October 20, 2012

150 years ago
1862

Born on this date
James F. Hinkle. U.S. politician. Mr. Hinkle, a Democrat, was a member of the New Mexico Territorial House of Representatives (1893-1896) and Territorial Senate (1901-1911); Mayor of Roswell (1904-1906); member of the N.M. State Senate (1912-1917); Governor of New Mexico (1923-1925); and N.M. Commissioner of Public Lands (1931-1932). He died on March 26, 1951 at the age of 88.

125 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Yasuhiko Asaka. Japanese royal family member. Prince Yasuhiko was a founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese royal family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was commander of Japanese forces in the final assault on Nanking in December 1937 and was alleged to have been a perpetrator of the massacre known as the Rape of Nanking, but was never charged. Prince Yasuhiko was stripped of his royal status in 1947, converted to Roman Catholicism in 1951, and spent his later years playing golf and designing golf courses. He died on April 12, 1981 at the age of 93.

75 years ago
1937

Baseball
Ossie Vitt, who had just managed the Newark Bears to the International League pennant, was named to succeed Steve O'Neill as manager of the Cleveland Indians.

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Telstar--The Tornados (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
2 Sherry--The 4 Seasons
3 Ramblin' Rose--Nat King Cole
4 Do You Love Me--The Contours
5 Green Onions--Booker T. and the M.G.'s
6 He's a Rebel--The Crystals
7 Patches--Dickey Lee
8 Alley Cat--Bent Fabric
9 Only Love Can Break a Heart--Gene Pitney
10 Let's Dance--Chris Montez

Singles entering the chart were Return to Sender by Elvis Presley (#61); Big Girls Don't Cry by the 4 Seasons (#64); Ride! by Dee Dee Sharp (#85); Mama Sang a Song, with versions by Bill Anderson; Stan Kenton; and Walter Brennan (#86); You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) by Jerry Butler (#92); Let's Go by the Routers (#98); Midnight Sun by the Five Whispers (#100); Further More by Ray Stevens (also #100); and The Lonely Bull by the Tijuana Brass (also #100). Return to Sender was from the movie Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)

World events
Members of the White House press corps were told that U.S. President John F. Kennedy had an "upper respiratory infection" as a cover story for his sudden departure from Seattle, where he had been scheduled to attend the World's Fair, to sudenly return to Washington. In fact, Mr. Kennedy was holding secret meetings with advisers before ordering a blockade of Cuba, where Soviet missiles had been photographed. A similar cover story was provided for Vice President Lyndon Johnson.

Space
The U.S.S.R. launched the satellite Cosmos 11.

Boxing
Heavyweight Doug Jones (20-3-1) scored a technical knockout of light heavyweight Bob Foster (9-1) at 23 seconds of the 8th round of their bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. Mr. Foster was a late subsitute for Zora Folley, who pulled out because of a virus. He was knocked down for a 9-count in the 1st round, and was staggered in the 7th and 8th rounds.



Football
CFL
Montreal (3-6-3) 21 @ Ottawa (6-5-1) 21
British Columbia (6-8) 28 @ Calgary (9-5-1) 36
Winnipeg (9-4) 30 @ Edmonton (5-9-1) 20

Bobby-Jack Oliver's 48-yard field goal with 2 1/2 minutes remaining in the game gave the Alouettes the tie with the Rough Riders before 20,559 fans at Lansdowne Park. The kick tied a record set by Ottawa's Moe Racine for the longest FG in CFL history. The first Montreal touchdown, a 40-yard pass from Sandy Stephens to Marv Luster in the 2nd quarter, created controversy, as the ball apparently bounced off Mr. Luster's hands, off the goal post, and back into his hands. Referee Norm Maxwell and Eastern Football Conference supervisor Hap Shouldice allowed the touchdown to stand because the ball had contacted a player before hitting the upright, although the rule book stated that a forward pass hitting the goalpost could not be completed. The Rough Riders announced that they would protest the result in order to establish the validity of the rule book. George Dixon rushed 75 yards for the other Montreal touchdown in the 4th quarter. Mr. Oliver, who also kicked a 40-yard field goal, converted to reduce Ottawa's lead to 21-18. The Rough Riders' touchdowns came on a 9-yard pass from Russ Jackson to Bob Simpson and a 2-yard rush by Dave Thelen.

