Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-24
MATINTEREST
PICKS UP IN
TITLE MATCH
Wrestling Fans Turn Atten-
ton to CaddOck-Stecher
Bout Jan. 80.
CHALLENGER CONFIDENT
BY JACK VETOCK.


International News Sporting Editor.
NEW YORK, Jan 24.-There's going
to be a titanic struggle at Madison
Square garden Jan. 80 when Earl Cad
dock and Joe Stecher meet for the
worlds heavyweight wrestling champion
ship. Caddock, the recognized champion.
and Stecher, his most formidable rival,
are not fond of each other. Fact is
there's a feud on between them.
While Caddock was in France word
was passed around that he had retired
Hearing this report Stecher laid claim
10 the heavyweight title and proceeded
to advertise himself as champion. Cad
dock returned to find Stecher wearing
his shoes, hguratively speaking. and he
was much peeved.
$4,000 GOES
TO WINNER.
This situation made the matching Of
these two grapplers a bigger plum than
ever, and promoters all over the country
went after the match. 1t remained for
Jack Curley to land the big plum, how
ever, and when the Iowa gladiator meets
the Nebraska farmer boy Jan 80 1t will
be for the biggest purse IT. that vas So eyer Ue6
for the winner. The match is the wres-
ting event of the year 1t will attract
many mat fans to Gotham from widely
scattered points.
Caddock and his rival have met ne
fore In 1917 they grappled at Omaha,
Neb., the match to be decided by the
best two cut of three falls. Stecher
took the first fall from the Iowan after
one hour and % minutes of struggling
Caddock came back and took the second
fall In one hour and 40 minutes. Then,
when the referee called the gladiators
to the third fall Stecher failed to show
up and the match was awarded to the
Trbn mr. MI IN oIu h.
weight cham pionship and was generally
acknowledged as the rightful champion.
Caddock has since defeated both Wl7dek
Zbyszko and Stranger Lewis, who with
himself and Stecher make up the big
four who dominate the heavyweight
wrestling.
STECHER TO BE
HEAVILY BACKED.
Despite the decision Caddock holds
over Stecher as a result of the Omaha
match the admirers of the Nebraska
boy are far from satisfied that Cad
dock is the better man. They are GO
ing to back Stecher to beat the Iowan
when they get together here for their
finish match. Stecher is confident, too.
He is so confident that he would gladly
agree to wrestle Caddock, winner take
In size and weight these two big Crap
piers are about evenly matched. Stecher
having a slight advantage. Jack Curley
says CduuOCh VII We4guL dpOuL To-
pounds in condition, while Stecher will
tip the beam at about 1875 when fully
trained for the match. Stecher will de
pend on his deadly body scissors to de
feac the Iowan. That scissors has ac-
counted for victories scored by the Ne
braska boy over both Lewis and Zybszko,
and once 1t is securely clamped on an
opponent there is little left but the
shouting.
Caddock has no particular hold that
he calls his best. He is known as the
he is just about as versatile as that
title would imply. OF the two, Caddock
is the faster, where Stecher is more In
clined to be methodical. Regardless who
wins this match, one thing will be salts
factorily settled, and that is the worlds
championship. Once that is settled let
foreign countries send on their best to
attempt to lift the title which rightfully
belongs to America.