Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-01-25
LEWIS RETAINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
!. OF The II WORLD
Defeat Into Victory
After caddock Nearly
Finished Him

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New York. Jan. Establishment
defended his worlds scharnpionship
heavyweight catch-as-catch-can wrest-
ling title heretlast night by throwing
Earl Caddock,ns Sformer charnpioni. Sin
one hour and 81; minutes Lewis won
with a-scombined heac and hip lock.
TheswtnntnE fail ca fie as a dramatic
climax to n q the mostaterrif1cS nnt
struggles ever. seen in the east. Cad
dock appeared to be the winner up to
within one minute of the finish.
After an hour and al half OF wrest-
nns, Caddock gained a terribly pun
tshtng toe hold and for one minute
AND ten seconds. he struggledato force
Lewis shoulders to the mat. The
cnans2ioh. in his agony, beat the floor
with his fists and cried aloud. hut his
voice was drowned in the syterriic4up-
roar 0 caddock. The former soldier
was q tremendous. ,favorite with the
10000 spectators who watched the
contest. al - e s
Twice Referee George Bothner ask
ed Lewis If he would, quit, but twice
he. refused. although hi g. face was
distorted entirely IN of, human Re.
semblance and streams Of ~perspira-
ton were pouring from his face. /,
With a last desperate effort he kick
~ LIS '1ISc. anu TO MS
feet leaped upon Caddock and clamp
ed his famous deadly deadlock around
the 1owan's face. Three times Cad
dock broke the Furnishing hold and
staggered to his feet, only to- have
Lewis regain. the grip. 9.
On the second and third, lock Lewis
picked up Caddock bodily and threw
him to the floor. plunging his weight
on top of the fast weakening chaI-
leneer. The second crash. combined
with the gruellin3 punishment which
Caddock had received. left him help
less and he collapsed on his back as
the referee slapped Lewis the win
ner. . f "S -
Left Helpless On Mat.
! When Lewis rolled off Caddock the
latter lay like q dead man on the floor
and when his manager and others
scrambled through the ropes to his
assistance it vas all they could do to
lift hin to his feet. A chair Vas
placed beneath him in the center Of
the ring, but he rolled to the floor
! again and a call was. made for q doc
! This drove the crowd t o a frenzy,
for Caddock had been cheered Justify
throughout the n while Lewis
was steadily booed and derided. :
Cries Of kill the murderer went
up and there was iconcerEed rush for
the ring. Caddock's manager waved
the excited wrestling fans back and
when Caddock was seen to recover
and walk to his orner danger Of a
riot quickly passed. 'ts
Caddock the FavOrite. ID.
Caddock was, the overwhelming IA
vorite when he entered the ring,
while Lewis appearance was greeted
with "booes." These did not stop un-
til Caddock crossed the ring and
shook hands with the champion. The
weights were announced as Lewis 228
pounds: Caddock 1888 pounds.
Both opened cautiously and after
considerable. milling .Caddock forced
Lewis to the mat in V minutes with
an arm LOG g. Eh9iehsthe: latter quickly
r From that point until the end of
the battle Caddock was almost con-
tinuously the @aggressor. Lewis
gained his first deadlock after ten
minutes but Caddocn slipped out be-
fore pressure could be applied and re-
!! taliated with an arm lock after Is
! minutes which Lewis finally broke by
an almost superhuman effort.
C%addock's catlike cunning repeated
ly foiled Lewis efforts to get a head
hold. At the end of a half hour Lewis
NEARLY, lost the match when Caddock
forced one shoulder to the mat with