November 11, 2012

160 years ago
1852

Literature
The Saturday Evening Gazette published The Rival Painters: A Story of Rome, the first story by Louisa May Alcott to be published.

120 years ago
1892

Died on this date
Thomas Adolphus Trollope, 82. U.K.-born author. Mr. Trollope, a member of a literary family, wrote more than 60 books, including his three-volume memoir What I Remember (1887-1889). He spent most of his life in Italy, but retired to Devon, England, where he died.

90 years ago
1922

Football
ORFU
(Toronto) Parkdale Canoe Club (6-0) 15 @ University of Toronto II (2-4) 8

WCRFU
Final
Winnipeg 6 @ Edmonton 19

Curly Dorman and Art Creighton scored touchdowns, and Jack Fraser added a field goal and 2 singles, as the Elks defeated the Victorias at Diamond Park.

Canadian university
Toronto 24 @ Queen's 1

The Tricolor's loss before 8,000 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston was their last until 1925.

Canadian-U.S. university (Exhibition)
McGill 0 @ Syracuse 32

6,000 saw the Orangeman blank McGill in a game played entirely under American rules.

75 years ago
1937

Football
WIFU
Finals
Winnipeg 9 @ Calgary 1 (Winnipeg won 2-game total points series 19-14)

Fritz Hanson rushed for a converted touchdown in the 1st quarter and the Blue Bombers added 3 rouges as they overcame a 3-point deficit after the first game to defeat the Bronks at Mewata Stadium, beginning a decade-long string of Western titles won by Winnipeg teams. The Blue Bombers rushed for 180 yards on the snow-covered field while limiting the Bronks to 26 yards rushing. The first Winnipeg single was scored by quarterback Bob Fritz when he fumbled while attempting to score a touchdown, and Calgary’s Jerry Searight recovered in the Bronks’ end zone.

70 years ago
1942

War
The United States Congress voted to lower the minimum draft age to 18 and raise the maximum draft age to 37. Negroes were exempted from the draft.

60 years ago
1952

On television tonight
Suspense, on CBS
Tonight's episode: The Moving Target, starring Joseph Anthony, Wolfe Barzell, and Rudy Bond

Football
WIFU
Finals
Edmonton 22 @ Winnipeg 11 (Edmonton won best-of-three series 2-1)

40 years ago
1972

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K.: Clair--Gilbert O'Sullivan

Australia's Top 10 (Go-Set)
1 Popcorn--Hot Butter
2 Boppin' the Blues--Blackfeather
3 Breaking Up is Hard to Do--The Partridge Family
4 Rock and Roll Parts I and 2--Gary Glitter
5 Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me--Mac Davis
6 Run to Me--The Bee Gees
7 So Tough--Johnny O'Keefe
8 Burning Love--Elvis Presley
9 Promised Land--Dave Edmunds
10 Rock Me Baby--Johnny Farnham

Singles entering the chart were Sugar Me by Lynsey De Paul (#21); Down by the River by Albert Hammond (#26); Too Young by Donny Osmond (#28); The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. by Donna Fargo (#30); Black & White by Three Dog Night (#34); Mademoiselle Ninette by Jigsaw (#35); and Amerikan Music by Allison Durbin (#40).

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): I Can See Clearly Now--Johnny Nash (2nd week at #1)

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Burning Love--Elvis Presley
2 I Can See Clearly Now--Johnny Nash
3 Garden Party--Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band
4 I'll Be Around--The Spinners
5 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
6 Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly")--Curtis Mayfield
7 I'd Love You to Want Me--Lobo
8 If You Don't Know Me by Now--Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
9 Listen to the Music--The Doobie Brothers
10 I Am Woman--Helen Reddy

Singles entering the chart were I Got a Bag of My Own by James Brown (#76); Living in the Past by Jethro Tull (#77); I Wanna Be with You by Raspberries (#79); Pieces of April by Three Dog Night (#80); Superfly by Curtis Mayfield (#81); Sitting by Cat Stevens (#82); 992 Arguments by the O'Jays (#84); Superstition by Stevie Wonder (#86); Lovin' You, Lovin' Me by Candi Staton (#89); Mama Told Me Not to Come by Wilson Pickett (#93); One Night Affair by Jerry Butler (#94); You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio by Joni Mitchell (#95); You're a Lady by Dawn (#96); You're a Lady by Peter Skellern (#97); Tragedy by Argent (#98); Suite: Man and Woman by Tony Cole (#99); and You Can Do Magic by Limmie and Family Cookin' (#100).

