October 2, 2019

Born on this date
Happy Birthday, Julia Dimitrieva!

1,190 years ago
829

Died on this date
Michael II, 58 or 59. Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 820-829. Michael II was a high-ranking soldier of Judeo-Christian ancestry who helped Leo V take the throne from Michael I in a coup, but who was then sentenced to death by Leo V. Michael II then led a conspiracy to assassinate Leo V in 820, and seized the throne himself. His reign was marked by the beginning of the Muslim conquest of Sicily and the loss of Crete to the Saracens. Emperor Michael II was succeeded by Theophilos.

1,080 years ago
939

Died on this date
Gilbert, 49 (?). Duke of Lorraine; Henry 1, 18-20. Duke of Bavaria. Gilbert and Henry I, the younger brother of King Otto I of Germany, were killed in the Battle of Andernach.

War
Forces loyal to King Otto I of Germany crushed a rebellion against his rule by a coalition of Frankish dukes in the Battle of Andernach.

430 years ago
1589

Born on this date
Parviz Mirza. Mughal royal family member. Parviz Mirza was the second son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and a grandson of Emperor Akbar. He was not regarded as a serious contender for the throne, drank heavily, and died after a period of delirium on October 28, 1626, 26 days after his 37th birthday.

230 years ago
1789

Law
U.S. President George Washington sent the proposed Constitutional amendments (the United States Bill of Rights) to the states for ratification.

150 years ago
1869

Born on this date
Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi. Indian independence activist. Mr. Gandhi, whose nickname means "high-souled" in Sanskrit, was the leading Hindu nationalist in India and advocate for independence from British rule, with a resume too lengthy to list here. He lived long enough to see India gain her independence in 1947. On January 30, 1948 at the age of 78, at Birla House in Delhi, the "great soul" emerged from his quarters to conduct a prayer meeting in the gardens. He was weak from a fast and was supported by a grandniece on each side. As the crowd parted for him, a man in a green pullover and khaki jacket rushed up to Mr. Gandhi, bowed briefly, and shot him once in the abdomen and twice in the chest. Mr. Gandhi shouted "Hai Rama! Hai Rama!", collapsed and died. The assassin, 37-year-old newspaper editor Nathuram Godse, was the ringleader of an 8-man conspiracy to kill Mr. Gandhi. He was a dedicated member of Hindu Mahasabha, an anti-Muslim organization that hated Gandhi for his tolerance of non-Hindu religions. Mr. Godse was afraid that Mr. Gandhi's policies would lead to a Muslim takeover of India. Winston Churchill, in a speech to his constituency association on February 23, 1931, had Mr. Gandhi pegged:

It is alarming, and also nauseating, to see Mr. Gandhi, a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal palace, while he is still organizing and conducting a defiant campaign of civil disobedience, to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King-Emperor...this malignant, subversive fanatic and the Viceroy of India.

140 years ago
1879

Born on this date
Wallace Stevens. U.S. poet. Mr. Stevens was an insurance executive who wrote much of his poetry after the age of 50. He was awarded the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Collected Poems (1954), and died on August 2, 1955 at the age of 75.

Diplomacy
The Qing dynasty of China signed the Treaty of Livadia with the Russian Empire, wherein Russia agreed to return a portion of the lands it had occupied in Xinjiang during the Dungan Revolt of 1862–1877. The terms were so unfavourable to China that their negotiator, Chonghou, was later sentenced to death, with the sentence being commuted.

110 years ago
1909

Born on this date
Alex Raymond. U.S. cartoonist. Mr. Raymond was best known for creating the comic strips Flash Gordon and Rip Kirby. He was killed in a car accident in Westport, Connecticut on September 6, 1956, 26 days before his 47th birthday.

100 years ago
1919

Politics and government
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Mr. Wilson was on a speaking tour trying to whip up public support for U.S. ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Baseball
World Series
Chicago White Sox 2 @ Cincinnati Reds 4 (Cincinnati led best-of-nine series 2-0)

The Reds scored 3 runs in the 4th inning and held on to beat the Chicago White Sox before 29,698 fans at Redland Field. Chicago starting pitcher Lefty Williams walked 3 batters to load the bases in the 4th inning, and gave up a 2-run triple to Cincinnati shortstop Larry Kopf. Mr. Williams stuck his glove out and deflected the throw to home plate that might have prevented one of the runs. Mr. Williams’ performance in this game was later used as evidence that the White Sox weren’t giving their best effort.

