September 12, 2012

80 years ago
1932

Baseball
The New York Yankees played their 200th consecutive game without being shut out and earned their 100th win of the season as they beat the Cleveland Indians 9-3 at League Park in Cleveland to clinch the American League pennant. George Pipgras was the winning pitcher.

75 years ago
1937

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, George Chuvalo! The Canadian heavyweight boxing champion from 1958-1960, 1960-1961 and 1964-1979, who was never knocked down in 93 professional fights, was born in Toronto.

70 years ago
1942

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo--Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Tales of Tomorrow, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Cocoon, starring Jackie Cooper and Edith Fellows

50 years ago
1962

Space
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaking at Rice Stadium on the campus of Rice University in Houston, delivered a speech explaining the reasons for his administration's advocacy of the U.S. manned space program, particularly the goal of sending a manned mission to the Moon and back. He also visited and addressed the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and, on his way back to Washington, the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis.



Football
CFL
Montreal (2-3-1) 10 @ Saskatchewan (3-3-1) 24

Ray Purdin rushed for touchdowns of 93 yards and 1 yard and Bob Ptacek completed a 70-yard touchdown pass to Dale West as the Roughriders defeated the Alouettes before 12,000 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. The Roughriders amassed 312 yards rushing and 117 yards passing. Mr. Ptacek, the Saskatchewan quarterback, threw just 5 passes. Quarterback Sandy Stephens scored the Montreal touchdown on a 10-yard rush in the 2nd quarter. George Dixon led the Alouettes with 123 yards rushing. It was the Montreal club's first regular season game in Regina.

Baseball
Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators set a major league record for a single game by striking out 21 batters, pitching a complete game as the Senators edged the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in 16 innings at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Bud Zipfel's home run in the top of the 16th inning off Dick Hall provided the winning margin.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
William Boyd, 77. U.S. actor. Mr. Boyd appeared in silent movies such as The King of Kings (1927) and Two Arabian Knights (1927) before achieving fame as cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy in dozens of westerns in the 1930s and 1940s, and subsequent radio series in the 1950s. He died from complications related to Parkinson's disease and congestive heart failure.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-3) 24 @ British Columbia (1-6) 13

30 years ago
1982

Politics and government
Hua Guofeng, the chosen successor of Chairman Mao Zedong, was dropped from the Chinese leadership by the first session of the new Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Disasters
39 of 41 people aboard a West German tourist bus were killed when the bus was hit by a Swiss train near Pfaffikon, Switzerland.

11 people were killed and 17 missing and presumed dead when a typhoon tore through central Japan.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (4-5) 13 @ Montreal (2-7) 16
Ottawa (1-8) 11 @ Edmonton (4-5) 47

Don Sweet kicked a 51-yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining in the game to give the Concordes their win over the Roughriders before 14,111 fans at Olympic Stadium. Montreal quarterback Luc Tousignant completed just 12 of 35 passes for 158 yards, but one of his completions was to Lester Brown for a 43-yard touchdown in the 1st quarter. Mr. Tousignant led all rushers with 9 carries for 83 yards. Quarterback John Hufnagel rushed 14 yards for the Roughriders’ only touchdown early in the 2nd quarter.

Warren Moon passed for 3 touchdowns and rushed for 3 more as the Eskimos scored 5 touchdowns in the 2nd half to beat the Rough Riders before 54,622 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Mr. Moon completed just 16 of 36 passes, but made the big plays when he had to, completing touchdown passes to Brian Fryer, Brian Kelly, and Tom Scott. Angelo Santucci rushed 1 yard for the final Edmonton touchdown on a play that was set up by one of the greatest catches this blogger has ever seen. Backup quarterback Cliff Olander threw a pass toward Mike Levenseller, who reached over Ottawa defensive back Carl Brazley, tipped the ball into the air with one hand, and caught it at the 1-yard line as he was turning and falling. It turned out to be Mr. Levenseller’s last catch as an Eskimo, as he spent the remainder of the season on the reserve list. Jeff Avery scored the Rough Riders’ touchdown on a 22-yard pass from Chris Isaac just 3:44 into the game. Ottawa’s Skip Walker led all rushers with 15 carries for 105 yards. Sean Kehoe led the Eskimos with 70 yards on just 4 carries, while Jim Germany, playing his first game since breaking his ankle in a pre-season game on June 10, carried 8 times for 61 yards. Defensive back Dale Getty, son of former Eskimo quarterback Don Getty, played for the Rough Riders, and recovered an Edmonton fumble. Miles Gorrell, recently acquired from the Calgary Stampeders, played his first game as a Rough Rider at offensive tackle, while another former Stampeder, Larry James, played his only game for Ottawa at wide receiver and failed to catch a pass. This blogger wore a bag on his head for most of the game, since the Eskimos entered the game in last place in the West Division after losing 5 of their previous 6 games.

Baseball
The Kansas City Royals came back from a 7-4 deficit to score 14 runs over the last 5 innings in an 18-7 win over the Minnesota Twins at Royals Stadium. The losing pitcher, Terry Felton, had relieved starter Brad Havens with the score 7-4 in the 4th inning, and left in the 6th with the Twins leading 7-6, but with the Royals having 2 men on base. Both men scored, and Mr. Felton was charged with the loss, dropping his career major league record to 0-16, which is where it ended up.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Who's That Girl--Madonna (9th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K.: Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): La Bamba--Los Lobos (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
2 La Bamba--Los Lobos
3 Who's That Girl--Madonna
4 Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston
5 I Want Your Sex--George Michael
6 Here We Go Again--Whitesnake
7 Can't We Try--Dan Hill (with Vonda Shepard)
8 Only in My Dreams--Debbie Gibson
9 When Smokey Sings--ABC
10 Don't Mean Nothing--Richard Marx

Singles entering the chart were Causing a Commotion by Madonna (#44); Where the Streets Have No Name by U2 (#73); Let's Work by Mick Jagger (#78); Love is Contagious by Taja Sevelle (#82); Sugar Free by Wa Wa Nee (#88); and Come On, Let's Go by Los Lobos (#89). Come On, Let's Go was from the movie La Bamba.

