September 26, 2009

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Jennifer Korchinski!

680 years ago
1329

Born on this date
Anne of Bavaria. Queen consort of Rome and Bohemia, 1349-1353. Anne was the daughter of Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria. She was the second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, and was crowned Queen of Rome and then Queen of Bohemia. Queen Anne died on February 2, 1353 at the age of 23.

220 years ago
1789

Politics and government
Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.

210 years ago
1799

War
French troops commanded by André Masséna defeated Austro-Russian-Swiss forces led by Aleksandr Korsakov and Freidrich von Hotze in the Second Battle of Zurich.

160 years ago
1849

Born on this date
Ivan Pavlov. Russian physiologist. Dr. Pavlov became the first Russian Nobel laureate, winning the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged." Dr. Pavlov was best known for his pioneering work in classical conditioning. He died on February 27, 1936 at the age of 86.

130 years ago
1879

Baseball
The Providence Grays blew a 6-0 lead against the Boston Red Caps at Messer Street Grounds in Providence, but George Wright scored in the 9th inning to give the Grays a 7-6 win, clinching the National League pennant.

125 years ago
1884

Born on this date
J.P. Bickell. Canadian businessman and sportsman. John Paris Bickell, a native of Molesworth, Ontario, became wealthy as a young man as a brokerage owner, and was president and chairman of McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. a gold mine in Schumacher, Ontario, from 1911 until his death. He helped to finance movie theatres and distribution companies, and co-founded Famous Players Canadian Corporation Limited in 1920. Mr. Bickell sponsored boxing, boat racing, and golf, and was a director of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team. He bought majority ownership of the Toronto St. Patricks of the National Hockey League in 1924, who were renamed the Maple Leafs in 1927. Mr. Bickell helped to finance the construction of Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931, and was president of the Maple Leafs when they won six Stanley Cup championships, the last coming four months before his death. He died in New York on August 22, 1951 at the age of 66, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978.

120 years ago
1889

Born on this date
Frank Crumit. U.S. entertainer. Mr. Crumit was a popular recording artist in the 1920s, singing and playing ukulele on novelty hits such as Abdul Abulbul Amir (1927); A Gay Caballero (1928-1929); and A Tale of the Ticker (1929). He and his wife Julie became a popular radio team, co-starring in the variety program Blackstone Plantation (1929-1934) and the twice-weekly quiz show The Battle of the Sexes (1930-1943). Mr. Crumit died of a heart attack on September 7, 1943, 19 days before his 54th birthday, and the day after broadcasting an episode of the quiz show.

Martin Heidegger. German philosopher. Dr. Heidegger was one of the most prominent philosophers of the 20th century, known for his contributions to phenomenology and existentialism. His best-known book was Being and Time (1927). Dr. Heidegger died on May 26, 1976 at the age of 86.

110 years ago
1899

Born on this date
William L. Dawson. U.S. composer and choir director. William Levi Dawson, a Negro, was a classical trombonist before embarking on a teaching career at Tuskegee Institute (1931-1956) in Alabama, where he developed the Tuskegee Institute Choir into an internationally-recognized ensemble. As a composer, he was mainly known for arrangements and variations of spirituals, as well as Negro American Symphony (1934, revised 1952). Mr. Dawson died on May 2, 1990 at the age of 90.

100 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Bill France, Sr.. U.S. auto racing driver and executive. Mr. France drove stock cars in the 1930s, but was best known for co-founding the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) in 1948, and building Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. He died of Alzheimer's disease on June 7, 1992 at the age of 82, two years after being inducted as a member of the charter class of the Motorsports Hall of Fame.

90 years ago
1919

Born on this date
Barbara Britton. U.S. actress. Miss Britton, born Barbara Brantingham, appeared in Western movies in the 1940s and '50s, and played Pam North in the radio (1953-1955) and television (1952-1954) series Mr. and Mrs. North. She died of pancreatic cancer on January 17, 1980 at the age of 60.

Baseball
The Detroit Tigers made 8 errors but still beat the Chicago White Sox 10-7 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The White Sox, who made 4 errors, had runners on first and second bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, but Shano Collins and Chick Gandil grounded into consecutive force plays to end the game. Detroit right fielder Ira Flagstead batted 4 for 4 with a base on balls, 4 runs, and a run batted in. Hooks Dauss pitched a 13-hit complete game, allowing 3 earned runs, to improve his 1919 record to 21-7, while John Sullivan allowed 19 hits and 8 earned runs, walking 5 batters and striking out 6 in losing his only major league decision, batting 0 for 2 with a base on balls, and making an assist and an error in his fourth and last major league game. Ben Dyer entered the game as a pinch hitter for Detroit and remained at shortstop, batting 1 for 2 with a run batted in, while making 2 putouts, 3 assists, 2 errors, and starting a double play in the 105th and last game of his 6-year major league career.