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
2 Burning Love--Elvis Presley
3 Garden Party--Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band
4 Listen to the Music--The Doobie Brothers
5 My Ding-A-Ling--Chuck Berry
6 I Can See Clearly Now--Johnny Nash
7 I Believe in Music--Gallery
8 Ben--Michael Jackson
9 Tight Rope--Leon Russell
10 If I Could Reach You--The 5th Dimension

Singles entering the chart were Corner of the Sky by the Jackson 5 (#82); I Never Said Goodbye by Engelbert Humperdinck (#92); Long Dark Road by the Hollies (#98); Alive by the Bee Gees (#99); and Angel by Rod Stewart (#100).

Calgary’s Top 10
1 I'd Love You to Want Me--Lobo
2 I Am Woman--Helen Reddy
3 I Can See Clearly Now--Johnny Nash
4 I Believe in Music--Gallery
5 My Ding-A-Ling--Chuck Berry
6 Listen to the Music--The Doobie Brothers
7 Running Back to Saskatoon--The Guess Who
8 Summer Breeze--Seals and Crofts
9 Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues
10 Burning Love--Elvis Presley
Pick hit of the week: Something's Wrong with Me--Austin Roberts

War
The United States handed Long Binh base, once the largest U.S. military base outside the continental U.S.A., over to South Vietnam.

Football
CFL
Eastern Semi-Final
Montreal 11 @ Ottawa 14

Dick Adams intercepted a George Mira pass and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown, converted by Gerry Organ, to open the scoring early in the game, and the Rough Riders scored 7 more points in the 4th quarter as they had to come from behind to defeat the Alouettes in an unimpressive performance before 16,548 fans at Lansdowne Park. Ottawa's points in the 4th quarter came on a 42-yard field goal, sandwiched between 2 safety touches when Montreal punter Wally Buono was forced to concede safety touches as a result of high snaps from centre Wayne Conrad. Mr. Conrad also made a bad snap to split end John Eason on an attempted quick kick on a second-down play in the 4th quarter, and linebacker Wayne Giardino recovered for the Rough Riders. Larry Smith scored the Montreal touchdown on a 5-yard rush with 43 seconds remaining in the 1st half. George Springate, playing his final game, converted and added a single and a field goal. The Alouettes had a chance to score a touchdown in the 1st quarter when Gene Gaines intercepted a pass by Ottawa quarterback Rick Cassata and returned it 20 yards to the Ottawa 1-yard line, but the Rough Riders' defense held, and the Alouettes scored only a single point when Mr. Springate missed a 10-yard field goal. Mr. Springate's 20-yard field goal gave Montreal an 11-7 lead after 3 quarters. Mr. Cassata completed 12 of 23 passes for 130 yards and 2 interceptions, while Mr. Mira was 16 for 35 for 278 yards and 3 interceptions. Montreal flanker Terry Evanshen, playing his best game of the season, led all receivers with 124 yards on 5 receptions.

CIAU
AUAA
St. Mary's 39 @ New Brunswick 13
St. Francis Xavier @ Mount Allison 6
Prince Edward Island 14 @ Acadia 36

Bill Robinson completed 17 of 24 passes and threw 5 touchdown passes to lead the Huskies over the Red Bombers in Fredericton.

Bill Harrison rushed for 3 touchdowns for the Axemen in their win over P.E.I. in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

QUAA
Final
MacDonald 6 @ Loyola 50

Rookie quarterback Neil Greeley threw 3 touchdown passes to lead the Warriors over the Clansmen in Montreal.

