November 17, 2012

125 years ago
1887

Born on this date
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. U.K. military leader. "Monty" was best known for directing British forces to victory over German forces commanded by Erwin Rommel at El Alamein in Egypt in November 1942.

50 years ago
1962

Hit parade
#1 single in Italy: Speedy Gonzales--Pat Boone

#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Lovesick Blues--Frank Ifield (2nd week at #1)

#1 single in the U.S.A. (Billboard): Big Girls Don't Cry--The 4 Seasons

U.S.A. Top 10 (Cash Box)
1 Big Girls Don't Cry--The 4 Seasons (2nd week at #1)
2 Return to Sender--Elvis Presley
3 All Alone Am I--Brenda Lee
4 He's a Rebel--The Crystals
5 Only Love Can Break a Heart--Gene Pitney
6 Limbo Rock--Chubby Checker
7 Monster Mash--Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
8 Don't Hang Up--The Orlons
9 Bobby's Girl--Marcie Blane
10 Next Door to an Angel--Neil Sedaka

Singles entering the chart were Go Away Little Girl by Steve Lawrence (#80); Ruby Ann by Marty Robbins (#81); You are My Sunshine by Ray Charles (#82); Comin' Home Baby by Mel Torme (#87); The Jitterbug by the Dovells (#92); Dear Hearts and Gentle People by the Springfields (#96); Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (#97); Echo by the Emotions (#99); and Night Time by Pete Antell (#100).

Football
CFL
Eastern Finals (1st game of 2-game total points series)
Hamilton 28 @ Montreal 17

Western Finals
Winnipeg 14 @ Calgary 20 (Calgary led best-of-three series 1-0)

Gino DeNobile returned a fumbled punt 24 yards for a touchdown and Bobby Kuntz rushed for another as the Tiger-Cats scored 13 points in the 4th quarter to overcome a 17-15 deficit and defeat the Alouettes before 25,675 fans in the last CFL playoff game at Molson Stadium until 1997. The Tiger-Cats opened the scoring in the 1st quarter on a 41-yard rush by Jamie Caleb, converted by Don Sutherin. The Alouettes responded with a 79-yard touchdown pass from Sandy Stephens to Marv Luster, converted by Bobby-Jack Oliver. Joe Zuger, who shared the Hamilton quarterbacking duties with Frank Cosentino, completed a 51-yard touchdown pass to Dave Viti in the 2nd quarter. Mr. Sutherin converted to give the Tiger-Cats a 14-7 halftime lead. Mr. Sutherin scored a single on the 2nd-half kickoff to make the score 15-7, but Montreal came back with a 28-yard field goal by Mr. Oliver and a 6-yard touchdown rush by George Dixon on a third-down gamble, converted by Mr. Oliver, to give the Alouettes the lead after 3 quarters. Mr. Kuntz rushed 19 times for 102 yards. Mr. Dixon gained 85 yards on 18 carries, while backfield mate Don Clark left with an injury in the 2nd quarter, shortly after being tackled by Hamilton's Garney Henley after a 67-yard run, which was then followed by an interception by Hamilton's Ralph Goldston. Montreal quarterback Sandy Stephens completed 12 of 20 passes and rushed 5 times for 54 yards.

Halfback Harvey Wylie threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Larry Robinson in the 4th quarter to provide the winning margin as the Stampeders upset the Blue Bombers before 17,230 fans at McMahon Stadium. Mr. Robinson converted and scored field goals in each of the first 2 quarters. Earl Lunsford rushed 1 yard for Calgary's other touchdown in the 3rd quarter, which was unconverted. Jim Furlong scored the other Calgary point on a punt single late in the game. Charlie Shepard rushed for 3- and 1-yard touchdowns for the Blue Bombers. His first, in the 1st quarter, was set up when Dick Thornton intercepted an Eagle Day pass at the Winnipeg 53-yard line and returned it 40 yards to the Calgary 17. Mr. Shepard scored, Gerry James converted, and the Blue Bombers led 7-3. It was 7-6 early in the 3rd quarter when Norm Rauhaus intercepted one of Mr. Day's passes and returned it 51 yards to the Calgary 1-yard line to set up Mr. Shepard's second touchdown. Mr. James converted to make the score 14-6 before Mr. Lunsford scored to reduce the Winnipeg lead to 14-12 after 3 quarters.



