September 11, 2012

130 years ago
1882

Baseball
Tony Mullane pitched a no-hitter as the Louisville Eclipse blanked the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 at Bank Street Grounds in Cincinnati.

125 years ago
1887

Society
Led by third baseman Arlie Latham, the St. Louis Browns of the American Association refused to play an exhibition baseball game against the all-Negro Cuban Giants, saying in a letter to the owner, "we will cheerfully play against white people at any time and think that by refusing to play [blacks] we are only doing what is right." Mr. Latham was fined.

80 years ago
1932

Baseball
Branch Rickey signed a five-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals as general manager and director of the club's farm system.

70 years ago
1942

Baseball
Ray Lamanno's home run in the top of the 11th inning gave the Cincinnati Reds an 8-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, ruining the major league debut of Philadelphia's Eddie Freed. Mr. Freed hit a triple, 2 doubles, a single, and reached base on an intentional walk. Only 393 fans witnessed the game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia.

50 years ago
1962

Music
The Beatles re-recorded Love Me Do, their first single for Parlophone Records, a week after an earlier session. Ringo Starr had played drums on the September 4 session, but session musician Andy White played drums on the re-recording, with Mr. Starr on tambourine. The re-recorded version was released as a single in the U.K. (and later, in the U.S.A.), while the earlier version was released as a single in Canada. An even earlier session, on June 6, had taken place with Pete Best on drums, but that version remained unreleased until 1995, when it appeared on the first Beatles Anthology album.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Max Fleischer, 89. U.S. animator. Mr. Fleischer produced animated cartoons from the 1910s to the 1940s, and was best known for producing Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman cartoons. He patented the rotoscope, which allowed film footage of a live figure to be used as a guide for drawing an animated figure. He and his brother Dave created and produced the first sound cartoons, of which Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1924) was the first to be released.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Eye of the Tiger--Survivor (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A.: (Billboard): Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago

U.S.A. top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Abracadabra--Steve Miller Band (3rd week at #1)
2 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
3 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
4 You Should Hear how She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
5 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
6 Hold Me--Fleetwood Mac
7 Vacation--Go-Go's
8 Take it Away--Paul McCartney
9 Wasted on the Way--Crosby, Stills & Nash
10 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project

Singles entering the chart were Heartlight by Neil Diamond (#69); I Get Excited by Rick Springfield (#75); Mickey by Toni Basil (#83); The Look of Love, Part 1 by ABC (#87); and Hey, E.T. by Dickie Goodman (#97).

Canada’s top 10 (RPM)
1 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
2 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
3 Abracadabra--Steve Miller Band
4 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
5 Love in Control (Finger on the Trigger)--Donna Summer
6 You Should Hear how She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
7 Hurts So Good--John Cougar
8 Eyes of a Stranger--Payolas
9 Your Daddy Don't Know--Toronto
10 Only Time Will Tell--Asia

Singles entering the chart were I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home by David Frizzell (#45); Blue Eyes by Elton John (#46); Athena by the Who (#48); Gloria by Laura Branigan (#49); and The Look of Love, Part 1 by ABC (#50).

Died on this date
T. Claude Ryan, 84. U.S. aircraft manufacturer and executive. Mr. Ryan established the first year-round passenger air service in the United States--The San Diego-Los Angeles Airlines--in 1925. He opened the Ryan School of Aeronautics in 1931 and created various manufacturing companies through the years that bore his name. One of his designs was the Ryan ST, a monoplane sport aricraft and trainer that first flew in 1934. Mr. Ryan was invested in the International Aerospace Hall of Fame in 1965.

Richard McVay,55. U.S. football official. Mr. McVay, a football official at various levels since 1956 and an NCAA Big Ten official since 1974, was refereeing the game between the University of Michigan and University of Illinois at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois when he collapsed with 10 minutes remaining in the second quarter with a heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Mr. McVay had refereed the 1982 Rose Bowl.

