October 23, 2012

100 years ago
1912

War
The Battle of Kumanovo in the First Balkan War began between Serbia and the Ottoman Empire.

Boxing
Billy Papke (36-6-6) defended his claim to the world middleweight title with a knockout of Georges Carpentier (58-10-5) at Cirque de Paris when Mr. Carpentier declined to come out for the 18th round.



80 years ago
1932

Football
CRU
ARU (exhibition)
Edmonton Eskimos 19 Edmonton Young Liberals 1

Eric Dolighan, Bud Williamson, and Archie Ritchie scored touchdowns for the Eskimos in what turned out to be their last game until 1938.

75 years ago
1937

Football
CRU
IRFU
Montreal 1 (1-2) @ Hamilton (1-2) 14
Ottawa (1-2) 4 @ Toronto (3-0) 10

Teddy Manorek scored the game's only touchdown as the Tigers defeated the Indians at the Hamilton Amateur Athletic Association Grounds. Huck Welch converted the touchdon and added 5 singles.

Johnny Edwards scored the game's only touchdown as the Argonauts beat the Rough Riders at Varsity Stadium. Toronto's Harry Sonshine broke his jaw in two places, putting him out of action for the rest of the season.

ORFU
Toronto (1-1-1) 0 @ Sarnia (1-0-1) 13

Pat Butler blocked a punt, and Joe Woodcock returned it 40 yards for the game's only touchdown in the 4th quarter as the Imperials blanked Balmy Beach before 3,200 fans at Athletic Park.

Canadian university
Queen's (1-2) 4 @ McGill (1-2) 6
Toronto (1-1-1) 4 @ Western Ontario (2-0-1) 4

Bernie Thornton's field goal on the last play of the game gave the Redmen their win over the Tricolor before 6,000 fans at Molson Stadium.

The Mustangs scored all their points in the 4th quarter on a field goal and a rouge as they came back from a 4-0 deficit to tie the Beavers on a snowy Saturday before a record J.W. Little Memorial Stadium crowd of 5,100.

70 years ago
1942

Football
United States Naval Training Academy (Wahpeton, North Dakota) 5 @ Winnipeg All-Stars 27 (Exhibition)

4,000 people were on hand for "Freedom to Play" night, which featured U.S. and Canadian military displays, followed by an exhibition game played under a combination of American and Canadian rules. Ken Charlton scored 2 touchdowns for the All-Stars, with other Winnipeg touchdowns coming from Andy Branigan, Gordie McPhee, and Brian Lynch. The U.S. naval training team scored an unconverted touchdown in the 4th quarter on a pass from Cleo Goyette to Jim Romeo.

60 years ago
1952

Died on this date
Susan Peters, 31. U.S. actress. Miss Peters, born Suzanne Carnahan, showed promise in the early 1940s, receiving an Acadmy Award nomination for her supporting performance in Random Harvest (1942). On New Year's Day, 1945, she and her husband, director Richard Quine, were hunting, and her gun accidentally discharged and injured her spinal cord, leaving her a paraplegic. Miss Peters had trouble finding work after that, but starred in the movie The Sign of the Ram (1948) and a stage production of The Glass Menagerie (1949). She starred in the television soap opera Miss Susan (1951), but her health declined during the program's nine-month run. Miss Peters suffered from depression, and seemed to lose the will to win; she stopped eating and drinking, which hastened her death.

50 years ago
1962

On television tonight
The Untouchables, starring Robert Stack, on ABC
Tonight's episode: The Pea

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Claire Windsor, 74. U.S. actress. Miss Windsor acted in movies from 1919-1938, none of which I've ever seen or heard of.

War
Citing difficulties with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, U.S. negotiators cabled Hanoi to request further talks in Paris over the proposed Vietnam peace accord.

Disasters
At least 22 Turkish miners were killed and 72 were injured in two tunnel explosions in the Kozlu colliery.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me--Culture Club

#1 single in the U.S.A.: (Billboard): Jack & Diane--John Cougar (4th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Who Can it Be Now?--Men at Work
2 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
3 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project
4 I Keep Forgettin'--Michael McDonald
5 Somebody's Baby--Jackson Browne
6 Up Where We Belong--Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
7 You Can Do Magic--America
8 Heart Attack--Olivia Newton-John
9 Hold On--Santana
10 Break it to Me Gently--Juice Newton

Singles entering the chart were Shadows of the Night by Pat Benatar (#71); Tough World by Donnie Iris (#88); and Attack of the Name Game by Stacy Lattisaw (#98).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 Down Under--Men at Work
2 New World Man--Rush
3 Heart Attack--Olivia Newton-John
4 Hold On--Santana
5 Blue Eyes--Elton John
6 The Look of Love--ABC
7 Athena--The Who
8 I Will Always Love You--Dolly Parton
9 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
10 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago

Singles entering the chart were Maxine by Mike Rutherford (#42); Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel (#44); Everybody Wants You by Billy Squier (#46); Arias & Symphonies by the Spoons (#47); Dirty Laundry by Don Henley (#48); Family Man by Mike Oldfield (#49); and Tell Me Why by April Wine (#50). Maggie Reilly performed the uncredited vocals on Family Man, which had been in Canadian record stores for three months before catching on as a hit.