Larry Robinson scored a touchdown and 5 converts as the Stampeders defeated the Lions before 18,800 fans at McMahon Stadium. Other Calgary touchdowns were scored by Pete Manning, Lovell Coleman, Harvey Wylie, and Ed Buchanan. Willie Fleming scored 3 touchdowns for B.C., including one on a 97-yard rush. Nub Beamer scored the other Lions' TD.

The Blue Bombers trailed the Eskimos 20-9 with 12 minutes remaining in the game before 13,000 fans at Clarke Stadium, but third-string quarterback Dick Thornton rallied the team, setting up a touchdown by Leo Lewis, rushing 29 yards for a second touchdown, and setting up another by Henry Janzen as the Blue Bombers eliminated the Eskimos from playoff contention. Ernie Pitts scored the other Winnipeg TD in the 2nd quarter. Tommy-Joe Coffey, who was presented with a Canada Packers steer at halftime as the Eskimos' most popular player, scored 2 touchdowns and 2 converts. The first Edmonton touchdown, his 79th and last as an Eskimo, was scored by Jackie Parker, playing what turned out to be his last home game in an Edmonton uniform. It was the first time the Eskimos had been knocked out of playoff contention since 1949.

Canadian university
Queen's (2-1) 24 @ McGill (1-2) 38
Western Ontario (1-2) 14 @ Toronto (2-1) 23

Eric Walter scored 4 touchdowns to lead the Redmen over the Golden Gaels at Molson Stadium. Willie Lambert scored the other McGill touchdown on a 49-yard pass from Tom Skypeck. Bill Edwards, Bayne Norrie, and Bill Sirman scored touchdowns for Queen's. Ian Monteith led the Redmen with 107 yards rushing, while Jim Young led the Golden Gales with 80 yards.

12,010 fans at Varsity Stadium saw the Varsity Blues rush 42 times for 255 yards in their win over the Mustangs, while Western rushed 55 times for 245 yards. Al Brereton, Bill Watters, and Bill Hall rushed for Toronto touchdowns, while Brian Conacher rushed for the first Mustang touchdown, with the other coming on a 67-yard pass from Gary Boug to Ed Potomski.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Harlow Shapley, 86. U.S. astronomer. Mr. Shapley was known for his work using Cepheid variables (a class of stars whose magnitude appears to change over time) to estimate that the Milky Way was much larger than previously believed.

Baseball
The Chicago Cubs traded pitcher Tom Phoebus to the Atlanta Braves for infielder Tony LaRussa.

World Series
Cincinnati Reds 5 @ Oakland Athletics 4 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Pete Rose hit the first pitch of the game from Catfish Hunter for a home run and singled in the winning run in the top of the 9th inning as the Reds edged the Athletics before 49,410 fans at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Some, including this blogger--who sneaked a transistor radio (with earphone) into school--fondly remember this as the last World Series game ever played on a weekday afternoon. Gene Tenace tied a World Series record with 4 home runs, hitting a 3-run shot to give Oakland a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 2nd. Denis Menke homered for the Reds in the top of the 4th to make it 4-3, but pinch hitter Angel Mangual singled in a run in the bottom of the 4th to make it 4-2. Bobby Tolan drove in Joe Morgan with runs in the 5th and 8th innings to tie the score before Mr. Rose singled home Cesar Geronimo to put the Reds ahead 5-4. In the bottom of the inning, pinch runner Blue Moon Odom was on third base and Dave Duncan on first with 1 out, when Bert Campaneris hit a foul pop fly to shallow right field. Joe Morgan caught the ball for the second out and threw to catcher Johnny Bench to nail Mr. Odom at home plate for the game's final out.





