# 1909

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4 dated items in the record for 1909.

## Dated items

- **by 1909**: The Y.M.C.A. has hand-ball rules of its own; the 1909 Spalding index entry for them (Y.M.C.A. Hand Ball Rules (index entry) (1909), H-07) is very probably the single-wall text of 1900 (Hand Ball Rules (1900)), not a four-wall code; by 1908 Source: [[James E.] Sullivan, Official Sporting Rules (1909)](https://www.loc.gov/item/unk82075824/)
- **16 February 1909**: Obituary of Edward J. Sweeney: his father and he established the handball and racquet court in 34th St, opposite the old police station, where Phil Casey and Jim Dunn had many matches Source: [The New Haven Union (New Haven), 16 February 1909, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92051126/1909-02-16/ed-1/?sp=9), p. 9
- **6 April 1909**: Washington Y.M.C.A. handball described as 'a newly developed sport'; its team played Baltimore in March and meets the Oriole Association on 10 April Source: [Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 6 April 1909, p. 13](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1909-04-06/ed-1/?sp=13), p. 13
- **11 July 1909**: John J. Bowles (Limerick) and James Kelly (Brooklyn) play for the 'International Handball Championship of the World': best of 15 games of 21 aces, seven at Limerick (5-11 July) and the rest at Brooklyn in September; Bowles outclassed Kelly in the first half at Limerick on 11 July Source: [The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram (Richmond), 15 January 1909, p. 2](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86058226/1909-01-15/ed-1/?sp=2), p. 2

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1908](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1908.md)
- Next year with a page: [1912](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1912.md)
- Part of [the 1900s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1900s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

## Corrections

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