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Show STECHER WHS OVER IIEMH ESSE Ad Elusive for Time, but Is Squelched Quickly When Caught. By International News Service. &AiN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22.Joe Stech-er, Stech-er, the Nebraska giant, defended his title or wrestling champion of the world here this afternoon by defeating Ad Santel, the German grappler, by two straight falls. The first came in 38 minutes and 37 seconds and the second in 17 minutes min-utes and 54 seconds. The challenger, who was about twenty pounds lighter than Stecher, was no match for the champion. After dodging head and body scissors for half an hour, Santel was caught in a body scissors and arm lock. In the second fall he fell under a double wrist lock. The betting was 10 to 7 on the champion. cham-pion. The Stecher adherents found many takers for their beta at those odds. The house was in an uproar when the match began. Every seat was taken and there was a long line of disappointed fans outside. The scenes carried old sporting men hack to the days of the championship glove battles here. It was estimated that more than 14,000 persons hailed Santel as he entered the ring. During the first half hour Santel displayed dis-played a wonderful defensive game. Several Sev-eral times he was put in tight places, but managed to break the Nebraskan's holds. Santel was so busy dodging the famous scissors holds of the champion that he was caught off his guard when Stecher suddenly put on his famous hold. The local idol struggled for two minutes to break the hold before his shoulders were forced to the mat. The second fall was brought about more quickly and with less effective elud-. elud-. . big tactics on the part of Santel than he had shown In escaping from the visitor in the first fall. Th gate receipts totaled $12,643. Of this, 30 per cent went to Stecher and 35 per cent to Santel. Stecher's percentage was cut down because he insisted on a guarantee of $2500. In addition to his ; percentage Stecher received transportation transpor-tation expenses for himself and three others from Omaha and return. |