October 13, 2012

220 years ago
1792

Americana
The cornerstone of the White House was laid.

125 years ago
1887

Football
ORFU
Round 1
Hamilton 10 @ Toronto 8 (replay of October 8 protested game)

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Wolverines 8 St. Louis Browns 0 @ Pittsburgh (Detroit led 15-game series 3-1)

Lady Baldwin pitched a 2-hitter for the Wolverines.

60 years ago
1952

At the movies
Lady in the Fog, directed by Sam Newfield, and starring Cesar Romero and Lois Maxwell, opened in theatres in the United Kingdom. It opened in the United States 18 days later under the title Scotland Yard Inspector.



Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (4-3-1) 16 @ Hamilton (6-1-1) 25

WIFU
Winnipeg (11-3-1) 37 @ Saskatchewan (2-13) 1
Edmonton (9-5-1) 16 @ Calgary (7-8) 10

ORFU
Sarnia (8-1) 8 @ Toronto (7-2) 22
Brantford (2-6) 17 @ Windsor (0-8) 12

The Tiger-Cats trailed 15-1 after 3 quarters, but rallied for 4 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to defeat the Argonauts before a Civic Stadium-record crowd of 17,500. Bill Mackrides threw 2 touchdown passes to Hal Waggoner, Blake Taylor rushed for a TD, and Ray Dohn Dillon rushed 40 yards for a Hamilton touchdown on the last play of the game. Billy Bass rushed 4 yards for a Toronto touchdown in the 1st quarter, and Nobby Wirkowski passed to Al Bruno for the other Argonaut TD in the 2nd quarter.

Jack Jacobs threw 4 touchdown passes as the Blue Bombers routed the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. Gerry Palmer and Lorne Benson each scored 2 Winnipeg touchdowns, with the others being scored by Tom Casey and Gerry James.

Rae Enright and Mike King scored touchdowns for the Eskimos as they clinched second place with a win over the Stampeders before a capacity crowd of 12,000 at Mewata Stadium. Johnny Bright scored the only Calgary touchdown, while Bob Shaw added a convert and field goal.



Johnny Pont scored 2 touchdowns before leaving the game with a suspected broken hand as Balmy Beach upset the Imperials in front of 3,000 fans at Maple Leaf Stadium. Freddie Street and Ken Wagner scored the other Toronto touchdowns. Johnny Chorostecki scored the only Sarnia touchdown on a 7-yard rush in the 1st quarter.

Bobby Dawson, Johnny Blaicher, and Mr. Toms scored touchdowns for the Redskins in their win over the Royals before 500 fans in Windsor. Messrs. Lee and Christoff scored touchdowns for the Royals.

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Ogni giorno--Paul Anka (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Telstar--The Tornados (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Sherry--The 4 Seasons (5th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Sherry--The 4 Seasons (6th week at #1)
2 Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
3 Ramblin' Rose--Nat King Cole
4 Patches--Dickey Lee
5 Green Onions--Booker T. and the M.G.'s
6 Let's Dance--Chris Montez
7 Do You Love Me--The Contours
8 Alley Cat--Bent Fabric
9 I Remember You--Frank Ifield
10 Surfin' Safari--Beach Boys

Singles entering the chart were Susie Darlin' by Tommy Roe (#71); Love Me Tender by Richard Chamberlain (#72); Don't Hang Up by the Orlons (#76); Wiggle Wobble by Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers (#79); I've Got a Woman (Part 1) by Jimmy McGriff (#85); I've Been Everywhere by Hank Snow (#86); Next Door to the Blues by Etta James (#87); Heartaches by Patsy Cline (#88); Happy Weekend by Dave "Baby" Cortez (#89); I'll Bring it Home to You by Carla Thomas (#90); Bobby's Girl by Marcie Blane (#91); Untie Me by the Tams (#92); ...And Then there were Drums by Sandy Nelson (#95); I'm Going Back to School by Dee Clark (#98); He Thinks I Still Care by Connie Francis (#100); and I'll Remember Carol by Tommy Boyce (also #100). I'll Bring it Home to You was presumably an "answer" to Sam Cooke's recent hit Bring it on Home to Me.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (7-4-1) 29 @ Ottawa (6-5) 21
Calgary (8-5-1) 19 @ Winnipeg (8-4) 15
Edmonton (5-8-1) 26 @ British Columbia (6-7) 7

