The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-03
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CaddOck BeatS FrenC Ilman In WrestlinU Bout And Strangler Lewis Gets Victory In
 Great Match Wilh Jim LOndOS

New York, March 3-Sergeant Earl Caddock. former wrestling champion, who lost his title to Joe Stecher, earn ed a return match with his conqueror last night when he defeated Salvatore Chevalier, the French title holder, after 58 minutes and Il seconds in Madison Square Garden.
 Caddock won with his famous head scissors after one of the most inter esting bouts ever seen in a wrestling match. It was a most spirited com bat, being full of action from start to finish. The Frenchman showed great strength and science and gave Cad dock hard tussle. Lack of condi- ton brought defeat to him.. Caddock. in superb form, wrestled like a real champion and earned the honors of the bout.
 After the victory, it was announced that Caddock would have a return match with Stecher at the Garden on Monday, March IS. Cheva1ier weigh ed PIP pounds and Caddock IFS pounds.
 Chevalier was not physically fit for a contest, rolls of fat hanging over his belt. Caddock was in superb con- dition.
 The former champion went into action at once, Caddock being the aggressor from the start. They shifted from one hold to another with light ming rapidity. The F'renchman show ed considerable strength and escaped from the head scissors several times. He took head lock on Caddock after , minutes which was broken with much difficulty.
 Caddock next escaped from the half Nelson and put the same on Cheva- Her, but as they were under the rules they were compelled under the rules to get to their feet and go to the cen tre. This happened again shortly af- terward when Caddock had the F'renchman on the verge of a fall with a half Nelson.
 i Cheva,lier then adjusted a head lock, which he shifted to a body hold, but ! Caddock overturned his opponent and 1 the latter escaped defeat only some expert bridging. Caddock manoeuvred cleverly and affixed his head scissors but the F'renchman broke it in less than minute. For the third time within ten minutes Caddock lost a dangerous lock because of getting un- l der the ropes. The American had Chevalier close to a fall with an arm lock.
 ] Chevafier tired visib1y and Caddoch had his man close to a fall severa times, but the Frenchman was a slip pery customer and broke away from the dangerous positions time anc again. After 58 minutes and Il sec onds Caddock got his head scissors or i Chevalier and with a wrist lock forced | the F'renchman's shoulders to the mat New York, March 3.---strangler Ed tT T I4e. the Cheek champion, with a headlocl in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds in the Madison Square Garden her' last night.
 | Lewis weighed 220 pounds, an ad' vantage of 27 pounds. Londos mort than made up this handicap with sur sprising strength and agility. Levi |went through the ropes four times ol to the reporters table and frequent! ibounded against the ropes in escapin! This opponents attack.
 The Greek succeeded in breaking Ihalf dozen head1ock holds, but sue
 cunbed in the seventh. After the mel
 had wrestled an hour the Americal
 got a firm headlock, to which Londo icountered with a, head-scissors. Tn
 extraordinary combination lasted ful three minutes before both men brok iloose. Londos looked the fresher o the two when he wrigg,led out of an other of Lewis famous holds afte
 three minutes and 40 seconds. 1 Londos got a body-and-arm hol which nearly ended the match, a ; Lewis was forced within a half inc
 of a, pinfa1 just before the two-hou mark. The Greek champion brok from two headIocks by rising to hi feet and lifting Lewis into the air ! l