June 28, 2010

130 years ago
1880

Born on this date
John Meyers. U.S. swimmer and water polo player. Mr. Meyers participated in the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis in both freestyle swimming and water polo, and was a member of the American team that won a bronze medal in the latter competition. He died on July 25, 1975 at the age of 95.

Crime
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly was captured at Glenrowan after a shootout with police.

120 years ago
1890

Born on this date
Ken Williams. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Williams was an outfielder in the major leagues from 1915-1929, spending 10 years (1918-1927) with the St. Louis Browns. His best season was 1922, when he hit .332 and led the American League in home runs (39); runs batted in (155); and total bases (367), was second in slugging average (.627), home run percentage (6.7) and stolen bases (37), and third in runs (128). From 1921-1927 Mr. Williams was near the top of the American League in home runs, home run percentage, and slugging average. In 1925 he led the AL with a slugging average of .613. Ken Williams died on January 22, 1959 at the age of 68.

100 years ago
1910

Baseball
Joe Tinker stole home plate twice for the Chicago Cubs as they beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-1 at West Side Park in Chicago. Three Finger Brown (10-6) pitched a 4-hitter, batted 2 for 5 with 2 runs, and stole a base. Rube Benton (0-1) started on the mound for Cincinnati, allowing 7 hits and 9 runs in 5 innings, striking out 3 batters and walking 7, making an assist, and striking out in both plate appearances in his major league debut. He was relieved by Mysterious Walker, who allowed 4 hits and 2 runs in 3 innings, striking out 1 batter and walking 4, making 3 assists, and batting 0 for 1 in his first major league game.

90 years ago
1920

Politics and government
The U.S. Democratic National Convention opened at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.

Baseball
Dave Bancroft had 6 singles in 6 at bats and Frank Frisch, George Kelly, and George Burns hit home runs for the New York Giants as they whipped the Philadelphia Phillies 18-3 at National League Park in Philadelphia. Al Lefevre ran for Mr. Bancroft in the bottom of the 8th inning, scoring a run; he remained in the game at shortstop and made 2 assists in the 9th inning in his first major league game. Art Nehf (8-7) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory and batted 2 for 5 with 2 runs.

Dave Robertson singled home Lefty Tyler and Max Flack with 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning to provide insurance runs for the Chicago Cubs as they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader at Cubs Park. Mr. Tyler (2-3) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory. Zeb Terry drew a bases-loaded walk with 1 out to climax a 4-run rally in the bottom of the 9th, giving the Cubs a 5-4 win in the second game to complete the sweep. All 4 Chicago runs in the 9th were unearned; the inning included 4 bases on balls and an error.

Every man in the Chicago White Sox' lineup had at least 1 hit as they beat the Detroit Tigers 13-5 at Navin Field in Detroit. Eddie Cicotte (7-5) pitched a 13-hit complete game victory, allowing 4 earned runs.

80 years ago
1930

Baseball
The Detroit Stars and Kansas City Monarchs played in a Negro League game at Hamtramck Stadium in the first night game to be played in Detroit.

80 years ago
1940

Died on this date
Italo Balbo, 44. Italian politician. Mr. Balbo was a Fascist leader who served as Marshal of the Air Force in the regime of Duce Benito Mussolini, and was Governor General of Libya from 1933-1940. He was killed by friendly fire while attempting to land at Tobruk, Libya.

War
The Japanese military mission arrived in Indochina and demanded the right to supply Japanese forces in China by way of the French railroad. French General Eugene Mittelhauser ordered cessation of hostilities by troops under his command in Syria.

World events
Romania ceded Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the U.S.S.R. after facing an ultimatum. Soviet troops marched into the areas to occupy them.

Diplomacy
The United Kingdom officially recognized General Charles de Gaulle as "leader of all free Frenchmen, wherever they may be."

The Japanese government demanded that the Netherlands East Indies permit an increased Japanese economic role.