Ray Purdin scored touchdowns on passes of 26 and 54 yards from Bob Ptacek and rushed 9 yards for another touchdown to lead the Roughriders over the Rough Riders before 17,246 fans at Lansdowne Park. Mr. Ptacek also completed a 47-yard touchdown pass to Dale West. Ottawa quarterback Russ Jackson rushed for touchdowns of 2 and 6 yards. Defensive end Mel Semenko opened the scoring when he recovered a fumble by Mr. Ptacek and returned it 6 yards for a touchdown; Saskatchewan protested that Mr. Ptacek's arm had been in the throwing motion, and the play should have been ruled an incomplete pass.

Jim Dillard and Lovell Coleman scored touchdowns in the 4th quarter to give the Stampeders their win over the Blue Bombers before 15,800 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Leo Lewis scored the Blue Bombers' first touchdown on a 63-yard pass from Kenny Ploen in the 1st quarter, while linebacker Dave Burkholder scored the other Winnipeg touchdown in the 2nd quarter when defensive back Dick Thornton blocked a lateral from Calgary quarterback Eagle Day at the Stampeder 20-yard line, and Mr. Burkholder was there to pick up the ball. Both Mr. Ploen and backup Hal Ledyard left with injuries, so Mr. Thornton ended the game as the Winnipeg quarterback, and drove the team to the Calgary 35-yard line, where he lost a fumble on the last play.

Jackie Parker threw touchdown passes to Tommy-Joe Coffey and Bill McKenny in the 1st quarter, and Jim Letcavits in the 4th quarter, as the Eskimos kept their slim playoff hopes alive and dealt a blow to the Lions' hopes before 28,058 fans at Empire Stadium in Vancouver. The only B.C. touchdown was scored by Tom Larscheid on a pass from Joe Kapp in the 3rd quarter. The Lions were without star halfback Willie Fleming, who was ill with the flu and was replaced on the active roster by backup quarterback Mel Melin after the pre-game warmup.

Canadian university
Toronto (1-1) 19 @ McGill (0-2) 13
Western Ontario (1-1) 9 @ Queen's (2-0) 26

Cal Connor threw touchdown passes of 31 yards to Bruce Stewart and 80 yards to Bill Edwards as the Golden Gaels beat the Mustangs at Richardson Stadium in Kingston. Jim Young scored the final Queen's touchdown on a 50-yard rush. Brian Conacher rushed 1 yard for the lone Western touchdown in the 4th quarter.

Trailing 6-0 after 3 quarters, the Varsity Blues rallied with touchdowns by Erkki Pukonen, Bill Watters, and Harold Hall to defeat the Redmen before 11,203 fans at Molson Stadium in Montreal. George Telesh rushed 3 yards for the first McGill touchdown, and Tom Skypeck passed 4 yards to Willie Lambert for the other.

40 years ago
1972

Crime
A fight between white and Negro sailors aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam left 46 injured.

Disasters
176 people, including more than 50 foreigners, were reported to have been killed in the crash of an Aeroflot airliner near Moscow’s international airport, making it the worst disaster in commercial aviation history to that date.

A Uruguayan Air Force transport plane with 45 aboard was lost over the Andes, shortly before it was to have landed at Santiago, Chile after a flight from Mendoza, Argentina.

Hockey
WHA
New England @ Philadelphia (Postponed, bad ice)
Alberta 0 @ Quebec 6
Winnipeg 4 @ Minnesota 3
Houston 3 @ Los Angeles 2

The Philadelphia Blazers' first home game ever was postponed because the ice surface at Convention Hall was badly cracked, and the ice-surfacing machine hadn't arrived in time. When Blazers' captain Derek Sanderson made the announcement, many of the 5,000 fans in attendance fired souvenir pucks of the game and other debris onto the ice surface. When the ice-surfacing machine arrived half an hour later, it was found that the surface beneath the ice wouldn't safely support the machine. Officials said that the game against the Whalers would be rescheduled.

Renald Leclerc scored 2 goals and Serge Aubry made 28 saves as the Nordiques blanked the Oilers before 10,441 fans in the first World Hockey Association game at Le Colisee. Francois Lacombe scored the first goal in franchise history at 3:51 of the 1st period against losing goalie Jack Norris. Yves Bergeron, Bobby Guindon, and J.C. Tremblay scored the other goals. It was the final game for Maurice "Rocket" Richard as head coach of the Nordiques. He resigned after just two games and a 1-1 record.