Disasters
45 people were killed when a U.S. Army helicopter crashed at an air show near Mannheim, West Germany.

Football
CFL
Calgary (6-2-1) 15 @ Winnipeg (7-2) 11

James Sykes rushed 15 times for 119 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown early in the 4th quarter, as the Stampeders upset the Blue Bombers before 30,119 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Rick House scored the only Winnipeg touchdown on an 11-yard pass from Dieter Brock in the 3rd quarter. It was the second and last CFL game for former National Football League receiver Carlos Pennywell, who had been activated by the Blue Bombers after Eugene Goodlow had broken his neck several weeks earlier in a game against the Stampeders in Calgary.

CIAU
Ottawa (1-0) 22 Queen's (0-1) 20
Concordia (1-0) 34 Bishop's (0-1) (29)
Western Ontario (1-0) 27 York (0-1) 24
McMaster (1-0) 14 Guelph (0-1) 10
Waterloo (1-0) 17 Windsor (0-1) 6
Wilfrid Laurier (1-0) 17 Toronto (0-1) 3
Manitoba (1-1) 33 Saskatchewan (1-1) 15
British Columbia (3-0) 32 @ Alberta (0-3) 4

Baseball
The Cleveland Indians traded pitcher John Denny to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league players Jerry Reed, LeRoy Smith, and Wil Culmer.

25 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Lorne Greene, 72. Canadian-born U.S. broadcaster and actor. Mr. Greene, a native of Ottawa, graduated from Queen's University and then became a newsreader for CBC radio during World War II, earning the nickname "The Voice of Doom." He then went to Hollywood, where he became famous in the role of Ben Cartwright in the television western series Bonanza (1959-1973). Mr. Greene was also a recording artist in the 1960s, and his spoken word ballad Ringo reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S.A. in 1964.

Peter Tosh, 42. Jamaican musician. Mr. Tosh, a Rastafarian (worshiping Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I as Jesus incarnate and believing in the use of marijuana for spiritual purposes), was a member of the influential reggae group The Wailers from 1963-1974 before embarking on a successful solo career. He was murdered in his home during a robbery.

Religion
Speaking in Miami, Florida, Pope John Paul II defended Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people but also supported the formation of a Palestinian homeland.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the trade deficit had risen to a record $16.5 billion in July.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (7-3) 55 @ Ottawa (2-8) 16

Roy Dewalt completed just 16 of 32 passes, but amassed 368 yards and touchdowns to Jim Sandusky, Jan Carinci, and Byron Williams as the Lions routed the Rough Riders before 19,201 fans at Lansdowne Park. Anthony Parker rushed 1 yard for another B.C. touchdown, while Larry Crawford added another on a 72-yard punt return and rookie Nelson Martin returned a pass 20 yards for a Lion touchdown on the last play of the game. Todd Dillon threw 17 yards to Marc Lewis for the only Ottawa touchdown in the 2nd quarter.

20 years ago
1992

Defense
U.S. President George Bush announced that his administration had approved the sale of 72 F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

Economics and finance
The United States Labor Department reported that prices paid by producers for finished goods had risen 0.1% in August.

Disasters
At least 650 people perished when heavy rains and flash floods swept through mud hut villages in northern and eastern Pakistan.

Hurricane Iniki battered the Hawaiian island of Kauai; an estimated 10,000 homes were damaged, and much of the island was left without power for several days.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-8) 34 @ Edmonton (7-3) 20

Jon Volpe rushed 24 times for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns and Lui Passaglia added 2 converts, 4 field goals, and a single to lead the Lions over the Eskimos before a Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 48,793. Ryan Hanson rushed 12 yards for the other B.C. touchdown. Tracy Ham completed touchdown passes of 72 yards to Henry “Gizmo” Williams and 12 yards to Chris Armstrong for the Eskimos, but also threw 3 interceptions. It was the Lions’ only road win of the season.