90 years ago
1929

Journalism
The front page of this day's edition of the Edmonton Bulletin contained an article under one of this blogger's favourite headlines ever: Eskimo Gets Religion and Slays Three. The report by Canadian Press was about an Inuit man in the Northwest Territories who claimed to have received a message from Heaven telling him to purify his race by killing his people. He killed his parents and a young female relative, and wounded his brother, before being captured by other members of the community, who kept him in custody through the winter before pushing him through the ice to his death in the frigid Arctic waters.

Politics and government
The Egyptian cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Mahmoud Pasha resigned in order to prepare the way for new parliamentary elections and give the people of the country an opportunity to express their opinion regarding the proposed new treaties with the United Kingdom.

Crime
Detectives in Boston reported confessions of a dining car steward and three waiters employed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad of a scheme to defraud the public and the railroad through a drastic reduction of the portions served to the public and an appropriation of receipts for the railroad. The detectives said that the waiters involved had failed to turn in the money which they collected from meals, afterward giving half to the steward, who in turn split with the pantry man. The waiters, as a rule, pocketed half of the amount of the customer's cheque for themselves. It was asserted that in order to conceal the fact that more food should have been served than the actual receipts showed, the pantryman reduced the ordered portions by about two-thirds.

Religion
The Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland formally united in a ceremony at St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The Duke of York, lord high commissioner, addressed the assembly after the services, stating that King George V had been keenly disappointed that he was unable to carry ouf his hopes of a visit to the assembly in person.

Labour
Two men were killed and 18 injured--12 seriously--in a battle between union and non-union workers at the Marion Manufacturing company, a cotton firm in Marion, North Carolina. The trouble started when eight members of the United Textile Workers of America, which had recently settled a strike at the mill, walked out and formed a picket line outside the mill gates. Several fights started when shifts changed. Sheriff Adkins and a number of deputies intervened. Someone fired a shot, and in a few minutes there was a general fusillade.

Disasters
15 buildings comprising half of the business section of Weymouth, Nova Scotia were destroyed by fire, resulting in an estimated loss of $125,000. The buildings destroyed included two general stores, a hotel, a theatre, several apartment buildings, a blacksmith shop, one residence, and smaller commercial establishments. Dynamiting of a dry goods store failed to prevent the conflagration from spreading.

80 years ago
1939

On the radio
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on NBC
Tonight's episode: The Sussex Vampire

This episode was the first of more than 200 for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, respectively.

75 years ago
1944

On the radio
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, on MBS
Tonight's episode: The Two-Hundred-Year-Old Monster

Died on this date
Julián Felipe, 83. Philippine composer. Mr. Felipe was a church organist and songwriter who composed Marcha Nacional Filipina--now known as Lupang Hinirang, which was first performed upon the proclamation of Philippine independence in 1898, and officially became the Philippine national anthem in 1938.

War
German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which 250,000 people were murdered by SS troops. The First Canadian Army drove to clear the Scheldt estuary and open the Dutch port of Antwerp to shipping. After saturation bombing, U.S. troops advanced 2 miles inside Germany north of Aachen.

Diplomacy
At the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, China proposed establishment of six committees--social; economic; territorial; law codification; labour; and culture--as a means to ensure world peace after World War II.

The Yugoslavian Committee of National Liberation refused the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's offer of food and supplies because of the agency's plans for distribution.

The International Arts Guild was founded in London to encourage interaction among artists of all nations.

Politics and government
4½ months of negotiations between Chinese Communists and Nationalists ended in failure in Chungking.

70 years ago
1949

Diplomacy
The U.S.S.R. extended diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China, and severed relations with the Nationalist Chinese government.

Politics and government
The Chinese Communist government officially began functioning.

