Chadwick - Maurice Shang
MAURICE "Shang" CHADWICK
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review, October 8, 1973
Maurice “Shang” Chadwick, 72, retired rubber company executive and captain of Wabash College's great 1924-25 basketball team, died Sunday at Millersburg, Ohio, after an extended illness. Mr. Chadwick was honored by the college in February of 1970 when the renovated fieldhouse was dedicated in his name prior to the Butler-Wabash basketball game. The arena was named Chadwick Court for his generosity which made the facility possible. He was the center of the Wabash team known as “the second Wonder Five'' and was recognized as the Midwest champions and considered by many the best team in the nation. The 1924-25 Wabash team compiled a record of 18-1, with the lone loss to Wisconsin by one point. The late Pete Vaughn coached the team which defeated such teams as Iowa, Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Notre Dame. A 1920 graduate of Crawfordsville High School, Chadwick attended Purdue University for one year before enrolling at Wabash. During his senior year, he was selected on the second All-American team and other first teams in the midwest. Chadwick played one season with the New York Celtics, one of the top professional teams for years. He played six years with the Fort Wayne Hoosiers in the American League. In 1932 he was employed by Firestone Rubber Co. in the special training school. Chadwick played for the Firestone team for several years. He was named a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He resigned from Firestone in 1946 and with a brother-in-law formed the Rice-Chadwick Rubber Co. at Killbuck, Ohio. Chadwick served on the board of directors for the Killbuck Savings Bank for several years. Born at New Richmond, he was the son of Frank and Ethel Chadwick. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; a daughter, Mrs. John Sweeney of Michigan City; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Rice of Del Ray Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Estel Bell of Crawfordsville, and four grandchildren. Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the United Methodist Church at Millersburg, Ohio. – jlr