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‘CHUCK WIGGINS feared no man in the roped arena and he took on all comers at any weight. . . . The swash--buckling, boisterous Hoosier boxer was always good for a return engagement because he was one of the greatest

- crowd pleasers on record . . speak, in or out of the ring.

, good “box office,” so to

Usually, in the Chuckler’s bouts, half of the crowd paid to see

‘him trounced, the other half pulled

for him to win. . And it was

, seldom that he fought a poor fight when he was in his prime. The death of Wiggins in City hospital early yesterday was attrib-

uted to a skull fracture received in

a fall. . .. It put him away for

‘the long count and removed from local sports circles one of the most colorful prize fighters ever developed in the Hoosler state. . . . He

was 43.

Chuck was best as a light heavyweight and he was close to the

throne in that class several times. .

. He tried to win the title from

‘Battling Levinsky in a 12-rounder In Dayton, O., in 1920 and the Indianapolis delegation that attended the bout thought Wiggins rated the decision but the referee called it a draw.

Chuck actually trained hard for fire in the ring. . . . Levinsky lifted

that clash and he was a ball of the 175-pound crown from Jack

Dillon of Indianapolis in 1916, at Boston, and Wiggins had his heart set on beating the Battler and bringing the title back to Indianapolis. Chuck was not a knockout artist. . . . His small hands carried no haymaker but he was a great boxer, fast on his feet and an expert

in slipping punches.

He liked to rough it up in the ring and some of his bouts with the late Harry Greb were classics in butting, gouging and all-out street fighting. . . . Greb liked to mix it the same way and this pair

were always in demand. . Greb 13 times.

. « Wiggins once told the writer he fought

Wiggins Met the Best in His Prime

WIGGINS FOUGHT Gene Tunney, before Gene became the heavyweight champion, and later served as the champ’s sparring partner. . , . Other topnotch boxers met by Chuck were Tommy and Mike Gibbons, Young Stribling, George Cook, Tiger Flowers, Albert Lloyd, Bob Moha, Bob Roper, Johnny Risko, Gunboat Smith, George Godfrey, Eddie McGoorty, Martin Burke, Charley Weinert, Jimmy Delaney, Jeff Smith and Primo Carnera.

Chuck met Carnera in St. Louis rounds. . . .

in 1930 and was stopped in two

He was pretty well washed up as a fighter by that time

and it closed the curtains on his active ring career.

The boxing record books do not

listings. . , . He was born March 25, started professional boxing at 15 as a lightweight. . .. standing in the lighter divisions but was highly regarded as a middle-

weight and then reached his peak in 2 8 =n

CHUCK USED to pack ’em in at old Tomlinson hall, at Cadle

contain Wiggins’ complete fistic 1899, at Fortville, Ind. . . . He He wasn’t out-

the light heavyweight class. ” 2 ”

tabernacle, in the “punch bowl” at Ft. Harrison, at old Washington ball park, and at the armory. .. , He loved the spotlight and pub-

licity, and he liked to strut.

He made a successful tour of Australia in 1919 and 1920 and only lost one match, a decision to Albert Lloyd in 20 rounds in his

last bout there... .

In an earlier match with Lloyd, the decision was __ a draw in 20 rounds.

Chuck ‘Celebrated’ His Many Bouts

WIGGINS DREW DOWN a lot

and tossed it off in no time at all, at least the bulk of it. ae

of money in purses in his day He liked

to celebrate and “party” after his bouts and he was generous to a

"fault “when he had it.”

The Hoosier battler made a lot

of money for others, too, man-

agers and promoters, and he was always ready to fill a date on short

notice. . . . He'd get there on the next train, without training, and go in and throw leather for any distance required. He took some hard beatings in his late years in the ring, especially when he toured the West, and he was never the same agile

Wiggins after that.

“Fighting himself in shape” finally caught up with the veteran

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- and he dropped out of the fistic picture in the early Thirties.

