October 9, 2012

100 years ago
1912

Baseball
World Series
New York Giants 6 @ Boston Red Sox 6 (11 innings, darkness) (Boston led best-of-seven series 1-0-1)

An error by New York shortstop Art Fletcher led to 3 unearned runs of starting pitcher Christy Mathewson in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Red Sox led 4-2 after 7 innings, but the Giants scored 3 in the top of the 8th before Mr. Fletcher's third error of the game allowed the tying run to score. The Giants scored a run in the top of the 10th, but Tris Speaker brought the Red Sox back into a tie in the bottom of the 10th when he tripled and scored on the play when New York catcher Art Wilson dropped the throw to home plate--after third baseman Buck Herzog had deliberately collided with Mr. Speaker in an effort to prevent an inside-the-park home run. Two Giants' batters reached first base in the top of the 11th, but both were thrown out trying to steal second base. The game, before 30,148 fans at Fenway Park, was called after 11 innings because of darkness.

75 years ago
1937

Football
CRU
IRFU
Ottawa (0-1) 7 @ Montreal (1-0) 16
Toronto (1-0) 17 @ Hamilton (0-1) 16

Baseball
World Series
New York Yankees 3 @ New York Giants 7 (Yankees led best-of-seven series 3-1)

The Giants erupted for 6 runs in the 2nd inning off Yankee pitchers Bump Hadley and Ivy Andrews as they avoided elimination before 44,293 fans at the Polo Grounds. Carl Hubell pitched a complete game for the win.

Bill McKechnie, who had managed the Boston Braves and Bees since 1929, signed a 2-year contract to manage the Cincinnati Reds.

70 years ago
1942

Football
CRU
Winnipeg City Rugby Football League
University of Manitoba (0-3) 0 @ Bombers (2-1-1) 31

Ken Preston scored 3 touchdowns for the Bombers. Ches McCance scored a touchdown and 2 converts, Hymie Mander scored a touchdown, and Frank Mathers added a field goal and convert in the rout of the Bisons at Osborne Stadium.

50 years ago
1962

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

40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Dave Bancroft, 81. U.S. baseball player. Mr. Bancroft was a shortstop with the Philadelphia Phillies (1915-1920); New York Giants (1920-1923; 1930); Boston Braves (1924-1927); and Brooklyn Robins (1928-1929). In 1,913 regular season games, he batted .279 with 32 home runs and 591 runs batted in. Mr. Bancroft played with the New York Giants when they won the World Series in 1921-1922 and National League pennants in 1923-1924. He was named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 by a Veterans Committee that included two of his former teammates with the Giants.

Miriam Hopkins, 69. U.S. actress. Miss Hopkins became a movie star in the early 1930s, before the Hollywood Production Code was implemented. Her best-known movie was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). She also turned in a memorable performance in Don't Open Till Doomsday (1964), one of this blogger's favourite episodes of The Outer Limits.

Crime
The third federal trial of financier Louis Wolfson, 60, once known as the “boy wonder” of Wall Street, ended in a mistrial after the jury reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked after four days of deliberation on whether Mr. Wolfson was guilty of having filed a false corporate statement and lying to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A verdict of guilty on perjury charges in Mr. Wolfson’s first trial had been overturned on appeal, and a second trial had ended in a mistrial in May 1972.

Football
CFL
Calgary (4-8) 30 @ Ottawa (8-3) 45
Winnipeg (8-4) 15 @ Edmonton (8-4) 24