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)
2 Who's That Girl--Madonna
3 I Want Your Sex--George Michael
4 Luka--Suzanne Vega
5 I Just Can't Stop Loving You--Michael Jackson (with Siedah Garrett)
6 Heart and Soul--T'Pau
7 Together (The New Wedding Song)--Joey Gregorash
8 Don't Mean Nothing--Richard Marx
9 Didn't We Almost Have it All--Whitney Houston
10 Funkytown--Pseudo Echo

Singles entering the chart were Something Real by Mr. Mister (#88); You are the Girl by the Cars (#90); The One I Love by R.E.M. (#93); I Need Love by L.L. Cool J (#96); Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac (#97); Holiday by the Other Ones (#98); and U Got the Look by Prince (#99).

Football
CFL
Toronto (5-5-1) 20 @ Edmonton (7-4) 42

Henry “Gizmo” Williams returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown in the 1st quarter and Ron Howard returned a blocked field goal 95 yards for another as the Eskimos took a 27-3 halftime lead and coasted to victory over the Argonauts before a season-high Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 40,486. Edmonton quarterback Damon Allen completed touchdown passes to Marco Cyncar and Chris Skinner, and Blake Marshall rushed 3 yards for his first CFL touchdown in the 3rd quarter. Mr. Marshall, carrying the ball for the first time in his CFL career, fumbled going over the Toronto goal line earlier in the quarter and the Argonauts recovered. Mr. Marshall’s touchdown came on his next carry. Mr. Howard’s touchdown came just after Toronto’s Lance Chomyc had missed a field goal. Junior Robinson returned the ball 25 yards and fumbled, and Toronto recovered. Mr. Chomyc attempted another field goal on the next play, but the kick was blocked by James Zachery, and Mr. Howard recovered and went for the touchdown. Tony Johns and Danny Barrett scored touchdowns on short rushes for Toronto in the 4th quarter.

CIS
Alberta 32 @ Calgary 20

The Golden Bears overcame a 19-10 deficit with 22 points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Dinosaurs at McMahon Stadium.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (ARIA): Amigos Para Siempre--Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Italy: Hanno Ucciso l'Uomo Ragno--883

#1 single in France: Rhythm is a Dancer--Snap! (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): End of the Road--Boyz II Men (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 End of the Road--Boyz II Men
2 Baby-Baby-Baby--TLC
3 November Rain--Guns N' Roses
4 Humpin' Around--Bobby Brown
5 This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna
6 Stay--Shakespears Sister
7 Baby Got Back--Sir Mix-a-Lot
8 Giving Him Something He Can Feel--En Vogue
9 Just Another Day--Jon Secada
10 The One--Elton John

Singles entering the chart included Jump Around by House of Pain (#52); You Lied to Me by Cathy Dennis (#79); I Will Be Here for You by Michael W. Smith (#85); and Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox (#90).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 The One--Elton John (2nd week at #1)
2 This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna
3 Even Better than the Real Thing--U2
4 Lost Together--Blue Rodeo
5 November Rain--Guns N' Roses
6 Restless Heart--Peter Cetera
7 Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough--Patty Smyth and Don Henley
8 Do I Have to Say the Words?--Bryan Adams
9 Nothing Broken But My Heart--Celine Dion
10 Enid--Barenaked Ladies

Singles entering the chart included Digging in the Dirt by Peter Gabriel (#75); Miss Chatelaine by k.d. lang (#88); What God Wants by Roger Waters (#89); Rhythm is a Dancer by Snap! (#90); Would I Lie to You? by Charles & Eddie (#93); and Countdown by Lindsey Buckingham (#94).

At the movies
Mr. Saturday Night, co-written, produced, and directed by Billy Crystal, and starring Mr. Crystal, Julie Warner, and David Paymer, received its premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.



Died on this date
Anthony Perkins, 60. U.S. actor. Mr. Perkins made his movie debut in The Actress (1953) and starred in movies such as Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Tin Star (1957), and Desire Under the Elms (1958) before playing Norman Bates in Psycho (1960), the role that defined his career.

Albertana
Premier Don Getty officially opened the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin.

Space
The 50th U.S. space shuttle mission began when Endeavor was launched from Florida. The crew included the first Negro spacewoman--Dr. Mae Carol Jemison--the first married couple to travel into space together; and the first Japanese citizen to ride in a shuttle. Japan was the source of 34 of 43 experiments planned for the mission.

World events
Abimael Guzman Reynoso, leader of the Peruvian guerrilla movement Shining Path, was captured by police in Lima. Three other guerrilla leaders were also captured in raids on two houses in Lima. Shining Path’s 12-year rebellion had resulted in 25,000 deaths.

Football
CIAU
Alberta (1-2) 31 @ Calgary 36

Craig Kittleson rushed for 189 yards and 3 touchdowns to help the Dinoasurs defeat the Golden Bears at McMahon Stadium. Jay Hamilton led Alberta with 105 yards rushing--including a 58-yard touchdown to open the scoring--but rushed for only 2 yards in the 2nd half.