina Legislature on January 26, 1909.


1909 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania
The 1909 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania was held on March 16, 1909. George T. Oliver was elected by the Pennsylvania General Assembly to the United States Senate.


1909 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, Background
Republican Philander C. Knox was appointed to the United States Senate in June 1904 after the death of Matthew Quay. Knox was subsequently elected to a full term in the Senate by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in January 1905. Knox served in the U.S. Senate until his resignation on March 4, 1909, to become United States Secretary of State in the William Howard Taft administration, leaving the seat vacant until a successor was elected.


1909 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, Results
Following the resignation of Sen. Philander C. Knox, the Pennsylvania General Assembly convened on March 16, 1909, to elect a new Senator to fill the vacancy. The results of the vote of both houses combined are as follows:


1909 United States gubernatorial elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2, 1909, in three states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. Massachusetts and Rhode Island at this time held gubernatorial elections every year, which they would abandon in 1920 and 1912, respectively.


1909 University of New Mexico football team
The 1909 University of New Mexico football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1909 college football season. The team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 75. Walter R. Allen was the team captain.


1909 University of New Mexico football team
In September 1909, the school hired Samuel T. McBirnie (possibly Sam P. McBirney) as its head football coach. McBirnie was a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who had coached an Oklahoma football team in 1908 and was regularly employed as a cashier at the Tulsa National Bank. After six weeks in Albuquerque, McBirnie returned to his home in Tulsa. Assistant coach Hamilton H. Conwell and Hugh J. Collins took over the coaching responsibilities for the final game of the season against New Mexico A&M.


1909 University of New Mexico football team
In a season of highs and lows, the team achieved both its greatest margin of victory (51–0 over New Mexico A&M) and its greatest margin of defeat (0–53 against Colorado) to that point in program history.


1909 University of New Mexico football team
At the end of the season, University of New Mexico players won six of eleven spots on the All-New Mexico football team: Silva at center; "Doc" Cornish at quarterback; McConnell at right tackle; Price at left tackle; Galles at end; and Walt Allen at right halfback.


1909 University of Utah football team
The 1909 University of Utah football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its sixth and final season under head coach Joe Maddock, the team compiled a 6–1 record, shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 180 to 19. The team was recognized as the Utah state champion, and played its home games at Cummings Field in Salt Lake City.


1909 Ursinus football team
The 1909 Ursinus football team was an American football team that represented Ursinus College during the 1909 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 205 to 40. John B. Price was the head coach.


1909 Uruguayan Primera División
The Uruguayan Championship 1909 was the ninth official championship of Uruguayan football history.


1909 Uruguayan Primera División, Overview
The tournament consisted of a two-wheel championship of all against all. It involved eleven teams, and the champion was Montevideo Wanderers.


1909 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team
The 1909 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Utah Agricultural College (later renamed Utah State University) during the 1909 college football season. In their first season under head coach Clayton Teetzel, the Aggies compiled a 2–2–1 record and were outscored by a total of 55 to 34.


1909 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team
Clayton Teetzel was hired as a coach at Utah Agricultural in May 1908. He coached the school's teams in basketball, baseball, track, wrestling, swimming and boxing. He took over as football coach in 1909 after Mysterious Walker left the position.


1909 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team
The players on the 1909 team included Holden (end), William Jones (end), John Paddock (end/fullback), Elmer or Edgar Brossard (tackle), August Nelson (tackle), David Robinson (guard), Vern Martineau (guard/tackle), Mack McCombs (center), Archie Egbert (quarterback/end), Vince Cardon (quarterback), Heber Hancock (halfback), Peterson (halfback/tackle), Frederick Froerer (halfback), Crookston (halfback), and William Batt (fullback/halfback/guard).


1909 VFA season
The 1909 Victorian Football Association season was the 33rd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Brunswick Football Club, after it defeated minor premiers Prahran by 17 points in the Grand Final on 25 September. It was the first premiership won by the club.


1909 VFA season, Association Membership
In September 1908, a group of stakeholders emerged keen to re-form a West Melbourne Football Club under an entirely new committee, after the club had been banished from the Association for attempting to join the VFL in 1908. The same process had taken place to re-establish a North Melbourne Football Club during the previous preseason. The new club was established under the name of City of Melbourne Football Club and applied to join the Association.


1909 VFA season, Association Membership
At the Association's meeting on 2 November 1908, the application was rejected on the basis of concern about the effect of an eleventh club on the Association's strength. The Association instead proposed that City of Melbourne consider amalgamating with North Melbourne, with the merged entity to be named either City of Melbourne or Melbourne (Association), with prominent public figures confirming that a more central name and image would open the club to wider public support. The proposal was discussed in December, but the North Melbourne members preferred to retain their traditional image, and voted down the proposal by 37–18. As such, the membership of the Association remained unchanged for 1909.


1909 VFA season, Premiership
The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.


1909 VFL Grand Final
The 1909 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1909. It was the 12th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1909 VFL season. The match, attended by 37,759 spectators, was won by South Melbourne by two points, marking that club's first premiership victory.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Season
Carlton and South Melbourne finished in the top two during the minor round of the 1909 season, each finishing with a 14–4 record. South Melbourne was the minor premier, with a higher percentage than Carlton. Carlton won the clubs' two meetings during the minor rounds: in Round 2 by 17 points; and in Round 11 by 24 points, after trailing 0.11 (11) to 4.4 (28) at half-time, then scoring nine goals to none in the third quarter.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Season
During the season, the Carlton Football Club had been split by infighting within the committee, resulting in the resignation of coach Jack Worrall Round 13. Captain Fred "Pompey" Elliott took over the coaching duties in Round 14, and Carlton won its last four matches.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Season
As premiers in 1906, 1907, and 1908, Carlton was attempting to win its fourth consecutive premiership. On the other hand, South Melbourne was attempting to win its first premiership.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Season
The finals were played under the amended Argus system. Both teams won their semi-finals, but Carlton defeated South Melbourne in the final 10.9 (69) to 7.5 (47): South Melbourne, as minor premiers, was therefore entitled to a Grand Final challenge match, and the winner of this match would win the premiership.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Grand Final
The South Melbourne side was missing full-back Bill Dolphin, who was injured, and winger Jim Caldwell, who had been suspended for nine matches for striking Carlton's George Bruce in the Final. Norm Clark was available for Carlton.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Grand Final
The match, played in a rather unsettling wind, was very closely contested, with the teams tied at both quarter- and half-time. In the first quarter, South Melbourne's back-flanker Tom Grimshaw was felled, but eventually recovered consciousness, and finished the match standing in the goal-square. In the second quarter, Carlton's Jack Baquie badly injured his ankle and left the field, but eventually returned in the third quarter to stand in the forward-pocket. In the third quarter, Carlton rover Martin Gotz was knocked out and was carried from the ground on a stretcher, but he returned to the ground in the last quarter and stood in the forward line.


