Sport: Scoreboard, Jul. 11, 1955

¶ Jimmy Carter, lackadaisical lightweight champion of the world, had already won his title three times and lost it twice. In the Boston Garden, Wallace ("Bud") Smith, a stubborn, long-range stylist from Cincinnati, was out to make him lose it again. By the 15th round, both boxers were hot, but Carter had taken too long to get started. The decision went to Smith.

¶ After an astonishing series of fractured fingers, assorted bruises and an injured nerve in his right hand, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Roy Campanella came down with a new catcher's...

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