Football
NFL
Los Angeles (2-0) 48 @ Green Bay (0-2) 7

AAFC
Los Angeles (1-4) 7 @ Cleveland (4-0) 42

Baseball
The New York Yankees scored a run in the 1st inning off starting pitcher Ellis Kinder and erupted for 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th against relievers Mel Parnell and Tex Hughson, withstanding a 3-run 9th-inning rally to defeat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 before 68,055 fans at Yankee Stadium and win the American League pennant, finishing 1 game ahead of the Red Sox. Vic Raschi pitched a 5-hit complete game to finish 1949 with a record of 21-10. Mr. Kinder allowed just 4 hits and 1 earned run in 7 innings, falling to 23-6. Mr. Hughson allowed 3 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 1 inning, walking 1 batter and striking out none in the 225th and last game of his 8-year major league career. Boston manager Joe McCarthy removed Mr. Kinder for a pinch hitter in the 8th inning, and Mr. Kinder never forgave his manager for the move, which helped to cost the Red Sox the pennant. For more on this game and the 1949 AL pennant race, read the book Summer of '49 by David Halberstam (1989).



Howie Pollet (20-9) pitched a 12-hit complete game and batted 3 for 5 with a double, 2 runs, and 3 runs batted in to help the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Chicago Cubs 13-5 before 30,834 fans at Wrigley Field in Chicago. St. Louis right fielder Stan Musial was 3 for 5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs. Chicago first baseman Herman Reich batted 1 for 5 with a run and an RBI, making 8 putouts in his 111th and last major league game. Dewey Adkins, the seventh and last Chicago pitcher, allowed 1 hit and 1 run--earned--in 1/3 inning, with no bases on balls or strikeouts, in the 38th and last game of his 3-year major league career.

Duke Snider singled home Pee Wee Reese and scored on a single by Luis Olmo as the Brooklyn Dodgers scored 2 runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a 7-7 tie and defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-7 before 36,765 fans at Shibe Park in Philadelphia to clinch the National League pennant, 1 game ahead of the Cardinals. The Dodgers opened the scoring with a 5-run 3rd inning, but the Phillies rallied to tie the score 7-7 after 6 innings. Buddy Blattner drew a base on balls as a pinch hitter for the Phillies in the 3rd inning and was stranded at second base in the 272nd and last game of his 5-year major league career. Ken Trinkle, the seventh and last Philadelphia pitcher, faced just 1 batter, but induced Carl Furillo to ground into a double play, thus pitching 2/3 perfect inning in the 216th and last game of his 5-year major league career.

60 years ago
1959

Hit parade
#1 single in the U.K. (New Musical Express): Only Sixteen--Craig Douglas (4th week at #1)

Vancouver's Top 10 (CFUN)
1 Just Ask Your Heart--Frankie Avalon
2 Teen Beat--Sandy Nelson
3 Come on and Get Me--Fabian
4 Put Your Head on My Shoulder--Paul Anka
5 Caribbean--Mitchell Torok
6 Sleep Walk--Santo & Johnny
7 ('Til) I Kissed You--The Everly Brothers
8 Mr. Blue--The Fleetwoods
9 In the Mood--The Ernie Fields Orchestra
10 True True Happiness--Johnny Tillotson

Singles entering the chart were Living Doll by Cliff Richard and the Drifters (#12); Sandy by Larry Hall (#21); Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin (#22); You were Mine by the Fireflies (#23); If You Don't Want My Lovin' by Carl Dobkins, Jr. (#25); Woo-Hoo by the Rock-A-Teens (#27); Torquay by the Fireballs (#31); Blue Guitar by Bert Weedon (#32); Say Man by Bo Diddley (#37); Wailin' by the Wailers (#39); and Igmoo (The Pride of South Central High) by Stonewall Jackson (#40).

On television tonight
The Twilight Zone, on CBS
Tonight’s episode: Where is Everybody?, starring Earl Holliman

This was the pilot episode, and marked the first telecast of The Twilight Zone.



Diplomacy
Former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, attending a private German-American conference in Bonn, criticized U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his attempt to reach a settlement with U.S.S.R. Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the issue of Berlin.

Terrorism
Three armed Cubans hijacked a Cuban Airlines Viscount plane en route from Havana to Santiago with 36 passengers, forcing the plane to land at Miami International Airport, where the hijackers sought asylum.

Health
An international panel of scientists submitted a memo to the French Academy of Sciences predicting that more than one million people would die and 1.25 million abnormal children would be born as a result of radioactive devices already exploded.