Hockey
NHL
Normand Léveillé, 19, who was in his second season as a left wing with the Boston Bruins, collapsed in the team's dressing room with a brain aneurysm after the first period of the Bruins' game against the Vancouver Canucks at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. Mr. Léveillé was leading the team in scoring with 3 goals--including 2 game-winners--and 6 assists in 9 games. According to Bruins' head coach Gerry Cheevers, Mr. Léveillé was the team's best player. In his rookie year, Mr. Léveillé had scored 14 goals and 19 assists in 66 games. The Canucks won 3-2 on third-period goals by Harold Snepsts and Darcy Rota. Mr. Léveillé spent three weeks in a coma, but eventually recovered to the extent of being able to walk again.

Football
CFL
Calgary (7-6-1) 19 @ Ottawa (4-10) 42
Edmonton (9-5) 33 @ Winnipeg (11-4) 17

Skip Walker rushed 27 times for 203 yards and 3 touchdowns and added 2 pass receptions for 89 yards--including an 80-yard touchdown from Chris Isaac--as the Rough Riders routed the Stampeders before 19,748 fans at Lansdowne Park. Mr. Isaac, who completed just 8 of 16 passes, but for 226 yards, also threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Carl Powell. Gerry Dattilio started at quarterback for the Stampeders and threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Mike McTague in the 3rd quarter. On the last play of the game, backup quarterback Phil Kessel completed an 8-yard pass to Willie Armstead for the other Calgary touchdown and then passed to Mr. Armstead for a 2-point convert.

Warren Moon threw touchdown passes to Waddell Smith, Brian Kelly, and Mark deBrueys as the Eskimos defeated the Blue Bombers before a sellout crowd of 32,946 at Winnipeg Stadium. The win kept the Eskimos' hopes of finishing first in the West Division alive; they had lost 32-26 to the Blue Bombers in Edmonton on August 1, so if the teams ended up tied in the standings, the Eskimos' 59-49 advantage in the games between the teams would give them home field for a playoff game. Winnipeg quarterback Dieter Brock left at the end of the 1st quarter when hit hard by two Edmonton defender, and was replaced by Mark Jackson for the rest of the game. Rick House rushed for both Blue Bomber touchdowns. It was the final game in the 7-year CFL career of Winnipeg defensive back Gregg Butler, who had played with the Eskimos from 1977-1980.

CIAU
St. Francis Xavier 37 St. Mary's 27
Mount Allison 21 Acadia 15
Concordia 18 Queen's 4
Ottawa 38 Carleton 7
McMaster 39 Western Ontario 36
Guelph 24 Toronto 8
Wilfrid Laurier 45 Windsor 7
British Columbia 60 Saskatchewan 19

25 years ago
1987

Law
The United States Senate voted 58-42, with 6 Republicans joining 52 Democrats, to reject the nomination of Robert Bork, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who had nominated Judge Bork, said he was “saddened and disappointed that the Senate had bowed today to a campaign of political pressure.”

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the U.S. gross national product had grown at an annual rate of 3.8% during the third quarter of 1987 after allowing for inflation.

The United States Labor Department reported that the consumer price index had increased 0.2% in September.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (5-10-1) 3 @ Toronto (10-5-1) 25

Danny Barrett threw a touchdown pass to Paul Pearson, Tony Johns rushed for a touchdown, and John Congemi threw a touchdown pass to Gill Fenerty as the Argonauts beat the Roughriders before 22,329 fans at Exhibition Stadium. The loss eliminated Saskatchewan from playoff contention for the 11th consecutive year. Mr. Fenerty rushed 15 times for 86 yards, while Darrell Smith led Toronto's receivers with 6 receptions for 105 yards. Saskatchewan's Ray Elgaard caught 7 passes for 121 yards.

20 years ago
1992

Diplomacy
U.S. President George Bush said that Vietnam had agreed to provide to the U.S. all documents, photographs, and personal effects relating to American servicemen still missing after the Vietnam War. The U.S. listed 2,265 Americans as unaccounted for in Indochina. The total included men known to be dead whose bodies had not been recovered.

Football
CIAU
Saskatchewan (3-4) 7 @ Calgary (4-3) 67

This blogger was among those in attendance at McMahon Stadium as the Dinos, playing without injured starting quarterback John Kalin, routed the Huskies. Jason Assen played the 1st half for Calgary and ran up a 43-0 lead; third-string Calgary quarterback Sasha Blaskovich played the 3rd quarter, when the Huskies reduced the deficit to 43-7; and fourth-string Dino quarterback Brett Campbell, seeing his only playing time of the year, led the team to 24 more points in the 4th quarter. I counted 4 Saskatchewan players who left the game with injuries that looked serious--or at least painful. It was the warmest weather I've ever experienced at a Dinos' home game.

Baseball
The expansion Florida Marlins hired Rene Lachemann to be their first manager. Mr. Lachemann had previously managed the Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers.

10 years ago
2002

Diplomacy
The United States presented a resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for military action against Iraq if Iraqi weapons of mass destruction were not eliminated, and began a diplomatic initiative aimed at securing its passage.

Terrorism
About 50 armed Chechen militants occupied a theatre in Moscow and seized 800 hostages, demanding that Russia end its attacks on the province.

Baseball
World Series
Anaheim Angels 3 @ San Francisco Giants 4 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

The Angels scored 3 runs in the first 3 innings, but the Giants tied the game with 3 runs in the bottom of the 5th. The winning run scored with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th when David Bell singled home J.T. Snow, who had led off with a single and advanced to second base on a passed ball by Anaheim catcher Benjy Molina. Kirk Rueter pitched the first 6 innings for San Francisco, and Todd Worrell, who pitched the 8th, was the winning pitcher. John Lackey pitched the first 5 innings for Anaheim; Francisco Rodriguez, who pitched the 7th and 8th innings, took the loss. Attendance at Pacific Bell Park was 42,703.