New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
FAME
BUILT AROUND
ONLY ONE hold
Nebraska Boy Become,
Marvel of Wrestling
with Scissors Grip

Joe Stecher, the Dodge Neb.. w,..
Ter, is head, shoulders and seI,..,.
above everybody else in the mat g,,.
That much was demonstrated RI d.
satisfaction Of everybody recently va.
the fellow they call q marvel poli,s.s
/ off Charlie Cutler, Of Chicago. for -.
| falls in 27:04. IL wasn't 30 much n.
/ fact that the Nebraska farmer defss,.,
/ the Chicago man as 30 was the -.
with which he accomplished the -.
under conditions which in adys,..
pointed TO long-drawn-out conte,,
When Cutler entered the arena 8.
! had just one purpose In mind, aud ~.
was 70 make his struggle on the dsf.'
sive. He hoped by adopting these h,
/ tics TO tire Stecher To battle an a.
defensive was just about the best poli.,
/ that Charlie could adopt By 50 d..
/ he had an outside chance o. making N,
contest a long one, but that was i
only chance, for IN the end the fsrr,.
{ would have beaten him, rcgardle,s 81
/ the methods he used.
Youth Fayors Stecher
But IL Cutler had any idea nr
roughing IL on defence would ire &.
opponent and favor his own chance, y,
had another guess coming, for Steess.
is powerful has stamina and. Of 2rest..
advantage than all, be has youth. AZ
matter Of fact, 20 prolCDg the coo,s.
would have tired the Chicago man mo,.
than his opponent.
With his famous scissors. formed \,
pair OF powerful legs Stecher n,
carved his name In the hall Of wres,lir,
fame. IL is safe and sane statensr'
TO say that the Nebraskan can crush 4.
/ defeat any man on whose body he "a,
lock his strong legs. II also can Be a.
without much fear Of the necessity u
contradiction that Stecher ID a one.Lsn
wrestler. and that grip is the scissor
Take this hold away from the Westsru
and he is cut down 10 an equal bas,
with other heavyweight wrastleu.
Not Sharp without Scissors?
There are some who know the M.
game who 90 so far as 20 say that viii
out the scissors Stecher would be cas-
picking for a number Of wrestiers. b.,
that has 70 be proved. so there IS ,,
use terming a man mediocre by ssyr,
! IF he didn't have the scissors" Stechsr
is the heavyweight champion Of to-da,
for there is no Frank Gotch standing
his path.
To call man a one-hold man is r,.
casting discredit on him, for the Ne.
braskan is credit % The snort h
which he has entered. He is a cleas.
cut, intelligent farm boy. lie vas
mentally capable of discovering thi
scissors which has brought him 10 m.
front, and he deserves praise for that
Talking with him few days ago b
showed plainly that the success he has
achieved has not spoiled him 10 n.
least. He is a big, good-natlred, lt
able kid, minus the ego which 80 ne.
quently appears M am athlete IN an
line of sport who ascend the top uig
Of the ladder.
How the Scissors Clip
There are many fans who no8bT
are not fully informed what ,he set
sors hold really is and what ts essf
are on the man on whom DO is !ocsa
As used BY Stecher it is a rib cruising
torture producing grin. from vh.3
there is no escape. Charlie Cutler 81
youch for this. The Nebraskaa Bag
perfected il 10 an extent chat he cal
clamp 1t on from almost any posit.'-
In fact, he might be nearly on his o.
shoulders and still put 10 on and deia
his opponent. Stecher simply swing
his long legs around the body Of ts
foe, locks his ankles together. bring
an inward pressure on bis p0wenl
knees, and If his opponen. does no, iU
for help the victim is quickly role
over on his back in defeat S.e;5a
makes his hold effective by forcing is
knees into the midsection Of an o..
ponent, just below the lower and shoa
ribs. As an accessory he applies a tiI
nelson.
The effect Of this scissors is nef
painful. Cutler three days after BIZ
match with Stecher was still sufert.
from the scissors attack 10 is Wort
mentioning here that Stecher apple
/ the grip only twice. The first in'
/ Cutler rolled over on his back Ii
second time Stecher applied it Cutters
face pointed 10 the canvas, and Ia i.'
vlsellke grip Charlie could not tln DDS
shoulders TO the mat lie simply w.
forced to give up and concede ths ii4
to end his own suffering
Cutler Admits Soreness
/ Three days after the match Cate
had this to say abou, S,echer and i'
scissors:
Il have the sorest ribs in the wor
That fellow crushed those knees
my sides so hard ] thought someiat
would crack. And DO makes a te.o'
sick, too. He can beat anybody 10 90
world"
There are many people talking sD'l
a match between Stecher and Go'e
Since the Humboldt Iowa farmer
broke his ankle and announced BPS ir
tirement from the game there d p
+ chance of the match ever taking p.ae.
However, this does not prevent me ia-
from trying 20 compare the two. A,.
believe that Gotch would beat the A,.
braskan. The only way this que'..
could be answered would be a meei,.-s
[ of the pair, but it is pretty certain l--'
/ if Stecher could get his scissors
Gotch he would defeat him. II 500
| be up to Gotch TO prevent Joe iig
locking his legs around him. On 9, %
other hand, Gotch has that famous o
/ toa hold IN foil hacL an II he got lIa'