Politics and government
The Republican National Convention at Philadelphia Convention Hall nominated New York lawyer Wendell Willkie as the Republican Party's candidate for President of the United States in the November 1940 election. Mr. Willkie was nominated at 1 A.M. on the sixth ballot, taking 654 votes to 318 for U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Ohio). That night, the convention's closing session nominated U.S. Senator Charles McNary (Oregon) on the first ballot as Mr. Willkie's vice presidential running mate.





Defense
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill making it a crime to encourage insubordination or disloyalty among the military, or to distribute literature toward that end.

Economics and finance
The New York Federal Reserve Bank established a Foreign Property Control division to scrutinize the volume of securities pouring into the United States from Europe.

60 years ago
1950

Died on this date
Mutz Ens, 63. U.S. baseball player. Anton Ens was a first baseman with the Chicago White Sox, batting 0 for 6 in 3 games in 1912. He played at least 545 games in at least 7 seasons in the minor leagues from 1911-1917. Mr. Ens worked for many years as a salesman with Anheuser Busch Brewing Company in St. Louis, and died of a heart attack.

War
The North Korean Army captured Seoul after a four-day drive; the South Korean government moved to Taejon, 75 miles south of Seoul. Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blew up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand placed their naval units in Japanese waters at the disposal of the United States to support South Korea.

Abominations
Retreating South Korean forces and anti-Communist groups began carrying out South Korean President Syngman Rhee's order to execute people related to either the Bodo League or the South Korean Workers Party. The North Korean Army massacred 700-900 doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians, and wounded soldiers at the Seoul National University Hospital.

Politics and government
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigating Sen. Joseph McCarthy's (Republican--Wisconsin) charges of influence in the State Department voted 3-2 to close the inquiry for the time being.

Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge, a supporter of racial segregation, defeated former Governor Melvin Thompson in the Democratic Party primary for the November 1950 gubernatorial election.

Labour
Britain's Trades Union Congress dropped its two-year-old wage freeze policy, but urged member unions to use restraint in seeking pay increases.

Baseball
Roy Smalley hit for the cycle and drove in 4 runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 15-3 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals before 12,109 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Doyle Lade (4-1) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory.

Johnny Hopp tripled home Danny Murtaugh with the tying run and scored the winning run on a double by Stan Rojek as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to overcome a 5-1 deficit and defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 before 12,040 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

The Cleveland Indians scored 7 runs in the first 3 innings and 11 in the 7th as they embarrassed the St. Louis Browns 18-2 before 2,491 fans at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. Every Cleveland starter scored at least 1 run. Bob Lemon (10-4) pitched a 9-hit complete game victory and batted 1 for 4 with a base on balls and 2 runs. Tommy Fine, the third of four St. Louis pitchers, faced 7 batters in the 7th, allowing 6 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 0 innings, walking 1 batter, in the 25th and last game of his 2-year major league career.

50 years ago
1960

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, James Remnant!

Disasters
45 miners were killed in a gas explosion at Six Bells Colliery in Monmouthshire, Wales.

40 years ago
1970

On the radio
The Second Stain and The Bruce-Partington Plans, starring Robert Vierengel as Sherlock Holmes and Chris Steinbrunner as Dr. Watson, on WFUV

These dramatizations of the A. Conan Doyle stories were presented by The Priory Scholars, a Sherlock Holmes society in New York. WFUV-FM was the campus station of Fordham University. Recordings of these broadcasts are available as part of an MP3 CD of Sherlock Holmes broadcasts from OTRCat.com.

Protest
Three days of clashes between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Londonderry, Northern Ireland concluded with 5 people shot to death and 240 seriously wounded. Ulster’s 8,000-man British garrison was reinforced by 450 troops flown in. Northern Irish Deputy Prime Minister Brian Faulkner termed the violence "planned arson" perpetrated by "gunmen active against the army." Mr. Faulkner said that this violence was different from the 1969 riots in which, he asserted, Roman Catholics thought they were protecting their homes. Meanwhile, 1,500 people in London protested against the June 26 jailing of Mid-Ulster Member of Parliament Bernadette Devlin for her role in the 1969 Bogside riots.