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Grand Final
In a powerful third quarter, in which Belcher, Ricketts, Cameron, Mortimer, and Gough in sequence brought the ball from the deep back-line to the forward-line untouched by a single Carlton player, eventuating in Gough's goal, South Melbourne drew ahead of Carlton, 4.12 (36) to 3.11 (29).


1909 VFL Grand Final, The Grand Final
In the last quarter, Carlton had several chances to win, scoring 1.1 to South Melbourne's two behinds. With five minutes to go, "Mallee" Johnson and Charlie Hammond got the ball to centre half-forward Harvey Kelly, who kicked a goal, bringing Carlton to two points behind. Carlton lost the ensuing centre-bounce at the restart of play. The ball got to South Melbourne's forward Len Mortimer, but his kick did not make the distance. Carlton moved forward, kicking the ball towards the goals, but William Thomas took what turned out to be a match-saving mark for South Melbourne, as the ball was not near either goal for the remainder of the match.


1909 VFL Grand Final, Film
The 1909 Grand Final was filmed by Charles Cozens Spencer's Sydney-based film company, and is the oldest known surviving footage of Australian rules football in action. The near-complete silent film can be viewed on the National Film and Sound Archive's YouTube channel (see external links).


1909 VFL season
The 1909 Victorian Football League season was the 13th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.


1909 VFL season, Premiership season
In 1909, the VFL competition consisted of ten teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no reserves, although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.


1909 VFL season, Premiership season
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds.


1909 VFL season, Premiership season
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1909 VFL premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended Argus system.


1909 VFL season, Finals
All of the 1909 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the Semi Finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final.


1909 VFL season, Finals, Grand final
This was South Melbourne's first VFL premiership after finishing runner-up in 1899 and 1907.


1909 VMI Keydets football team
The 1909 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 19th season of organized football. First-year coach William Gloth lead VMI to a 4–3 season.


1909 VPI football team
The 1909 VPI football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1909 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Branch Bocock, the team went 6–1 and claims a Southern championship. Tech outscored its opponents 148 to 27. The starting lineup averaged 172 pounds. This is the first season the team was referred to in print as the "Gobblers", and it became the official nickname in 1912.


1909 VPI football team, Players
The following players were members of the 1909 football team according to the roster published in the 1910 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, Clemson
VPI opened its season with the Clemson Tigers, winning 6–0. "Hughes, playing quarter for the first time, starred for V. P. I." Hughes got the touchdown when he picked up a fumble.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, Clemson
VPI's starting lineup was: Sharpe (left end), Jones (left tackle), E. Hodgson (left guard), Gibbs (center), Burrass (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Luttrell (right halfback), Leggs (fullback).


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, at Princeton
VPI's strongest showing came in the close loss to Ivy League powerhouse Princeton. In a game plagued by frigid weather conditions, each side scored due to a fumble by the opposition. Princeton's Logan Cunningham scored a touchdown (worth five points in 1909) in the first two minutes of play after VPI fumbled the ball away on its own 10-yard line. Princeton missed the extra point attempt. Later in the contest, a snap from center went over the Princeton quarterback's head, and Tech’s Hoss Hodgson returned the lost fumble 50 yards for a touchdown. Hodgson then made his own extra point. After VPI led 6 to 5 for some time, and with only minutes left to play, Princeton's Cunningham made 30-yard drop kick to secure the 8 to 6 victory.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, at Princeton
VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Gibbes (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, at Richmond
VPI rolled up the season's largest score on the Richmond Spiders, winning  52–0  and playing well on both sides of the ball, especially the offense. The backfield starred in a game of conventional football.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, at Richmond
VPI's starting lineup was: A. Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pitts (left guard), Gibbes (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, Washington & Lee
VPI "buried" the Washington and Lee Generals by a 34–5 score. Hughes' 65-yard touchdown run and Hoss Hodgson's punting and kicking featured. Fullback Anderson starred for the Generals. The big win was surprising.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, Washington & Lee
VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pitts (left guard), Gibbs (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, North Carolina
Hodgson starred in a closely contested game between VPI and the Tar Heels, making a field goal in the second half to lead VPI to a 15–0 win.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, North Carolina
VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Gibbs (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), A. Hodgson (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, George Washington
VPI won over the defending Southern champion George Washington Hatchetites in Washington, D. C. 17–8. Hodgson's punting again featured. The weather was much better than last year.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, George Washington
VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), E. Hodgson (left guard), Gibbs (center), Jones (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, North Carolina A&M (Now known as N.C. State)
VPI defeated the North Carolina Aggies, (now known as N.C. State) 18–5. Despite the 18–5 score, VPI had to play aggressively throughout. The first score came twelve minutes into the first half, Vivian Hodgson going over. Later, on a fake kick, Luttrell ran 30 yards around left end. The A&M squad followed Hoss Hodgson's helmet, which he tossed as if it were a kicked ball.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, North Carolina A&M (Now known as N.C. State)
The last touchdown came on a new trick play from coach Bocock, apparently similar to a statue of liberty play. Vivian Hodgson prepared to pass, and Hughes took it out of his suspended hand and ran 75 yards for a touchdown. North Carolina's Aggies showed fight in the second half.