Business
A U.S. federal district court in Chicago ruled that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company could keep its 23% stock interest in General Motors Corporation, but that it would have to give up voting rights on the stock.

Baseball
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 @ Chicago White Sox 3 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)

Charlie Neal drove in 3 runs with a pair of home runs and Chuck Essegian hit a solo homer as a pinch hitter as the Dodgers overcame an early 2-0 deficit to defeat the White Sox before 47,368 fans at Comiskey Park.



Junior World Series
Minneapolis Millers (AA) 3 @ Havana Sugar Kings (IL) 4 (11 innings) (Havana led best-of-seven series 3-1)

Left fielder Danny Morejon drove in 3 runs, singling home the tying run in the bottom of the 9th inning and the winning run with 2 out in the 11th for the Sugar Kings as they beat the Millers. The crowd of 14,155 at Gran Estadio de La Habana included Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos and Prime Minister Fidel Castro, who said after the game, "I think we have the championship in our pocket." Joe Macko hit a home run for Minneapolis.

50 years ago
1969

On television tonight
Dragnet 1970, on NBC
Tonight's episode: S.I.U.: The Ring



Died on this date
Danny O'Connell, 40. U.S. baseball player. Mr. O'Connell was an infielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1950, 1953); Milwaukee Braves (1954-1957); New York/San Francisco Giants (1957-1959); and Washington Senators (1961-1962), batting .260 with 39 home runs and 320 runs batted in in 1,143 games. He played 791 games in 7 seasons in the minor leagues from 1946-1963, batting .314 with 43 home runs. Mr. O'Connell began the 1963 season as the player-manager with the York White Roses of the AA Eastern League, but was called up to Washington on May 22 to serve as the Senators' first base coach, a position he held through the 1964 season. Mr. O'Connell died of a heart attack while driving his car, which then hit a utility pole.

War
Only four skirmishes were reported in Vietnam as American B-52 bombers continued daily raids on suspected North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troop concentrations.

Defense
The United States House of Representatives, after only four hours of debate and by a 2-1 margin, turned down a move to block deployment of the Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system.

Disasters
A U.S. Navy cargo plane en route from the Philippines to the carrier USS Constellation crashed in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing all 26 aboard.

Baseball
Roberto Clemente batted 3 for 4 with a double, 2 runs, and a run batted in to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Montreal Expos 8-2 before 2,700 fans at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Bob Moose (14-3) pitched an 8-hit complete game victory, while Montreal starter Jerry Robertson (5-16) allowed 8 hits and 3 runs--all earned--in 5 1/3 innings in his final game in a Montreal uniform.



Clay Kirby (7-20) allowed 5 hits and 2 runs--both earned--in 7 innings and batted 2 for 3 with a double and 2 runs to lead the San Diego Padres over the San Francisco Giants 3-2 before 1,995 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Rich Robertson (1-3) took the loss. San Francisco third baseman Bobby Etheridge batted 0 for 4, making 1 putout and 3 assists, in the 96th and last game of his 2-year major league career. San Francisco catcher John Harrell batted 1 for 2 with a base on balls and a run batted in, making 4 putouts and an assist in his second and last major league game. Leon Wagner struck out as a pinch hitter for the Giants in the 8th inning in the 1,352nd and last game of his 12-year major league career.

Grant Jackson (14-18) walked Lou Brock to load the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the 12th inning and then walked Curt Flood to score Jerry DaVanon and give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies before 11,680 fans at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Bob Gibson (20-13) pitched an 8-hit complete game and struck out 10 batters, while Mr. Jackson also went the distance, allowing 6 hits, but walking 7 batters. Mr. Flood batted 1 for 4 in his last game in a St. Louis uniform. Philadelphia catcher Dave Watkins batted 1 for 4 with a base on balls and a run, making 6 putouts, 1 assist, and 1 error in his 69th and last major league game.

Bob Stinson led off the bottom of the 9th inning with a single and scored on a 1-out wild pitch by Jack Billingham to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros before 9,966 fans at Dodger Stadium. Bill Singer (20-12) pitched a 12-hit complete game victory.

