A chilly but dry day at the Saratoga Battlefield Sunday as the Commodore John Barry Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians laid a wreath at the monument to Timothy Murphy. Murphy, a son of Irish immigrants, was a frontiersman who while serving in Morgans rifemen climbed a tree and shot and killed British General Simon Frasier during the battle of Saratoga. This was the first documented use of a sniper by the United States army. The monument, erected in 1912, is the oldest monument in the country erected by the AOH.

Division Vice President Steve Curran and Division President Dave Cummings place a wreath in front of the monument.
Sports updates
The fall charge of Murphy's Tigers took another dramatic step Saturday night as Magglio Ordonez's walk-off three-run homer in the ninth inning finished the A's, 6-3, capped a four-game sweep of the American League Championship Series. Now the Tigers have a week to rest and wait to see who wins the National League crown. Sunday night the Mets showed that they were still alive as they beat the Cardinals 12-5 to even up the series at two games apiece.
The Giants offence came to life in the second half Sunday. Down 7-3 at halftime and 14-3 after Warrick Dunn broke off a 90 yard TD run on the first play of the third quarter, the big blue put it all together in the second half for a 27-14 win. Tiki Barber ran for 185 yards and tight end Jeremy Shockey pulled in two touchdown passes.
The Jets almost blew a 17 point lead as they watched a last second Field Goal attempt fall short and to the right as they held off division rival Miami 20-17.
As stated in this blog, the game of the week had to be the 4-1 Rams and the Seattle Seahawks. The Rams seemed to have everything in hand but as all sports fans know, it ain't over till it's over. As dominant as the Rams were in the first half, Seattle was better in the second, scoring 20 straight points to go up 27-21 late in the game. The Rams still showed some life marching down the field for a 4th quarter go ahead TD pass from Marc Bulger to Torry Holt with less than two minutes to go in the game. Unlike the Rams wins over the Phoenix Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers the Seahawks did not fumble away the game on their last drive. Seahawks QB Matt Hassleback drove his team down the field spiked the ball to stop the clock and as time ran out the ball sailed between the uprights for a 30-28 Seahawk win. This was Browns third Field Goal of the game. The lose drops the Rams into second place in the division behind the Seahawks.



Is it me or do these two logo look alike?