Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-11
CADDOCK WINS Big
BOUT FROM STECHER
First Fall Goes to Stecher in
1:22-Second to Cad
dock in lao.
NEW WRESTLING CHAMP

world.
The Iowa gladiator won the title
from Joe Stecher OF Dodge, Neb.. al
an cary hour yesterday morning, wher
Stecher failed to appear in the ring
for the third and deciding fall after
each wrestler had earned one fall ot
their match at the Auditorium, which
started last night, but did not wind
up until after 80 o'clock this morn
ing.
Joe Stecher won the first fall o1
the clash in one hour and twenty-five
minutes with body scissors and
wrist lock.
Earl Caddock won the second fall
in one hour and forty minutes with
a reverse Nelson and head hold.
Caddock Ready to Go.
After Caddock had won the second
fall, timekeepers clocked off the reg
ulation fifteen minutes allowed wres.
tiers for a rest period between
clashes. At the end of the fifteen
minutes Caddock appeared in the
ring ready to continue the match tc
a finish.
But Stecher failed to appear. The
crowd demanded that the referee
award the bout to Caddock, but the
referee hesitated. After a few more
moments OF delay, Joe Hetmanek
Stecher's manager, appeared and IN
formed Referee Sherman that Stechel
was in his dressing room and would
not appear for the deciding tilt,
The referee then raised Caddock':
hand and proclaimed him the victor
As the seribes and spectators were
leaving the Auditorium someone
wandered into Stecher's dressing
room, where linament was being ap.
piled to his neck. What are they
waiting for?" was the question tina,
greeted him,
It's All Over.
Waiting for? It's all over was
the response.
Stecher then said he was ready to
20 on with the bout, but that he had
not been notified that the rest period
was over.
1t remains for Stecher and Het.
manek to decide whether the latter
called off the match to save Stecher
without first procuring the sanction
of his principal.
Caddock really earned two fall:
over the Nebraskan anyway. The
second fall should have been awarded
to him at the end of fifty minutes O
wrestling, as he placed Stecher':
shoulders squarely against the ma
with a head scissors hold. The fal
was plainly visible, not only from tht
ringside seats but from every location
in the Auditorium. But Refere,
Sherman refused to recognize thu
fall, asserting the grapplers were too
close to the ropes and that he hac
ordered them to go to the center.
Stecher Admits Fall.
Joe Stecher admitted the fall him
self. He patted Caddock on the bacl
as signal of granting the fall.
The referees refusal to recognize
the legality of the fall set the hous'
wild. While the mob was yelling
Stecher was asked why he pattet
Caddock on the back.
"He was strangling me and I ha'
to call on him to stop" Joe admitted
After considerable wrangling it wa
decided to abide by the referees de
cision and the Iowan went in an,
threw his adversary the second fal
anyway.
The match started slowly and a
first promised to be disappointing
During the entire first hour o
wrestling both men remained at al
times on their feet and the spectator
became manifestly restless.
Pushed Through Ropes.
But after an hour of grapplin,
Stecher pushed Caddock through tn
ropes. He plunged into the ringsid
seats and struck his head against on
of them. As hesclimbed back into tn
ring he appeared to be dazed from tn
force of the blow.
This seemed to give Stecher a ney
confidence, which had been no
ticeably lacking, and he forced a still
offensive to the Iowan, with the re
suit that at the end of one hour an
twenty-five minutes he securel
locked his body scissors around Cad
docks waist, applied wrist lock t
one arm and slowly turned Caddoc
on his back.
But while Stecher earned the mar
gin in the first clash, the second til
was all Caddock's. At the very star
Caddock started to mix and he ha
all the best of Joe. Several times h
got behind the Dodge lad, Will
Stecher seemed powerless to cop
with him.
When wrestling was resumed afte
Caddock had pinned Stecher's shoul
ders to the mat and the referee ha
refused to recognize the fall, neithe
seemed willing TO force tn going, an
the referee found himself called upo
to warn Stecher time and again tina
| he would have to wrestle.
Stecher in Bad Shape.
| During the milling of the secon