Evening star., 1921-01-25

The winning fall came as a dra-
matte climax TO one of the most ter
rific mat struggles ever seen in the
east. Caddock appeared to be the
winner up to within one minute OF
thc finish.
After an hour and a half of wrest-
ling Caddock gained terribly pun
ishing toe hold and for one minute
and ten seconds he struggled to force
Lewis shoulders to the mat. The
champion in his agony beat the floor
with his fists and cried aloud. but his
voice was drowned in the terrific up
roar for Caddock. The former SOL
dier was a endous favorite with
the 10000 spectators who watched the
contest.
Lewis Refuses to Quit.
Twice Referee George Bothner ask ed
Lewis if he would quit. but twice he
refused. although his face was dis
Semblance and streams of persplra-
tion were pouring from his lace.
With last desperate effort he
Kicked himself free and, staggering
to his feet, leaped upon Caddock ana
clamped his famous. deadly deadlock
around the Iowan's face. Three times
Caddock broke the Furnishing hold
and staggered to his feet. only to
have Lewis regain the grip.
On the second and third locks Lewis
picked up Caddock bodily and threw
him to the floor. plunging his weight
on top of the faSt-weakenlng chal-
lenger. The second crash. combined
with the grueliing punishment which
|Caddock had received. left HIM help
less and he collapsed on his back, as
the referee slapped Lewis. the
winner.
When Lewis rolled off Caddock
the latter lay like dead man on the
floor. and when his manager and
others scrambled through the ropes
to has assistance II Was a.i tncy
could do to lift him to his feet. A
chair was placed beneath MIN in the
Icenter of the ring. but he rolled to
the floor again and call was made
Ifor a doctor.
Crowd Near to Riot.
This drove the crowd to a frenzy.
for Caddock had been cheered Justify
Throughout the evening, while Lewis
was steauily booed and derided.
Cries of Kill the murderer" went
|up and there was a concerted rush for
1.-THE ring. CaddoCk's manager waved
|the excited wrestling fans back and
when Caddock was seen to recover
and walk to his corner. danger of a
riot quickly passed.
CaddOck was the overwhelming ia
|vorite when he entered the ring, while
Lewis appearance was greeted with
"booes." These did not stop until ad-
dock crossed the ring and shook
hands with the champion. The weights
were announced as Lewis. 22S pounds;
Caddock, 1873 pounds.
Botn opened cautiously and after
careful milling CaddOck forced Lewis
to the mat in five minutes, with an
armlock which the latter quickly
broke.
From that point until the end of
the battle Caddock Was almost con-
tinuOuSiy the aggressor. Lewis gained
his first headiocx after ten minutes
but Caddock Slipped out before pres
sure could be applied ana retaliated
with an armlock after fifteen minutes
which Lewis finally broke by an al
most superhuman effort
Heaves Lewis Across Ri.:,
Caddock's catlike cunning repeat
edly foiled Lewis efforts to get Il head
hold. At the end of q half hour Lewis
nearly lost the match when Caddoch
forced one shoulder to the mat with
la half nelson. On regaining his feet
Lewis leaped high in the air and
clamped head hold on CAddock, but
the latter picked him up bodily and
threw him half way across the ring
in breaking the hold.
The next thirty minutes Of Crap
pling still found Caddock the aggres-
sor. the latter again breaking Lewis
head hold and twice having the
champion in danger OF losing his title
with toe holds.
During the final thirty minutes Cad
dock was still the aggresSor. How
ever. the task of hurting his heavier
opponent about the mat and break int.
free from head holds gradually wore
down his strength until just before
the finish when he again appeared
to be with srasping distance of his
former championship.
He did not have strength or stam-
ina enough to hold Lewis in the tor
turing grip the few additional seconds
which would have meant the differ
ence between defeat and victory.