October 7, 2012

130 years ago
1882

Baseball
World Series
Chicago White Stockings 2 @ Cincinnati Reds 0 (Series tied 1-1)

The series ended with this game when American Association president Denny McKnight, who was upset by player raids and other actions by the National League, warned the AA champion Reds that they would be expelled from the league if they continued the series.

90 years ago
1922

Football
CRU
IRFU
Toronto (2-0) 16 @ Montreal (0-2) 7
Ottawa (0-1-1) 6 @ Hamilton (1-0-1) 6

Lionel Conacher was one of the stars for the Argonauts in their win over the Winged Wheelers at Molson Stadium. Montreal quarterback Allan Arless, who had relieved Frank McGill in the 3rd quarter when the starter was ejected, suffered a broken neck on his first play and was taken to hospital; the injury proved fatal.

No overtime was played in the game between the Rough Riders and Tigers at Hamilton's Cricket Grounds. The game was played in a heavy rain.

ORFU
(Toronto) Parkdale Canoe Club (1-0) 11 @ (Ottawa) St. Brigids (0-1) 5

Canadian university
McGill (0-1) 2 @ Toronto (1-0) 20

ORFU-university (Exhibition)
Hamilton Rowing Club 1 @ Queen's University 25

MRU
Winnipeg Tigers (1-0) 8 University of Manitoba (0-1) 6 (OT)

The Tigers won after 20 minutes of overtime.

WCRFU
Saskatoon Quakers (SRU) 13 @ Edmonton Eskimos (ARU) 16 (Exhibition)

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 4 @ New York Yankees 3 (Giants led best-of-seven series 3-0-1)

The Giants scored all their runs off losing pitcher Carl Mays in the 4th inning. Hugh McQuillan pitched a complete game for the victory in a heavy rain before 36,242 fans at the Polo Grounds.

75 years ago
1937

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 1 @ New York Yankees 8 (Yankees led best-of-seven series 2-0)

The Yankees scored 2 runs in the 5th inning, 4 in the 6th, and 2 in the 7th as Red Ruffing easily won the pitching matchup against Cliff Melton before 57,675 fans at Yankee Stadium.

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Man in the Mirror, starring Constance Ford and Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 4 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 2 (New York won best-of-seven series 4-3)

New York second baseman Billy Martin made a diving catch of Jackie Robinson's popup with the bases loaded and 2 out in the bottom of the 7th inning to help preserve the Yankees' fourth straight World Series championship, tying the record set by the Yankees of 1936-1939. Ed Lopat pitched the first 3 innings for New York, and Allie Reynolds pitched the next 3 innings and was credited with the win. Bob Kuzava pitched the last 2 2/3 innings to earn the save. Brooklyn starter Joe Black pitched 5 1/3 innings as his record for the series dropped to 1-2. 33,195 were in attendance at Ebbets Field. Dodgers' first baseman Gil Hodges finished the series with no hits in 21 at bats.

50 years ago
1962

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

Billy Pierce of the Giants and Bill Stafford of the Yankees each had a shutout going until Roger Maris of the Yankees drove in 2 runs in the 7th and scored the third Yankee run. Giants' catcher Ed Bailey hit a 2-run home run with 2 out in the 9th, but Mr. Stafford retired Vic Davalillo to end the game. 71,434 attended the game at Yankee Stadium.

