September 20, 2012

130 years ago
1882

Baseball
Larry Corcoran became the first man to pitch two career no-hitters in the major leagues as he led the Chicago White Stockings to a 5-0 win over the Worcester Brown Stockings at Lakefront Park in Chicago. He had pitched his first no-hitter on August 19, 1880 against the Boston Red Caps. Frank Mountain was the losing pitcher for Worcester.

110 years ago
1902

Baseball
Nixey Callahan pitched the first no-hitter in American League history, leading the Chicago White Stockings to a 3-0 win over the Detroit Tigers at South Side Park in Chicago.

100 years ago
1912

Baseball
Smoky Joe Wood's winning streak ended at 17 games as he and the Boston Red Sox lost 6-4 to the Detroit Tigers.

80 years ago
1932

Baseball
Kiki Cuyler hit a bases-loaded triple to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, clinching the National League pennant for the Cubs. Guy Bush picked up his 19th win of the season.

60 years ago
1952

Hit Parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Belong to Me--Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (Best seller--2nd week at #1; Disc Jockey--2nd week at #1; Juke Box--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart--Vera Lynn (9th week at #1)
--Eddy Howard
2 You Belong to Me--Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra
--Patti Page
3 Wish You Were Here--Eddie Fisher
4 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)--Frankie Laine
--Tex Ritter
5 Half as Much--Rosemary Clooney
6 Botch-A-Me--Rosemary Clooney
7 Delicado--Percy Faith and his Orchestra
8 Meet Mister Callaghan--Les Paul
--Harry Grove Trio
9 Jambalaya--Jo Stafford
10 Here in My Heart--Al Martino

Singles entering the chart were Because You're Mine, with versions by Mario Lanza and Nat "King" Cole (#17); Faith Can Move Mountains, with versions by Nat "King" Cole and Johnnie Ray (#35); and Trying by the Hill Toppers (#44).

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal (0-4) 7 @ Ottawa (2-2) 8
Hamilton (2-1-1) 13 @ Toronto (3-0-1) 13

Bruce Cummings punted from the Montreal 33-yard line on the last play of the game, and the kick went over the dead ball line for a single to give the Rough Riders their win over the Alouettes before 16,500 fans at Lansdowne Park. Bob Simpson scored the lone Ottawa touchdown, with Virgil Wagner scoring the Montreal touchdown.

Bernie Custis scored his first 2 touchdowns of the season for the Tiger-Cats as they came back from a 13-1 3rd-quarter deficit to tie the Argonauts before 26,663 fans at Varsity Stadium. Nobby Wirkowski and Ulysses Curtis scored Toronto touchdowns. Hamilton quarterback Bill Mackrides completed 21 of 32 passes for 263 yards, while Mr. Wirkowski was 6 for 15 for 118 yards.



WIFU
Winnipeg (5-2-1) 18 @ Saskatchewan (2-6) 7
Calgary (4-4) 18 @ Edmonton (4-3-1) 35

Tom Casey rushed 100 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and Tommy Ford rushed 90 yards for another TD in the 4th quarter as the Blue Bombers beat the Roughriders before more than 11,000 fans at Taylor Field in Regina.

Normie Kwong scored 3 touchdowns to lead the Eskimos to victory over the Stampeders before a Clarke Stadium record crowd of 14,922. Mike King, Frank Morris, and Rod Pantages also scored Edmonton touchdowns, all converted by Joe Aguirre. Bob Shaw scored 2 touchdowns and 3 converts for the Stampeders, while Paul Salata scored the other Calgary touchdown. Dave Anderson made his debut at quarterback for the Stampeders in place of regular starter Keith Spaith.

ORFU
Sarnia (5-0) 25 @ Windsor (0-4) 11

Corky Duchene scored 2 touchdowns to lead the Imperials over the Royals before 1,000 fans in Windsor.

ORFU-intercollegiate exhibition
Toronto Balmy Beach 32 @ Queen's University 23

Johnny Pont scored 3 touchdowns for Balmy Beach in their win over the Golden Gaels at Richardson Stadium in Kingston.

Canadian university
McGill (1-0) 25 @ McMaster (0-1) 13

Len Shaw returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown as the Redmen beat the Marauders before 5,000 fans in Hamilton. It was McMaster's first game in the senior intercollegiate league.

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): She's Not You--Elvis Presley (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, on CBS
Tonight's episode: A Piece of the Action, starring Gig Young, Martha Hyer, Gene Evans, and Robert Redford

This was the first episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, after seven seasons of the half-hour Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

World events
Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, banned the Zimbabwe African People's Union.

40 years ago
1972

World events
The British House of Lords approved the U.K.’s entry into the European Economic Community effective January 1, 1973.

Boxing
In a contest of former world heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali retained his North American Boxing Federation title (39-1) with a technical knockout over Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) before 17,378 fans at Madison Square Garden in New York when referee Arthur Donovan stopped the fight just prior to the beginning of the 8th round because of cuts and swelling around Mr. Patterson's left eye. It was Mr. Patterson’s last fight, and his second loss to Mr. Ali.



Football
CFL
British Columbia (2-7) 23 @ Toronto (1-7) 9

The Argonauts jumped out to a quick 8-0 over the Lions, but turned the ball over 5 times, contributing to their defeat. Many of the 33,135 fans at CNE Stadium began singing "Goodbye, Leo" to Toronto head coach Leo Cahill. Leon McQuay of the Argonauts, who rushed 11 times for 94 yards, scored the game's first touchdown on a 31-yard run in the 1st quarter. Don Bunce started at quarterback for B.C. but was replaced after the 1st half after producing just 2 field goals. Don Moorhead, his replacement, completed 4 of 5 passes, including a 72-yard strike to Jim Young early in the 3rd quarter for the Lions' first touchdown. Johnny Musso rushed 1 yard for the other Lion TD, and Ted Gerela added 2 converts and 3 field goals.