30 years ago
1982

Baseball
World Series
Milwaukee Brewers 3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 6 (St. Louis won best-of-seven series 4-3)

The Brewers scored 2 runs in the top of the 6th inning to take a 3-1 lead, but the Cardinals scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th and added 2 in the 8th to win their first World Series since 1967. 53,723 were in attendance at Busch Memorial Stadium. St. Louis catcher Darrell Porter was named the series' Most Valuable Player.





25 years ago
1987

Economics and finance
U.S. President Ronald Reagan stated that the U.S. economy was fundamentally sound, despite the previous day’s stock market decline. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange set a record with 608.12 million shares traded, and a rally limited to blue chip stocks raised the Dow Jones industrial average 102.27 points. The London market closed a two-day decline of more than 21%, and the values on Tokyo’s exchange fell almost 15%.

Politics and government
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone named former finance minister Noboru Takeshita to replace him as leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, and as a result, Prime Minister.

Baseball
World Series
Minnesota Twins 1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 3 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Vince Coleman drove in 2 runs with a double and Ozzie Smith singled him home as the Cardinals scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to defeat the Twins before 55,347 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. John Tudor pitched 7 innings and was credited with the win, while Juan Berenguer, who had entered the game in the 7th in relief of starter Les Straker, took the loss.



20 years ago
1992

Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 2 @ Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Braves broke a 1-1 tie with a run in the top of the 8th inning, but the Blue Jays tied the score in the bottom of the 8th and scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th before 51,813 fans at SkyDome in the first World Series game ever played outside the United States. Candy Maldonado's bases-loaded single off Jeff Reardon drove in the winning run. Blue Jays' center fielder Devon White made a sensational catch of a drive by David Justice in the 4th inning and just missed starting a triple play--Terry Pendleton was called out for passing Deion Sanders on the basepath, and Mr. Sanders was tagged out before getting back to second base, but was erroneously ruled safe by umpire Bob Davidson.



10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
Hamilton (7-10-0-1) 29 @ Montreal (12-4-0-1) 26
Ottawa (3-13-0-2) 12 @ Toronto (7-10) 29

Dana Segin, a 31-year-old playing his first CFL game, kicked 5 field goals and 2 converts to help the Tiger-Cats upset the Alouettes before a sellout crowd of 20,002 at Molson Stadium. Troy Davis rushed 28 times for 159 yards and a touchdown for the Tiger-Cats, while Danny McManus completed a 51-yard pass to Tony Miles in the 1st quarter for the other Hamilton touchdown. Lawrence Phillips rushed 1 yard in the 1st quarter for the Alouettes’ only offensive touchdown. Stephane Fortin returned a blocked punt 47 yards for the other Montreal touchdown with 1:09 remaining in regulation time. A short kickoff was recovered by Hamilton; the Alouettes forced a punt and took possession of the ball on their own 33-yard line with 13.3 seconds remaining, but were unable to get close enough for a field goal attempt.

Robert Drummond rushed 15 times for 124 yards and a touchdown and Noel Prefontaine kicked 6 field goals, a convert, and a single as the Argonauts beat the Renegades before 24,932 fans at SkyDome. Ottawa’s only touchdown came on a 34-yard pass from Dan Crowley to Damon Hodge in the 1st quarter. Lawrence Tynes’ convert attempt was blocked, and Clifford Ivory returned the ball 13 yards before lateralling to Adrion Smith, who ran the remaining 67 yards for a rare 2-point defensive convert for the Argonauts. Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, fellow heavyweight greats Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, and George Chuvalo and others were honoured at a halftime ceremony. $10 from every ticket sold for the game went to the Parkinson’s Society of Canada.



Baseball
World Series
San Francisco Giants 10 @ Anaheim Angels 11 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

The Angels took a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning before 44,584 fans at Edison International Field of Anaheim, but the Giants scored 4 in the top of the 2nd. The Angels scored 2 in the bottom of the inning to make it 7-4. San Francisco came back with a run in the 3rd and 4 in the 5th to take a 9-7 lead, but Anaheim took the lead for good when Tim Salmon hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th to make it 11-9. Barry Bonds hit a 485-foot home run with 2 out in the 9th to make it 11-10, but Benito Santiago popped out to second baseman Adam Kennedy for the last out.