OUAA
Yates Cup
Western Ontario 27 @ Waterloo Lutheran 38

Ted Passmore rushed 19 times for 209 yards and 2 touchdowns, Fred McLean rushed 16 times for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns, and Gerry Blacker rushed 14 times for 60 yards and a touchdown as the Golden Hawks upset the defending Vanier Cup champion Mustangs on a wet field in Waterloo.

CWUAA
Calgary (5-3) 43 British Columbia (2-6) 18
Alberta (7-1) 30 Saskatchewan (2-6) 13

Dave McGillis rushed 18 times for 106 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Dinosaurs beat the Thunderbirds to clinch second place in the conference ahead of idle Manitoba, who finished 4-4. Tom Auvigne caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Alec Lockington and a 49-yard TD pass from Red Patrick. Fred Phillips rushed 34 yards for another Calgary touchdown, while Mr. Lockington rushed 14 yards for a touchdown and kicked 5 converts. John Farlinger scored a 2-point convert for the Dinosaurs.

30 years ago
1982

Space
The U.S. space shuttle Columbia, carrying a four-man crew for the first time, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida for its first operational flight after four test missions. The operational aspect involved the ejection of two communications satellites, one of them Canadian. The crew were Vance Brand, Robert Overmyer, William Lenoir, and Joe Allen.

Disasters
75 Israeli soldiers and 14 Arabs were killed when an explosion demolished an Israeli military headquarters in Tyre. A subsequent inquiry concluded that the explosion was an accident.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley (7th week at #1)

Diplomacy
A conference at Amman of leaders from 21 Arab nations concluded with a final esolution unanimously supporting Iraq in her war with Iran. Among those supporting Iraq was Syria, which had heretofore been an enemy of Iraq and an ally of Iran. Syria’s switch was attributed in part to greater economic support from Saudi Arabia. The leaders also backed Kuwait’s measures to protect her waters. As a result of the summit, Iraq and United Arab Emirates both renewed their diplomatic relations with
Egypt.

Health
Dr. Basil Rifkind, a researcher at the Lipid Research Clinics of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, said that the drug gemfibrozil changed the type of blood in ways that reduced coronary heart diseases. He said that the drug lowered cholesterol only slightly, but its significance was in raising the level of high-density lipoproteins (“good cholesterol”) and lowering the level of low-density lipoproteins (“bad cholesterol”). The health community had viewed such a drug as only a last resort if diet, exercise, and weight loss failed to achieve desired cholesterol levels.

Art
Irises (1889), by Vincent Van Gogh, set a record for a painting sold at auction when it sold at Sotheby's for $53.9 million (£29.5 million), including commission, to an unidentified buyer. Irises, which had been painted by Mr. Van Gogh after he had entered a mental asylum, had been bought by philanthropist Joan Whitney Payson for less than $85,000 in 1947, and had been put up for auction by her son John Whitney Payson. The previous record price of $39.9 million had been set by another Van Gogh painting—Sunflowers—just eight months earlier.

Hockey
NHL
Boston 3 Toronto 2

20 years ago
1992

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Just Another Day--Jon Secada (3rd week at #1)

On television tonight
The Wonder Years, on ABC
Tonight's episode: Wayne and Bonnie

Abominations
The General Synod of the Church of England voted to ordain women as priests; the measure passed by just two votes.

10 years ago
2002

Abominations
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry skipped official Remembrance Day ceremonies to attend an event held by the separatist Societe St-Jean Baptiste instead. Speaking at the event, Mr. Landry likened the struggle of Quebec separatists to that of the soldiers in both world wars, saying, “Quebec is a nation, and very democratically and peacefully is
searching for full liberty.”

Baseball
San Francisco Giants' left fielder Barry Bonds was a unanimous choice for Most Valuable Player in the National League, winning the award for the fifth time.