40 years ago
1972

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: How Can I Be Sure--David Cassidy (2nd week at #1)

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)--The Hollies (2nd week at #1)
2 Rock and Roll Parts I and 2--Gary Glitter
3 Run to Me--The Bee Gees
4 Conquistador--Procol Harum (with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
5 Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast--Wayne Newton
6 Boppin' the Blues--Blackfeather
7 Puppy Love--Donny Osmond
8 Breaking Up is Hard to Do--The Partridge Family
9 Long Haired Lover from Liverpool--Little Jimmy Osmond
10 Red Back on the Toilet Seat--Slim Newton

Singles entering the chart were Seaside Shuffle by Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs (#27); Diary by Bread (#35); No Name by John Laws (#38); and Jump Into the Fire by Nilsson (#40).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me--Mac Davis (3rd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me--Mac Davis
2 Black & White--Three Dog Night
3 Everybody Plays the Fool--The Main Ingredient
4 My Ding-A-Ling--Chuck Berry
5 Go All the Way--Raspberries
6 Saturday in the Park--Chicago
7 Ben--Michael Jackson
8 Burning Love--Elvis Presley
9 Use Me--Bill Withers
10 Get on the Good Foot (Part 1)--James Brown

Singles entering the chart were Elected by Alice Cooper (#68); Theme from The Man by Isaac Hayes (#76); Together Alone by Melanie (#82); Hey, You Love by Mouth and MacNeal (#85); Poor Boy by Casey Kelly (#87); Running Back to Saskatoon by the Guess Who (#89); Endlessly by Mavis Staples (#92); Misty Blue by Joe Simon (#94); If You Can Beat Me Rockin' by Laura Lee (#95); Wedding Song (There is Love) by Petula Clark (#97); Special Someone by the Heywoods (#99); and I Got a Thing About You Baby by Billy Lee Riley (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Black & White--Three Dog Night (2nd week at #1)
2 Saturday in the Park--Chicago
3 Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me--Mac Davis
4 Beautiful Sunday--Daniel Boone
5 Go All the Way--Raspberries
6 Run to Me--The Bee Gees
7 Rock and Roll Part 2--Gary Glitter
8 Play Me--Neil Diamond
9 Burning Love--Elvis Presley
10 Honky Cat--Elton John

Singles entering the chart were So Long Dixie by Blood, Sweat & Tears (#79); Get That Ball by Patsy Gallant (#80); I'll Make You Music by Beverly Bremers (#91); Down and Losing by Bob Ruzicka (#99); and Season of Plenty by Ray Materick (#100).

Calgary’s Top 10
1 My Ding-A-Ling--Chuck Berry
2 Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me--Mac Davis
3 Black & White--Three Dog Night
4 Hold Your Head Up--Argent
5 City of New Orleans--Arlo Guthrie
6 Nights in White Satin-- The Moody Blues
7 Go All the Way--Raspberries
8 Concrete Sea--Terry Jacks
9 Rock and Roll Song--Valdy
10 You Wear it Well--Rod Stewart
Pick hit of the week: Burning Love--Elvis Presley

Died on this date
Erik Eriksen, 69. Prime Minister of Denmark, 1950-1953. Mr. Eriksen led the Venstre (Liberal) party from 1950-1965.

Hockey
NHL
Atlanta 3 @ New York Islanders 2
Minnesota 0 @ Montreal 3
Chicago 3 @ Toronto 1
California 2 @ Vancouver 3

Morris Stefaniw scored in the 1st period, and Rey Comeau and Bobby Leiter scored 65 seconds apart in the 3rd period as the Flames edged the Islanders before 12,221 fans at Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale in the first regular season game for both expansion clubs. For Mr. Stefaniw, the goal was the only one he ever scored in the NHL. Ed Westfall scored for the Islanders in the 2nd period and Billy Harris in the 3rd period. Phil Myre won the goaltending duel over Gerry Desjardins.

Ken Dryden stopped all 33 shots and Marc Tardif, Frank Mahovlich, and Jacques Lemaire scored as the Canadiens blanked the North Stars in the season opener for both teams before 16,259 fans at the Montreal Forum.

Cliff Koroll and Dennis Hull scored in the 1st period and Jerry Korab scored in the 2nd period as the Black Hawks opened the season with a win over the Maple Leafs before 16,374 fans at Maple Leaf Gardens. Denis Dupere finally scored for Toronto in the 3rd period. Tony Esposito won the goaltending duel over Jacques Plante.