1909 VPI football team, Season summary, North Carolina A&M (Now known as N.C. State)
VPI's starting lineup was: Luttrell (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Massie (left guard), Gibbs (center), E. Hodgson (right guard), Norris (right tackle), Hicks (right end), Hughes (quarterback), A. Hodgson (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).


1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1909 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1909 college football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his sixth season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Commodores played eight home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of 7-3 and 4-1 in SIAA.


1909 Velasco hurricane
The 1909 Velasco hurricane was an intense tropical cyclone that devastated areas of the Texas coast in July of the 1909 Atlantic hurricane season. The fourth tropical storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season, it formed from an area of disturbed weather east of the Leeward Islands on July 13, 1909. Remaining weak for much of its early existence, the system began to intensify after nearing Jamaica. Curving towards the northwest, it reached hurricane strength on July 18 near the western tip of Cuba.


1909 Velasco hurricane
Intensification stalled as it moved westwards across the Gulf of Mexico, but resumed as the hurricane approached the Texas coast. The storm intensified to a major hurricane on July 21 and subsequently reached its peak intensity with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) prior to making landfall near Velasco, Texas. Once over land, the system began to quickly weaken, and dissipated near the Rio Grande on July 22.


1909 Velasco hurricane
The hurricane caused 41 deaths and $2 million in damages, all of which were 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, 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.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Meteorological history
A tropical depression was first noted at 1200 UTC on July 13, northeast of Grenada in the Windward Islands, with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h), though whether it had a closed circulation at the time remains unclear. Nonetheless, the system remained a weak tropical depression for much of its early existence as it moved to the west-northwest through the eastern Caribbean Sea. Weather reports throughout the Caribbean during this time were sparse and according to José Partagás, a former meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center, the system still may have not formed a closed circulation.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Meteorological history
This meant that the low was not classifiable, though the lack of data also meant that there was no evidence to support this claim and the system was kept as a tropical depression in HURDAT, the Atlantic Hurricane Database. However, once the depression was located south of Jamaica, it began to slowly strengthen and curve more towards the northwest, reaching tropical storm intensity by 0000 UTC on July 17. At the time, the system was expected to make landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula. Ships in the vicinity of the storm reported strong breezes associated with low barometric pressure.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Meteorological history
Despite predictions, the system curved from its initial west-northwest movement and more towards the northwest, towards the central Gulf of Mexico. The tropical storm continued to intensify, attaining hurricane strength as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale at 1800 UTC on July 18 after skirting past the Guanahacabibes Peninsula.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Meteorological history
Once in the Gulf of Mexico, intensification substantially lessened as the storm maintained its Category 1 intensity throughout July 19 and July 20. The hurricane curved in the gulf back to a more westerly direction, while moving at about 10 mph (15 km/h). A minimum pressure reading of 985 mbar (hPa; 29.09 inHg) was reported offshore south of Louisiana by the ship S.S. Paraguay at 1800 UTC on July 20. Strengthening resumed late on July 20th as the hurricane tracked almost parallel to the Louisiana coastline towards Texas.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Meteorological history
On July 21st, the storm attained its peak intensity as a modern-day Category 3 major hurricane, with sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 959 mbar (hPa; 28.32 inHg). Later the same day, the hurricane made landfall at this intensity almost directly over Velasco, Texas, with maximum wind speeds stretching 22 mi (35 km) from the hurricane's center. Over the following 24 hours, the system rapidly weakened over land and lost tropical characteristics near the Rio Grande during the afternoon of July 22.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
As the hurricane approached Texas, the Weather Bureau issued hurricane warnings for potentially affected areas beginning on July 18. Ships and ports were also continuously notified on the oncoming storm, which helped to keep offshore shipping accidents to a minimum. Inland, as a precautionary measure, rail operations along the coast were halted for a duration of the storm's passage.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
At its landfall in Velasco, the hurricane caused a wide swath of damage along the Texas coast and areas further inland. Despite previously issued warnings, rough seas produced by the hurricane still caused several ship accidents. Strong waves forced several ships near Galveston to either become grounded or sunk. The derrick barge Miller and other craft were grounded along Galveston's West Bay. A large dredge was swept into the Galveston Causeway, snapping telegraph cables that ran along the length of the causeway.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
The Miriam was sunken by a submerged log, while the schooner Ed Gibbs was broken into pieces near La Porte. The steamboat El Siglo (The Century) remained stranded offshore for twelve hours in winds estimated at 90 mph (145 km/h). Off of Mobile, Alabama, the high waves prevented ships from entering the Port of Mobile. Closer to the coast, the hurricane produced a storm surge of 10 ft (3.0 m) in Galveston and Velasco.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
However, due to the Galveston Seawall, much of the potential storm surge-related damage in Galveston was mitigated, though the seawall forced spray to rise 60 ft (18 m) in the air. Areas outside the seawall on the Galveston beach, including two fishing piers and pavilions were destroyed. On Galveston's Tarpon Pier, ten members of a fishing party perished after the pier collapsed, though six were rescued by the yacht Mayflower. In western areas of Galveston, where there was no seawall, inland areas were inundated under 7 ft (2.1 m) of water.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
However, Galveston's primary streets were submerged to a lesser extent, under 2 ft (0.61 m) of water. In Velasco, the tide was reported to have been 3 ft (0.91 m) higher than during the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which inundated the city under 4 ft (1.2 m) of water. Areas of Sabine Pass were also inundated by the high waves, and the Southern Pacific Railroad was submerged in water.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
In Velasco, where the hurricane made landfall, only eight buildings remained intact after the storm's passage. Quintana, Columbus, and Columbia were also heavily affected, with all houses experiencing some form of severe damage. In Austin, homes were unroofed, and the storm was considered as the worst hurricane to affect Austin at the time. Heavy rains caused large amounts of driftwood to float down the Colorado River. In Austin, the driftwood struck the newly constructed Congress Avenue Bridge, carrying away 200 ft (61 m) of trestle and resulting in $10,000 in damages. Other cities also reported severely damaged homes and businesses.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
Galveston suffered minor damage, with reports of chimney damage and broken windows. Three sections of the Galveston Causeway were blown down by the strong winds. As a result, tug boats were forced to carry people and cargo to and from Galveston along West Bay. The Western Union Telegraph Company reportedly lost all direct communication with Galveston for a temporary period of time. Other telegraph companies in Dallas and Chicago also lost communications with the city. Property damage in Galveston was estimated at $100,000. Strong winds and gusts from the storm were reported as far inland as Eagle Pass.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
The winds uprooted trees and extensively damaged various crops, as well as downed power lines. In the Galveston Jetty, Rosenburg, and Brazoria, strong winds blew trains off of their tracks. Train stations and train depots along the coast also experienced considerable damage, with some depots being completely leveled. Maize fields which had been previously burned by wildfires caused by an ongoing drought in Kingsville were swept down, while cotton crops withstood the hurricane well. Oil derricks near Markham were blown down, and water wells were stripped of their machinery. In Alvin, barns and windmills were destroyed. Richmond also reported destroyed barns, as well as downed chimneys. Six prisoners escaped from the city's local jail after windows were blown in. Rice mills were downed in Eagle Pass.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
Damage was comparatively light in Louisiana. Heavy rains and storm surge inundated marshes, resulting in hundreds of reported cattle drownings. Cotton crops from Grand Chenier, Louisiana to Sabine Pass was destroyed by the rains and wind. Two deaths in Louisiana were reported in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.


