Playing the local sports numbers game
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(Ed. note: Skip down to number 17 for the reference to Fairport Swimming. The original article had it at 18, but I believe the correct number is 17. Fairport won 18 consecutive Monroe County Championships (based on regular season dual meets), but lost the 1998 Sectional meet to Pittsford; Stopping the streak at 17). Bob Matthews October 31, 2004 - Red Wings home-run hero Russ Derry died last week, but two of his accomplishments will remain prominent on the list of memorable numbers in Rochester sports history. Here's a sampling: .929 — Tony Jacobs' winning percentage for one season, a Red Wings
record (13-1 in 1954). 2 — Goals scored by the Rhinos in their 2-1 victory over the Major League Soccer Colorado Rapids to win the 1999 U.S. Open Cup. ... The incredibly low number of Amerks who have won the Eddie Shore Plaque as the AHL's outstanding defenseman (Steve Kraftcheck in 1959 and Al Arbour in 1965). ... Official NFL wins for the Rochester Jeffersons (2-24-2 from 1920 to 1925). 3:54.93 — Dick Buerkle's world-record time for the indoor mile
(Jan. 13, 1978). 5 — Amerks-record goals scored in one game by Donald Audette (Oct. 29, 1989). ... Nancy Lopez won her record fifth straight LPGA tournament at Locust Hill in 1978. 6 — Calder Cups won by the Amerks. ... The round Charlie Gouse and Sam Nolan were saved by the bell after briefly knocking each other out in their 1916 bout for Rochester's heavyweight title. 7 — Jack Nicklaus' then-record PGA Championship victory margin
over Andy Bean at Oak Hill in 1980. 9 — The Amerks number retired in honor of Dick Gamble and Jody
Gage. 10 — International League-most times the Red Wings have won the Governors' Cup. ... Times the Amerks have lost in the Calder Cup finals. 11 — Golf majors won by Rochester's Walter Hagen. 13 — The number of wins in Fio Rito's 15 starts at Finger Lakes Racetrack from 1979 to 1981. "The Secretariat of Finger Lakes" was the first New York state-bred horse to win a Grade I stakes race (the Whitney at Saratoga in 1981). 14 — Goals by teenage sensation Branko Segota in 13 games with the Lancers in 1979. ... Most goals scored by the Amerks in one game (beat Cleveland 14-6, Nov. 24, 1966). 14½ — The number of points for the European Ryder Cup team in the 14½-13½ win over the United States at Oak Hill in September 1995. 15 — Goals scored by the Knighthawks in a 15-12 victory over the Buffalo Bandits in the 1997 Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship. 16 — Shutouts by goalkeeper Pat Onstad in his 26 games with the 1998 Rhinos. ... Aquinas legend Don Holleder's uniform number his senior year at Army. He was No. 84 as an All-American but switched numbers and positions in a manpower pinch and quarterbacked the Cadets to a 14-6 upset win in the 1955 Army-Navy game. 17 — Gary Clark's consecutive Section V swimming titles at Fairport. 18 — Roric Harrison's Red Wings-record strikeouts in one game (vs. Toledo July 12, 1971). 19 — Red Wings' record winning streak (in 1953). ... Tournament-record shots under par by Patty Sheehan to win the 1992 Rochester International. 20 — Points by Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks) to lead all scorers in the NBA All-Star Game at the Rochester War Memorial, Jan. 24, 1956. 21 — Wins by Rochester's Johnny Antonelli for the 1954 New York
Giants. He was 21-7 with a 2.29 ERA. 23 — Rhinos-record goals scored by Doug Miller in one season
(1997). 33 — Innings in the longest professional baseball game ever played
(Pawtucket beat the Red Wings 3-2, April 18 and June 23, 1981). 39 — The number of holes in Sammy Urzetta's (East Rochester) victory over Frank Stranahan for the 1950 U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in Minneapolis. 42 — Russ Derry's Red Wings single-season record home runs in 1949. ... Rochester-record 42-game hitting streak by Jack Lelivelt in 1912. ... Rebounds by Madison's Joe Binion (he also had 41 points) in a victory over Franklin in the 1980 Section V Class AAA semifinals. 43 — Points scored by the University of Rochester in a 43-42 victory over DePauw University for the 1990 NCAA men's Division III basketball title. 52.61 — East High graduate Kim Batten's world-record time in the 400-meter hurdles at the world track and field championships, Nov. 8, 1995. 54 — Penalty minutes in one game by Wally Weir of the Amerks on
Jan. 16, 1981. 61 — Amerks-record goals scored in one season by Paul Gardner (1985-86). ... The no-hitters thrown by Kodak Park fast-pitch legend Harold "Shifty" Gears. 63 — Number of wins (and losses) in Rochester's only major league
baseball season in 1890. 79 — Points by the Rochester Royals in their 79-75 victory over
the New York Knickerbockers in Game 7 of the 1951 NBA Finals. 111 — Victories by the Lancers in the North American Soccer League
(they lost 131 and tied 23). 119 — Amerks-record points scored in one season by Geordie
Robertson (1982-83). 134 — Russ Derry's Red Wings-record career HRs. 197 — Jim Fuller's Red Wings-record times struck out in 1973. 225 — Double plays turned by the 1929 Red Wings. 290 — Walter Hagen's score to win the 1914 U.S. Open, the
Rochester native's first major golf championship. 351 — Jody Gage's Amerks-record career goals. 545— Eddie Nietopski's Section V-record career basketball
victories. 1,041 — Estel Crabtree's Red Wings-record career hits. 2,394 — Carl Garritano's (Webster 2002) Section V-record rushing
yards in one high school football season. 14,750 — Total playoff share in dollars for the 1951 NBA champion
Rochester Royals (the entire team — not per player). 20,005 — Largest pro soccer crowd in Rochester history (Aug,. 21, 1977 for a playoff game vs. the New York Cosmos — featuring Pele). 22,650 — The crowd at brand new Aquinas Stadium to see the Little Irish beat Bishop Byrne of Texas, 22-6, on Oct. 2, 1949. Originally published in the Democrat and Chronicle
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