Heavyweight boxing title fight tonight, August 18, 1958

Posted on August 18, 2008 by lmharnisch
Floyd Patterson defends heavyweight title in Wrigley Field bout
Heavyweight champ Floyd Patterson takes on challenger Roy Harris at Wrigley Field in the first heavyweight title fight in Los Angeles since 1939. The oddsmakers give little chance to Harris … The Dodgers win the second game of a double-header against the Cardinals, 9-3, after losing the first game 12-7 … And columnist Al Wolf wonders who are the old Dodgers that the team management keeps apologizing for.

   

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1 Response to Heavyweight boxing title fight tonight, August 18, 1958

  1. Brian Stromsoe's avatar Brian Stromsoe says:
    August 20, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    Re: August 18, 1958 – I just noticed the short paragraph or two about “Red” Sanders’ (UCLA football coach) untimely death from a heart attack. Were you old enough to remember what Red was doing when he fled this life?

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