1909 Velasco hurricane, Preparations and impact
Further inland, the hurricane produced heavy rainfall in many areas, peaking at 8.5 in (220 mm) in Hallettsville, Texas, with rainfall totals of at least 3 in (76 mm) common in along the hurricane's track. Boerne, Fredericksbrug, and Columbia all set monthly records for 24‑hour rainfall totals on July 21 and 22, with all three cities reporting totals of 5 in (130 mm) or greater. While the heavy rains caused damage in areas, it provided beneficial drought relief in other regions.


1909 Vermont Green and Gold football team
The 1909 Vermont Green and Gold football team was an American football team that represented  the University of Vermont as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their only year under head coach Ray B. Thomas, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record.


1909 Victorian Amateur League
The 1909 Victorian Amateur League was the first season of the Victorian Amateur League, the former top league in Victorian football.


1909 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 1909 Villanova Wildcats football team represented the Villanova University during the 1909 college football season. The Wildcats team captain was Joseph Curley.


1909 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1909 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1909 college football season. Led by first year coach John Neff, the team went 7–1.


1909 Virginia Cavaliers football team
Freshman Archer Christian was trampled to death in the Georgetown game.


1909 Virginia gubernatorial election
The 1909 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1909 to elect the governor of Virginia.


1909 WAFL season
The 1909 WAFL season was the 25th season of senior Australian rules football in Perth, Western Australia.


1909 Wabash Little Giants football team
The 1909 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College during the 1909 college football season. Under legendary coach and future College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jesse Harper, the Little Giants compiled a 3–4–1 record, and played a tough schedule that included Michigan State (then known as Michigan Agricultural), Purdue, and Notre Dame.


1909 Wabash River earthquake
The 1909 Wabash River earthquake occurred at 04:45 local time on September 27 with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). It measured 5.1 on a seismic scale that is based on an isoseismal map or the event's felt area. With moderate damage in the Wabash River Valley, it is currently the strongest earthquake recorded in the U.S. state of Indiana. The earthquake occurred somewhere along a fault within the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone.


1909 Wabash River earthquake, Damage
The earthquake was felt over an area of 30,000 square miles. In Terre Haute, the earthquake toppled two chimneys, cracked plaster, and knocked pictures from walls. Nearby Covington, north of Terre Haute in Fountain County, experienced several fallen chimneys and some broken windows. Chimneys were "jarred loose" in Princeton, Indiana, and one chimney was even "shaken to pieces" at Olivette, Missouri (a suburb of St. Louis). A brick wall was also "shook" down within St. Louis, Missouri. Reports came from various states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.


1909 Wake Forest Baptists football team
The 1909 Wake Forest Baptists football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest College during the 1909 college football season.


1909 Wakefield by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wakefield on 28 August 1909. This was triggered by the death of the Speaker of the House, Sir Frederick Holder.


1909 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team
The 1909 Washington & Jefferson Red and Black football team represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1909 college football season. Led by second-year head David C. Morrow, Washington & Jefferson compiled a record of 8–1–1.


1909 Washington Senators season
The 1909 Washington Senators, a professional baseball team, won 42 games, lost 110, and finished in eighth (last) place in the American League. They were managed by Joe Cantillon and played home games at National Park. The Senators still hold the Major League record for the most games lost in one month of a season, with 29 losses (and only 5 wins) in July.


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


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


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


1909 Washington State football team
The 1909 Washington State football team was an American football team that represented Washington State College during the 1909 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach Willis Kienholz, compiling a record of 4–1.


1909 Washington football team
The 1909 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1909 college football season. In its second season under coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled a 7–0 record, shut out six of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 214 to 6. Melville Mucklestone was the team captain.


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


1909 Wellington City mayoral election
Thomas William Hislop, the incumbent Mayor, did not seek re-election. Alfred Newman was elected to office as the new Mayor of Wellington, beating four other contenders.


1909 West Clare by-election
The West Clare by-election of 1909 was held on 3 September 1909. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, James Halpin. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate Arthur Lynch, who was unopposed.


1909 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1909 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In its second season under head coach Charles Augustus Lueder, the team compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 81. Lee Hutchinson was the team captain.


