New-York tribune., 1920-03-16
Iowan's Collar
Rome Broken
As Match Ends
Hin and Head Lock Wins
in l:35 Before $4,000;
Iondos Downs Chevalier

threw Earl Caddock, Oh iowa. iormer
vords heavyweight champion, in the
..sture wrestling match at Madison
ssrare Garden last night
The end came with dramatic sud-
asnness. The men had been wrestling
.or one hour and thirty-five minutes,
9th Caddock having a good lead on
,o;n,s. when Lewis suddenly made a
ngstninr shift as both men were on
their feet in the center Of the ring.
With hip lock the STRANGER"
threw Caddock with stunning force on
*bs fat OF his back, almost simultane-
ously fastening head lock on his
o,nonent. Fife seconds later Caddock
rss mined. with Lewis crushing the
sr.i-e weight of his body on his victim.
Tha Official time was one hour and
th;r.v-fve minutes.
In, Lond0s defeated Salvatore Cheva-
,ier OF France, IN the other star bout
- Sc minutes % seconds by the aid
of body scissors and double wrist
Jock.
4 crowd Of 10000 saw the matches.
II WIS reported later in Caddock's
dressing room that the Iowan had had
Lis colarbone fractured in the last
two minutes of the match. A surgeon
confirmed this statement, and it would
seem TO explain the very sudden ending
Of The match
The decisive hold in the Londos-
chevaiier match was a peculiar one,
BODY scissors and double wrist lock.
Beth men we're in danger Of being
thrown on several occasions, Chevalier
almost pianing his man with body
issors and Londos doing great execu-
tion with q head scissors.
The Greek is q greatly improved
wrestler over what he showed in his
previous matches here. Jim has evil
dently been sending his legs and feet
% school They were exceedingly clever
las. night. and it was through their
postgraduate course of training that
victory came to the Grecian representa-
tive Londos not only used his legs
to get Chevalier into the tolls, but he
called his feet into play many times to
literally kick the Frenchman away
wien the latter was on top of his man.
FCheyalier had Londos very close to
s fail after about twenty minutes Of
wrestling with BODY scissors and
wrist lock. Just when matters began to
Y take brunette complexion Tor JIM he
( twisted CUT OF danger.
Scissors Winning Hold
The winning hold came about as the
result OF Londos breaking away from
Chevalier's body scissors and slipping
his own sinewy legs about the French
mans body.
CaddOck and Lewis entered the ring
about ten minutes after Londos had
LETT the ring, bearing dainty basket
bouquet of roses. lilies-o of-th valley
and hot house orchards. the gift of an
admrer he same conditions that
governed the other star bout were an
aoanced for Lewis and Caddock.
striking contrast the men were. in
build, IN demeanor and in wrestling
ssyle. Caddock, lean, determined chin
tarust forward keen and quick as
tiger when IN action; Lewis, built like
an OK, scowAng and also very fast for
& man Of his weight, The gladiators
wen. right at it and after some few
minutes on their feet. there was a sud-
den shift by Caddock as he dived at
Lewis's legs and they both went to the
mat.
In the first half hour of the bout
Laddock wrapped his legs around the
SrTangler's body half dozen times
and twice aided by wrist lock, had
Lewis with 3 scart two inches of a
iaA. Then Ed threw all his great
strength into the breach and broke
away.
Caddock amazed the crowd by the
manner in which he turned what
looSea like winning holds by Lewis
INTO bad situations for the Stangler
Earl was most 10 be feared when in
Danger himself
Head Lock Stuns Caddock
Twice Lewis clamped his deadening
aead lock on Caddock. The first time
'he lowan broke away without much
Trouble, but the second time Lewis
eelamped II on like a steel wise and
oore Earl slowly to his knees For
as Two minutes and sixteen seconds the
Sirang er' applied the pressure be-
lore Caddock twisted loose The for
Mef 4 L. +. sergeant seemed momen-
6fily cazed from the Furnishing grip.
Iatdock's favorite hold was an arm
ioek a!Ways applied as the men were
on their feet. A lightning clamping of
o~n right and his body was the system
used BY Earl. and each time he brought
Lewis TO his knees.
Lewis WAS quick himself, and he
n ed to be, for Caddock was con-
shuously on t4e aggressive. The
lG~aa would get his grip and twist
AimseH about the massive BODY of his
opponent like boa constriceor. It
was al such time that Lewis had need
oi all his strength.
Just after the first hour of wrestling
lew, ae%ls put terrific head lock on Cad
uock and held it for two minutes and
Mree seconds before Iowa's most IA
nous product busted out of pain. Sew
ssal times Caddock gave Lewis taste
~ MS own bitter medicine by getting a
hhead lock Of his own. Usually Ed
O'oSe out by brute strength.
ohce alter forty-five minutes of
TTfestllng, Caddock got toe hold, and
es.is es"is spent very dellrious and hectic
Another Capacity Crowd
,,.i ,iae house was sold out before $3.50
gye5i0ch-a tremendous crowd, and it
~ III one to believe that almost any
I. ssl'ig IN the line of sport would draw
,ss a., thousands. Why doesn't some dare
- ~. promoter put on rogue tourna-
.a .asAN or an elimination badminton
Journey?
,.. .!tlie time was wasted on prelimi-
Fes FTafles and introduction Of celebrities.
pae hrst bout was between Monsieur
Tasilhond Ta..lnd Cazio, Of France, and George
ft"0oey, not from the Emerald Isle, but
hoa h,S'h Isles of Kreece. These fragile
m;n rSne breakers were billed for fifteen
hn. h.1.e 1tee oout at atch-as-catch- can style,
m;nae nj, little Raymond ended rough four
WIZ ;s'es by pinning Twobey the Greek
"lsn y. a body hold.
nav SSheValler and Londos were the next