October 25, 2012

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Sylvia Smith!

125 years ago
1887

Baseball
World Series
Detroit Wolverines 4 St. Louis Browns 3 @ Chicago (Detroit led 15-game series 10-4)

120 years ago
1892

Died on this date
Carrie Harrison, 60. U.S. First Lady, 1889-1892. Born Caroline Scott, she married Benjamin Harrison on October 20, 1853, and became First Lady when her husband became the 23rd President of the United States of America on March 4, 1889. She became the first President General of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, but was prevented by ill health from taking an active role in society. She died of tuberculosis 24 days after her 60th birthday, while her husband was running for re-election.

110 years ago
1902

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto (1-2) 0 @ Ottawa (3-0) 20

90 years ago
1922

Football
CRU
ARU
Edmonton Elks (2-0) 24 Edmonton Harlequins (0-2) 0

Jack Fraser led the Elks with a touchdown, field goal, and single. Miles Palmer, Curly Dorman, and Vic Yancy also scored touchdowns in the game at Diamond Park.

75 years ago
1937

Baseball
The Boston Bees signed Casey Stengel as their new manager, replacing the departed Bill McKechnie.

60 years ago
1952

Hit Parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Went to Your Wedding--Patti Page (Best seller--2nd week at #1; Juke Box--5th week at #1); You Belong to Me--Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (Disc Jockey--7th week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 I Went to Your Wedding--Patti Page
2 You Belong to Me--Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra
--Patti Page
--Dean Martin
3 Wish You Were Here--Eddie Fisher
4 Meet Mister Callaghan--Les Paul
5 Half as Much--Rosemary Clooney
6 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)--Frankie Laine
--Tex Ritter
7 Jambalaya--Jo Stafford
8 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart--Vera Lynn
9 Trying--The Hill Toppers
10 The Glow-Worm--The Mills Brothers

Singles entering the chart were Why Don't You Believe Me by Joni James (#19); My Favorite Song (#21)/Sinner or Saint (#40) by Georgia Gibbs; Three Letters by Kay Starr (#30); and Settin' the Woods on Fire by Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine (#32).

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (5-5) 14 @ Toronto (6-3-1) 20

Nobby Wirkowski threw a touchdown pass to Uly Curtis, handed off to Mr. Curtis for a touchdown, and rushed for the final TD himself as the Argonauts held off the Rough Riders before 24,402 fans at Varsity Stadium. Mr. Curtis's touchdowns were his 12th and 13th of the season; his first came when he got a fingertip on the pass at the Ottawa 8-yard line, and made the catch when Ottawa's Pete Karpuk hit him and enabled him to make the catch and finish a 35-yard play. Ottawa quarterback Tom O'Malley completed touchdown passes to Choo Choo Roberts and Alton Baldwin.

WIFU
Semi-Finals
Calgary 7 @ Edmonton 30 (Edmonton won 2-game total points series 42-38)

Rollin Prather caught 15 passes for 270 yards—both Canadian single-game playoff records—and a touchdown as the Eskimos overcame a 19-point deficit to defeat the Stampeders before 15,000 fans at Clarke Stadium and advance to the best-of-three finals against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Rollie Miles scored 2 touchdowns for the Eskimos, while Mike King and Rod Pantages also scored Edmonton touchdowns, and Wilbur Snyder added 5 converts. Mr. Pantages scored the winning touchdown on a third-down plunge from the Calgary 1-yard line in the last minute of play. Dave West scored the Stampeders' only touchdown in the 4th quarter when he went 30 yards with a pass from quarterback Keith Spaith.

ORFU
Exhibition
Toronto Balmy Beach 18 Oshawa Red Raiders (Intermediate) 10

Marty Carrington ran for 2 touchdowns and Ollie Mandryk added another as Balmy Beach beat the Red Raiders in a game that was played instead of the regularly scheduled game between Balmy Beach and the Windsor Royals, that had been cancelled after the Royals had withdrawn from the league several days earlier. Oshawa quarterback Frank Stukus completed touchdown passes to Roy Bergson and Gary Smith.

Canadian university
Toronto (3-0-1) 9 @ Queen's (1-3) 1
McGill (1-3) 9 @ Western Ontario (2-1-1) 16

The Varsity Blues were leading the Golden Gaels 3-1 in the 4th quarter when Jack Roberts of Queen's rushed 66 yards to the Toronto 18-yard line. Don Ball's field goal attempt was wide, and Bill Bewley returned it 125 yards for a touchdown to put the game away before 10,000 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston.

