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Show STECHER HAS BEST CLAIM TO THE TITLE MoGill. Xev., Aue-. 3, 1916. To the Sporting Editor of The Tribune. Dear Sir: Will you please inform me who is the champion heavyweight wrestler and how lon he has held his title. SUBSCRIBER. Frank Gotch is champion heavyweight heavy-weight wrestler of the world. It has been reported that Gotch will not wrestle wres-tle again, although the report lacks cod- firmation. In thfl ovent that (roti-h re tiros, t bo ohaniuonhip issue soiMna to lietwtvn .loo Sto.-hor and Strnnglor Lewis, who nvoutly wrestled some tivo hours to a draw at Omaha. Accounts of tho iniit'-h wort to tlio etlVot Hint Lewis refused to mix it anil tlmt Stei-hcr was unable to oatoli him in a font raoo. Stihor, thei eforo, am v. nyht I v he i o-liardid o-liardid as the world's ohampiun if liotoh is through. Onloh won tlto title April ,3, liii-1, by healing lieorgo Haokon-Si'hmidt Haokon-Si'hmidt at Chioao. |