October 22, 2012

125 years ago
1887

Football
ORFU
City series
Hamilton 13 Ottawa 1 @ Toronto

College series
University of Toronto 0 @ Ottawa College 9

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Browns 5 Detroit Wolverines 1 (7 innings, darkness) (Detroit led 15-game series 8-4)

120 years ago
1892

Football
CRU
ORFU
Round 1 (2nd game of 2-game total points series)
Osgoode Hall won by default over Trinity College

Round 2
Bye: Queen’s University
Ottawa College 5 @ Toronto 34
Hamilton 34 @ London 0

Baseball
The Cleveland Spiders blew a 6-0 lead and lost 12-7 to the Boston Beaneaters at South End Grounds in Boston. The Beaneaters took a 4-0-1 lead in their National League championship playoff series, with Jack Stivetts winning the pitching matchup over John Clarkson.

80 years ago
1932

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (2-1) 4 @ Montreal (3-0) 9
Toronto (1-2) 27 @ Ottawa (0-3) 6

ARU
Calgary @ Edmonton (cancelled)

70 years ago
1942

War
U.S. Major General Mark Clark met in Algeria with French Resistance fighters and officers loyal to the Allied cause to discuss Operation Torch, the first Allied amphibious landing of World War II.

60 years ago
1952

On the radio
I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews
Tonight’s episode: Little Boy Red

On television tonight
The Unexpected, hosted by Herbert Marshall, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Bright Boy, starring Tom Drake, Forrest Taylor, and Irene Vernon

Football
CRU
WIFU
Semi-Finals
Edmonton 12 @ Calgary 31 (1st game of 2-game total points series)

Johnny Bright scored 3 touchdowns as the Stampeders defeated the Eskimos before a capacity crowd of 12,000 at Mewata Stadium to take an apparently insurmountable lead into the second game of the series in Edmonton. 2 of Mr. Bright's touchdons came on passes from quarterback Keith Spaith, who also threw TD passes to Davey West and Bob Shaw. The Eskimos opened the scoring in the 1st quarter on a touchdown pass from Claude Arnold to Rollin Prather. Trailing 30-6 late in the game, the Eskimos scored a touchdown on their last possession when quarterback Frank Filchock handed off to Normie Kwong.

50 years ago
1962

World events
U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in a nationally televised address, announced that Soviet missiles had been discovered in Cuba and that the U.S.A. was imposing a naval quarantine of Cuba to prevent the delivery of more Soviet missiles.

Boxing
Von Clay (17-8-2) knocked out Dick Young (13-1) in the 5th round of a heavyweight bout at Philadelphia Arena.

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (10-4) 17 @ Saskatchewan (7-6-1) 8

Kenny Ploen completed 12 of 16 passes and threw touchdown passes of 24 yards to Roger Hagberg in the 1st quarter and Ernie Pitts in the 4th quarter as the Blue Bombers defeated the Roughriders at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Pitts' TD came after Gene Wlasiuk of the Roughriders fumbled a punt and Winnipeg's Rick Potter returned it 38 yards from the Saskatchewan 50-yard line. Ferd Burket rushed 9 yards for a Saskatchewan touchdown to open the scoring in the 1st quarter.

40 years ago
1972

On television tonight
Rod Serling's Night Gallery, on NBC
Tonight's episode: Rare Objects, starring Mickey Rooney and Raymond Massey

War
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu met with U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger and rejected the proposal presented to him for ending the Vietnam War.

Crime
The United States Navy announced that charges had been preferred against 25 people, almost all of them Negroes, accused of an attack on white sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam. The initial attack had taken place on the night of October 12 and had led to a series of roving brawls into the early hours of October 13, resulting in injuries to 46 sailors.

Defense
General Abraham Adan, chief of Israel’s armoured forces, disclosed that Israel had modified and improved tanks that Egypt had lost in battles for the Sinai Peninsula in the Six-Day War in 1967, and had doubled the strength of its armoured force since the war. He asserted that the tanks “are now better” than those used “in the Egyptian or even the Soviet army.” Gen. Adan did not disclose the number of Soviet-built tanks in use, but according to a report by the London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies, Israel had captured at least 100 of the 800 tanks that the Egyptians had lost in the battle.

Disasters
At least 34 Iranian coal miners died of suffocation when they were trapped by an underground explosion northeast of Tehran.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (9-3) 17 @ Montreal (4-9) 7
Saskatchewan (7-7) 23 @ Edmonton (9-5) 25

Rick Cassata completed 13 of 24 passes for 217 yards and touchdowns of 18 and 6 yards to Hugh Oldham n the 1st quarter as the Rough Riders defeated the Alouettes before 13,972 fans at Molson Stadium. The Alouettes opened the scoring on a 3-yard rush by Larry Smith, immediately after a 73-yard rush by Ike Brown. George Springate, who had come out of retirement to kick for Montreal, converted. A Gerry Organ field goal in the 3rd quarter was the only scoring in the last 3 quarters. The Montreal fans behaved in a rowdy manner, culminating in a punch to the face of referee Bill Dell as he was making his way to the dressing room at the end of the game.