Slim Sallee singled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Edd Roush in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Cincinnati Reds a 6-5 win over the Chicago Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader at Redland Field. Mr. Sallee (21-7) pitched a 13-hit complete game to win over Paul Carter (5-4), who allowed 9 hits and 5 earned runs in a complete game. The Reds scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to break a 0-0 tie as they won the second game 8-0, with Ray Fisher (14-5) pitching a 3-hitter and scoring the first run, winning over Hippo Vaughn (21-14), who allowed 9 hits and 5 earned runs in a complete game. The first game was played in 1 hour 18 minutes, and second in 1:27.

80 years ago
1929

Boxing
Jack Sharkey (33-8-1) scored a technical knockout of Tommy Loughran (92-9-1) at 27 seconds of the 3rd round before 45,000 fans at Yankee Stadium in New York to win the American heavyweight title. Mr. Loughran had recently relinquished his New York State Athletic Commission world light heavyweight title in order to compete as a heavyweight.



75 years ago
1934

Baseball
The Philadelphia Phillies edged the New York Giants 5-4 when New York catcher Gus Mancuso, who had hit 2 home runs to drive in all the Giants’ runs, allowed the winning run to score on a passed ball. The Giants kept a 1-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League pennant race when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cardinals 2-0 as Waite Hoyt outduelled Daffy Dean.

Hank Greenberg hit a grand slam as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-3.

70 years ago
1939

War
The British government asked Canada to train Commonwealth airmen.

60 years ago
1949

On the radio
Murder By Experts, hosted by John Dickson Carr, on MBS
Today’s episode: The Unseeing Witness

Diplomacy
The U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Austin, Philip Jessup, Eleanor Roosevelt, and John Sherman Cooper as U.S. delegates to the United Nations General Assembly.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, stating that increased U.S. importation of foreign goods was necessary to solve the world economic crisis.

Labour
The Congress of Industrial Organizations National Maritme Union ended a two-week convention in New York after endorsing the right-wing leadership of President Joseph Curran and expelling a number of leftist union officials.

Baseball
The Boston Red Sox, down 6-3 in the 5th inning, scored 4 runs off Joe Page in the 8th inning to edge the New York Yankees 7-6 and take a 1-game lead over the Yankees in the American League pennant race, with 4 games remaining for each team. The winning run scored when Bobby Doerr laid down a surprise squeeze bunt, and Johnny Pesky was ruled safe at home, sliding safely under Ralph Houk’s tag, according to umpire Bill Grieve. Mr. Grieve’s ruling was disputed by the Yankees and 66,156 fans at Yankee Stadium. Mr. Houk, outfielder Cliff Mapes, and manager Casey Stengel confronted Mr. Grieve after the game, and were fined.

50 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): The Three Bells--The Browns

#1 single in Italy: Il tuo bacio e' come un rock--Adriano Celentano (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): Am Tag, als der Regen kam--Dalida (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Record Mirror): Only Sixteen--Craig Douglas (5th week at #1)

U.S. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Mack the Knife--Bobby Darin
2 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
3 The Three Bells--The Browns
4 I'm Gonna Get Married--Lloyd Price
5 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
6 Broken-Hearted Melody--Sarah Vaughan
7 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
8 Red River Rock--Johnny and the Hurricanes
9 Sea of Love--Phil Phillips with the Twilights
10 I Want to Walk You Home--Fats Domino

Singles entering the chart were Danny Boy by Conway Twitty (#70); I Don't Know by Ruth Brown (#89); I'll Be Seeing You by Tommy Sands (#90); Wish it were Me by the Platters (#92); Woo-Hoo by the Rock-A-Teens (#93); Young in Years by the Diamonds (#94); It Happened Today by the Skyliners (#95); In the Mood by the Ernie Fields Orchestra (#97); Boo Boo Stick Beat by Chet Atkins (#100); and Starlight by Lee Greenlee (also #100).

Died on this date
Leslie Morshead, 70. Australian military officer. Lieutenant General Sir Leslie led Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein (1942), achieving decisive victories over German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps. He was a strict disciplinarian, nicknamed "Ming the Merciless" by his troops, after the villain in the Flash Gordon comics and movies. Lieutenant General Sir Leslie died eight days after his 70th birthday.

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, 60. Prime Minister of Ceylon, 1956-1959. Mr. Bandaranaike died the day after being shot by a Buddhist monk named Talduwe Somarama Thero. An account of Mr. Bandaranaike’s administration and assassination may be found here.