Auto racing
USAC
Mario Andretti won the Rocky Mountain 150 on the Continental Divide Raceways road course at Mead, Colorado, for his first victory of 1970. Swede Savage finished second and A.J. Foyt third.



Baseball
Roberto Clemente doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th inning and scored on a bases-loaded walk to Jerry May to break a 2-2 tie as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Chicago Cubs 3-2 in the first game of a doubleheader before 40,918 fans in the last major league games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. The Cubs loaded the bases with 1 out in the 9th, but Luke Walker relieved Dave Giusti and struck out pinch hitter Ernie Banks before inducing Cleo James to ground into a force play to end the game. Gene Clines made hi smajor league debut with the Pirates in the bottom of the 7th when he was inserted as a pinch runner for Jose Pagan, who doubled as a pinch hitter. Mr. Clines was stranded at second base. Jim Nelson (3-0) allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 8 innings to outduel Milt Pappas (2-3) as the Pirates won the second game 4-1 to complete the sweep. Mr. Pappas allowed 4 hits and 4 runs--2 earned--in 6 innings, striking out 4 batters and walking 1 in his first game since being purchased by the Cubs from the Atlanta Braves five days earlier.





Dave Marshall led off the top of the 8th inning with a home run to break a 1-1 tie, but Rusty Staub hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the inning to provide the winning margin as the Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets 3-2 before 27,154 fans at Jarry Park in Montreal. Tommie Agee led off the 9th with a single and stole second base, but Carl Morton retired Bud Harrelson and Ken Singleton on outfield flies and Donn Clendenon on a popup to first base to end the game. Mr. Morton (8-5) allowed 12 hits but just 2 earned runs to win the pitchers' duel over Ray Sadecki (5-2), who allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs in a complete game.



Pete Rose and Bobby Tolan led off the game with consecutive home runs and Tony Perez hit his 27th home run of the season in the 9th inning for the Cincinnati Reds as they beat the Houston Astros 3-2 before 27,040 fans at the Astrodome. Don Wilson (2-3) gave up all 3 home runs and took the loss, allowing only 3 other hits in a complete game.

Alan Gallagher's 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the San Francisco Giants a 6-4 win over the Atlanta Braves in the first game of a doubleheader before 20,642 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Frank Johnson drove in 3 runs with a triple and a single to help the Giants win the second game 4-3 to complete the sweep.

Pinch hitter Rick Reichardt hit a 2-run home run with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Washington Senators a 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 19,043 fans at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington.

30 years ago
1980

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy (Hit Parade Italia): Non so che darei--Alan Sorrenti

#1 single in Flanders (Ultratop 50): Cara Mia--Jay & the Americans

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Crying--Don McLean

#1 single in the U.K. (BMRB): Crying--Don McLean (2nd week at #1)

Netherlands Top 10 (De Nederlandse Top 40)
1 Cara Mia--Jay & the Americans (2nd week at #1)
2 Lost in Love--Demis Roussos
3 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
4 Sri-Lanka...My Shangri-La--Jack Jersey
5 Pierrot--Bonnie St. Claire
6 Relight My Fire--Dan Hartman
7 Late at Night--Maywood
8 Working My Way Back to You--Spinners
9 One More Little Kissy--Luv'
10 Runnin' with the Devil--Van Halen

