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...LOUIS EAGAN...
...world in the eyes of the National Boxing Association (a title good in 47 states). Last week, as he squared off against tired old (34) Gus Lesnevich in Yankee Stadium, he was out to impress the big holdout: the powerful New York State Boxing Commission, whose chairman, Eddie Eagan, thought that Charles ought to prove himself further...
...final days of training, Charles was reported to be peeved at Eagan, disturbed over the prospect of a small gate,* and annoyed over ruckuses among his backers. Among other indignities, sport-writers had taken to calling him "Snooks," a nickname they thought aptly distinguished him from the "Maulers" and "Bombers" of the hard-punching past...
...Away. Even now, well-heeled nomads can outdo Phileas Fogg by taking a trip around the world in 6½ days for only $1,700. Returning from such a jaunt, wiry Eddie Eagan, New York State boxing commissioner and a Yale classmate ('21) of Trippe's, assured the Circumnavigators Club that it was a cinch: all you needed was a toothbrush, a good book and a few sleeping pills...
...fight reportedly broke out in Jim Cronin's Restaurant sometime after midnight, and the episode came to a close around 12:30 a.m. on Mt. Auburn Street, when Officers T. Eagan and J. McCarthy heaved the apprehended student into a patrol wagon. He was booked at Central Square Station on charges of drunkenness and disturbing the peace...