Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 10/30/2007

10/30/1963:
Toronto beats Montreal, 6-3, at Maple Leaf Gardens in a game with as much action off the ice as on it. A second-period scrap between Terry Harper of Montreal and Bob Pulford of the Leafs continues in the penalty box area, which is actually just one enclosure shared by both teams. Realizing the incendiary prospects of such an arrangement, Toronto owner Conn Smythe immediately commissions the installation of a second penalty box to prevent any more fistic unpleasantries.

Birthdays:
Bill Terry b. 1896
Joe Adcock b. 1927
Dick Vermeil b. 1936
Jim Ray Hart b. 1941
Diego Maradona b. 1960

INVESTIGATIVE NONFICTION

Hoving, the flamboyant former director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, unveils the world of art forgeries. Gossipy and outrageous, yet always authoritative, the book will surprise innocent museumgoers. Hoving exposes what it takes to be a forger, how the business works, and what it takes to be a “fakebuster.” He culminates by outing several fakes from major collections. It’s Hoving at his dishy, loose-lipped best.

FALSE IMPRESSIONS, by Thomas Hoving (Touchstone, 1997)