October 19, 2012

200 years ago
1812

War
Napoleon Bonaparte's army began retreating from Russia, a month after invading Moscow.

125 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Fred Snodgrass. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Snodgrass was an outfielder with the New York Giants (1908-1915) and Boston Braves (1916). In 958 regular season games he batted .275 with 11 home runs and 351 runs batted in, with his best mark being .321 in 1910, his first full season. Mr. Snodgrass played in three World Series (1911-1913), batting just .182 in 16 games. He's remembered for dropping a fly ball to leadoff hitter Clyde Engle in the bottom of the 10th inning of the 8th and deciding game of the 1912 World Series at Fenway Park in Boston, three days before his 25th birthday. The series was tied at 3 games each with 1 tied, and the Giants had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the 10th. Mr. Snodgrass' error helped give the Red Sox an opportunity to tie the score, and they ended up scoring 2 runs to win the game 3-2 and the World Series 4-3-1. Mr. Snodgrass' error was known as the "$30,000 muff"--the difference between the winning and losing team's share of the money. Mr. Snodgrass died on April 5, 1974 at the age of 86.

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Wolverines 4 St. Louis Browns 2 @ Philadelphia (Detroit led 15-game series 7-2)

The game was played at Jefferson Street Grounds.

120 years ago
1892

Baseball
The Boston Beaneaters took a 2-0-1 lead in the National League championship playoff series with a 3-2 win, as Jack Stivetts won the pitchers' duel over Cy Young.

100 years ago
1912

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (1-2) 7 @ Ottawa (2-0) 12
Montreal (0-2) 8 @ Toronto (2-1) 13

Mr. Hickey scored a touchdown for the Rough Riders with 30 seconds remaining in the game as they defeated the Tigers at Lansdowne Park.

ORFU
Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association (1-0) 21 @ (Toronto) Parkdale Canoe Club (0-2) 5

Canadian university
Toronto (1-2) 7 @ McGill (3-0) 28

MRU
Winnipeg St. John's 10 Winnipeg Rowing Club 6

SRU
Saskatoon 6 @ Moose Jaw 14

ARU
Calgary YMCA (0-4) 0 @ Edmonton (3-0) 18

Leo Cullnan scored a touchdown in the 1st quarter and Art O'Donahue and Mr. Banting scored touchdowns in the 3rd quarter as the Eskimos won at Diamond Park. Pete Yule added 2 singles and Mr. Wilson 1.

80 years ago
1932

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Golden Pince-Nez

Football
CRU
ARU
University of Alberta @ Edmonton (cancelled)

Baseball
Jimmie Foxx was of the Philadelphia Athletics was named the Most Valuable Player in the American League, while Chuck Klein of the Philadelphia Phillies was named MVP in the National League.

75 years ago
1937

Died on this date
Ernest Rutherford, 66. N.Z.-born U.K. physicist and chemist. Lord Rutherford was regarded as the father of nuclear physics, and was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances." Element 104, rutherfordium (Rf), was named in his honour.

60 years ago
1952

Football
CRU
ORFU
Windsor (0-9) 0 @ Toronto (8-2) 36

Marty Carrington and Johnny Pont scored 2 touchdowns each for Balmy Beach as they routed the Royals before 1,253 fans at Maple Leaf Stadium.

50 years ago
1962

World events
The U.S. military was put on high alert to enforce a naval blockade of Cuba.

40 years ago
1972

War
U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger and U.S. officials met in Saigon with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to discuss the proposed peace treaty worked out in Paris by Mr. Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Le Duc Tho.

Baseball
World Series
Cincinnati Reds 2 @ Oakland Athletics 3 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 3-1)

With Ken Holtzman starting on the mound, the Athletics led 1-0 after 7 innings on the strength of a 5th-inning home run by Gene Tenace, his third of the series. Oakland manager Dick Williams brought Vida Blue into the game with 2 out in the top of the 8th and Dave Concepcion on second base. The move backfired, as Joe Morgan drew a base on balls and Bobby Tolan doubled home both runners to give the Reds a 2-1 lead. With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th, pinch hitter Gonzalo Marquez singled, and was replaced by pinch runner Allen Lewis. Clay Carroll then entered the game to pitch for Cincinnati in relief of Pedro Borbon. Mr. Tenace singled, with Mr. Lewis stopping at second. Don Mincher came to bat as a pinch hitter in what would turn out to be his final major league plate appearance and singled home Mr. Lewis to tie the game, with Mr. Tenace going to third. Blue Moon Odom came in to run for Mr. Mincher, and another pinch hitter, Angel Mangual, singled home Mr. Tenace with the winning run. Rollie Fingers, who pitched the 9th inning, was the winning pitcher, while Mr. Carroll took the loss before 49,410 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.





