October 4, 2012

470 years ago
1542

Born on this date
Roberto Bellarmino. Italian clergyman. Cardinal Bellarmino, anglicized as Robert Bellarmine, joined the Jesuit order in 1560, and was a professor of theology before becoming a Cardinal Inquisitor in 1599 and Archbishop of Capua in 1602. He was one of the judges in the trial of Giordano Bruno, and concurred in the decision to order Mr. Bruno burned at the stake as a heretic. Cardinal Bellarmino notified Galileo Galilei in 1616 of a forthcoming decree of the Congregation of the Index condemning the Copernican doctrine of the mobility of the Earth and the immobility of the Sun, and ordered him to abandon it. He died on September 17, 1621, 17 days before his 79th birthday. Cardinal Bellarmino was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930, and was made a Doctor of the Church in 1931.

190 years ago
1822

Born on this date
Rutherford B. Hayes. 19th President of the United States of America, 1877-1881. Mr. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio.

125 years ago
1887

Journalism
The Paris Herald, later to become the International Herald Tribune, published its first edition.

110 years ago
1902

Football
CRU
ORFU
Toronto (1-0) 17 @ Hamilton (0-1) 3

90 years ago
1922

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 2 @ New York Giants 3 (Giants led best-of-seven series 1-0)

The Giants scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to edge the Yankees before 36,514 fans at the Polo Grounds. Rosy Ryan, who pitched the final 2 innings in relief of Art Nehf, was the winning pitcher over Bullet Joe Bush.

Radio
Grantland Rice and W.O. McGeehan broadcast the entire World Series for WJZ in Newark; it was relayed to WGY in Schenectady, New York. The series was carried by Westinghouse Broadcasting and was avaialable to any commercially operated radio station.

80 years ago
1932

Baseball
Washington Nationals' owner Clark Griffith announced that Walter Johnson would not return to manage the team in 1933.

75 years ago
1937

Baseball
The St. Louis Cardinals traded shortstop Leo Durocher to the Brooklyn Dodgers for outfielders Johnny Cooney, Joe Stripp, Jim Bucher, and Roy Henshaw.

70 years ago
1942

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 9 @ New York Yankees 6 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Cardinals scored 6 runs in the top of the 4th inning to take a 6-1 lead, but the Yankees tied the score with 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th. The Cardinals scored 2 in the 7th and 1 in the 9th to win the game before a Yankee Stadium crowd of 69,902. Max Lanier, who pitched the final 3 innings, was the winning pitcher. Hank Borowy, Atley Donald, and Ernie Bonham each pitched 3 innings for the Yankees, and Mr. Donald took the loss. Mort Cooper started for St. Louis and pitched 5 1/3 innings before the Yankees rallied to knock him out of the box.

IBA World Championship Final
Cuba 8 Venezuela 0
Connie Marrero pitched a 3-hitter for Cuba. Chino Canonico was the losing pitcher.

60 years ago
1952

Hit Parade
#1 singles in the U.S.A. (Billboard): You Belong to Me--Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (Best seller--4th week at #1; Disc Jockey--4th week at #1); I Went to Your Wedding--Patti Page (Juke Box--2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 You Belong to Me--Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra (2nd week at #1)
--Patti Page
--Dean Martin
2 I Went to Your Wedding--Patti Page
3 Wish You Were Here--Eddie Fisher
4 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart--Vera Lynn
5 Meet Mister Callaghan--Les Paul
--Harry Grove Trio
6 Jambalaya--Jo Stafford
7 Half as Much--Rosemary Clooney
8 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)--Frankie Laine
--Tex Ritter
9 Somewhere Along the Way--Nat "King" Cole
10 Because You're Mine--Mario Lanza
--Nat "King" Cole

Singles entering the chart were The Glow-Worm by the Mills Brothers (#21); You'll Never Get Away by Don Cornell and Teresa Brewer (#24); Walkin' to Missouri by Sammy Kaye and his "Swing and Sway" Orchestra (#35); and My Tormented Heart by Sarah Vaughan (#41).