The Oakland Athletics scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning and held on for a 3-1 win over the Seattle Pilots before 5,473 fans in the last major league game at Sick's Stadium in Seattle, and the last regular season game the Seattle Pilots ever played. Jim Roland (5-1) pitched a 7-hit complete game victory, winning over Steve Barber (4-7). Tommy Harper led off the bottom of the 9th with a single, but was caught in an attempt to steal second base. As so often happens, Steve Whitaker followed with a home run to spoil Mr. Roland's bid for a shutout; the homer accounted for the Pilots' last run and last hit.

40 years ago
1979

Religion
Pope John Paul II arrived in New York City and addressed the United Nations. His 62-minute address focused on human rights, and he stressed that the rights of Palestinian Arabs had to be accounted for. The Pope diagnosed inequality as the greatest threat in the modern world. Later in the day, he visited some of the slums of the city and then said mass for 80,000 at Yankee Stadium.

Baseball
National League Championship Series
Pittsburgh 5 @ Cincinnati 2 (11 innings) (Pittsburgh led best-of-five series 1-0)

Willie Stargell’s 3-run home run off Tom Hume broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Pirates their win over the Reds before 55,006 fans at Riverfront Stadium.





30 years ago
1989

Hit parade
#1 single in Australia (Australian Music Report): Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Spain (PROMUSICAE): Lambada--Kaoma (7th week at #1)

Canada's Top 10 (RPM)
1 Girl I'm Gonna Miss You--Milli Vanilli
2 If I Could Turn Back Time--Cher
3 Cherish--Madonna
4 Right Here Waiting--Richard Marx
5 Heaven--Warrant
6 18 and Life--Skid Row
7 Mixed Emotions--Rolling Stones
8 Don't Wanna Lose You--Gloria Estefan
9 Hangin' Tough--New Kids on the Block
10 Don't Look Back--Fine Young Cannibals

Singles entering the chart were Last Worthless Evening by Don Henley (#75); Leave a Light On by Belinda Carlisle (#78); Sugar Daddy by Thompson Twins (#80); Didn't I by New Kids on the Block (#82); The Way that You Love Me by Paula Abdul (#84); Let it All Hang Out by John Cougar Mellencamp (#86); Woolly Bully by BTO (#88); and We've Got the Power by One to One (#91). Wooly Bully was from the movie American Boyfriends (1989).

Died on this date
Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, 73. Colombian clergyman. Rev. Jaramillo was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1940, and was appointed Bishop of Arauca in 1984. He opposed the Marxist terrorist organization Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army). He and fellow priest Jose Munoz Pareja were kidnapped by ELN members; Rev. Pareja was released unharmed, but Rev. Jaramillo was shot twice in the head while his hands were tied behind his back.

World events
2,500 East Germans crowded into the West German embassy in Prague.

Economics and finance
U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev warned that the economy was on the brink of collapse, and he called for a 15-month ban on strikes.

Religion
Anglican rebels disrupted a church service in Rome attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury in protest at plans for closer ties with the Roman Catholic church.

Protest
A large crowd attended the Resolution One rally at the Edmonton convention centre to protest the federal government’s proposed goods and services tax. The speakers included Reform Party leader Preston Manning; Alberta Treasurer Dick Johnston; New Democrat MP Ross Harvey; and Liberal MP John Harvard. Mr. Harvard, from Winnipeg, lost his audience when he told them to send a message to Ottawa in the October 16 Alberta Senate election by voting for Liberal candidate Bill Code. Mr. Harvard’s subsequent comments were largely drowned out by boos and cries of "Liberals, save us!" Veteran observer George Milner commented that he hadn’t seen such anger in Alberta since 1935.

Scandal
Testifying at his trial in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina on charges of fraud and conspiracy, disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker blamed fellow televangelist Jerry Falwell, who took over Mr. Bakker's Praise the Lord ministry for a time in 1987, for its financial collapse.