Duke Asmundson scored with 1:31 remaining in regulation time to give the Jets their won over the Fighting Saints before 7,892 fans at St. Paul Auditorium in the Fighting Saints' first game ever. Chris Bordeleau, Danny Johnson, and Ab McDonald scored the other Winnipeg goals. Wayne Connelly scored the Fighting Saints' first goal ever at 13:09 of the 1st period against Joe Daley. Fred Speck and Mike McMahon scored the other Minnesota goals. Mike Curran was in goal for Minnesota.

Steve Sutherland scored the first goal in the history of the Sharks, but it wasn't enough as they lost to the Aeros at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.

Football
CIAU
Queen's (3-2) 18 @ Ottawa (3-2) 17

Dave Campbell's 25-yard single in the last minute of play gave the Golden Gaels the win over the Gee-Gees at Lansdowne Park. Dave Hadden scored the only Queen's touchdown, while Paul Kilger and Dan Smith scored Ottawa touchdowns. Mr. Kilger, a defensive tackle, scored when a quick kick from the Queen's end zone hit the upright and bounced into Mr. Kilger's arms.

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Howard Sackler, 52. U.S. playwright. Mr. Sackler was best known for The Great White Hope (1968). His other Broadway play, Goodbye Fidel (1980), ran for just six performances, but featured the Broadway acting debut of Kathy Bates.

Labour
Workers at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland ended their two-day strike, but 3,000 workers walked off the job at a steel plant in Nowa Huta.

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Brewers 4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 5 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)





25 years ago
1987

Baseball
National League Championship Series
San Francisco 0 @ St. Louis 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

John Tudor allowed just 6 hits over 7 1/3 innings to win the pitchers' duel over Dave Dravecky, who allowed 5 hits in 6 innings before 55,331 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. The only run came in the 2nd inning when Giants' right fielder Candy Maldonado misplayed Tony Pena's fly ball and it fell for a triple. Mr. Pena then scored on a sacrifice fly by Jose Oquendo.



20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Hughes Rudd, 71. U.S. journalist. Mr. Rudd worked for several newspapers before becoming a reporter with CBS. He anchored the CBS Morning News on television from 1973-1977. Mr. Rudd moved to ABC in 1979 and remained with that network until 1986.

Literature
Canadian author Michael Ondaatje and British author Barry Unsworth shared the Booker Prize. Mr. Ondaatje won for his novel The English Patient, and Mr. Unsworth for his novel Sacred Hunger.

Labour
The British government of Prime Minister John Major announced plans to close one-third of the U.K.'s deep coal mines, with the loss of 31,000 jobs.

Environment
The government of Canada laid charges against Tioxide Canada Inc. of Tracy, Quebec, a long-time polluter of the St. Lawrence River, after the company had ignored a provincial clean-up order and attempts to shut the plant down by claiming that the river was under federal jurisdiction.

Baseball
The Seattle Mariners fired manager Bill Plummer. Mr. Plummer guided the Mariners to a 64-98 record in 1992, seventh and last in the American League West Division, in his only year in the position.

National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 13 @ Atlanta 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

The Pirates erupted for 8 runs in the 2nd inning and knocked Braves’ starting pitcher Tom Glavine out of the box. Barry Bonds and Lloyd McClendon each had 2 hits for the Pirates in the 2nd inning. Tim Wakefield pitched a complete game to get the victory before 51,975 fans at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.



10 years ago
2002

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Minnesota 5 @ Anaheim 13 (Anaheim won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Adam Kennedy hit 3 home runs and drove in 7 runs, and the Angels scored 10 runs in the 7th inning, allowing the crowd of 44,835 at Edison International Field of Anaheim to celebrate the Angels' first AL pennant in the team's 42-year history.



National League Championship Series
St. Louis 3 @ San Francisco 4 (San Francisco led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Benito Santiago hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 2-2 tie. The Cardinals scored a run in the top of the 9th and had runners on first and third bases with 1 out, but Giants' relief pitcher Robb Nen struck out both Albert Pujols and J.D. Drew to end the game before 42,676 fans at Pacific Bell Park.