Singles entering the chart were Midnite Dynamos by Matchbox (#25); Play the Game by Queen (#26); The Groove by Rodney Franklin (#28); Theme from New York, New York by Frank Sinatra (#29); Shandi by Kiss (#34); Night Boat to Cairo by Madness (#35); and De Vogeltjesdans by De Electronica's (#36).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Billboard)
1 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
2 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
3 The Rose--Bette Midler
4 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel
5 Against the Wind--Bob Seger
6 Little Jeannie--Elton John
7 Steal Away--Robbie Dupree
8 Biggest Part of Me--Ambrosia
9 Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time--Spinners
10 She's Out of My Life--Michael Jackson

Singles entering the chart were Play the Game by Queen (#67); I Can't Let Go by Linda Ronstadt (#74); Who Shot J.R.? by Gary Burbank with Band McNally (#79); That Lovin' You Feelin' Again by Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris (#82); Love that Got Away by Firefall (#83); Dancin' in the Streets by Teri DeSario with KC (#84); Beyond by Herb Alpert (#85); One in a Million You by Larry Graham (#86); Why Not Me by Fred Knoblock (#87); I Get Off on It by Tony Joe White (#88); My Mistake by the Kingbees (#89); and Honey, Honey by David Hudson (#90).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Funkytown--Lipps Inc. (5th week at #1)
2 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
3 The Rose--Bette Midler
4 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel
5 Little Jeannie--Elton John
6 Steal Away--Robbie Dupree
7 Cars--Gary Numan
8 Against the Wind--Bob Seger
9 Biggest Part of Me--Ambrosia
10 Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time--Spinners

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Let Go by Linda Ronstadt (#66); Play the Game by Queen (#70); Beyond by Herb Alpert (#82); Dancin' in the Streets by Teri DeSario with KC (#83); It Hurts Too Much by Eric Carmen (#85); Love that Got Away by Firefall (#86); Who Shot J.R.? by Gary Burbank with Band McNally (#87); One in a Million You by Larry Graham (#88); My Mistake by the Kingbees (#89); Someone that I Used to Love by Natalie Cole (#90); Fame by Irene Cara (#91); Are 'Friends' Electric? by Gary Numan & Tubeway Army (#96); and Honey, Honey by David Hudson (#97).

U.S.A. Top 10 (Record World)
1 The Rose--Bette Midler
2 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
3 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
4 Little Jeannie--Elton John
5 Steal Away--Robbie Dupree
6 It's Still Rock and Roll to Me--Billy Joel
7 She's Out of My Life--Michael Jackson
8 Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time--Spinners
9 Against the Wind--Bob Seger
10 Let Me Love You Tonight--Pure Prairie League

Singles entering the chart were I Can't Let Go by Linda Ronstadt (#60); Play the Game by Queen (#76); That Lovin' You Feelin' Again by Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris (#84); Love that Got Away by Firefall (#86); Why Not Me by Fred Knoblock (#87); Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top (#88); Sitting in the Park by G.Q. (#89); Give Me the Night by George Benson (#90); Bony Moronie by Cheeks (#97); When Things Go Wrong by Robin Lane and the Chartbusters (#98); Rock Brigade by Def Leppard (#99); and Good to Have Love Back by Felix Cavaliere (#100). Bony Moronie was from the movie Up the Academy (1980).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Cars--Gary Numan (2nd week at #1)
2 Call Me--Blondie
3 Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)--Paul McCartney & Wings
4 Lost in Love--Air Supply
5 Brass in Pocket (I'm Special)--Pretenders
6 Funkytown--Lipps Inc.
7 Pilot of the Airwaves-Charlie Dore
8 Breakdown Dead Ahead--Boz Scaggs
9 The Rose--Bette Midler
10 Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer--Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes

Singles entering the chart were Don't Fight It by Red Rider (#90); Can I Come Near by Graham Shaw and the Sincere Serenaders (#94); Walks Like a Lady by Journey (#98); And the Cradle Will Rock by Van Halen (#99); and Gee Whiz by Bernadette Peters (#100).

Died on this date
José Iturbi Báguena, 84. Spanish musician. Mr. Iturbi was a pianist, harpsichordist, and conductor who had a career spanning more than 60 years. He conducted the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Valencia Symphony Orchestra for many years. Mr. Iturbi died from heart problems.