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (4-1-1) 21 @ Ottawa (3-3) 25

Ted McLarty recovered Doug Smylie's fumble at the Ottawa 1-yard line in the last minute to preserve the Rough Riders' win over the Argonauts before 16,500 fans at Lansdowne Park. The Argonauts led 16-0 after the 1st quarter on touchdowns by Zeke O'Connor, Ed Soergel, and Al Bruno and 1 convert by Joe Krol. Ottawa came back with 12 points in the 2nd quarter on touchdowns by Benny MacDonnell and Alton Baldwin, and a convert and single by Buck Rogers. Choo Choo Roberts and Mr. Baldwin, again, scored touchdowns for the Rough Riders in the 3rd quarter. Mr. Rogers converted both and Bruce Cummings punted for a single. Al Bruno scored his second touchdown of the game in the 4th quarter to bring the Argonauts within 4 points.

WIFU
Winnipeg (9-2-1) 41 @ Calgary (5-7) 30
Saskatchewan (2-10) 6 @ Edmonton (7-4-1) 20

Jack Jacobs set a WIFU record with 6 touchdown passes, 3 to Tom Casey, as the Blue Bombers defeated the Stampeders before a capacity crowd of 12,000 at Mewata Stadium. Bob Westlake scored 2 touchdowns for the Stampeders.

Normie Kwong scored 2 touchdowns and Rod Pantages added a touchdown and 3 singles as the Eskimos clinched a playoff spot with their win over the Roughriders at Clarke Stadium. Saskatchewan quarterback Doug Belden was carried off the field early in the game with a torn knee cartilage.

ORFU
Sarnia (7-0) 33 @ Windsor (0-6) 1

Corky Duchene and Archie McAffer scored 2 touchdowns each as the Imperials routed the Royals.

Canadian university
Western Ontario (1-0) 33 @ Queen's (0-1) 1
McGill (0-1) 3 @ Toronto (1-0) 8

Ray Truant scored a touchdown, a field goal, and 3 converts as the Mustangs routed the Golden Gaels before 6,000 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston. Gino Fracas scored the last TD and added the convert.

McGill quarterback Geoff Crain rushed 24 times for 106 yards, but was stopped just outside the Toronto goal line on the last play of the game as the Varsity Blues held on to defeat the Redmen before 17,737 fans at Varsity Stadium. Steve Oneschuk scored the game's only touchdown in the 2nd quarter on a 32-yard rush. Bill Bewley converted and Al Haig punted for 2 singles to conclude the Toronto scoring. Mr. Crain punted for 3 singles for McGill. The game was televised by Toronto station CBLT, and was the first Canadian football game to be televised in and from Toronto.

Baseball
World Series
Brooklyn Dodgers 0 @ New York Yankees 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)

Allie Reynolds pitched a 4-hit shutout for the Yankees before 71,787 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees had only 4 hits of their own off losing pitcher Joe Black and reliever Johnny Rutherford.

The Rochester Red Wings, champions of the International League, won the Little World Series over the American Association champion Kansas City Blues 4 games to 3.

50 years ago
1962

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

On television tonight
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, on CBS
Tonight's episode: Night of the Owl, starring Brian Keith, Patricia Breslin, and Mike Kellin

At the movies
Sodoma e Gomorra (Sodom and Gomorrah), directed by Robert Aldrich, and starring Stewart Granger, Annamaria Pierangeli, Stanley Baker, and others, opened in theatres in Italy.





Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 6 @ San Francisco Giants 2 (New York led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Roger Maris drove in 2 runs with a double and Clete Boyer hit a home run to support Whitey Ford's 10th--and last--career win in World Series play. Mr. Ford's record streak of 32 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings ended in the 2nd inning. Billy O'Dell pitched 7 1/3 innings in taking the loss before 43,852 fans at Candlestick Park in the first World Series game ever played in San Francisco.

40 years ago
1972

Environment
The International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, a 12-nation think tank, was founded to seek solutions to environmental problems created by rising industrialization. The U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. would contribute about 1/3 each to the annual operating costs. The IIASA was to be headquartered near Vienna.

