October 5, 2012

125 years ago
1887

Died on this date
William B. Washburn, 67. U.S. politician. Mr. Washburn, a moderate Republican, sat in the Massachusetts Senate (1850) and House of Representatives (1853-1855). He represented the state's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-1871), leaving that office to serve as Governor of Massachusetts (1872-1874). Mr. Washburn was then appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Charles Sumner. He represented Massachusetts in the Senate from April 17, 1874 until the end of Mr. Sumner's term on March 3, 1875, and refused to run for office again. Mr. Washburn held various academic posts, and supported numerous Christian missionary societies.

120 years ago
1892

World events
Forces led by General Joaquin Crespo concluded a successful revolution in Venezuela.

Crime
Four members of the Dalton gang and town marshal Charles Connelly were killed in a shootout in Coffeyville, Kansas.

100 years ago
1912

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (1-0) 20 @ Montreal (0-1) 17
Ottawa (1-0) 21 @ Hamilton (0-1) 17

The Rough Riders' win over the Tigers at the Cricket Grounds was mentioned in Gordon Currie's book 100 Years of Canadian Football (1968) asn an example of the emotions surrounding the rivalries in those days. The Hamilton fans were so upset by the rulings of referee McMaster that they chased him off the field at the end of the game, and he finally left with the Rough Riders, disguised in one of their uniforms. Rowdy fans threw items at the Ottawa team's carriage as it drove through the city on its way back to Ottawa, and Mr. McMaster was slightly injured when he was hit by a flying brick.

Canadian university
Queen's (1-0) 20 @ Ottawa (0-1) 19
McGill (1-0) 25 @ Toronto (0-1) 13

The Ottawa College team thought the final score of their game was 20-20, and thought that Queen's should have forfeited the game when they walked off the field after the last play. Queen's refused to continue play because they were under the impression that they had won the game. Newspaper reports were very critical of the referee's handling of the game. The final score favouring Queen's was upheld a few days later, and Ottawa College then announced that it would be withdrawing from the intercollegiate union after its next game.

MRU
Winnipeg Rowing Club 16 Winnipeg St. John's 7

SRU
Moose Jaw 7 @ Regina 11

ARU
Calgary (1-1) 6 @ Edmonton (2-0) 8

The Eskimo defense tackled Mr. Rose of the Tigers in his own end zone for a safety touch with less than 5 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter to win the game before 1,000 fans at Diamond Park. Mr. Bailey scored a touchdown for the Eskimos in the 1st quarter, and Pete Yule added a single. Calgary tied the game in the 3rd quarter on a touchdown by Arnold Wark, converted by Tiny Woods.

Baseball
Hal Chase's 3-run home run in the 8th inning enabled the New York Highlanders, commonly called the Yankees, to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 in the last major league game at Hilltop Park in New York. Homer Thompson, in his only major league game, played catcher for the Highlanders while his brother Tommy, the fourth New York pitcher of the game, was on the mound, making them the first brother battery in American League history.

The New York Giants edged the Brooklyn Superbas 1-0 in the last major league game at Washington Park in Brooklyn. 10,000 were in attendance.

90 years ago
1922

Baseball
World Series Game 2
New York Giants 3 @ New York Yankees 3 (10 innings, darkness) (Giants led best-of-seven series 1-0-1)

Irish Meusel's 3-run home run off Bob Shawkey in the top of the 1st inning gave the Giants a 3-0 lead, but the Yankees chipped away at Giants' pitcher Jesse Barnes with single runs in the 1st, 4th, and 8th innings. There appeared to be at least a half-hour's daylight remaining when home plate umpire George Hildebrand, on advice from 3rd base umpire Bill Klem, called the game because of darkness after 10 innings. The 37,020 fans at the Polo Grounds were so outraged that baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis needed a police escort to leave the ballpark. That night he ordered the game's $120,554 receipts to be turned over to charity--half to New York charities, and half to disabled soldiers.

80 years ago
1932

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Empty House

70 years ago
1942

Baseball
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 4 @ New York Yankees 2 (St. Louis won best-of-seven series 4-1)

Whitey Kurowski's 2-run home run off Red Ruffing in the top of the 9th inning gave the Cardinals their first World Series championship in eight years. Johnny Beazley pitched a 7-hit complete game before 69,052 fans at Yankee Stadium for his second win of the series.

60 years ago
1952

Boxing
Kid Gavilan (87-12-4) of Camaguey, Cuba retained his world welterweight title with a unanimous 15-round decision over Billy Graham (98-9-8) at Stadium Ball Park in Havana. The crowd of 40,000 was the largest ever to attend a bout in Cuba.

Football
CRU
IRFU
Hamilton (4-1-1) 26 @ Montreal (0-6) 0

Ray Dohn Dillon returned a fumble 90 yards for a touchdown in the 2nd quarter and went 93 yards with a pass from quarterback Bill Mackrides for another touchdown as the Tiger-Cats blanked the Alouettes before 14,131 fans at Delorimier Stadium. Hal Waggoner scored the game's first TD in the 1st quarter, and Tip Logan added a touchdown, 4 converts, and a single.

Baseball
World Series Game 5
Brooklyn Dodgers 6 @ New York Yankees 5 (11 innings) (Brooklyn led best-of-seven series 3-2)

Duke Snider doubled home Billy Cox to score the winning run in the top of the 11th inng before 70,536 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers scored a run in the 2nd inning and 3 more in the 5th before the Yankees scored all their runs in the bottom of the 5th inning, capped by a 3-run home run by Johnny Mize. The Dodgers tied the game in the 7th. Carl Erskine pitched a complete game for the win, giving up just 5 hits, 4 in the 5th. Ewell Blackwell pitched the first 5 innings for the Yankees; Johnny Sain pitched the last 6 innings and took the loss.