Don Tannahill, John Wright, and Bobby Lalonde scored for the Canucks as they opened the season under new coach Vic Stasiuk with a win over the Golden Seals before a capacity crowd of 15,570 at Pacific Coliseum. Rick Smith and Reg Leach scored for California. Dunc Wilson won the goaltending duel over Gilles Meloche.

Football
CFL
Calgary (4-7) 24 @ Hamilton (8-3) 50

The Tiger-Cats, behind the quarterbacking of Chuck Ealey, rolled up a 28-0 halftime lead, gave up 24 straight points in the 3rd quarter, and then scored 22 in the 4th quarter to defeat the Stampeders before 27,647 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Mr. Ealey completed 15 of 25 passes for 208 yards and touchdowns to Tommy-Joe Coffey, Dave Fleming, and Bob Richardson. Mr. Fleming also rushed 1 yard for a touchdown; Garney Henley rushed 50 yards for a touchdown and caught a 1-yard pass from backup quarterback Bill Van Burkleo for another; and defensive back Lewis Porter returned a fumble 11 yards for the other Hamilton touchdown. Jerry Keeling passed 10 yards to Gerry Shaw for the first Calgary touchdown; Jesse Mims rushed 52 yards for the second Stampeder touchdown and 1 yard for the third. The Stampeders gave up 4 interceptions and lost 3 fumbles; Al Brenner made 2 of the interceptions, raising his total for the season to 9. Calgary guard Granville Liggins and Hamilton defensive lineman Peter Kudryk kept up a running battle throughout the game, and Mr. Liggins accused Mr. Kudryk of calling him a nigger; Mr. Kudryk hotly denied the allegation.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Cincinnati 1 @ Pittsburgh 5 (Pittsburgh led best-of-five series 1-0)

American League Championship Series
Detroit 2 @ Oakland 3 (11 innings) (Oakland led best-of-five series 1-0)

Joe Morgan hit a home run with 1 out in the top of the 1st inning to give the Reds an early lead, but the Pirates came back with 3 in the bottom of the inning, as Al Oliver tripled home a run and then scored. Steve Blass pitched 8 1/3 innings to get the win before an appreciative crowd of 50,476 at Three Rivers Stadium. Don Gullett pitched 6 innings and took the loss.

Al Kaline hit a home run in the top of the 11th inning to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead, but made a throwing error with 1 out in the bottom of the inning that allowed Gene Tenace to score the winning run after a single by Gonzalo Marquez. Catfish Hunter pitched 8 innings for the Athletics and was briefly relieved by Vida Blue before Rollie Fingers pitched 3 innings to get the win. Mickey Lolich pitched 10 innings and took the loss after allowing the first 2 batters in the 11th to reach base. Chuck Seelbach relieved Mr. Lolich and gave up the single to Mr. Marquez that resulted in the winning run. Only 29,536 were in attendance at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.





30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
Canada's Top 30 (Weekly Music Magazine)
1 Jack & Diane--John Cougar (3rd week at #1)
2 Somebody's Baby--Jackson Browne
3 I Keep Forgettin'--Michael McDonald
4 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project
5 Down Under--Men at Work
6 You Can Do Magic--America
7 Only Time Will Tell--Asia
8 Gypsy--Fleetwood Mac
9 Don't it Make You Feel--Headpins
10 Hold On--Santana
11 The One You Love--Glenn Frey
12 Don't Fight It--Kenny Loggins with Steve Perry
13 Blue Eyes--Elton John
14 Voyeur--Kim Carnes
15 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
16 Never Been in Love--Randy Meisner
17 Make Believe--Toto
18 Heart Attack--Olivia Newton-John
19 Sweet Time--REO Speedwagon
20 You Should Hear How She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
21 Boys of Autumn--David Roberts
22 New World Man--Rush
23 Lucky Ones--Loverboy
24 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
25 Heartlight--Neil Diamond
26 Steppin' Out--Joe Jackson
27 The Look of Love --ABC
28 Whatcha Gonna Do--Chilliwack
29 I Get Excited--Rick Springfield
30 Take it Away--Paul McCartney

World events
Swedish authorities reported that a suspected Soviet submarine along the coast of the Baltic Sea might have escaped and that there might be a second sub in the area.