Canadian university
Yates Cup
McGill 15 @ Queen's 13

With 2 minutes and 45 seconds remaining in regulation time and the ball on the McGill 7-yard line, quarterback Tom Skypeck completed 5 straight passes to Eric Walter and Willie Lambert, finishing the drive with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Mr. Lambert with 59 seconds remaining. George Telesh, who had kicked a 28-yard field goal in the 2nd quarter and a 17-yard FG in the 3rd quarter, converted, and the Redmen hung on to defeat the Golden Gaels before 6,500 fans at Richardson Stadium in Kingston, giving head coach Bill Bewley the Yates Cup in his first year as the team's head coach. Mr. Telesh's first field goal gave McGill a 3-0 lead, which became 5-0 when Mr. Telesh missed a 41-yard FG attempt, Pete Quinn of Queen's fumbled at the goal line, and was trapped in the end zone by McGill's Dick Fiedler for a safety touch. The Golden Gaels took a 6-5 halftime lead on a 13-yard touchdown rush by Jim Young. Mr. Telesh's second field goal was the only scoring of the 3rd quarter, and McGill led 8-6. Queen's quarterback Cal Connor completed a pass to Bill Edwards for a 54-yard gain to the McGill 7-yard line early in the 4th quarter, and three plays later, Bill Sirman rushed 1 yard for a touchdown. Robin Ritchie converted to give the Golden Gaels a 13-8 lead. Mr. Young led all rushers with 143 yards--100 in the 1st half--on 18 carries. Ian Monteith led the Redmen with 73 yards on just 3 carries, while Mr. Telesh carried 12 times for 49.



40 years ago
1972

Died on this date
Barbara Daly Baekeland, 50. U.S. socialite. Mrs. Baekeland, heiress to the Bakelite fortune, was stabbed to death in her London home by her 25-year old son Antony.

Scandal
Former U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster (Democrat—Maryland) was convicted by a jury of 12 Negro women on three counts of accepting an unlawful gratuity from Washington lobbyist Cyrus Anderson to influence his vote on postal rate legislation. The jury also convicted Mr. Anderson of bribery.

30 years ago
1982

Crime
Edwin Wilson, an agent with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency from 1954-1970, was convicted on seven federal counts of illegal transportation of firearms to the government of Libya. Mr. Wilson had argued that the smuggling was part of a covert CIA operation. The CIA denied this, and the prosecution asserted that Mr. Wilson had hoped to obtain a multimillion-dollar contract to sell arms to Libya. Mr. Wilson faced
three other criminal trials on related charges.

Economics and finance
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board reported that use of factory capacity had declined in October to 68.4%, the lowest since the figure had first been compiled in 1948.

25 years ago
1987

Died on this date
Paul Derringer, 81. U.S. baseball pitcher. Mr. Derringer pitched with the St. Louis Cardinals (1931-1933), Cincinnati Reds (1933-1942), and Chicago Cubs (1943-1945), compiling a record of 223 wins and 212 losses. He won 18 games and lost just 8 in his rookie year, but lost both of his decisions in the 1931 World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics. After going 0-2 to start the 1933 season with the Cardinals, he joined the Reds, and went 7-25 with them that year, finishing with a dismal record of 7-27. He improved to 15-21 in 1934 and 22-13 in 1935. Mr. Derringer's best seasons were 1938-1940, winning at least 20 games in each year. His best season was 1939, when he went 25-7 and led the National League with a winning percentage of .781 as the Reds won their first pennant in 20 years. Mr. Derringer won 20 games in 1940 and was 2-1 in the World Series as the Reds defeated the Detroit Tigers in 7 games. Mr. Derringer ended his career by appearing in 3 games as a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs as they lost to the Tigers in 7 games.

10 years ago
2002

Died on this date
Abba Eban, 87. Israeli diplomat and politician. Mr. Eban held many positions, but is best remembered as Israel's Foreign Minister from 1966-1974, during which time Israel was victorious in the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

World events
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent troops into Caracas to wrest control of the capital’s police force from the mayor, his staunch opponent. The move sparked widespread demonstrations and clashes.