McGill quarterback Geoff Crain rushed 77 yards for a touchdown to give the Redmen an early lead in the 1st quarter at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London, but the Mustangs responded with a 1-yard touchdown rush by Cam Church in the 2nd quarter, converted by Gino Fracas. The difference in the game turned out to be 3 field goals by Western Ontario's Ray Truant to 1 field goal by McGill's Fred Wilmot.

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (Record Retailer): Telstar--The Tornados (4th week at #1)

On the radio
Eventyrene om Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), starring Erling Lindahl and Einar Vaage, on Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian State Broadcasting Corporation)
Tonight’s episode: De seks Napoleonsbystene (The Six Napoleons)

This was the last of six episodes starring Messrs. Lindahl and Vaage.

On television tonight
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Final Vow, starring Carol Lynley and Clu Gulager

At the movies
The Main Attraction, directed by Daniel Petrie, and starring Pat Boone, Nancy Kwan, and Mai Zetterling, received its premiere screening in London.

Literature
John Steinbeck was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature.

40 years ago
1972

War
The U.S. administration of President Richard Nixon ordered a suspension of bombing north of the 20th parallel as a signal of approval of North Vietnamese concessions at the Paris peace talks.

Disasters
At least 23 people were killed and 80 injured after a hurricane swept across Fiji.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in France: La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)

Football
CFL
Winnipeg (11-5) 24 @ Edmonton (10-6) 49
British Columbia (10-6) 32 @ Calgary (8-8) 12

Matt Dunigan completed touchdown passes to Brian Kelly and Chris Skinner, Milson Jones rushed for 2 touchdowns, Henry “Gizmo” Williams returned a missed field goal 111 yards for a touchdown, and linebacker Danny Bass returned an interception 31 yards for another TD as the Eskimos beat the Blue Bombers before 33,376 fans at Commonwealth Stadium. Mr. Williams’ touchdown was his first of the season on a missed field goal return after 4 touchdowns on punt returns. His earlier touchdowns had come during games televised by CBC, and he was promised a melon jacket of the kind worn by the broadcasters if he returned another kick for a touchdown on a CBC telecast. At 10:35 of the 1st quarter he did just that, and Jerry Kauric’s convert gave the Eskimos a 14-0 lead. CBC sideline reporter Scott Oake then gave the Gizmo his jacket. Tom Clements started at quarterback for the Blue Bombers, throwing a touchdown pass to Perry Tuttle and handing off to Lester Brown for another TD. Backup quarterback Tom Muecke completed a pass to Jeff Boyd for the game’s final touchdown. Mr. Kelly had 119 yards on just 3 receptions. Former middle linebacker Dan Kepley (1975-1984) and offensive tackle Roger Nelson (1954; 1956-1967) were added to the Eskimos’ Wall of Honour in a halftime ceremony.

Freddie Sims, playing his first game of the season, rushed 25 times for 135 yards and a touchdown and caught 6 passes for 78 yards and another touchdown as the Lions routed the Stampeders before 25,233 fans at McMahon Stadium. Ray Crouse rushed 13 times for 61 yards and the other B.C. touchdown. The Stampeders scored their only touchdown with just 49 seconds left in the game on a 2-yard rush by backup quarterback Carl Fodor. The combination of ball control by the B.C. offense and pressure by the B.C. defense—including 6 quarterback sacks—limited Calgary to 9 first downs and 98 yards in net offense.

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

The Cardinals scored 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning off starting pitcher Frank Viola, but the Twins came back with single runs in the bottom of the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 8th innings to win their first World Series since moving to Minnesota in 1961, and the franchise's first since they were the Washington Nationals in 1924. 55,376 fans at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome saw the conclusion of the first World Series in which the home team won every game. Mr. Viola pitched 8 innings for his second win of the series. Joe Magrane started on the mound for St. Louis, but was relieved with 1 out in the 5th by Danny Cox. Mr. Cox gave up 2 hits, 3 bases on balls, and an earned run in 2/3 inning and was charged with his second loss of the series. Bad umpiring played a big part in the outcome of the game, as there were at least three wrong calls on the basepaths.



