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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS IN 1909

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS IN 1909

The New York Times
December 26, 1909

SOME CHAMPIONS IN SPORTS FOR 1909.

AUTOMOBILING.
Winner of Vanderbilt Cup, Alco car: Harry F. Grant, driver.
Cobe cup race, Crown Point, Buick car: L. Chevrolet, driver.
Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes, Marmon car; R. W. Harroun, driver.
Fairmont Park road race, Simplex car; George Robertson, driver.
Massapequa Trophy, Chalmers-Detroit car; Joe Matson, driver.
Milerecord, Indianapolis, 39:21, Fiat car, Louis Strang, driver.
Five-mile record, Indianapolis, 3:27:10, Fiat car, Louis Strang, driver.

Victors in Auto Races.

The automobile had a year of flattering success. The Vanderbilt Cup race on Oct. 30 was won by an Alco car, driven by Harry F. Grant. He covered the 278.08 miles in 4:25:42, an average of sixty-three miles an hour. A Fiat car, driven by E. H. Parker, took second place.

The Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes was won by a thirty-two horse power Marmon car, driven by R. W. Harroun, and the Massapequa trophy was won by a Chalmers-Detroit, thirty horse power, driven by Joe Matson. The 200-mile road race at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, was won by a ninety horse power Simplex car. It averaged 54 miles an hour. A Chalmers-Detroit, driven by Burt Dingley, was second. Louis Strang, driving a Fiat, shattered the records from one to five miles at Indianapolis on Dec. 17. The new mile mark is 0:39:22. His record for five miles was 3:17:20.

The road race at Crown Point, Ind., on June 19, for the Cobe Cup was won by a Buick, driven by Louis Chevrolet. The time was 8:01:39 for 395.6 miles, an average of 49.9 miles an hour.

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