Football
CFL
Eastern Final
Toronto 18 @ Montreal 35

Western Final
Winnipeg 30 @ Edmonton 33

The Alouettes scored 2 touchdowns off turnovers in the 1st quarter and coasted to victory over the Argonauts before 57,125 fans at Olympic Stadium. 6 minutes after the Montreal defense held the Argonauts at the Alouette 2-yard line and forced them to settle for a 9-yard field goal by Noel Prefontaine to open the scoring, Reggie Durden recovered a fumble by Toronto receiver Demetris Bendross and returned it 27 yards for the game’s first touchdown. Exactly 1 minute later, Danny Derricott intercepted a Jim Ballard pass and returned it 35 yards for another TD. Terry Baker converted to give the Alouettes a 14-3 lead. Mr. Ballard had entered the game in relief of starting Toronto quarterback Reggie Slack, who had suffered a leg injury on the Argonauts’ second offensive series. Mr. Slack then returned, but suffered a concussion after just two plays. Third-string quarterback Marcus Brady then played much of the game before Mr. Ballard re-entered in the 4th quarter. The Alouettes extended the lead to 21-3 in the 2nd quarter on a 1-yard TD rush by Lawrence Phillips, converted by Mr. Baker. The kickers accounted for the remaining scoring until Mr. Ballard threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Ted Alford with 2:52 remaining in regulation time. A 2-point convert attempt was unsuccessful, and the Argonauts trailed 28-18. The Alouettes finished the scoring on a 1-yard touchdown rush by fullback Bruno Heppell, converted by
Mr. Baker with 54 seconds left. Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo completed 17 of 26 passes, but for just 142 yards. The three Toronto quarterbacks combined to complete 20 of 32 passes for 224 yards.



John Avery rushed 17 times for 144 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Eskimos built a 32-6 lead and then barely hung on to beat the Blue Bombers before 34,322 fans—including this blogger—at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton kicker Sean Fleming opened the scoring in the 1st quarter with a 20-yard field goal, and converted Mr. Avery’s 8-yard touchdown run a few minutes later. A punt single by Mr. Fleming gave the Eskimos an 11-0 lead after 1 quarter. Troy Westwood got the Blue Bombers on the scoreboard with a 22-yard field goal early in the 2nd quarter, but the Eskimos responded with a 15-yard touchdown pass from Ricky Ray to Terry Vaughn. Another field goal by Mr. Westwood and a single and field goal by Sean Fleming left the Eskimos ahead 22-6 at halftime. Mr. Avery rushed 1 yard for his second TD early in the 3rd quarter. Mr. Fleming converted and kicked another field goal before Winnipeg fullback Mike Sellers scored his team’s first touchdown with 45 seconds remaining in the quarter. Mr. Westwood’s convert made the score 32-13. On the first play of the 4th quarter, Mr. Fleming was in punt formation when Roger Reinson’s snap went over his head and landed at the Edmonton 20-yard line. Mr. Fleming tried to kick the ball through his end zone for a safety touch, but he just succeeded in kicking it into the end zone, where Winnipeg receiver Geoff Drover fell on it for a touchdown. Mr. Westwood converted and kicked a 39-yard field goal with 7:58 remaining to reduce the Eskimos’ lead to 32-23. The Blue Bombers cut the lead to 32-30 when Chad Plummer, in his first game as a Blue Bomber, caught a 10-yard pass from Khari Jones for a touchdown, converted by Mr. Westwood, with 2:44 left in regulation time. The Eskimos moved the ball deep into Winnipeg territory, but Mr. Fleming somehow missed an 11-yard field goal, getting a single point with 30 seconds remaining. Mr. Ray completed 19 of 34 passes for 269 yards, while linebacker Terry Ray completed a pass to Mike Bradley on a fake punt for 31 yards. Mr. Jones completed 16 of 35 passes for 202 yards. Star Winnipeg running back Charles Roberts carried once for minus-1 yard, was injured on the play, and didn’t return. Mr. Avery left with a hamstring injury in the 4th quarter and didn’t return. Ed Hervey of the Eskimos led all receivers with 87 yards on 5 receptions, while Mr. Plummer led the Blue Bombers with 5 catches for 67 yards. Winnipeg punter Bob Cameron averaged just 38 yards on 5 punts in the last game of his 23-year Canadian Football Hall of Fame career, all with the Blue Bombers, that had begun at Commonwealth Stadium on July 9, 1980.