Baseball
The Atlanta Braves scored all of their runs in the 2nd inning as they beat the Houston Astros 13-6. Dusty Baker doubled to lead off the inning, hit a 3-run home run, and then grounded out with the bases loaded to end the inning.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Kent Music Report): Eye of the Tiger--Survivor

War
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the United States, France, and Italy would send their forces, which had previously been withdrawn, back to Lebanon.

Labour
Two weeks into the regular season, National Football League players went on strike for a share of the $2.1 billion the league was making as part of a five-year television deal.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in France: Joe le taxi--Vanessa Paradis (8th week at #1)

Religion
Pope John Paul II concluded his visit to the United States and Canada with a mass for 4,000 natives in Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. The pontiff had been unable to visit the northern community during his previous Canadian visit in 1984.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-5) 29 @ Toronto (6-5-1) 39
Winnipeg (8-4) 20 @ British Columbia (8-3) 30

Gill Fenerty rushed 19 times for 76 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Argonauts defeated the Tiger-Cats before 26,619 fans (including this blogger) at Exhibition Stadium. Danny Barrett completed a touchdown pass to Darrell K. Smith for the other Toronto touchdown. The teams combined for 12 turnovers, 8 in the 1st quarter; the Argonauts took advantage of 6 of them to build a 23-1 lead in the 2nd quarter. Mike Kerrigan, who relieved an ineffective Tom Porras in the 2nd quarter, completed touchdown passes of 7 and 65 yards to Tony Champion and 30 yards to Jacques Chapdelaine, and handed off to Dan Huclack for a 1-yard run for the other Hamilton touchdown. Mr. Champion led all receivers with 11 receptions for 202 yards, while Tiger-Cats’ running back Johnnie Jones, who rushed 6 times for just 4 yards, gained 103 yards on 7 receptions. Mr. Kerrigan completed 25 of 41 passes for 408 yards. Pete Catan, who had been a star defensive end with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1981-1983 before jumping to the United States Football League, made his return to the CFL with the Tiger-Cats, but was released after having a poor game, and never played again. It was one of the few CFL games of 1987 that wasn’t televised, which wasn’t a bad thing, the way it turned out.

Larry Crawford returned a punt 82 yards for a touchdown with 4:48 remaining in the 4th quarter to clinch victory for the Lions over the Blue Bombers before 39,859 fans at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver. B.C. quarterback Roy Dewalt threw touchdown passes of 14 yards to Jan Carinci in the 2nd quarter and 33 yards to Jim Sandusky in the 4th quarter. Winnipeg quarterback Tom Clements completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to Nick Arakgi just 1:37 into the game, and later connected with James Murphy for 2 touchdowns. Winnipeg’s Willard Reaves led all rushers with 17 carries for 128 yards.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Ebenezer Goode--The Shamen (2nd week at #1)

Space
The 50th U.S. space shuttle mission ended when Endeavour landed in Florida eight days after liftoff.

Diplomacy
51% of voters in a referendum in France approved the 1991 Maastricht treaty of the European Community on European Union.

Football
CFL
Edmonton (7-4) 18 @ Saskatchewan (6-5) 22
Winnipeg (5-6) 29 @ Calgary (8-3) 57

Kent Austin completed touchdown passes to Don Narcisse and Reggie Brown in the 3rd quarter as the Roughriders defeated the Eskimos before 22,256 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Edmonton quarterback Tracy Ham completed just 7 of 24 passes for 106 yards—including a 6-yard TD pass to Craig Ellis in the 2nd quarter—before being pulled in favour of Tom Muecke in the 4th quarter. Michael Soles rushed 3 yards for the other Edmonton touchdown in the 3rd quarter.

The Stampeders outscored the Blue Bombers 46-9 in the 2nd half before 22,320 fans at McMahon Stadium. Calgary quarterback Doug Flutie completed just 14 of 36 passes, but connected for touchdowns with Derrick Crawford and PeeWee Smith. Andy McVey rushed for 2 Calgary touchdowns, and Eric Mitchel rushed for another. Karl Anthony returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown, and backup quarterback Steve Taylor threw a TD pass to Allen Pitts. Sammy Garza played the entire game at quarterback for the Blue Bombers, completing just 17 of 40 passes, including touchdowns to Rob Crifo and Larry Thompson. The Calgary defense sacked Mr. Garza 7 times.



Baseball
Philadelphia Phillies' second baseman Mickey Morandini became the ninth player in major league history to turn an unassisted triple play as the Phillies lost 3-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 13 innings. There were runners on first and second bases in the 6th inning when Mr. Morandini caught Jeff King's line drive for the first out, stepped on second base to double off Andy Van Slyke, and tagged Barry Bonds, running from first base, for the third out.

10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
Montreal (10-3-0-1) 24 @ Winnipeg (7-5) 27

Backup quarterback Pat Barnes’ 12-yard touchdown pass to Milt Stegall with 4:33 remaining in regulation time gave the Blue Bombers their win over the Alouettes before 29,503 fans at Canad Inns Stadium. Mr. Stegall had earlier caught an 18-yard TD pass from starting quarterback Khari Jones. Mike Sellers rushed 1 yard for the first Winnipeg touchdown in the 1st quarter. Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo threw 3 touchdown passes, the first to Ben Cahoon and the other 2 to Thomas Haskins. Mr. Barnes, who entered the game midway through the 3rd quarter, completed 11 of 13 passes for 144 yards.

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 9-3 to clinch the National League Central Division pennant.

Mike Bordick of the Baltimore Orioles set a major league record for second basemen by playing his 104th consecutive game without an error. The Orioles lost 4-2 to the Boston Red Sox.