World events
A military court in Madrid sentenced Simon Sanchez Montero and Luis Lucio Lobato to prison terms of 20 and 14 years, respectively, for agitating for the unsuccessful general strike the previous June.

Medicine
Assistant U.S. Surgeon General H. van Zile Hyde announced an agreement on a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. medical research program centred on cancer, heart disease, and polio.

Disasters
Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, made landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

Football
CFL
IRFU
Hamilton (7-1) 23 @ Ottawa (2-6) 14
Montreal (4-4) 9 @ Toronto (3-5) 39

WIFU
British Columbia (7-4) 28 @ Calgary (4-6) 10

ORFU
Sarnia (4-3) 16 @ Kitchener-Waterloo (4-3) 24
Detroit (0-7) 12 @ London (6-1) 40

Rommie Loudd scored 2 touchdowns for the Dutchmen as they defeated the Golden Bears.

Bob Fiveash and Don Beattie each scored 2 touchdowns for the Lords as they defeated the Raiders at Labatt Park.

Canadian university
British Columbia (1-0) 48 @ Saskatchewan (0-2) 6
Exhibition
Carroll College 12 @ Alberta 6

Ross Christensen scored the Golden Bears’ touchdown early in the loss to the Saints at Varsity Stadium in Edmonton in a game that was played under U.S. rules.

NFL
Cleveland (0-1) 7 @ Pittsburgh (1-0) 17

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs scored all their runs from the 2nd-4th innings as they routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 12-2 before 9,348 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Dave Hillman pitched a 9-hit complete game victory to improve his 1959 record to 8-11 and batted 2 for 4 with a base on balls and 2 runs batted in. Bill Harris, the fourth of six Los Angeles pitchers, allowed no hits and no runs in 1 2/3 innings, walking 3 batters and striking out none in the second and last game of his 2-year major league career.

Eddie Mathews scored from third base when Bobby Avila grounded into a bases-loaded force play at second base, breaking a 2-2 tie as the Milwaukee Braves edged the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 before 23,763 fans at County Stadium in Milwaukee, moving into a first place tie with the Dodgers in the National League pennant race, with 1 game remaining for both teams. Warren Spahn (21-15) pitched a 5-hitter to outduel Robin Roberts (15-17), who allowed 8 hits.

The San Francisco Giants remained in the National League pennant race with a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 9,860 fans at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in a game called because of rain with 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the 8th inning. Sam Jones (21-15) had a no-hitter going for the Giants after 7 innings when the game was called. Willie Mays and Willie McCovey hit home runs for the Giants off Vinegar Bend Mizell (13-10). The third-place Giants trailed the Braves and Dodgers by 1½ games, with 2 games remaining for San Francisco and 1 each for Milwaukee and Los Angeles.

With 2 out in the bottom of the 9th inning, Vada Pinson singled home Eddie Kasko to tie the score and advanced to second base on an error by center fielder Bill Virdon, and Gus Bell followed with a single to score Mr. Pinson to give the Cincinnati Reds a 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates before 4,703 fans at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. Jim Umbricht made his major league debut as Pittsburgh's starting pitcher, allowing 7 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 7 innings, walking 4 batters and striking out 3, while batting 0 for 3. Willard Schmidt, the second of three Cincinnati pitchers, allowed 3 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 3 innings, with no bases on balls or strikeouts in the 194th and last game of his 7-year major league career.

Jackie Jensen batted 4 for 6, doubling in 2 runs to climax a 3-run 9th-inning, and hitting a solo home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 11th to give the Boston Red Sox a 5-4 win over the Washington Senators before 5,428 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. Harmon Killebrew hit his 41st home run of the season for Washington, a blast off a light tower in left field in the 4th inning.

Al Pilarcik's 3-run home run climaxed a 5-run 11th inning as the Baltimore Orioles broke a 2-2 tie and beat the New York Yankees 7-2 before 18,826 fans at Yankee Stadium.

40 years ago
1969

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Saint Paul--Shane

#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)--Zager & Evans (2nd week at #1)

Vancouver's Top 10 (CKLG)
1 Which Way You Goin' Billy?--The Poppy Family (2nd week at #1)
2 Little Woman--Bobby Sherman
3 Everybody Knows Matilda--Duke Baxter
4 Easy to Be Hard--Three Dog Night
5 This Girl is a Woman Now--Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
6 Muddy Mississippi Line--Bobby Goldsboro
7 Jean--Oliver
8 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
9 Don't it Make You Want to Go Home--Joe South and the Believers
10 What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am--Bill Deal & the Rhondels

Singles entering the chart were Tracy by the Cuff Links (#27); Echo Park by Keith Barbour (#28); Harlan County by Jim Ford (#29); and Smile a Little Smile for Me by the Flying Machine (#30).

