November 30, 2012

110 years ago
1902

Crime
Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan, second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's "Wild Bunch," was sentenced to 20 years' hard labour in a Tennessee prison.

100 years ago
1912

Football
CRU
Grey Cup @ Cricket Grounds, Hamilton
Hamilton Alerts 11 Toronto Argonauts 4

Ross Craig rushed for the game's only touchdown in the 3rd quarter as the Alerts defeated the Argonauts before 5,337 fans in the upset of the decade. The game almost didn't start because there wasn't a football to play with, but a ball was finally located inside a storage room. The Alerts led 2-0 after the 1st quarter on 2 rouges by Tout Leckie. In the 2nd quarter, a Hamilton player fumbled a punt in his own end zone, and while Toronto players stood around and watched, Leeming Carr of the Alerts came out of nowhere and kicked the ball past his own dead ball line. The Argounauts were credited with a safety touch, tying the game 2-2. Mr. Leckie added 2 more singles to give the Alerts a 4-2 halftime lead. Mr. Craig's touchdown, which he converted, gave the Alerts a 10-2 lead, which became 11-2 on another rouge before the 3rd quarter was over. Mr. Clarke of the Argonauts scored 2 rouges in the 4th quarter, but that was as close as Toronto got. Liz Marriott was the winning coach over Jack Newton. It was the last game for star Toronto halfback Smirle Lawson, who retired to pursue a medical career. It was also the last game played by the Hamilton Alerts; they were under suspension by the Ontario Rugby Football Union, effective the end of the season, for having refused to send their regular players to play the Toronto Rugby & Athletic Association in the last regular season game two weeks earlier, instead opting to play the Hamilton Tigers for the city championship of Hamilton on the same day. A team of "scrubs" had played Toronto R&AA, losing 39-7. The Alerts disbanded, and a number of their players, including Mr. Craig, joined the Tigers.

90 years ago
1922

Died on this date
René Cresté, 40. French actor. Mr. Cresté began his career on stage before moving into films, appearing in more than 50 movies. He was best known for starring as the title character in the 24-episode adventure serial Judex (1917-1918). Mr. Cresté died of tuberculosis, five days before his 41st birthday.

80 years ago
1932

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Richard Gordon and Leigh Lovell, on NBC
Tonight’s episode: The Sign of the Four, Part 4

70 years ago
1942

Died on this date
Buck Jones, 50. U.S. actor. Mr. Jones was a star of Western movies--almost all of which have been forgotten--from 1914 until his death. He was at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston on November 28, 1942 when a fire broke out, and was one of 492 fatalities.

50 years ago
1962

At the movies
Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace) , starring Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes, Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson, and Hans Sohnker as Professor Moriarty, opened in theatres in West Germany.

30 years ago
1982

Hit parade
#1 single in Sweden (Topplistan): Puttin' on the Ritz--Taco (6th week at #1)

Terrorism
A letter bomb claiming to be from the Animal Rights Militia exploded inside the official residence of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and three other letter bombs sent to politicians wer intercepted before they got through.

Politics and government
Former Italian Premier Amintore Fanfani agreed to form a new government; he announced a new cabinet the next day.

Economics and finance
The United States Commerce Department reported that the index of leading economic indicators had edged upward 0.2% in October, the sixth advance in seven months.

25 years ago
1987

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Never Gonna Give You Up--Rick Astley

Died on this date
James Baldwin, 63. U.S. author. Mr. Baldwin was one of the major Negro writers of the 1950s and 1960s. His books included Go Tell it on the Mountain (1953); Notes of a Native Son (1955); Nobody Knows My Name (1961); Another Country (1962); and The Fire Next Time (1963).

Defense
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev acknowledged in an interview that the U.S.S.R. was working on its own version of the Strategic Defense Initiative being developed in the United States. Mr. Gorbachev said that a Soviet SDI would not be built or deployed, but that basic research would move forward.

Economics and finance
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 1,833.55, a decline for the month of 159.98 points.

Football
NFL
Los Angeles Raiders (4-7) 37 @ Seattle (7-4) 14

Bo Jackson rushed for 221 yards--a team single-game record--and 3 touchdowns as the Raiders ended a 7-game losing streak with their win over the Seahawks before 62,802 fans at the Kingdome in the Monday night game. One of Mr. Jackson's runs covered 91 yards. This blogger enjoyed seeing his old friend Chris Woods play wide receiver for the Raiders, wearing jersey #88.