1909 Western State Hilltoppers football team
The 1909 Western State Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) during the 1909 college football season. In their third season under head coach William H. Spaulding (who later went on to coach at Minnesota and UCLA), the Hilltoppers compiled a 6–1 record. Tackle John McGuiness was the team captain.


1909 Western State Hilltoppers football team
The fall of 1909 was the sixth fall term in the school's history. By early October 1909, the school had an enrollment of more than 550 students. Dwight B. Waldo was the school's president.


1909 Western State Hilltoppers football team
On November 27, 1909, the school held a dinner in honor of the football team. Coach Spaulding was the toastmaster, and President Waldo spoke about "The Event," referring to the football team's victory over Kalamazoo College. The women of the sewing and cooking departments were in charge of the event, including decorations and planning, preparing, and serving the meal.


1909 Western Victorian floods
The 1909 Western Victorian floods consisted of widespread flooding on rivers of the western half of the State of Victoria during the middle of August that year.


1909 Western Victorian floods, Meteorological background
Persistent above-average rainfall began to affect most of Victoria apart from eastern Gippsland in April 1909 as a result of strong southern low-pressure systems interacting with moisture in the Indian Ocean. Although April and May were moist, June was exceptionally wet, seeing in many places (e.g. Melbourne) a record number of rainy days for any month. The heavy June falls had already made the ground throughout Victoria very moist, and despite the fact that July rainfall was only above normal in the north of the State was of relatively little significance as evaporation was too low to dry the ground.


1909 Western Victorian floods, The floods
With these moist conditions, it was natural that heavy rain in August would cause major flooding on the State's rivers, and a series of very slow-moving depressions naturally caused August to be very wet. As early as 11 August major flooding on the Richardson River at Donald was anticipated.


1909 Western Victorian floods, The floods
The third of four major depressions for the month arrived in western Victoria on the 17th and produced very heavy falls upon already-saturated catchments on flat land where water was not draining away quickly. As the slow-moving depression linked with warm air from the Tasman Sea, thunderstorms began to develop over the Wimmera region on the 18th. Rich Avon recorded 50mm (2 inches) from one of these whilst in the Great Divide there were reports that some areas had received as much as 100mm (4 inches) in as little as six hours.


1909 Western Victorian floods, The floods
As a result of this heavy rain, many rivers rose to record or near-record levels. The Avoca River rose above the top of sheds of farmhouses near its banks, as the Hopkins and the Merri River near the coast. Further east, houses at Inglewood were swamped and many buildings were wrecked by the swollen Loddon River. In Donald itself, not only roads, but even footpaths were devastated as the Richardson River flooded the town to a level never seen before or since, eventually reaching normally-dry Lake Buloke. Near Geelong, four people were drowned trying to cross the flooded Barwon River at Winchelsea.


1909 Western Victorian floods, The floods
The floods had a major impact upon agriculture in the region, with many crops in the Western District completely destroyed through being soaked - not only during the floods, but also before they reached their peak. Large numbers of sheep in the Western District were killed because of foot-rot due to the wet ground.


1909 Western Victorian floods, The floods
Unusually for floods in Australia, not only did the rivers recede rapidly but the excessively wet conditions of the autumn and winter that produced them gave way to much drier weather from September onwards so that a repeat was never remotely possible. Flooding during August 1909 also happened in South Australia, the northeast of Victoria and more northerly parts of the Murray-Darling Basin; however, these were not as unusual as those in the Wimmera and Western District.


1909 William & Mary Orange and White football team
The 1909 William & Mary Orange and White football team represented the College of William & Mary as a member of the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (EVIAA) during the 1909 college football season. Le by George E. O'Hearn in his second and final year as head coach, the Orange and White compiled an overall record of 6–4.


1909 Wimbledon Championships
The 1909 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 21 June until 3 July. It was the 33rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1909.


1909 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Men's Singles
Arthur Gore defeated  Major Ritchie  6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2


1909 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Men's Doubles
Herbert Roper Barrett /  Arthur Gore defeated  Stanley Doust /  Harry Parker, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4


1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Major Ritchie and Anthony Wilding were the defending champions, but Wilding did not participate. Ritchie partnered with Charles Dixon but they lost in the quarterfinals to Herbert Roper Barrett and Arthur Gore.


1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Barrett and Gore defeated Stanley Doust and Harry Parker 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships.


1909 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Major Ritchie defeated Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Arthur Gore defeated Ritchie 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships. Arthur Gore was the oldest winner of the title at 41 years and 182 days.


1909 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Dora Boothby defeated Agnes Morton 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 in the All Comers' Final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1909 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Charlotte Sterry did not defend her title.


1909 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1909 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1909 college football season.


1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 27 and 28 February 1909 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.


1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
Oscar Mathisen was defending champion and succeeded in prolonging his title. He had the lowest number of points awarded, and no one won three distances. This was the first time that a World champion was declared without winning at least three distances.


1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
The ranking was made by award ranking points. The points were awarded to the skaters who had skated all the distances. The final ranking was then decided by ordering the skaters by lowest point totals.


1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
One could win the World Championships also by winning at least three of the four distances, so the ranking could be affected by this.


1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 4th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Luxembourg, in conjunction with the 9th Federal Festival of Luxembourg, on August 1, 1909.


1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Medal table
Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Bohemia as medals for Czechoslovakia. Medals earned by athletes from Austria-Hungary are officially credited as medals for Yugoslavia.


1909 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.


1909 World Figure Skating Championships
Men's competitions took place on February 7–8 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ladies' competitions took place on January 23–24 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. Lily Kronberger was the only competitor. Pairs' competition took place on February 8 in Stockholm, Sweden.


1909 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Pairs
O. C. Thorstensen voted the top two couples exactly the same (each 1.5 placings) and the other three couples also exactly the same (each 4 placings).


1909 World Series
In the 1909 World Series featured the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers. The Pirates won the Series in seven games to capture their first championship of the modern Major League Baseball era and the second championship in the club's history. This Series is best remembered for the amazing play by the two best players at the time, Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers.