Helen Gahagan Douglas, 79. U.S. actress and politician. Mrs. Douglas, the wife of actor Melvyn Douglas, achieved success on Broadway and then in opera in the 1920s and '30s. She went to Hollywood in 1935, starring in the movie She (1935). A Democrat, Mrs. Douglas represented California's 14th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1945-1951). She was the Democratic Party nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in California in 1950, but lost to Republican candidate and Congressman Richard Nixon, who borrowed a line from Mrs. Douglas's Democratic primary opponent Manchester Boddy and said that she was "pink down to her underwear." Mrs. Douglas never ran for office again, but continued to support Democratic party campiagns until her death from breast and lung cancer.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Edmonton (2-1) 16 @ Calgary (3-1) 28

The Eskimos scored a couple of late touchdowns to make the score respectable, but the Stampeders dominated the game at McMahon Stadium. After one of the Edmonton touchdowns, Eskimo receiver Waddell Smith flattened Stampeder kickoff returner William Miller with one of the hardest hits I’ve ever seen. The loss was costly for the Eskimos in terms of injuries: rookie defensive back Maurice Burton suffered a knee injury that put him on the injured list for the entire season, and veteran linebacker Harry Walters suffered a similar injury, and ended up playing only one regular season game with the Eskimos.

Baseball
John Milner led off the 9th inning with a base on balls and scored from third base on a 1-out single by Ed Ott for the deciding run as the Pittsburgh Pirates held on to defeat the Montreal Expos 4-3 before 38,065 fans at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. In the bottom of the 9th, pinch hitter Tommy Hutton scored Tony Bernazard with a ground out and advanced Bob Pate to third base, but was thrown out at second base on the play for the second out of the inning, and Ron LeFlore then grounded out to third base to end the game. Jim Bibby (9-1) allowed 6 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 6.1 innings to get the win over Charlie Lea (2-2).

The Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros 8-5 before 44,025 fans at the Astrodome, as Houston starting pitcher J.R. Richard (9-4) left after just 3.1 innings, the ninth time in 16 starts in 1980 that Mr. Richard had left the game early because of a physical ailment. Johnny Bench's 3-run double with 2 out in the top of the 3rd inning gave the Reds a 3-2 lead, and they added 4 in the 4th. Joe Price (1-0) started on the mound for Cincinnati and allowed 5 hits and 5 runs--all earned--in 5.1 innings, but still got credit for his first major league win.

With 2 out and nobody on base in the bottom of the 11th inning, Rich Murray drew a base on balls, advanced to second base on a single by Johnnie LeMaster, and scored on a single by Terry Whitfield to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers before 25,145 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The Giants scored a run in each of the last 3 innings.

Rick Cerone batted 3 for 5 with a triple, run, and 4 runs batted in, singling home Bob Watson and Jim Spencer with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the New York Yankees an 11-10 win over the Cleveland Indians before 42,192 fans at Yankee Stadium. New York right fielder Bobby Murcer was 3 for 4 with 2 home runs, 5 runs batted in, and was hit by a pitch. Cleveland designated hitter Joe Charboneau hit a home run in the 2nd inning into the third deck--an area of Yankee Stadium previously reached by only Jimmie Foxx and Frank Howard. Tim Lollar, the third of four New York pitchers, allowed 2 hits and 1 run--earned--in 2 innings, striking out 1 batter and walking none, in his first major league game. Dennis Sherrill played the 7th and 8th innings at shortstop for New York, making 1 putout, with no plate appearances in the 5th and last game of his 2-year major league career.

