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Show .i r IiHrlr Kr ri iiKi I T0FINI8HMATCH H Fails to Return to Ring for H Third Bout of Match With B ' Craddock. H , OMAHA, Neb., April 10. The reason Joe Stecher, former wrestling cham- H j pion, failed to return to the ring for H I , the third bout of his match with Earl H Craddock early today is a matter of ! dispute between Stecher and his manager, man-ager, Joe Hetraanek. The latter declared de-clared today that in the dressing room after the second fall, which was won m t' by Craddock, Stecher declared that ho A would not return to the ring, and that , j it was only after this positive refusal 1 i that he notified the referee that Stecher would not go on. H Stocher's statement, given to news- paper men today, is that he was pre- B paring to go on with the match and . , did not know tho time was up until H informed the match had been awarded B ' ' to Craddock. He denies that he re- B j fused to wrcstlo and declares that ho B wants another match with Craddock. |