50 years ago
1962

At the movies
The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, directed by Terence Young, and starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, and Jack Lord, received its premiere screening at the London Pavilion.



Music
The Beatles' single Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You was released in the United Kingdom on Parlophone Records.

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 0 @ San Francisco Giants 2 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Chuck Hiller scored in the bottom of the 1st inning on a ground out by Matty Alou, and Willie McCovey hit a home run in the 7th inning as the Giants evened the series before 43,910 fans at Candlestick Park. Jack Sanford pitched a 3-hitter for the shutout, while losing pitcher Ralph Terry gave up just 5 hits in 7 innings.

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Solomon Lefschetz, 88. Russian-born U.S. mathematician. Dr. Lefschetz was known for applying algebraic topology to algebraic geometry.

Disasters
A speeding train carrying Roman Catholic pilgrims derailed near Saltillo, Mexico, killing at least 208 and injuring 1,200.

Football
CFL
Canadian Football League Commissioner Jake Gaudaur disallowed the Edmonton Eskimos' protest of their 10-9 loss at home to the Ottawa Rough Riders on September 23. The game had ended in confusion after Edmonton kicker Dave Cutler had missed a field goal, Ottawa's Rod Woodward had punted the ball out of the end zone, and Edmonton's Tom Wilkinson had punted the ball into the end zone for the tying point. Edmonton centre Bob Howes had been penalized for illegally interfering with Mr. Woodward when the Ottawa player was running downfield after kicking the ball. The Eskimos were under the impression that the Rough Riders had declined the penalty, which would have meant that the game ended in a tie. Mr. Gaudaur ruled that Ottawa defensive back Al Marcelin had indicated to referee Jim Lysack that the Rough Riders were accepting the penalty. The Rough Riders should have scrimmaged the ball once more, but Mr. Lysack ruled the game over because of the expiry of time and the number of fans who had come onto the field. Mr. Lysack's signal was misunderstood by the Eskimos to indicate that the penalty was being declined. Mr. Gaudaur regretted the breakdown in communications that had resulted in confusion on the part of fans at the game and watching across the country on television as to the game's final outcome.

Eleanor Swan, 19, was named Miss Toronto Argonaut for 1972.

Baseball
Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves set a Japanese record of 113 stolen bases in a 130-game season.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Cat People (Putting Out Fire)--David Bowie (4th week at #1)

World events
The Swedish Navy announced that they had trapped what they suspected was a Soviet submarine along the coast of the Baltic Sea and were dropping depth charges in an effort to force it to surface.

The Lebanese army began an intensive search of downtown west Beirut to discover arms caches and to remove any Palestine Liberation Organization guerrillas who might have remained behind in civilian clothing after the official departure of PLO guerrillas from the city on September 1.

Politics and government
Meeting for the first time in two years, the Bolivian Congress elected Herman Siles Zuazo as their new President. Mr. Siles Zuazo was in exile in Peru as a result of a military coup in 1980 that had prevented him taking office. A series of national strikes and large demonstrations had forced military dictator General Guido Vildoso Calderon to resign in mid-September and allow a civilian president to be elected.

Baseball
American League Championship Series Game 1
Milwaukee 3 @ California 8 (California led best-of-five series 1-0)

Don Baylor batted in 5 runs to support the pitching of Tommy John as the Angels beat the Brewers at Anaheim Stadium.



25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): La Bamba--Los Lobos (2nd week at #1)

World events
Chinese police occupied part of Jokhang Cathedral in Lhasa, the centre of Buddhist religious life in Tibet.

20 years ago
1992

Died on this date
Eddie Kendrick(s), 52. U.S. singer. Mr. Kendrick (he added the "s" in the early 1960s and then dropped it in the '80s) was a member of the Temptations from 1961-1971. His high voice was featured on the lead vocal of many of their hits, especially ballads such as 1971's Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me). Mr. Kendricks left the group to begin a solo career. His hits included Keep On Truckin', which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973. Mr. Kendrick rejoined the Temptations for a reunion album in 1982 and performed with former bandmate David Ruffin for several years. Mr. Kendrick died of lung cancer.

10 years ago
2002

Football
CFL
British Columbia (8-6) 23 @ Toronto (5-10) 18

Damon Allen’s third touchdown pass of the game, a 26-yard completion to Sean Millington with 2:58 remaining in regulation time, provided the Lions with the winning margin as they defeated the Argonauts before a SkyDome crowd of 16,827. Mr. Allen’s other touchdown passes were to Jason Clermont in the 1st quarter and Alfred Jackson in the 2nd quarter. Both Toronto touchdowns were scored in the 2nd quarter, on a 62-yard pass from Jim Ballard to Demetris Bendross and Mookie Mitchell’s 112-yard return of a missed field goal on the last play of the 1st half.

CIS
Saskatchewan 24 @ Alberta 23

Baseball
American League Division Series Games 4
New York 5 @ Anaheim 9 (Anaheim won best-of-five series 3-1)
Oakland 2 @ Minnesota 11 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

National League Division Series Games 3
Arizona 3 @ St. Louis 6 (St. Louis won best-of-five series 3-0)
Atlanta 10 @ San Francisco 2 (Atlanta led best-of-five series 2-1)

The Angels scored 8 runs in the 5th inning as they beat the Yankees at Edison International Field of Anaheim.