30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden: Abracadabra--Steve Miller Band (4th week at #1)

Baseball
Billy Martin was fired after three seasons as manager of the Oakland Athletics. He had requested a contract extension after guiding the team to a record of 64-98 in 1982 after winning the American League West Division pennant in 1981.

World Series Game 6
Milwaukee Brewers 1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 13 (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3)

Keith Hernandez hit a 2-run home run and a 2-run single, while Darrell Porter also hit a 2-run homer as the Cardinals routed the Brewers before 53,723 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. John Stuper pitched a 4-hit complete game to get the win, while Milwaukee starter Don Sutton lasted 4 1/3 innings in taking the loss.





25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): La Bamba--Los Lobos (4th week at #1)

War
Three days after an Iranian Silkworm missile had struck a U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti oil tanker, the U.S. Navy warned Iranians to abandon a Persian Gulf oil rig that was being used as a base for gunboats. Four U.S. destroyers then battered the platform and wrecked it with 5-inch guns.

World events
Edgar Chamorro, a former Nicaraguan Contra who had opposed the Sandanista regime, accepted an amnesty that had been offered earlier by the government and returned to Managua.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 508.32 points to close at 1,738.42. The one-day decline of 22.6% was the highest since 1914. The point decline as well as the volume—604.33 million shares—vastly surpassed previous records. In London, the value of quoted shares dropped by £50 billion as the Financial Times 30-share index dropped 183.7 points to 1629.2, the sharpest one-day decline since 1974; The Financial Times Stock Exchange index also crashed more than 300 points with a loss of £63 billion. Values in Hong Kong declined 11%, after which officials closed the exchange for a week.

Disasters
A commuter train and another train collided south of Jakarta, Indonesia during rush hour, resulting in the deaths of 102 people and injuries to about 300.

Baseball
Billy Martin was named manager of the New York Yankees for the fifth time, succeeding Lou Piniella, who was named general manager after guiding the team to a record of 89-73 in 1987, which placed them 4th in the American League East Division.

20 years ago
1992

Politics and government
Jan Reimer was elected to a second consecutive term as mayor of Edmonton, overcoming a strong challenge from first-time candidate Bill Smith.

Economics and finance
The C.D. Howe Institute released a study on free trade that noted that while traditional labour-intensive sectors of the Canadian economy such as processed foods and beverages and household products had suffered under the free trade agreement with the United States, producers of telecommunications and office and precision equipment had benefited from access to the U.S. market.

10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
British Columbia (9-7) 11 @ Saskatchewan (8-8-0-2) 13

The Saskatchewan defense recovered 2 B.C. fumbles and made an interception as the Roughriders edged the Lions before 24,957 fans at Taylor Field in Regina to clinch a playoff spot for the first time in five years. Chris Szarka rushed 1 yard for the only Saskatchewan touchdown in the 3rd quarter. The Lions had a chance to tie the game when Damon Allen completed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Bret Anderson on the last play of regulation time, but a 2-point convert attempt was unsuccessful.

Canadian university
St. Mary’s (5-2) 49 Concordia (4-4) 17
Laval (5-2) 35 Acadia (4-3) 14
St. Francis Xavier (5-2) 22 Bishop’s (2-5) 7
McGill (6-1) 39 Mount Allison (1-6) 2
Waterloo (2-6) 25 Toronto (0-8) 18
Ottawa (5-3) 38 Western Ontario (6-2) 28
Queen’s (7-1) 46 Windsor (3-5) 0
McMaster (8-0) 27 York (5-3) 0
Wilfrid Laurier (1-7) 15 Guelph (2-6) 14
Saskatchewan (4-3) 23 Regina (4-3) 12
Manitoba (8-0) 38 Calgary (4-3) 2
Simon Fraser (2-5) 14 @ Alberta (1-6) 26

10 years ago
2002

Baseball
World Series Game 1
San Francisco Giants 4 @ Anaheim Angels 3 (San Francisco led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Barry Bonds and Reggie Sanders hit solo home runs in the 2nd inning and J.T. Snow hit a 2-run homer in the 6th inning as the Giants edged the Angels before 44,603 fans at Edison International Field of Anaheim in the first World Series game in the Angels' 42-year history. Jason Schmidt pitched 5 2/3 innings to pick up the win, while Jarrod Washburn pitched 5 2/3 innings in taking the loss. It was the first World Series game to be telecast in high-definition, on the Fox network.