25 years ago
1985

Hit parade
#1 single in West Germany (Media Control): 19--Paul Hardcastle (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Live is Life--Opus (5th week at #1)

Died on this date
Herb Schumm, 42. Canadian football player. Mr. Schumm was a guard with the Edmonton Eskimos (1963-1965) and Calgary Stampeders (1966-1973). He played in the Grey Cup games of 1968, 1970, and 1971, playing on the winning side in 1971. Mr. Schumm scored the only point of his CFL career on September 3, 1973, when he concluded a punting exchange on the last play of the Labour Day game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers by punting the ball 40 yards into the end zone to give the Stampeders a 25-24 win. He was the younger brother of Howie Schumm, a linebacker with the Eskimos (1959-1972) and Stampeders (1969). Herb Schumm died in Calgary of an undisclosed illness.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Montreal (4-0) 9 @ Toronto (2-2) 8
British Columbia (3-1) 21 @ Saskatchewan (2-2) 3
Edmonton (1-3) 34 @ Calgary (2-2) 33

Chris Woods caught 3 touchdown passes for the Eskimos as they edged the Stampeders at McMahon Stadium, and his last one, late in the game, gave the Eskimos their first pre-season win in two years.

20 years ago
1990

Hit parade
#1 single in Ireland (IRMA): Put 'em Under Pressure--The Republic of Ireland Football Squad (5th week at #1)

Abominations
Michel Legere, Mayor of Hull, Quebec, said that a visit from Queen Elizabeth II was not appropriate so soon after the collapse of the Meech Lake constitutional accord: "We don’t want her here, but it’s nothing personal. When the Queen visits, she represents Canada, and she represents the refusal of the distinct society."

Health
Canadian Health Minister Perrin Beatty announced a $112-million national AIDS strategy, to stop transmission, search for a cure, and treat sufferers. It also included a national registry, an AIDS secretariat, and education programs.

Scandal
The prosecution presented its key piece of evidence at the trial of Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry--a videotape apparently showing Mr. Barry smoking crack in a room at the Vista International Hotel in Washington. The defense contended that the tape supported the entrapment defense.

Football
CFL
Pre-season
Hamilton (0-1) 19 @ Toronto (1-0) 60
Edmonton (0-1) 23 @ British Columbia (1-0) 24

10 years ago
2000

Died on this date
Nils Poppe, 92. Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter. Mr. Poppe, born Nils Jönsson, appeared in plays, movies, and television programs in a career spanning more than 50 years. He was best known for his performance as Jof in the Ingmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal (1957). Mr. Poppe died afer a series of strokes.

Jane Birdwood, 87. Canadian-born U.K. activist. Baroness Birdwood, born Joan Graham in Winnipeg, moved with her parents to England at the age of 10. She was the second wife of Christopher Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood. Baroness Birdwood opposed Communism and non-white immigration, and was associated with several right-wing groups from the 1950s to the 1990s. She was repeatedly convicted of distributing anti-Semitic literature for publishing her pamphlet The Longest Hatred An Examination of Anti-Gentilism (1991), and was regarded as the "largest individual distributor of racist and antisemitic material" in Britain. Baroness Birdwood ran unsuccessfully three times for the House of Commons.

Abominations
6-year-old Elian Gonzalez was returned to his father in Cuba after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments by the boy’s Miami relatives that he had been denied a right to an asylum hearing. Elian had fled Fidel Castro’s island prison for Florida months earlier, but his mother had died on the way when their primitive craft capsized. A long legal battle involving Elian’s Florida relatives and the pro-Communist U.S. administration of President Bill Clinton ensued.

Baseball
Jeff Cirillo hit 3 home runs and a double, drove in 6 runs and scored 5 for the Colorado Rockies as they overcame a 7-run deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 17-13 before 43,405 fans at Coors Field in Denver.

B.J. Surhoff batted 5 for 6 with 2 doubles and extended his hitting streak to 21 games for the Baltimore Orioles as they edged the Boston Red Sox 8-7 in 11 innings before 33,834 fans at Fenway Park in Boston. He doubled and scored the tying run in the 9th inning, and doubled and scored the winning run in the 11th.