1909 World Series
Sites: games 1, 2 in Pittsburgh; games 3, 4 in Detroit; game 5 in Pittsburgh; games 6, 7 in Detroit.


1909 World Series
The Pirates had won the pennant in 1909 behind the brilliant play of Honus Wagner, who led the league with a .339 batting average and 100 RBI.


1909 World Series
Detroit returned for their third consecutive Fall Classic determined to erase the memories of their previous efforts. The Tigers were also backed up by the heavy bat of Ty Cobb (who had just won his third consecutive American League batting title) and a formidable pitching staff.


1909 World Series
They might have finally won the Series in their third try, had it not been for Pirates rookie Babe Adams. Manager Fred Clarke started him, on a hunch, in Game 1. Adams won that game and two more, setting a World Series record for rookies.


1909 World Series
The Tigers thus became the first AL team to win three consecutive pennants and the first team to lose three straight World Series (the New York Giants would lose three straight Series from 1911–13).


1909 World Series
The Pirates ran at will against the weak Detroit catching corps, stealing 18 bases in seven games.


1909 World Series, The "Krauthead" story
Ty Cobb had a fairly quiet Series, going 6-for-26 with two stolen bases and one caught stealing. There is a long-standing legend that Cobb, standing on first base, called the German-ancestored Honus Wagner "Krauthead", told him he was going to steal second, and was not only thrown out but that Wagner tagged him in the mouth, ball in hand, drawing blood from Cobb's lip. However, an examination of the play-by-play does not indicate that such a play occurred.


1909 World Series, The "Krauthead" story
In the one "caught stealing" charged to Cobb, during the first inning of Game 4, he was actually safe at second due to a throwing error by first baseman Bill Abstein. This story is largely attributed to the creative press at the time, and Wagner and Cobb were actually on good terms.


1909 World Series, The "Krauthead" story
For the first time, four umpires were used at the same time, with the standard plate umpire and base umpire along with two outfield umpires.


1909 World Series, The "Krauthead" story
On June 14, 2009, the series' 100th anniversary was celebrated, when the Tigers and Pirates played each other in Pittsburgh. Both teams wore throwback uniforms similar to those worn in 1909. The stadium's public address and sound systems were also turned off, simulating the game conditions in 1909. The Pirates won the game, 6–3.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
I'll never forget the look on Adams' face when I told him I wanted him to pitch the opener.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Rookie Babe Adams, who had compiled a 12–3 record during the regular season, unexpectedly drew the start for Game 1. He responded with a six-hit, 4–1 victory sparked by Clarke's game-tying home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Tigers began their 7–2 comeback win (after a two-run Pirate bottom of the first) with three runs in the top of the third, tying the Series at one game apiece. Ty Cobb stole home to start the rally.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Honus Wagner had three hits, three RBI and three stolen bases as the Pirates regained the lead in the Series, two games to one.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The win-swapping continued with Detroit taking Game 4. Tiger ace George Mullin threw a five-hit shutout while striking out 10 Pirates, again evening the Series at two games apiece.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Babe Adams threw another six-hitter, for an 8–4 triumph and a 3–2 Series lead for his Pirates.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
Mullin, after being roughed up for three first-inning runs, surrendered only one more and wound up with the win, knotting the Series at three games apiece.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
With the Series coming down to a climactic seventh game (the first to go the distance), Pittsburgh's Fred Clarke went with two-game winner Babe Adams as his pitcher, while Detroit Manager Hugh Jennings decided on Bill Donovan, a complete-game winner in Game 2.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Donovan got off to a miserable start. He hit the first Pirate batter and went on to walk six in the first two innings. He was pulled after three with Adams confidently holding a 2–0 lead. Pittsburgh never looked back, as Babe nailed his third six-hitter and third win of the Series for an 8–0 championship victory.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
Honus Wagner continued to prove his Cooperstown worthiness by hitting .333, with seven RBI and six stolen bases. On the other side, Ty Cobb did not fare as well. Appearing in what would be his last Series (although he would remain active through 1928), Cobb batted only .231 although he did lead the Tigers, losers of their third Series in three years, with six RBI.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
No two professional sports teams from Detroit and Pittsburgh would meet in a postseason game again until Game 1 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins.


1909 World Series, Matchups, Game 7
It was the first time that one team won the odd-numbered games; the other, the even; it did not happen again until 1997.


1909 World Series, Composite line score
1909 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) beat Detroit Tigers (A.L.)


1909 World Series, Film coverage
The championship was recorded by Essanay Co., and sold double the expected number of copies. Studio manager A. M. Kennedy speculated that the film would set a world record for sales.


1909 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1909 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vienna, Austria-Hungary from October 3 and December 2, 1909. There were 23 men in action from 3 nations. It was the 12th World Weightlifting Championships.


1909 World Weightlifting Championships
All medals won by Austrian weightlifters, Johann Eibel won the middleweight class while Josef Grafl won the heavyweight division.


1909 World Wrestling Championships
The 1909 World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship were held in Vienna, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary.


1909 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1909 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harold I. Dean, the team compiled a 3–5 record and was outscored by a total of 170 to 93. M.E. Corthell was the team captain


1909 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1909 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1909 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.


1909 Yukon general election
The 1909 Yukon general election was held on 28 June 1909 to elect the ten members of the Yukon Territorial Council. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner. The 1909 election marked the first time that voters in the territory elected the entire council — in the four prior elections, the council was composed of five elected representatives and five representatives appointed by the Canadian federal government.


1909 Yukon general election
The election was held using five two-member districts, where voters could cast two votes each.


1909 college football season
The 1909 college football season was the first for the 3-point field goal, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before.


1909 college football season
The 1909 season was also one of the most dangerous in the history of college football. The third annual survey by the Chicago Tribune at season's end showed that 10 college players had been killed and 38 seriously injured in 1909, up from six fatalities and 14 maimings in 1908.