War
Iranian artillery shelled Iraqi oil installations and socks at Chahar Cheraqh.

Baseball
National League Championship Series Game 1
Atlanta 1 @ St. Louis 7 (St. Louis led best-of-five series 1-0)

Bob Forsch pitched a 3-hitter for the shutout at Busch Memorial Stadium.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (2nd week at #1)

Died on this date
Bobby Walston, 58. U.S. football player. Mr. Walston was an end and kicker with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1951-1962, scoring 881 points. His best season was 1954, when he set a team record with 114 points on 11 touchdowns, 4 field goals, and 36 points after touchdowns. Mr. Walston was a member of the team that won the 1960 NFL championship, and was named to play in the Pro Bowl in 1961 and 1962.

Protest
The Dalai Lama urged his followers in Tibet to continue their protests against Chinese rule, but to do so peacefully.

Defense
Addressing the Organization of American States in Washington, U.S. President Ronald Reagan said that he would fight for renewed aid for the Contras in Nicaragua until “full democracy is established.”

Economics and finance
Major U.S. banks raised their prime lending rates from 8.75% to 9.25%, the fifth increase of the year.

Religion
A U.S. federal bankruptcy court rejected a reorganization plan submitted by PTL television “ministry” president Rev. Falwell, and ordered creditors of PTL to submit their own plan. The “ministry” was more than $50 million in debt.

Baseball
National League Championship Series Game 2
San Francisco 5 @ St. Louis 0 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

American League Championship Series Game 1
Detroit 5 @ Minnesota 8 (Minnesota led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Dave Dravecky pitched a 2-hitter for the Giants as they blanked the Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium.

Gary Gaetti hit 2 home runs for the Twins as they beat the Tigers at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (2nd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Scenes from a Wedding

Died on this date
Allan Bloom, 62. U.S. scholar. Dr. Bloom was best known for his book The Closing of the American Mind (1987).

World events
The parliament of Azerbaijan voted to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States, leaving the CIS with 10 member states from the former U.S.S.R.

Abimael Guzman Reynoso, leader of the Maoist guerrilla movement in Peru known as Shining Path, was sentenced by a military tribunal to life in prison without possibility of parole after being convicted of treason. Mr. Guzman had been captured in September. The judge, who wore a hood to protect his identity, stated that Mr. Guzman had been responsible for 20,000 deaths and $20 billion in damages that had occurred during Shining Path’s 12-year war against Peruvian authorities.

Terrorism
The Irish Republican Army began a random bombing campaign in London.

Hockey
NHL
Chris Kontos scored 4 goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-3 win over the defending Stanley Cup finalist Chicago Blackhawks before 11,000 fans at Expo Hall in Tampa in the Lightning's first regular season game ever.

Baseball
National League Championship Series Game 2
Pittsburgh 5 @ Atlanta 13 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 2-0)

American League Championship Series Game 1
Oakland 4 @ Toronto 3 (Oakland led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Ron Gant hit his first major league grand slam as the Braves beat the Pirates at Altanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Mark McGwire, Terry Steinbach, and Harold Baines hit home runs for the Athletics as they edged the Blue Jays at SkyDome. Dave Winfield and Pat Borders homered for Toronto.

10 years ago
2002

Baseball
National League Division Series Game 5
San Francisco 3 @ Atlanta 1 (San Francisco won best-of-five series 3-2)

Barry Bonds hit his third home run of the series and Russ Ortiz earned his second win of the series as the Giants eliminated the Braves at Turner Field.