The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
EARL CADDOCK
Gets DECISION
IN A TIME LIMIT WRESTLING
, MATCH WITHOUT ANY FALLS.
IOWAN OUTPOINTS KENTUCNAN
Camp Dodge Boy cIinched His Clair
to the Worlds Championship by
Bestins Ed ("Strangler")
Lewis Last Night.

DeS MONIES, June 22.-Sergt. Earl
Caddock clinched his claim to the
worries wrestling championship at
the Coliseum last night by earning a
referees decision over Ed ("Strang
ler') Lewis of Lexington, KY, at the
expiration of the allotted time limit
of two and one-half hours.
There were no falls. However,
Caddock won as decisively as match
could well be won without throwing
his husky opponent. After the con-
test had gone about 100 minutes Ref
cree Ed Smith, who had been scoring
points on the basis of the number Of
times each man went behind and the
number of good holds he secured,
gave ii up as useless task, the
1owan having piled up so much of a
lead that it would have been impossi
bic for him to lose unless he were
thrown. At that time Caddock was
created with 105 points to Lewis IS.
Although "the stranger" was beat.
en- and knew it, he gave the champ.
ion harder struggle than Hussane,
Zbyszko and DIN, the three aspirants
for the title who succumbed to the
Willy Hawkeye before Lewis came
here. Zbyszko gained fall, but il
was fluke fall. Lewis did not down
the Iowan, but he put up great de-
fensive game and will cause trouble
for any wrestler.
Lewis Offensive Weak.
The Kentuckians offensive was
weak, as had been predicted. There
is more buster about it than real
danger He apparently can use the
deadlock, as he proved once during
the bout, but no grappler with a
single grip is going to put Caddock's
shoulders to the mat.
The wrestlers were on their feet
most of the match. In fact, they
were standing on the mat with heads
together "bulling" about and looking
for openings 123 minutes and 40 sec,
onds of the $50 minutes of the bout
Lewis played a defensive game much
OF the time, especially during the last
half hour, and made it tough for the
Iowan to get an opening.
Lewis in Jeopardy Thrice.
There were only four real holds APP.
piled during the entire contest. Cad
dock had Lewis in jeopardy three
times, once early in the match with
the head scissors and twice later on
with toehoId. The latter grip ap
peared to bother the stranger" more
than the scissors, for he broke the
former without much trouble. Both
toeholds were painful and Lewis ap
parently was in agony. He went
down on one shoulder under the
pressure but after some two minutes
broke both holds by squirming away
Lewis celebrated deadlock did not
bother Caddock. The Kentuckiar
tried it many times but procured il
securely only once and that time the
Iowan twisted his head free after q
minute and a half of squirming and
wriggling. AS a matter of fact Cad
dock procured the deadlock more than
his opponent but did not have the
strength to do any damage.
Lewis Strong DefensiveIy.
Caddock learned early in the match
that it was useless to work on Lewis
arms. The Kentuckian was too strong
to be thrown with a nelson or ham.
merlock and the champion devoted
most of his efforts to trying for a
head scissors or a toe hold, although
he tented with the other holds to
get an opening.
Lewis proved to be a fast man, es.
pecially with his hands, but the Camp
Dodge soldier was quite bit faster
and in spite of the difference in size
showed his tremendous strength by
lifting Lewis bodily several times and
slamming him to the canvas. Twice
he secured head holds and hurled his
big opponent across the ring.
Caddock Behind Most.
Caddock went behind Lewis twenty
times for total of II minutes and Al
seconds while Lewis was behind only
IA times for a total of 8 minutes and
"a seconds, less than half as many
minutes as the champion.
Lewis deadlock, applied after the
match had gone hour and IL min.
utes, apparently weakened the
Iowan, but it also took some of the
confidence away from Lewis and after
that he took few chances. When it
was announced that only one-half
hour Of time remained the referee
urged the wrestlers to get busy, and
both began mixing IL in lively fash
ion. but the stranger" was restrained
by Billy Sandow. his manager, who
began shouting for him to take 1t
easy and to pay no attention to the
official.
Lewis Good Loser.
Lewis went on the defensive again
and the last half hour was devoid of
features except one. Seventeen min
utes before the match ended Caddock
secured a toe hold and applied the
pressure while the spectators stood
up and cheered. The STRANGER"
broke away, however. before both his
shoulders went to the mat.
Lewis was good loser He knew
that he had been outpointed and took