1909 college football season
Schools in the Midwest competed in the Western Conference, now called the Big Ten, consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin and Chicago. Iowa was also a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which included future Big 12 teams Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, as well as Drake and Washington University in St. Louis. In California, intercollegiate football programs (such as those of Stanford University and the University of California) had been discontinued after the 1905 season, and rugby was the autumn intercollegiate sport.


1909 college football season
Although there was no provision for a national championship, major teams played their regular schedules before facing their most difficult matches late in the season. The most eagerly anticipated games were the November 10 matchups, with Princeton at Yale, Dartmouth at Harvard, Michigan vs. Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia), and Cornell at Chicago.


1909 college football season, Rules
The rules for American football in 1909 were significantly different than the ones of a century later, as many of the present conventions (100 yard field, four downs to gain ten yards, and the 6-point touchdown) would not be adopted until 1912.


1909 college football season, Rules
Beginning in 1909, the worth of a field goal dropped from 4 points to 3 points. Touchdowns remained at 5 points. "This has come about gradually," noted one report, "owing to the feeling of players and spectators that two field kick goals should not be reckoned of greater value that a touchdown from which a goal is scored. As it is now, a touchdown if a goal results, counts six points, and two field goals count but six in the aggregate." For the first time, ineligible receivers were identified.


1909 college football season, September
The Carlisle Indians played a Wednesday afternoon game on September 22 at home against Lebanon Valley, winning 30–0. The previous Saturday, they had beaten a non-college team from Steelton, Pennsylvania, 35–0.


1909 college football season, September
On September 25, defending champion Pennsylvania beat Gettysburg College 20–0 on two touchdowns, and a field goal (one of the first three-pointers) by Edmund Thayer. Carlisle beat visiting Villanova 9–0. Washington and Jefferson defeated Denison College 13–2. Lehigh beat Lebanon Valley 24–0. To the west, Ohio State defeated Otterbein 14–0, Minnesota beat Lawrence 26–0, and Kansas crushed Kansas Normal (now Emporia State) 55–0. St. Louis edged Shurtleff College 12–11. In the South, Virginia defeated William and Mary 30–0 in a short (two 15 minute halves) game at home  and Vanderbilt defeated Southwestern Presbyterian (now Rhodes College) 52–0.


1909 college football season, September
Defending co-champion Harvard opened its season in a Wednesday afternoon game, beating Bates College 11–0 on September 29. In other home openers, Brown beat Rhode Island 6–0, Yale beat Wesleyan 11–0, and Dartmouth beat Massachusetts 22–0. Pennsylvania moved to 2–0–0 with a 22–0 win over Ursinus.


1909 college football season, October
On October 2, Brown beat Colgate 12–0, Yale defeated Syracuse 15–0 and Harvard won against Bowdoin 17–0. Army opened its season with a 22–0 win over Tufts. Pennsylvania earned its third win, over Dickinson, 28–0. Elsewhere, Auburn won 11–0 over Howard College (now Samford University), Pitt defeated Ohio Northern 16–0, North Carolina beat Wake Forest 18–0, Arkansas won 24–0 over Henderson State, and Kansas beat little St. Mary's College of Kansas 29–0. State College of Pennsylvania rolled over Grove City, 31–0, North Carolina A&M (now N.C. State) trampled Maryville (Tennessee) College 39–0.


1909 college football season, October
In Western Conference play, Chicago overwhelmed Purdue 40–0, and Minnesota crushed Iowa 41–0. Carlisle yielded a score in a 48–6 win over Bucknell, and Princeton surrendered two touchdowns in a 47–12 win over Stevens. Dartmouth was unable to score in a 0–0 tie with Vermont. Lehigh lost at home to Franklin and Marshall, 10–0. In a game the day before, Virginia held off Davidson, 11–0.


1909 college football season, October
In four midweek games on October 6, Navy opened its season with a 16–6 win over the other Annapolis school, St. John's College, and Princeton defeated Villanova, 12–0. Yale, in a 12–0 win over Holy Cross, and Brown (which beat Bates, 17–0), both stayed unscored upon and upped their records to 3–0–0.


1909 college football season, October
October 9:  Fewer teams stayed unscored upon. Yale won 33–0 over the Springfield Training School college team, Penn defeated West Virginia 12–0, and Brown won 10–0 over Amherst College. Further south, Virginia beat St. John's of Maryland, 12–0. All four winners were 4–0–0. Harvard was surprised by Williams College, which led in the first half before the Crimson eked out an 8–6 win, and Princeton struggled against Fordham, averting defeat with a last minute field goal, 3–0. Pitt beat Marietta College, 12–0, and Lafayette rolled 50–0 over Hobart College.


1909 college football season, October
Opening their seasons were defending southern champion LSU with a 10–0 triumph over visiting Ole Miss, Kansas (11–0 over Oklahoma), Texas (12–0 over Southwestern), Texas A&M (17–0 over Austin), Wisconsin opened with a 22–0 win over Lawrence College. and Michigan, which struggled in a 3–0 win over Case. Alabama defeated Howard College 14–0, and  Arkansas allowed at TD in beating Drury, 12–6. Western Conference games saw Chicago beat Indiana 12–0 and Minnesota defeat Iowa State, 18–0, but Illinois was surprised by visiting Kentucky State College (later the University of Kentucky), 6–2. When the Kentucky team was welcomed home, Philip Carbusier said that they had "fought like wildcats", a nickname that stuck. Navy won 12–3 over Rutgers and Army beat Trinity College of Connecticut, 17–6.


1909 college football season, October
The biggest game of the week was at Wilkes-Barre, where Penn State and Carlisle met on neutral ground. Down 6–5 when Larry Vorhis missed the point after, State was up 8–6 on a Vorhis field goal. Vorhis was sacked in the end zone by Emil Wauseka during a punt return, and the game ended 8–8.


1909 college football season, October
October 13: In a midweek game, Princeton found itself losing 6–5 to visiting Virginia Tech after an interception was returned for a touchdown. The Tigers stayed unbeaten (4–0–0) on a drop kicked field goal in the last four minutes.