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MANY OF WIGGINS' bouts occurred during the no-decision era and there is no official complete won and lost record on him in

‘ the sports books. Chuck was strictly a fighter of

the “old school” and he fought

heavyweights if light heavies were unavailable. . . . His best boxing weight was 170 but he fattened up in his late years in the arena and the extra poundage sapped his speed and dimmed his cunning.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet. 20 0 661 3 576 1536 1400 1394

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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

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RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

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Beckman, Hayes;

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oe £00 02x—4 3 0 a and Evans; Rigney and Turner.

(Ten Innings)

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M. Brown and Peacock;

Bridges and "Tebbetts.

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“a Second Game)

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ed Chicags . Game) Brooklyn

tes anita, Homing 3 and Hernandes; Web(First Game) 010 210 230— 003 000 000— 3 14 ¢ es and Lamanno; Tobin and Masi.

Second Ci pend Cina eingati at Boston game, post-

Yale Wins Match

STAMFORD, Conn, May 18 (U. P.)—Yale won the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf championship yes-

finals at Woodway country club,

16 and 3.

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terday, defeating Penn State in Shel

Teammates Are

The Indianapolis Indians are in position to score.

are swinging at bad balls when mates are on the paths. The Tribesters have had 47 runners stranded in their last four games and Skipper Hartnett and President Owen J. Bush believe this is some sort of a record for putting men on and leaving them there. Last Wednesday the Indians were bumped off by the Louisville Colonels and no games were played Thursday and Friday. On Saturday the Minneapolis Millers annexed the series opener, 4 to 3, and then made a clean sweep of yesterday's dou-ble-header, 3 to 2, and 6 to 4. Yesterday's second tilt was scheduled for seven innings by agreement but it was stretched to 12 innings because the teams were deadlocked at the end of seven rounds.

Large Crowd on Hand The games were interesting enough and it would have been “great” had the Redskins finished on the right side. More than 6500 fans turned out for the Sabbath bargain attraction and they were in a rooting mood. The week-end action dropped the Indians into sixth place in the American association race and 7% games behind the Kansas City league leaders. The Redskins resume firing under the lights tonight in the finale of the Minneapolis series. It will be the customary Monday “ladies

is booked to start at 8:30. Young Ray Poat is to be sent to

{the Tribe mound to face the Mil-

lers. Harry Kelley is slated to toil in the Minneapolis box. The sur-

{prising St. Paul Saints invade the

Tribe park tomorrow night to open a three-game series. Manager Hartnett benched Joe Moore in yesterday’s second game, installed Milton Galatzer in left field and moved Wayne Blackburn to

ting order. Powell Knocked Cold

Then in the eighth inning of the second game the Indians lost Jake Powell. He collided with the right field bleacher wall while chasing a

and was removed in an ambulance

up. Powell had a similar accident when he was with the New York Yankees and he was out of the game for a long period. The Indians fell before Mickey Haefner’s deceptive delivery in yes-

hit the Millers, eight to four. In the third inning the Millers got to Bob Logan for a run on a

double by Hub Walker. The Indians tied it in the fifth on Bestudik’s triple and Powell's long fly. In the sixth a walk to Ab Wright, Joe Vosmik’s double and an error by Bestudik accounted for two Miller markers. : McCarthy Poles Triple

and Bestudik’s single got the Indians a run. Bill Skelley doubled

Pasek flew out and Hartnett batted for George Gill and bounced out.

2|Gill took up the Tribe pitching in

the eighth after Logan stepped aside for a pinch hitter. At the start of the second game Chief Hogsett was on the Tribe mound and he was opposed by Bill Lefebvre. But before the teams got it over Woodie Rich and George Gill saw service in the box for the Indians and Herb Hash and Owen Scheetz toiled for the Millers. The Millers got off to a flying start with two runs on four hits in the first frame. The knotted the count in the second

tallied one marker. In the sixth Hogsett’s wild throw to second handed the Millers their fourth run and in the seventh Bestudik’s triple followed two walks and the score was tied at 4-all. Bases Full, No Runs