25 years ago
1994

Hit parade
#1 single in New Zealand: I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (4th week at #1)

#1 single in Austria (Ö3): I Swear--All-4-One (6th week at #1)

#1 single in Switzerland: I Swear--All-4-One (10th week at #1)

#1 single in the U.K. (Chart Information Network): Saturday Night--Whigfield (4th week at #1)

Died on this date
Harriet Nelson, 85. U.S. actress and singer. Mrs. Nelson, born Peggy Louis Snyder, began her performing career as Harriet Hilliard and acted in several movies, but was best known as the wife of bandleader Ozzie Nelson. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which also featured the Nelsons' sons David and Ricky, was a popular series on radio from 1944-1954 and on television from 1952-1966.

Football
CFL
Hamilton (3-10) 36 @ Toronto (5-8) 39
Calgary (11-2) 45 @ Las Vegas (5-8) 26

Quarterback Marvin Graves directed the Argonauts to 28 unanswered points in the 4th quarter for one of the greatest comebacks in CFL history as they edged the Tiger-Cats before 18,709 fans at SkyDome. Toronto trailed 36-11 after 3 quarters, but Mr. Graves handed off to Muhammad Shamsid-Deen for a 1-yard touchdown run, and completed touchdown passes of 14 yards to Paul Masotti, 15 yards to Robert Gordon, and, finally, 4 yards to Mr. Gordon with 1:07 remaining in regulation time. Hamilton quarterback Reggie Slack completed touchdown passes to Kelvin Means and Earl Winfield, Reggie Barnes rushed 51 yards for a touchdown, and defensive back Greg Eaglin returned an interception 27 yards for the other Hamilton TD.



Doug Flutie threw 4 touchdown passes for the Stampeders as they beat the Posse before 7,438 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium. Las Vegas opened the scoring in the 1st quarter on a 15-yard touchdown rush by Jon Volpe, and opened scoring in the 3rd quarter when James Bullock returned the 2nd-half kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown.

NFL
Don Shula, 64, and the Miami Dolphins defeated David Shula, 32, and the Cincinnati Bengals 23-7 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, marking the first time in professional sports that a father and son had faced each other as head coaches.

20 years ago
1999

Football
CFL
British Columbia (10-3) 28 @ Toronto (6-7) 19

B.C. quarterback Damon Allen completed just 6 of 20 passes, but one of them was a 78-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Brown in the 4th quarter to help put the game out of reach of the Argonauts. Mr. Brown’s score came just 70 seconds after the Argonauts had scored on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Jay Barker to Paul Masotti. Robert Drummond rushed 11 yards for a B.C. touchdown in the 2nd quarter, and rookie linebacker Paul Lacoste returned an interception 28 yards for the other Lions’ touchdown in the 3rd quarter. 21,084 were in attendance at SkyDome.

CIAU
Acadia (2-1) 20 @ St. Mary’s (2-1) 39
St. Francis Xavier (1-2) 16 Mount Allison (1-2) 13
McGill (0-4) 0 @ Concordia (4-0) 45
Bishop’s (1-2) 35 Queen’s (0-4) 14
Waterloo (3-1) 16 York (1-3) 7
Toronto (1-3) 26 Windsor (0-4) 19
Wilfrid Laurier (3-1) 6 @ Western Ontario (4-0) 39
Guelph (1-3) 32 @ McMaster (3-1) 39

Luis Perez of St. Mary's carried 26 times for 203 yards and 4 touchdowns at Huskies Stadium. Acadia quarterback Blaine Scatcherd passed for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns, but was also intercepted twice.

Hugo Carriere caught 2 touchdown passes for Concordia before a home crowd of 4,000.

Western Ontario receiver Marty Robertson returned the opening kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown to start the Mustangs on their way in front of 12,000 fans at J.W. Little Memorial Stadium in London. Running backs Scott Crawley and Fabian Rayne combined for 307 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns for the Mustangs.

10 years ago
2009

Football
CFL
Edmonton (6-7) 17 @ Winnipeg (5-8) 27
Saskatchewan (7-6) 16 @ British Columbia (6-7) 19

Michael Bishop completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Adarius Bowman with 17 seconds remaining in the 1st half and Jovon Johnson returned a missed filed goal 118 yards for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to help the Blue Bombers beat the Eskimos before 21,965 fans at Canad Inns Stadium. Ricky Ray passed 3 yards to Maurice Mann in the 1st quarter for the lone Edmonton touchdown.





CIS
Saskatchewan (3-1) 19 @ Simon Fraser (2-3) 18 (OT)