The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-22
Poles Victory Over Lewis In Sensational New York Match Gives Him No Title.

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 BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. N EW YORK, March 22-By winning lE one fall over Strangler Ed Lewis In catch -as-catch-ca match Wla- dek Zbyszl5o, the giant Pole. has placed himself in position where he will be justified in claiming a bout for the heavyweight championship of the world with the titleholder, Earl Caddock, now on the other side of the Atlantic. However, WIadel an nounced today at his hotel that by reason of his victory last night at the Garden he had automatically won the championship, This Is not so, the statement of the Pole and his man ager., Jack CurIey, who, by the way, promoted the big match last night, that Earl Caddocll has retired not withstanding.
 The match was one of the most successful held in this state and pro juctive of some splendid wrestling on the part of both winner and loser. Financially the match was all that its promoter had hoped the show would be. The announcement that the money would be refunded in the event that no fall was scored was sulI3- Cienc1y attractive to draw one of the largest crowds that has yet seen a wrestling match at the famous Gar den.
 The contestants showed the good effects of hard training. zbyszko especially was rid of much superfiu- ous fat. The giant athletes, head to head and hands gripped, swayed about the ring for fully ten minutes bfore Lewis by a twitch and trip brought the Pole to his knees with the Kentuckian on top. Then ensued a series of manOeuvres by Lewis to get an effective hold.
 ZbyszkO's right arm was bandaged just below the elbow as q result of an injury in a previous bout lie also spOrted a mourning in his right optic Lewis remained on top six minutes and 50 seconds, when the men wrestled off the mat and they were sent to the centre on their feet by the referee.
 The action was so slow that the galleries began to complain, where upon Lewis fastened his famous head lock on the Pole and held the com press for about three minutes Zbyszllo then broke the hold and got on top nomentarily, Lewis speed enabled him to break away and reach his feet.
 In the hour and half that the men were on the pad Lewis was the az gressor. and was on top of his man the greater part of the time. Only once during the combat did the Pole T o,1-Fc in, when he fastened his deadly the hold on the Kentuckian. On getting out Of this hold Lewis Imped painfully for several minutes and was on the defensive until he regained the par tiaI use of his left foot.
 F'ro1 that time on Lewis gave evil dence that he was weakening. He lacked the vigorous aggressiveness that had marked his work in the early stages of the bout and not until he again got his headlock did the Keutuckian show any spirit. But this hold appears to have been his dying effort, for after partially dazing the Pole with a head pressure, Zbysz- ko escaped and got to his feet.
 The Pole was groggy and Lewis 4GGDed aL nm Ike q panther Tn q desperate effort to regain his head lock. He finally readjusted the hold but the Pole broke it quickly and grasping Lewis about the waist lifted him high in the air and flung him to the canvass for the final fall.
 It was noticeable that the duration of the headIocks obtained by Lewis were very much less than in the pre- vious encounters between these men. It was also observed that the time of each headlock decreased as the bout progressed.
 Zbyszl1o had no sooner been declar- ed the winner than he practically col 1apsed in his corner and required the attention of his seconds. Lewis, on the other hand, seemed to throw off the weary feeling that had oppressed him during the last half hour of the bout. Lewis smiled sweetly at Zbyszko as he shook his hand and then jumped nimbly out of the ring. The winner, on the other hand, was helped to the dressing room by his attendants. Zbyszko shortly after fastened his famous toe hold on Lewis and the victim winced visibly for about two minutes. when Lewis suc- ceeded in breaking 1t.
 After an hours wrestling Lewis ob-