Rich launched the Trike eighth with a double and Moore ran for him. Blackburn was given an intentional pass and Galatzer sacrificed. McCarthy was given an intentional pass, filling the bases. Bestudik struck out on three bad pitches. Allen Hunt was tossed out. The Millers finally broke up the game in the 12th. Trechock singled, was forced at second by Scheetz, Walker skied out, Frank Danneker singled Scheetz to second and Huck Geary belted a double to left center, scoring Scheetz and Danneker. The Indians were retired in order in their 12th.. Mec

| Dowell skied, Pasek struck out and

Hartnett fanned. Galatzer made some dazzling catches in left field and got two hits oland, two walks. A diving stop by 1ipanneker prevented a Tribe run from scoring in the fifth. The Redskins left 14 runners on base 'in the

(BE. A).

BASEBALL

TONIGHT 8:30 [INDIANAPOLIS | | vs. MINNEAPOLIS

night” at Victory field and the tilt | Gea

center. Gabby also altered his bat-| Gill. »

long foul and was carried off ‘the il field. He was knocked unconscious | nr

to St. Vincent's hospital for a check- I

terday’s first tilt although they out- [Ge

bingle by Frank Trechock and a Late b

In the seventh McCarthy’s triple Ho Ogers

after one away in the ninth, Johnny gl

Redskins |, in

stanza and in the third the visitors |er

long game, the Millers left seven.

on Base

Lost 2 Games Yesterday to the Millers; Resume Series Tonight for ‘Ladies’

a peculiar slump. Defeated in their

last four starts, the home boys are “pressing” in the clutch and are 4 having trouble getting the ball out

of the infield when runners are in

In other words, they are not poking out their hits at the right time. Manager Gabby Hartnett said the Redskins are so anxious to win they

Ball Resigns ° As Tech Coach

Robert L. Ball, Tech high school football coach, today submitted his resignation to DeWitt S. Morgan, superintendent of schools, and H. H. Anderson, Tech principal. His resignation had been expected for some time since he wishes to retire to his farm at Garden City, Kas. No successor has been named. His resignation is effective at’ the end of the present school tern.

Ball came to Tech in 1935. His 1941 team went undefeated and won the city championship. His teams have tied twice for the North Central conference title and in 1935 the Green and White eleven went unbeaten in the strong loop.

‘Tribe Box Scores

(First Game)

Walker, cf Danneker,

Wright, "1 if ave Vosmik, id “ee

Linton, 1, °5 rune eee an “ee Trechock, 2b Haefner, p

Totals

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Blackburn, i . McDowell,

XH -.. Skelly, ss Pasek, c¢ Logan, P .. Rogers

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Totals

Rogers batted 1 Hartnett batved for GI in ninth

Minneapolis .eeceevuereees. — a 000—3 Indianapolis 000 010 100—2

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Rogers batted fo for oore ran for Rich asset in 20h, Hoctaett batted for Gill a 12th.

(Twelve Innings)

Minneapolis ......... ++ 201 001 000 002—6 Indianapolis .. 020 000 200 000—4

Runs batted Vo smik - Dowell. | Giuliana, Bestudii” SM - ch, Three-base hits—Bestudik, TL fices—Pasck, Galatzer. Double play. Dowell to McCart iy to P Pusek, (unassisted), Geary Giuliana 2), Carthy. ft 0

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Major Leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB 122 82 18 99 11 ee 22 80 9 .+ 30 113 21 NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB Lamanno, Clucinnat). 18 57 9 Fernandez, Boston ... 32 127 18 Reiser, Brooklyn 23 Murtaugh, Phils. 30 14 Slaughter, St. Louis. . . 28 99 17

HOME RUNS

Yorn ee ng Sox 8 York, Ti 8| Camilli, J. Dinagie Yanks 8!

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THE INDIAN!

Week-End Action Drops Indians to Sixth

The Boys Can Hit, but They Don’t Do It When Their

POLIS TIMES °

Pittsburgh eatcher. Babe Pinelli is

the umpire.