Journalism
Peter Bridge, 36, a reporter for the defunct Newark Evening News, was sentenced to prison for an indefinite period on contempt of court charges for refusing to reveal to an Essex County grand jury his information sources for stories on official corruption in New Jersey. Mr. Bridge became the first reporter to be imprisoned since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling four months earlier that denied that reporters had a constitutional right to protect confidential information and sources. He joined members of press organizations in urging the U.S. Congress to give journalists legal protection in protecting the confidentiality of their sources.

Baseball
The Kansas City Royals blanked the Texas Rangers 4-0 in the final major league game at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City and the final game for Bob Lemon as manager of the Royals and Ted Williams as manager of the Rangers.

30 years ago
1982

Died on this date
Leroy Grumman, 87. U.S. aviation executive. Mr. Grumman co-founded the company that became Grumman Aerospace Corporation.

Glenn Gould, 50. Canadian pianist. One of the most famous pianists of the 20th century, Mr. Gould was known for playing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He died of a stroke in his native Toronto nine days after his 50th birthday.

World events
Swedish military officials announced that antisubmarine helicopters and ships had been searching since October 1 for a suspected foreign submarine. A Swedish submarine crew had spotted the foreign submarine 300 yards from a naval base on Musko Island, 20 miles south of Stockholm.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): La Bamba--Los Lobos (6th week at #1)

#1 single in France: Joe le taxi--Vanessa Paradis (10th week at #1)

Labour
National Football League owners used replacement players for the first time while regulars were on strike. Average attendance for the week's games dropped to 16,947, compared with 59,824 the previous week.

Football
CFL
British Columbia (8-5) 17 @ Toronto (7-5-1) 33
Hamilton (6-7) 14 @ Winnipeg (10-4) 47

Gill Fenerty rushed 13 times for 84 yards, including touchdown runs of 7 and 60 yards in the 1st quarter, as the Argonauts defeated the Lions before an Exhibition Stadium crowd of 26,232 (including this blogger). Roy Dewalt started at quarterback for B.C. but left with a leg injury in the 2nd quarter, and was relieved by Greg Vavra. Mr. Vavra completed touchdown passes of 3 and 19 yards to Jim Sandusky, but also gave up 3 interceptions and lost a fumble in the 4th quarter, which was returned 42 yards for a touchdown by Dan Sellers. Former Acadia University star Brian Walling played his first CFL game for the Argonauts as a backup running back, seeing action on special teams.

Defensive back James Jefferson scored 4 touchdowns as the Blue Bombers routed the Tiger-Cats before 31,655 fans on a rainy, windy day at Winnipeg Stadium. When Hamilton’s Paul Bennett fumbled a punt in the 2nd quarter, Mr. Jefferson returned it 28 yards for his first touchdown. Later in the quarter, Winnipeg’s Roy Bennett intercepted a pass, returned it 19 yards and lateralled to Mr. Jefferson, who returned it 26 yards for his second touchdown. In the 4th quarter, Greg Battle returned an interception 25 yards and lateralled to Mr. Jefferson, who went the remaining 47 yards for his third TD. With 38 seconds remaining in the game, Mr. Jefferson returned a punt 58 yards for his fourth touchdown. Willard Reaves of the Blue Bombers rushed for 104 yards on 24 carries and 2 touchdowns. Johnnie Jones, who rushed 19 times for 91 yards, ran 1 yard for the only Hamilton touchdown with 4:33 remaining in the game. Hamilton quarterbacks Tom Porras and Mike Kerrigan combined to complete just 11 of 37 passes for 107 yards and 4 interceptions.

Baseball
Larry Herndon's solo home run in the 2nd inning was all the scoring as the Detroit Tigers edged the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 to clinch the American League East Division pennant. The Tigers had trailed the Blue Jays by 3½ games eight days earlier, but the Blue Jays lost their last 7 games, 4 of them to the Tigers. Frank Tanana (15-10) pitched a 6-hitter to win the pitchers' duel over Jimmy Key (17-8) before 51,005 fans at Tiger Stadium.



