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November 17, 1958

A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

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BASKETBALL—NEW YORK, leader in NBA Eastern division standings: ST. LOUIS , leader in Western division.

BOATING—ROLAND BECKER, St. Petersburg , Fla. , 125-mile Tampa - Ft. Myers ocean race, in cutter Interlude by 33 minutes over Jimmy Turner in yawl Jamel, St. Petersburg .

BOXING—ERICH SCHOEPPNER, German light heavyweight champion, 6-round TKO over Chuck Spieser, Dortmund , Germany .

Jose Torres , 5-round KO over Burke Emery, middleweights, New York .

Johnny Busso , unanimous 10-round decision over Joe Brown , world lightweight champion, in nontitle match, Miami Beach .

Kenny Lane , 10-round split decision over Lahouari Godih, lightweights, Syracuse .

CROSS-COUNTRY—DRAKE UNIVERSITY and UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON , tie for Missouri Valley Conference team championship, Wichita , Kans. Individual winner: Jerry Smartt, Houston , in 15:10.3, for three miles.

Kansas , Big Eight Conference team championship, Norman, Okla. Individual winner: Gail Hodgson, Oklahoma , in 14:00.4 for three miles (conference record).

Army, Heptagonal team championship, New York . Individual winner: R. Dyke Benjamin, Harvard , in 25:12 for five miles.

Boston AA Marathon Club, national AAU senior 30-kilometer team championship, York, Pa. Individual winner: Robert A. Carman, Pittsburgh , in 1:37:28.

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