Edmonton's Top 10 (CJCA)
1 Which Way You Goin’ Billy?--The Poppy Family (2nd week at #1)
2 Get Together--The Youngbloods
3 Simple Song of Freedom--Tim Hardin
4 That’s the Way God Planned It--Billy Preston
5 Jean--Oliver
6 Suspicious Minds--Elvis Presley
7 Honky Tonk Women--The Rolling Stones
8 Sugar, Sugar--The Archies
9 Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)--Neil Diamond
10 Hot Fun in the Summertime--Sly & the Family Stone

Simple Song of Freedom was written by Bobby Darin. In 1966 Mr. Darin had achieved a big hit with If I Were a Carpenter, written by Mr. Hardin.

Music
The album Abbey Road by the Beatles was released in the United Kingdom on Apple Records.

World events
General Alfredo Ovando Candia, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, was named President of Bolivia following the overthrow of the civilian administration of Adolfo Siles Salinas by the armed forces in a bloodless coup. The armed forces high command said it had seized power "to avoid the danger of anarchy, capitulation, and disorder."

War
In the face of mounting antiwar protests and plans for the Vietnam Moratorium Day, U.S. President Richard Nixon said, "I understand that there has been and continues to be opposition to the war in Vietnam on the campuses and also in the nation. As far as this kind of activity is concerned, we expect it. However, under no circumstances will I be affected whatever by it." Insisting that the other side would bargain seriously to end the Vietnam War only if it knew that Americans were united behind their country’s policy, President Nixon asked the nation for support as he conducted the difficult negotiations.

A group of moderate and liberal Democrats, called together by U.S. Senator Fred Harris, the Democratic National Chairman, caucused secretly to force a confrontation with the Nixon administration on Vietnam withdrawal policy. The two dozen Democrats decided to join cause with the nationwide student antiwar protest--Vietnam Moratorium Day--on October 15.

Diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir concluded a two-day state visit with U.S. President Richard Nixon in Washington. She reportedly asked for $1 billion over the next five years, as well as 80 A-4 Skyhawk jets, ground-to-air missiles, and 25 Phantoms in addition to the 50 that Israel was beginning to receive. Mrs. Meir addressed the National Press Club and indicated that President Nixon had assured her continued U.S. support.

Crime
Mrs. Mary Nelles, 26, was abducted near Toronto, and was freed unharmed after payment of $200,000 ransom.

Football
Canadian university
Bishop’s (1-0) 35 @ Sir George Williams (0-1) 27

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates fired Larry Shepard as manager and replaced him with coach Alex Grammas. The Pirates were in third place in the National League East Division with a record of 84-73. In 2 years as manager of the Pirates, Mr. Shepard compiled a record of 164-155-1, .514.

30 years ago
1979

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Cars--Gary Numan

Died on this date
Arthur Hunnicutt, 69. U.S. actor. Mr. Hunnicutt, a native of Arkansas, was a character actor who was known for playing grizzled rural characters in numerous plays, movies, and television programs from the 1940s through the mid-1970s. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting performance in The Big Sky (1952). Mr. Hunnicutt died of cancer.

World events
Stirring hundreds of Palestinians on the occupied West Bank with chants of black pride, Rev. Jesse Jackson called on the United States government to deal justly with both Israelis and Palestinians.

Diplomacy
The United States House of Representatives voted 232-188 to approve the implementation of the Panama Canal treaty, scheduled to take place on October 1.

Baseball
Phil Garner batted 2 for 3 with a home run, double, base on balls, 3 runs, and 3 runs batted in, while Bill Madlock was 3 for 3 with a double, 2 bases on balls, and 3 runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Montreal Expos 10-1 before 42,043 fans at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, moving 1½ games ahead of the Expos in the National League East Division pennant race. Bruce Kison pitched a 7-hit complete game victory to improve his 1979 record to 12-7, while Montreal starter Steve Rogers fell to 13-11. Bill Gullickson, the sixth and last Montreal pitcher, allowed 2 hits and no runs in 1 inning, walking no batters and striking out none in his major league debut. Bill Atkinson, the third Montreal pitcher, faced 3 batters, surrendering 2 doubles with the third batter reaching first base on a fielder's choice, and the first 2 scoring earned runs in the 99th and last game of Mr. Atkinson's 4-year major league career. The Pirates had 4 games remaining, the Expos 5.