Dave Cutler set a single-game CFL record with 6 field goals as the Eskimos edged the Roughriders before 21,426 fans at Clarke Stadium. The only Edmonton touchdown came in the 1st quarter on a 16-yard pass from quarterback Tom Wilkinson to George McGowan. Mr. Wilkinson rushed for 61 yards in the game, the best total for either team. Saskatchewan quarterback Ron Lancaster threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Bob Pearce in the 2nd quarter and a 7-yard TD pass to Gord Barwell in the 4th quarter. Tom Campana rushed 1 yard for a Roughrider touchdown with 7 seconds remaining in the game, and the Roughriders recovered a short kickoff, but time ran out with another pass completion from Mr. Lancaster. Saskatchewan head coach Dave Skrien protested that 3 seconds had been allowed to tick off after the whistle had blown on the kickoff recovery, but his argument fell on deaf ears.

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

Gene Tenace had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs as the Athletics won their first World Series since 1930, when the team was based in Philadelphia. Mr. Tenace's second hit, a double off Pedro Borbon in the 6th inning, drove in Bert Campaneris to give Oakland a 2-1 lead. Allen Lewis pinch ran for Mr. Tenace and scored on a double by Sal Bando to make the score 3-1. The Reds scored a run in the 8th and had runners on second and third bases, but Oakland relief pitcher Rollie Fingers retired Denis Menke for the third out of the inning and preserved the victory in the 9th before 56,040 fans at Riverfront Stadium. Catfish Hunter, who had relieved starting pitcher Blue Moon Odom with 1 out in the 4th inning, pitched 2 2/3 innings and was credited with his second win of the series; Mr. Borbon took the loss. Mr. Tenace, who had tied a World Series record with 4 home runs, was named the series' Most Valuable Player.





30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Richard Jessup, 57. U.S. author. Mr. Jessup wrote novels and screenplays, sometimes under the name Richard Telfair. His best-known novel was The Cincinnati Kid, which was made into a movie in 1965.

Baseball
Gene Mauch resigned as manager of the California Angels despite leading them to the American League West Division pennant. The Angels had won the first 2 games of the AL championship series and had lost the last 3 to the Milwaukee Brewers.

25 years ago
1987

War
An Iranian missile struck Kuwait’s principal offshore oil terminal, through which one-third of Kuwait’s oil imports were transported. In response to China’s alleged sale of Silkworm missiles to Iran, the U.S. administration of President Ronald Reagan said that it was curbing exports of some high-technology U.S. products to China. China had not acknowledged that it was selling arms to Iran.

Economics and finance
U.S. President Ronald Reagan said that the economy was fundamentally sound and that the 1987 deficit would be $148 billion, down $73 billion from 1986. He blamed Congress for the deficit.

Major U.S. banks lowered their prime lending rate from 9.25% to 9%.

Baseball
Sachi Kinugasa played the last game of his 23-year career in Japan. He played in 2,215 consecutive games from October 19, 1970 through his last game. Mr. Kinugasa began his career with the Hiroshima Carp in 1965.

World Series
Minnesota Twins 2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 4 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Cardinals broke a 0-0 tie with 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning--2 on a single by Curt Ford--as they beat the Twins before 55,347 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium. Danny Cox pitched 7 1/3 innings to get the win, while Bert Blyleven pitched 6 innings in taking the loss.



20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Red Barber, 84. U.S. sportscaster. One of the most famous broadcasters in baseball history, Mr. Barber was the radio (and later, television) broadcaster for games of the Cincinnati Reds (1934-1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1953), and New York Yankees (1954-1966). He and colleague Mel Allen were the first broadcasters to be honoured by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.

Cleavon Little, 53. U.S. actor. Mr. Little was known for his roles in the movies Vanishing Point (1971) and Blazing Saddles (1974) and the television comedy series Temperatures Rising (1972-1974).

Baseball
World Series
Atlanta Braves 7 @ Toronto Blue Jays 2 (Toronto led best-of-seven series 3-2)

The Braves broke a 2-2 tie with 5 runs in the 5th inning before 52,268 fans at SkyDome, with the big blow being a grand slam by Lonnie Smith. John Smoltz pitched 6 innings to get the win, while losing pitcher Jack Morris gave up 9 hits and 7 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.



10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
Richard Helms, 89. U.S. government official. Mr. Helms was director of Central Intelligence from 1966-1973. During his tenure, the Central Intelligence Agency was involved in activities in Chile in opposition to the Marxist government of President Salvador Allende.

World events
A discovery of mass graves in Guinea suggested that the country’s late dictator Sekou Toure had killed more people than previously thought.

Politics and government
New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord ended months of speculation by announcing that he would not seek the federal Conservative leadership.

Baseball
World Series
Anaheim Angels 10 @ San Francisco Giants 4 (Anaheim led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Angels amassed 16 hits and scored 4 runs in each of the 3rd and 4th innings as they beat the Giants before 42,707 fans at Pacific Bell Park. Ramon Ortiz was the winning pitcher despite giving up 4 runs, 5 hits, and 4 bases on balls in 5 innings. Livan Hernandez pitched 3 2/3 innings in taking the loss. Giants' left fielder Barry Bonds became the first player in history to hit a home run in each of his first 3 World Series games.