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December 15, 1958
BASEBALL—MAJOR LEAGUE CHANGES included these in week of active trading: JIM PIERSALL, Boston, to Cleveland for VIC WERTZ and GARY GEIGER; BOBBY AVILA, Cleveland, to Baltimore for RUSS, HEMAN; RUBEN GOMEZ and VALMY THOMAS, San Francisco, to Philadelphia for JACK SANFORD; GINO CIMOLI, Los Angeles, to St. Louis for WALLY MOON and PHIL PAINE; EDDIE YOST, ROCKY BRIDGES and NEIL CHRISLEY, Washington, to Detroit for RENO BERTOIA, RON SAMFORD and JIM DELSING.
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December 15, 1958

A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

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BASEBALL—MAJOR LEAGUE CHANGES included these in week of active trading: JIM PIERSALL, Boston, to Cleveland for VIC WERTZ and GARY GEIGER; BOBBY AVILA, Cleveland, to Baltimore for RUSS, HEMAN; RUBEN GOMEZ and VALMY THOMAS, San Francisco, to Philadelphia for JACK SANFORD; GINO CIMOLI, Los Angeles, to St. Louis for WALLY MOON and PHIL PAINE; EDDIE YOST, ROCKY BRIDGES and NEIL CHRISLEY, Washington, to Detroit for RENO BERTOIA, RON SAMFORD and JIM DELSING.

BASKETBALL—NEW YORK, leader in NBA Eastern Division standings; ST. LOUIS, leader in Western Division.

BOXING—DON (GERONIMO) JORDAN, unanimous 15-round upset decision over Virgil (Honeybear) Akins for world welterweight championship, Los Angeles.

Roy Harris, unanimous 12-round decision over Donnie Fleeman to retain Texas heavyweight championship, Dallas.

Harold Johnson, unanimous 10-round decision over Howard King, light heavyweights, Chicago.

Jose Torres, 5-round TKO over Ike Jenkins for ninth straight middleweight victory, fifth by KO, New York.

Vince Martinez, 10-round decision over Stefan Redl, welterweights, Newark, N.J.

DOG SHOW—CH. DRAHERIN BLUE ANDANTE ( Bedlington terrier), owned by William A. Rockefeller, New York, best-in-show, Philadelphia KC.

FOOTBALL—ARMY, named winner of Lambert Trophy for eastern major college championship. Runner-up: Syracuse.

GOLF—PAUL HARNEY, Worcester, Mass., $30,000 Dorado Beach invitation tournament, with 284 for 72 holes. Runner-up: Ted Kroll, Sarasota, Fla., with 285.

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