Rick Cassata threw touchdown passes to Terry Wellesley, Tom Pullen, and Gerry Organ as the Rough Riders beat the Stampeders before 19,606 fans on a windy day at Lansdowne Park. Art Cantrelle rushed 55 yards for an Ottawa touchdown, and Barry Ardern blocked a punt and returned it for the other Rough Rider touchdown. Mr. Organ's touchdown was the second and last of his 12-year CFL career. Rudy Linterman and Fritz Seyferth scored offensive touchdowns for Calgary, while defensive tackle Fred James and linebacker Dennis Coleman returned fumbles for the other Stampeder touchdowns. Calgary defensive back Reggie Holmes, who had recovered Leon McQuay's fumble late in the 1971 Grey Cup to help preserve the Calgary victory, dressed for the game in Ottawa, but told head coach Jim Duncan that he would be unable to play because of an ankle injury. Mr. Holmes was released before the Stampeders' next game, and never played again. It was also the last game in a Stampeder uniform for defensive end Dick Suderman, who was in his 8th season with the club. He was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos three days later.

Roy Bell rushed 23 times for 157 yards and a touchdown, and Sam Scarber rushed 17 times for 79 yards and a touchdown as the Eskimos beat the Blue Bombers before a Clarke Stadium crowd of 21,654. Tom Wilkinson completed a 33-yard pass to George McGowan for the first Edmonton touchdown. Mack Herron rushed 2 yards for a Winnipeg touchdown with less than 3 minutes remaining in the game, and then backup quarterback Tommy Pharr connected with Paul Williams for a 69-yard Blue Bomber touchdown with 39 seconds remaining.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 3 @ Cincinnati 2 (Pittsburgh led best-of-five series 2-1)

Manny Sanguillen drove in 2 runs with a home run and a single as the Pirates edged the Reds before 52,420 fans at Riverfront Stadium. Bruce Kison, who relieved starting pitcher Nelson Briles after 6 innings, was the winner; Pedro Borbon took the loss in relief of Gary Nolan.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Pass the Dutchie--Musical Youth (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A.: (Billboard): Jack & Diane--John Cougar (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Jack & Diane--John Cougar (2nd week at #1)
2 Abracadabra--Steve Miller Band
3 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
4 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project
5 You Should Hear how She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
6 I Keep Forgettin'--Michael McDonald
7 Somebody's Baby--Jackson Browne
8 Who Can it Be Now?--Men at Work
9 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
10 You Can Do Magic--America

Singles entering the chart were Truly by Lionel Richie (#66); I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) by Donald Fagen (#74); Missing You by Dan Fogelberg (#79); Heartbreaker by Dionne Warwick (#80); Be My Lady by Jefferson Starship (#83); Rock the Casbah by the Clash (#85); Destination Unknown by Missing Persons (#87); Cool Magic by the Steve Miller Band (#88); A Love Song by Kenny Rogers (#89); Right Here and Now by Bill Medley (#90); and Electricland by Bad Company (#96).

Canada’s Top 10 (RPM)
1 New World Man--Rush
2 Eye in the Sky--Alan Parsons Project
3 Down Under--Men at Work
4 Jack & Diane--John Cougar
5 Hard to Say I'm Sorry--Chicago
6 Hold On--Santana
7 Eye of the Tiger--Survivor
8 Do You Wanna Touch me (Oh Yeah)--Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
9 You Should Hear how She Talks About You--Melissa Manchester
10 Athena--The Who

Singles entering the chart were Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac (#46); Never Been in Love by Randy Meisner (#47); I Need You by Paul Carrack (#49); and Open Your Eyes by Lords of the New Church (#50).

Died on this date
Anna Freud, 86. Austrian-born U.K. psychoanalyst. The daughter of Sigmund Freud, Anna was the founder of psychoanalytic child psychology. She emphasized the importance of the ego and its ability to be trained socially.

Terrorism
Unidentified gunmen threw hand grenades and fired submachine guns in an attack on the congregation of a synagogue in Rome as they were leaving the building. A 2-year-old boy was killed and at least 34 people were wounded. No terrorist group took responsibility for the attack. 10 hours after the attack, a bomb exploded outside the Syrian embassy in Rome, and later a bomb exploded at the Islamic Centre in that city.

