Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-27
CADD0CK FAILS TO
REGAIN CHAMPIONSHIP
MUCH DISAPPOINTMENT IN AU-
DUBON OVER MAT RESULT IN
NEW YORK MONDAY NIGHT

There was much disappointment
in Audubon Monday night when the
word was flashed over the wire that
Caddock had failed to regain the
wrestling honors in his match with
Ed Stranger" Lewis for the
worlds heavyweight championship
catch-as-catch-can bout staged at
Madison Square Garden, New York.
Lewis won with a combined head
and hip lock in 1874 Caddock threw
Lewis two straight falls in Des
Moines about year ago.
The winning fall came as dra-
matte climax to one of the most ter
rifle mat struggles. seen in the east.
Caddock appeared winner up to the
last minute,
After an hour and a half Cad.
dock gained Furnishing toehold and
for one minute and ten seconds he
struggled to force Lewis shoulders.
The champion, in his agony, beat the
floor with his fists and cried aloud,
but his voice was drowned in the
uproar for Caddock, who was a tre-
mendous favorite with the 10000
spectators.
Twice Referee George Bothner
asked Lewis if he would quit, but
he refused, although his face was
distorted and streams of perspiration
were pouring from his face.
With a desperate effort he freed
himself and staggering to his feet
leaped on Caddock and clamped his
famous deadly deadlock around the
Iowan's face. Three times Caddock
broke the hold and staggered up,
only to have Lewis regain the grip.
On the second and third lock
Lewis picked up Caddock bodily and
threw him, plunging on top of the
fast weakening. challenger The
second crash. combined with the CRU
cling punishment which Caddock
had received, left him helpless and
he collapsed on his back as the ref
cree slapped Lewis, the winner.
When Lewis rolled off Caddocls,
the latter lay like dead and when his
manager and others scrambled
through the ropes, II was all they
could do to lift him to his feet. A
chair was placed beneath him but he
rolled to the floor and a call was
made for a doctor
This drove the crowd to a frenzy,
for Caddock had been cheered lusti-
ly, while Lewis was steadily booed
Cries of "kill the murderer" went
up and there was q rush for the
ring. Caddock's manager waved the
excited fans back and when Cad
dock was seen to recover and walk
to his corner, danger of riot was
past
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favorite when he entered the ring.
while Lewis appearance was greet
ed with "booes." These did not stop
until Caddock shook hands with the
champion. The weights were an
nounced as Lewis 22S pounds and
Caddock 1888 pounds.
Both opened cautiously and after
milling, Caddock forced Lewis to the
mat in five minutes with an arm
lock which the latter quickly broke.
From that point Caddock was al
most continuously the aggressor.
Lewis gained his first deadlock after
ten minutes but Caddock slipped out
and retaliated with an armlock after
fifteen minutes. which Lewis finally
broke by an almost superhuman eff
fort
Caddoek's cunning repeatedly foil
ed Lewis efforts to get headhold,
After half an hour Lewis nearly lost
the match when Caddock forced one
shoulder to the mat with half nell
son. On regaining his feet Lewis
leaped high and clamped headhold
on Caddock, but the latter picked
him up bodily and threw him half
NAV anrncu tbn ring
The next thirty minutes still found
Caddock the aggressor, the latter
again breaking Lewis headhold and
twice having the champion in danger
Of losing his title with toeholds.
During the final thirty minutes
Caddock was still the aggressor.
However, the task of hurting his
heavier opponent about and break
ing from headholds gradually wore
down his strength until just before
the finish when he again appeared to
be within grasping distance of his
former championship.
He did not have strength enough
to hold Lewis in the torturing grip
the few seconds which would have
meant the difference between defeat
and victory
Later at Caddock's hotel it was
said that the wrestler had suffered
no i'll effects from the grueling con-
feet