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Show Joe Stedter Wins j tie Championship ' NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Joe Steelier of Nebraska, hist night won the heny- ; weight wrestling championship at ; catch as catch can by defeating Earl ) Caddock of Iowa with a body scissors and armlock, after more than two hours of wrestling. Madison Square Garden was filled to capacity with thousands of enthusiastic enthusi-astic spectators, including numbers of soldiers and sailors, blucjaclcets partisan parti-san oftStechcr who.had served In their ranks during the war and the doughboys dough-boys "rooting" for tho Iowan, who had served with thorn in France. While Caddock conceded 20 pounds in weight to the Nebraskan, he put up a magnificent battle and it was not until un-til within five minutes of the end that his opponent gained a decisive advantage. advant-age. ; Juat before the close of the second hour. Steelier secured a body scissors land wristlcck after Caddock had made a supreme but futile effort to-obtain a I half nelson Caddock brought the : spectators to their feet when he broke ; the double hold as his left shoulder was barely an inch from the mat for a pin fall. The effort had, however, apparently ap-parently exhatisted him for a moment j later he was again gripped in a body '.scissors and this time both his shoulders shoul-ders went to the mat. 1 oo |