1909 college football season, October
October 16:  At Philadelphia, Pennsylvania hosted Brown. Both were unbeaten (4–0–0), and neither had been scored upon. Penn shut down the Bears offense and won 13–5. Yale, also 4–0–0 in four shutouts, earned a fifth, handing Army its first defeat, 17–0. In an intersectional battle of Tigers, Princeton handed visiting Sewanee its first defeat, 20–0. Once-tied Carlisle faced Syracuse at New York's Polo Grounds and won 14–11. Pitt yielded its first points in an 18–6 win over Bucknell, and Harvard handled Maine, 17–0. Navy was upset by Villanova, 11–6.


1909 college football season, October
In the South, Virginia, unbeaten (4–0–0) and unscored upon, was upset by a (1–1–1) Lehigh team, 11–7, in a game at Norfolk. LSU beat Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State), 15–0. Alabama edged Clemson, 3–0, at Birmingham. Arkansas defeated Wichita State, 23–6. Texas A&M and Texas Christian played a scoreless tie. To the West, Chicago beat Illinois, 14–8. Minnesota defeated Nebraska, 14–0. Michigan handed Ohio State its 10th consecutive defeat. Kansas defeated Kansas Agricultural (now Kansas State), 5–3, and Missouri beat visiting Missouri School of Mines (of Rolla, now Missouri S & T) 13–0.


1909 college football season, October
October 23:  In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (5–0–0) hosted Penn State (2–0–1) in a battle of unbeatens. Penn fumbled away two chances to score in the first half, but took a 3–0 lead on a 35–yard field goal. Penn State came within 15 yards of a touchdown, but settled for a dropkicked field goal to tie the Quakers. Harvard handed Brown a second straight loss, 11–0. At Pittsburgh, Pitt hosted unbeaten (3–0–1) Carlisle and won 14–3. Yale Bulldogs stayed unscored on and reached 6–0–0 with a 36–0 win over Colgate.


1909 college football season, October
The other major unbeaten team in the east, Princeton, was upset by visiting Lafayette, after the Leopards' Frank Irmschler blocked a field goal in the final six seconds and returned it 92 yards for a touchdown, winning 6–0 in what the New York Times termed "probably the most sensational finish that has ever been seen in a football game." Navy was defeated at home, 5–0, by Virginia.


1909 college football season, October
In the South, Vanderbilt hosted Auburn in a meeting of 3–0–0 teams at Nashville, with Vandy winning 17–0. Alabama and Ole Miss played a scoreless tie at Jackson. Arkansas defeated Oklahoma 21–6. Sewanee beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 15–0. To the West, Michigan averted being tied by Marquette, 6–5. Wisconsin beat Indiana 6–3. Missouri was tied by Iowa State, 6–6, and Kansas (4–0–0) hosted Washington of St. Louis (2–0–0) and won 23–0.


1909 college football season, October
On October 30, the fatal injury of Army player Eugene Byrne, at a game against visiting Harvard, overshadowed the other games of the day. With ten minutes left to play, Byrne had broken his neck in a collision with three Harvard men. The game was halted with Harvard ahead, 9–0. Byrne died the next morning, and Army canceled the remainder of its schedule, including the annual Army-Navy Game.


1909 college football season, October
In other contests  Penn beat Carlisle, 29–6. Princeton beat Navy at Annapolis, 5–3. The Lafayette Leopards, who had upset Princeton the week before, tied Penn State, 6–6, giving the Nittany Lions a record of 2 wins, 3 ties, and no losses. Meanwhile, the Yale Bulldogs remained unscored upon as they registered their seventh consecutive shutout, a 34–0 win over visiting Amherst College. Yale had an average score of 21–0 against its opposition, but still had to face Brown, Princeton and Harvard.


1909 college football season, October
In Western Conference play (the future Big Ten) between two unbeatens, Minnesota defeated visiting Chicago, 20–6. Wisconsin won at Northwestern, 21–11. Further west, Missouri edged Iowa, 13–12, and Kansas won at Washburn, 17–0.


1909 college football season, October
In a big game at New Orleans, the LSU Tigers suffered their first defeat in almost two years, losing to Sewanee's Tigers, 15–6. At Nashville, Vanderbilt beat Ole Miss, 17–0, and at Atlanta, Alabama beat Georgia, 14–0. Texas A&M won at Baylor, 9–6. N.C. State (North Carolina A&M) beat visiting Maryland 31–0, Virginia beat VMI 32–0, and Arkansas clobbered Ouachita Baptist, 56–0. TCU lost at Texas, 24–0.


1909 college football season, October
In intersectional games, Michigan beat visiting Syracuse 44–0, while Pittsburgh was upset by visiting Notre Dame, 6–0.


1909 college football season, November
On November 6 Yale remained unscored upon, beating Brown, 23–0. Harvard beat Cornell 18–0, and Penn State beat Bucknell 33–0. Penn averted a defeat by visiting Lafayette, managing a 6–6 tie. Other ties were between Princeton and Dartmouth (6–6), Pittsburgh and West Virginia (0–0), and Navy and Washington & Jefferson (0–0). The "Jeffs" had a 7–0–0 record before meeting Navy, against smaller schools. To the west, previously unbeaten (5–0–0) Michigan was upset at home by unheralded Notre Dame, 11–3.


1909 college football season, November
Michigan's Coach Fielding H. Yost told a reporter after the game, "I take my hat off to the Irishmen", and a story in the Detroit Free Press the next day made the "Fighting Irishmen" a nickname that would ever after stick with Notre Dame. Kansas won at Nebraska 6–0, to stay unbeaten, and once-tied Missouri beat Washington University of St. Louis, 5–0. Minnesota and Wisconsin were both idle and preparing to meet at Madison on November 13. In the South, Vanderbilt defeated visiting Tennessee, 23–0, and North Carolina A&M (N.C. State) won at Washington & Lee 3–0.