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Show Earl Caddock Ss Recovering From An Operation DES MOINES, Oa., July 28. Fully recovered from an operation for the removal of his tonsils, Earl Caddock, of Anita, la., claimant of the world's heavyweight wrestling championship, is settling down for a summer's vacation. va-cation. Caddock believes he needs a complete rest before starting on the winter's campaign. That the champion is in earnest not to do any wrestling until fall is evidenced evi-denced by the fact that he refused two Fourth of July. He also has declined other matches that would net him about 20,000. Caddock said that before he would agree, to meet Joe Steelier, the big Nebraskan, from whom ho won the title, in another finish match, Steelier would have to meet John Olin, the Finn; Ed. (Strangler) Lewis, and Wladok Zybszko, the Polish wrestler. Caddock contends that Stechor failed to throw any of these men. "It took me two years to got a match with Stecher, for 1 was told that I was an unknown quantity and it would bo necessary for me to go out and wrestle some high class man," Caddock explained. "Now it looks as If Stecher should clean up some of the 'wrestlers he failed to defeat before I shall consider him entitled to a return re-turn match." nn |