20 years ago
1992

On television tonight
In the Deep Woods, starring Anthony Perkins, Rosanna Arquette, and Will Patton, on NBC

This made-for-television movie about a serial killer was the final work of Anthony Perkins, who had died on September 12 at the age of 60.



Died on this date
Roger Miller, 56. U.S. musician. Mr. Miller was a country singer and songwriter whose success crossed over into the pop charts. His biggest hits included Dang Me (1964) and King of the Road (1965), which led to him winning five Grammy Awards in 1964 and six in 1965. A lifelong cigarette smoker, Mr. Miller died of lung cancer.

Football
CFL
Ottawa (8-8) 31 @ Hamilton (9-7) 9
Toronto (6-10) 23 @ Winnipeg (9-7) 24 (OT)
British Columbia (3-13) 22 @ Saskatchewan (8-8) 41

Tom Burgess threw touchdown passes to Jock Climie and Stephen Jones, and John Kropke returned a fumble 1 yard for a touchdown as the Rough Riders beat the Tiger-Cats before 16,742 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. The only Hamilton touchdown came on a 5-yard pass from Todd Dillon to Ken Evraire with 49 seconds remaining in the game. Mr. Dillon, Don McPherson, and Damon Allen all saw action at quarterback for the Tiger-Cats, combining to complete just 16 of 45 passes.

Michael Richardson rushed 31 times for 179 yards and a 4-yard touchdown on the last play of the 2nd overtime period as the Blue Bombers edged the Argonauts before 30,193 fans at Winnipeg Stadium. Warren Hudson scored the other Winnipeg touchdown on a 4-yard rush in the 2nd quarter. Rocket Ismail returned a punt 74 yards in the 3rd quarter for the only Toronto touchdown. The Argonauts sent the game into overtime when Lance Chomyc kicked 3 field goals in the 4th quarter, 2 in the last 2 minutes when Toronto had the advantage of the wind. They had the wind behind them for the 1st overtime period, and Mr. Chomyc added 2 more field goals to give the Argonauts a 23-17 lead. The Blue Bombers finished with 500 yards net offense to 182 for the Argonauts.



Kent Austin completed touchdown passes of 33 yards to Mike Saunders and 81 yards to Ray Elgaard as the Roughriders outscored the Lions 30-2 in the 2nd half before 19,788 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Mr. Austin completed 20 of 46 passes for 405 yards. The Lions took a 13-0 lead in the 1st quarter on 2 field goals by Lui Passaglia and a converted touchdown by Ryan Hanson on a 34-yard pass from Gilbert Renfroe. Andre Francis returned an interception 14 yards for the other B.C. touchdown with 1:24 remaining in the 1st half. Mr. Renfroe and Mike Johnson shared the Lions’ quarterbacking, combining to complete just 6 of 31 passes for 102 yards.

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
Richard Harris, 72. Irish-born U.K. actor. Mr. Harris starred in movies such as This Sporting Life (1963); Camelot (1967); A Man Called Horse (1970); Cromwell (1970); and The Field (1990). Although he didn't have a great singing voice, he had a major hit single with Macarthur Park in 1968.

Paul Wellstone, 58. U.S. politician. Mr. Wellstone was a member of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which is affiliated with the national Democratic Party. He represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until his death. Mr. Wellstone was running for re-election when he, his wife Sheila and daughter Marcia were killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota along with the two pilots, his driver, and two campaign staff members.

Football
CFL
Saskatchewan (8-9-0-2) 21 @ Edmonton (13-4) 27

A 70-yard touchdown pass from Ricky Ray to Chris Brazzell with 9:49 remaining in regulation time provided the winning margin as the Eskimos clinched first place in the West Division for the first time in five years. Ronald Williams, playing his first game after missing 12 games with an injury, rushed 8 times for just 7 yards, but scored 2 touchdowns, and made a spectacular catch deep in Winnipeg territory. Corey Holmes returned a punt 68 yards in the 1st quarter for the first Saskatchewan touchdown, and Kevin Glenn threw 29 yards to Dylan Ching for the Roughriders’ other TD in the 2nd quarter as they took an 18-0 lead. Jason Maas started at quarterback for the Eskimos, completing 3 of 10 passes for 84 yards. Mr. Ray relieved him and was 15 for 16 for 227 yards. Attendance at Commonwealth Stadium was 34,101.