* Nabbed by Ex-Teammate

Tore Reiser, Bravia conterhader, is out at the plate at Ebbets field last Friday trying to score from third on teammate Dolph Camilli’s fly ball to Vince DiMaggio. Ex-Dodger Babe Phelps is the

Hawk Shatters

State High

School Mile Mark With 4:24

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Ft. Wayne North Side’s Ashley Hawk smashed two state records

Saturday as the Redskins clinched the state high school meet.

fending champions swamped. their points and qualify eight men and two relay teams. South Side placed a poor second with 28, qualifying four men, and Central finished third with 26. . Hawk chalked up a 4:24 mile on a slow track, clipping two and three tenths seconds from the state mark and then finished the half-mile in 1:56.86, to better the Indiana record of 1:57.9. Vaults 13 Feet 2% Inches

At Kokomo, Billy Moore, consistent performer for Logansport, topped the state pole vault record of 12 feet, 10 inches by clearing the bar at 13 feet, 2% inches. Anderson took the meet, scoring 50% points, but second-place Kokomo qualified nine men to Anderson’s eight. Wabash finished third and qualified one man, along with Elwood, Peru, Tipton, Wabash and Logansport. Marse Gonzales of Gary Froebel broke two sectional records and tied a state mark at the Gary meet as PFroebel collected 61% points and qualified nine men and two relay teams. Gonzales’ :9.8 performance of the 100 yard dash should be good for points in the state meet and his :22.5 time in the 220 yard dash set a new sectional mark. Gary Emerson placed second in the meet with 29 points and Lew Wallace third with 16%.

Bearcats Lose Grip

Muncie’s Walter Lunsford turned in the only record-shattering performance at the Muncie tourney, smashing sectional marks in both hurdles but missed state records by a fair margin. Marion, Muncie Burris and Gas City qualified five

Yimen each for the state finals as

Marion scored 36 points to break

In |the Muncie Bearcats 11-year grip i lon the sectional title.

Hammond, scoring 73% points to

: second place Hammond Clark's 14%

and qualifying two relay teams and 12 individual performers. New Albany, taking the Seymour

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As prep schools squared off in 14 sectional matches to determine entries for state competition at Indianapolis Saturday, North Side’s de-

sectional opponents to pile up 69

meet with 61 points over Salem’s 23; Lafayette, winning their own tourney, 39 7-12 over Delphi's 30% to 40; Richmond, with 51 points to

unseat defending champions Morton

Memorial of Knightstown; South Bend. Central, nosing out Mishawaka 49% to 48%; Bloomington, taking 603% points and eight first places, and qualifying 11 state entries; Terre Haute Wiley, scoring 61 points to Garfield’s next best 22. In the only Friday meet, Evansville Central took the Vincennes sectional, 41 to 28 over Boonville.

Open Archery Meet At Brown County

The annual Brown County Open Archery meet with the Terre Haute Ouabache club serving as hosts will be held May 30 and 31 at Brown county state park. Competition in men, women and junior divisions will begin at 10 a. m. May 30. Two new cups have been placed in the trophy awards this year in honor of the late William B. Allen, one of the organization’s founders.

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Table Tennis Kings Crowned -

Sterling Mitchell won the men’s singles championship and shared the doubles crown yesterday in the Indianapolis Closed Table Tennis tournament at the Riviera club. Seeded No. 2 Mitchell scored a five-set 21-18, 22-24, 21-14, 15-21, 21-16 victory over James Shrout, seeded No. 1. Mitchell and Charles Tichenor captured doubles honors beating Shrout and Jim Stout, 21-17, 21-11, 21-16.

Stanley Webley, seeded No. 2 won the boys, beating Charles Dorsey in the finals, 19-21, 21-17, 21-18, 25-23. Bob Edwards of the boys’ division was awarded the sportsmanship trophy.

Booker Winner of 15-Lap Feature

FT. WAYNE, May 18 (U. P)— Elbert Booker, Detroit driver, yesterday won the 15-lap feature event of a race card at the Ft. Wayne speedway after having earlier taken one of the eight-lap elimination heats. Duke Nalon of Chicago finished

second to Booker in both the events that the Detroit veteran won. The card was run off without mishap.

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