Roger Clemens (20-9) of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 2-hitter and struck out 12 in a 4-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 25,454 fans at Fenway Park in Boston.

Ron Hassey and Carlton Fisk hit home runs to help the Chicago White Sox defeat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 before 15,083 fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Oakland designated hitter Reggie Jackson doubled in a run in the 1st inning, drew a base on balls in the 4th, flied out in the 6th, and singled in the 8th to finish 2 for 3 in the 2,820th and last game of his 21-year Hall of Fame major league career.

The New York Mets scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break a 6-6 tie and defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 before 41,890 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

Bob Brenly led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves before 51,216 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand (RIANZ): Achy Breaky Heart--Billy Ray Cyrus (5th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): Raumschiff Edelweiss--Edelweiss (3rd week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: Sweat (A La La La La Long)--Inner Circle

Disasters
An El Al cargo plane crashed after takeoff from Amsterdam’s Schipol airport and hit two 9-storey apartment buildings. The crash and subsequent fire killed many residents and severely injured dozens of others.

Football
CFL
Toronto (4-9) 18 @ Saskatchewan (7-6) 43
Ottawa (7-6) 11 @ Calgary (9-4) 47

Kent Austin passed to Don Narcisse and Ray Elgaard for touchdowns and rushed for 2 more TDs of his own to lead the Roughriders over the Argonauts before 22,991 fans at Taylor Field in Regina. Backup quarterback Warren Jones threw a touchdown pass to Milson Jones, and defensive back Stacey Hairston returned an interception 40 yards for the other Saskatchewan TD. Toronto quarterback Rickey Foggie passed to Paul Masotti for a touchdown and rushed 1 yard for the other Argonaut TD.



Doug Flutie completed 15 of 27 passes for 353 yards and 4 touchdowns to lead the Stampeders to a rout of the Rough Riders before a McMahon Stadium crowd of 20,207. Allen Pitts caught 8 passes for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Derrick Crawford and PeeWee Smith also caught TD passes from Mr. Flutie. Mr. Smith also caught a TD pass from backup quarterback Steve Taylor. Keyvan Jenkins scored the other Calgary touchdown on a 1-yard rush in the 1st quarter. The Calgary defense held Ottawa without a touchdown.

Baseball
Greg Litton's pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the 13th inning gave the San Francisco Giants a 6-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

10 years ago
2002

Canadiana
Queen Elizabeth II began a 12-day tour of Canada.

Abominations
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley, not one to pass up an opportunity to cause offense, said that it was unnecessary for Canada to continue as a monarchy.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (6-9) 5 @ Calgary (5-9-0-2) 43

Marcus Crandell threw touchdown passes to Kamau Peterson and Don Blair, and Kelvin Anderson rushed 19 times for 101 yards and a touchdown as the Stampeders routed the Tiger-Cats before 30,578 fans at McMahon Stadium. Calgary defensive back Jayson Bray returned a fumble 62 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and backup quarterback Ben Sankey completed a 15-yard pass to Wane McGarity for the game’s final TD. Mr. Anderson went over 1,000 yards rushing for the seventh consecutive season. The biggest offensive play for Hamilton was a 67-yard pass from Danny McManus to Tony Akins to the Calgary 4-yard line in the 2nd quarter. The Stampeder defense then stopped the Tiger-Cats on three straight attempts for a touchdown.

Baseball
American League Division Series Games 3
New York 6 @ Anaheim 9 (Anaheim led best-of-five series 2-1)
Oakland 6 @ Minnesota 3 (Oakland led best-of-five series 2-1)

Tim Salmon and Adam Kennedy hit home runs for the Angels as they overcame a 6-1 deficit to beat the Yankees at Edison International Field of Anaheim.

The Athletics hit 4 home runs as they beat the Twins at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. Ray Durham led off the game with an inside-the-park homer, and Scott Hatteberg immediately followed with a homer.