Diplomacy
U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that he was going to suspend Most Favored Nation trade status for Poland, resulting in raised tariffs on Polish exports of manufactured products. The suspension of the status that Poland had enjoyed for 22 years was because of the previous day’s vote by the Polish parliament to approve a law banning the trade union movement Solidarity.

Football
CFL
Montreal (2-10) 24 @ Calgary (7-5-1) 34

James Sykes rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown, Ray Odums returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown, and Gerry Dattilio completed a 34-yard touchdown pass to Alton Alexis as the Stampeders beat the Concordes before 25,115 fans at McMahon Stadium. J.T. Hay added 3 converts, 4 field goals, and a single. Quarterback Johnny Evans rushed 20 yards for the first Montreal touchdown, and defensive back Preston Young returned a fumble 96 yards for the other. Don Sweet added 2 converts, 3 field goals, and a single.

CIAU
Calgary 14 @ Alberta 38

The win over the Dinosaurs at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton was the Golden Bears’ only win of the season.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Atlanta 3 @ St. Louis 4 (St. Louis led best-of-five series 2-0)

Because of postponements, Atlanta's Phil Niekro was able to pitch on two days' rest, but he lost to the Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium.

American League Championship Series
California 5 @ Milwaukee 9 (Best-of-five series tied 2-2)

Mark Brouhard had 3 hits, 3 runs batted in, and 4 runs as the Brewers beat the Angels at County Stadium.



25 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Clare Boothe Luce, 84. U.S. playwright, politician, and diplomat. Mrs. Luce's best known play was The Women (1936), which featured an all-female cast. She married Time magazine publisher Henry Luce before entering politics. A Republican, she represented Connecticut's 4th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943-1947. Mrs. Luce was the U.S. Ambassador to Italy from 1953-1956, becoming the first American woman to be appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. In 1959 she was appointed and confirmed as Ambassador to Brazil, but resigned after only three days in the position because of political difficulties with U.S. Senator Wayne Morse, who chaired the Senate Sub-Committee on Latin American Affairs. Mrs. Luce was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983.

Football
CFL
Toronto (8-5-1) 30 @ Ottawa (2-12) 22

Gill Fenerty rushed for 118 yards--98 in the 1st half--and Danny Barrett completed touchdown passes to Darrell Smith and Paul Pearson as the Argonauts beat the Rough Riders before 16,451 fans at Lansdowne Park. Mr. Barrett also rushed 7 times for 66 yards. Brad Taylor made his first CFL start at quarterback with the Rough Riders, but was ineffective and was relieved early in favour of Todd Dillon, who completed 22 of 35 passes for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns to Gerald Alphin, who caught 9 passes for 147 yards.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
St. Louis 6 @ San Francisco 5 (St. Louis led best-of-seven series 2-1)

The Cardinals came back from a 4-0 deficit to edge the Giants at Candlestick Park.



20 years ago
1992

Football
CIAU
Saskatchewan 30 @ Alberta 23

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Atlanta 2 @ Pittsburgh 3 (Atlanta led best-of-seven series 2-1)

Rookie knuckleballer Tim Wakefield gave up a home run to Ron Gant, but became the winning pitcher when Andy Van Slyke hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the winning run.

10 years ago
2002

World events
The European Commission formally recommended that up to 10 countries could join the EU in 2004, but offered no date for when accession negotiations might begin with Turkey, Bulgaria, or Romania.

Crime
45 charges were laid against a criminal organization involved in smuggling illegal migrants from South Asia into Canada for $40,000 per person.

Baseball
American League Championship Series
Anaheim 6 @ Minnesota 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

National League Championship Series
San Francisco 9 @ St. Louis 6 (San Francisco led best-of-seven series 1-0)

Darin Erstad and Brad Fullmer hit home runs as the Angels beat the Twins at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

Kenny Lofton, Benito Santiago, and David Bell homered for the Giants in their win over the Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium, while Albert Pujols, Miguel Cairo, and J.D. Drew homered for St. Louis.