The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
CADDOCK TO MEET
'STRANGLER' LEWIS
FOR TITLE TONIGHT
Challenger's Great Risk
Is Champions Famous
deadlock.
By JACK NYE.

Earl Caddock is going to risk a
broken neck or a dislocated YER
zebra tonight for a chance to win
the heavyweight championship of
the world.
Despite the fact that Ed C'Stran-
gLer') Lewis has put three of his
recent opponents in the hospital
with that famous deadlock, Caddock
is not unduly alarmed. He has met
Lewis on several occasions, and his
head is still on his shoulders, none
the worse for wear. In fact, he
defeated Lewis last spring when
. the champion was doing as much
damage with his favorite hold as
now.
If Caddock escapes injury from
the dome-crushing grip, it is prob
able that talk of barring the head
lock as unspOrtsmanlike and dan
gerOus will die down for the time
being. But II is almost certain to
crop up again and the hold may
ultimately be barred, as was the
strangle hold some years ago.
Worse Than strangIe Hold.
When the strangle hold was In
its prEne it caused a lot of incon-
venience. Cutting off the wind as
it did, it forced many a mailman
to "'holler nun" to escape suffoca-
tion. But the danger Of permanent
injury was not great. Those who
were unable to signify their willing
ness to quit vocally were still able
to signal that fact, though it is
said one or two became too con-
fused to do that, and nearly crossed
the River Styx before the referee
realized their extremity.
The deadlock, however. Is a dit-
ferent proposition, and the wonder
is that so many men have sue
cumbed to it with less injury to
themselves Lewis has developed 1t
to perfection.
Possessed Of wonderful strength
in his arms. he can make an oppO-
nent wish he had been born without
a brain receptacle.
Almost from the first in every
match the stranger" begins to
use this hold. The pressure applied
has none too good effect on the stay
z power Of any wrestler. The
first five or six applications are us
uaIly broken by strenuous efforts
and that is something the cham
pion expects.
Tough on the UnderdOg.
But when his opponent begins to
tire and look wild in the eyes, that's
where Lewis gets down to business.
It's just one deadlock after another.
Only a superman can stand up un-
der the strain of breaking them
continually.
When the time comes to bring
things to an end Lewis doesn't hesi-
tate much Leaping at his oppOn Z
ent he grabs for the head agatC
Turning to get leverage with IFS
hip, he somersaults his opponent TO
the floor on his back.
The embarrassing feature of the
whole affair for the underdOg is that
Lewis never loosens that hOli on
the head.
Furthermore. his 22O pounds of
brawn come down like several ton
IT bricks across the chest of his
PROSTATE opponent.
Between the twist to the upper
part of his backbone and the i'm
pact of Lewis body across his
front, the unluCky person who finds
himself on the mat is usually ready
to call it a day. He is likely to be
too dazed to move and the bout is
over before he knows it.
Casualty List Grows.
valdez Zbyszko was tOted to
the hospital after Lewis fiOOred him
and remained there some weeks
suffering from his eyes. Joe SteCher
also occupied a white bed in a little
white room and is still there, ac-
cordfng to all information. partly
paralyzed. Just the other night Dick
Daviscourt. of Texas, was nearly
ruined in Rochester. They said he
had a dislocated vertebra in his
neck. Quite a casualty list for a
popular sport.
II this kind of thing continues
there is little doubt that the head
lock will be barred from the mat
game. Otherwise, it is going to be
mighty hard for Lewis to get any
body to meet him.
There is another Erappler beside
raddock, however, who is willing
70 take a chance. He is Stanislaus
Zbyszko, the giant Pole, who claims
that the whole wrestling clique"
is lodging him. He is hot on Lewis
trail and may land a match after
Caddock has had his chance tonight.
Caddock. who is slightly out
weighed by the champion. has DEM
onstrated that he is a great wrest-
Ter and II he can make good his
,-op,isa IN evade the headIOcly