Phil Niekro (20-20) pitched an 8-hit complete game and batted 2 for 4 with a double and 4 runs batted in to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Houston Astros 9-4 before 2,248 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Phil's brother Joe (20-11) lasted only 2 1/3 innings in taking the loss as the second-place Astros dropped 2½ games behind the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West Division pennant race, with just 3 games remaining for Houston. Rick Williams, the second of seven Houston pitchers, pitched 1 2/3 perfect innings, with no strikeouts, in the 48th and last game of his 2-year major league career. Mike Mendoza, the last Houston pitcher, pitched a perfect 8th inning, with no strikeouts, in his second and last major league game.

Heity Cruz doubled home Ray Knight and scored on a single by Dave Collins as the Cincinnati Reds scored 2 innings in the bottom of the 8th inning to overcome a 3-2 deficit and defeat the San Diego Padres 4-3 before 21,146 fans at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati. Tom Seaver (16-6) allowed 5 hits and 3 runs--2 earned--in 8 innings, winning over Randy Jones (11-12), who pitched an 11-hit complete game defeat.

25 years ago
1984

Abominations
The United Kingdom and China finalized an agreement to hand control of Hong Kong to China in 1997, ending 150 years of British rule.

Politics and government
U.S. President Ronald Reagan said that "the near destruction of our intelligence capability" in the years preceding his administration had been in part to blame for the bombing of the American embassy in Beirut on September 20.

Diplomacy
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and United States Secretary of State George Shultz met in New York.

Health
The United States Senate approved compromise legislation providing for stronger health warnings on cigarette packages and advertising.

20 years ago
1989

World events
Vietnam completed withdrawal of its military forces from Cambodia after 11 years of occupation. In Phnom Penh, Heng Samrin, general secretary of the Cambodian Communist Party, called on his countrymen to unite to fight the Khmer Rouge, who still threatened the government.

Diplomacy
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, proposed to ban production of the most advanced types of chemical weapons.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs edged the Montreal Expos 3-2 before 11,615 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal to clinch the National League East Division pennant. Greg Maddux allowed 7 hits and 2 earned runs in 8 1/3 innings to improve his 1989 record to 19-12, winning the pitchers' duel over Dennis Martinez, who allowed 8 hits and 2 earned runs in a complete game, falling to 16-7.

10 years ago
1999

Football
CFL
Toronto (6-6) 20 @ Edmonton (4-8) 16

Former Eskimos haunted their old team as the Argonauts overcame a 16-3 second-quarter deficit. Former Edmonton quarterback Jimmy Kemp connected with Derrell "Mookie" Mitchell on a 74-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter, and then handed off to another ex-Eskimo, running back Tony Burse, for a 2-yard touchdown 16 seconds into the fourth quarter, which held up as the winning score. Ryan Terry, who had failed to make the Eskimos in 1998, rushed 24 times for 165 yards for the Argonauts, and caught 1 pass for 12 yards. Kevin Mason went the distance at quarterback, rushing 10 times for 82 yards but completing just 12 of 31 passes for 122 yards and 2 interceptions. It didn’t help Mr. Mason or the Eskimos when receiver R.T. Swinton dropped a sure touchdown pass in the second quarter, and Edmonton had to settle for a field goal. The dropped pass ended up costing Mr. Swinton his job with the Eskimos. The only Edmonton touchdown came in the first quarter on a 92-yard fumble return by linebacker Terry Ray; Jon Baker converted and added 3 field goals. The Argonauts lost 3 fumbles and 2 interceptions, but it was their loss of the ball on downs in the last few seconds that almost cost them the game. Toronto took possession of the ball deep in their end of the field with 31 seconds remaining, but Mr. Kemp failed to run out the clock, and the Eskimos took over on the Toronto 15-yard line with 4 seconds remaining. The turnover caught Edmonton radio play-by-play man Bryan Hall by surprise; he was busy promoting the post-game show when colour man John Farlinger noticed that the Argonauts’ had failed to use up the time. Mr. Mason, apparently clueless about what to do, took a time count violation penalty, then ran around back near midfield looking for an open receiver before throwing an incomplete pass. 31,085 disgusted fans, including this blogger, witnessed the atrocity at Commonwealth Stadium. The loss dropped the Eskimos’ home record for 1999 to 1-5, clinching their first losing record at home since 1969.

CIAU
Laval (3-0) 26 Bishop’s (0-3) 13

Baseball
The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 4 runs in the top of the 11th inning to break a 4-4 tie as they defeated the Chicago Cubs 8-4 before 39,663 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Pokey Reese's 3-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning gave the Cincinnati Reds a 7-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 43,613 fans at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. Mark McGwire hit his 60th home run of the season for the Cardinals in the 8th inning.