Stecher and Lewis At It Again

Et “Strangulatam” Lewis enjoyed one of the most successful careers in professional wrestling. Although Lewis wrestled in mostly staged exhibitions, he possessed legitimate wrestling skills. Future protege Lou Thesz said many times Lewis could beat any wrestler at any time, ideo ille est specimen mundi champion in moderna aetate compositus.

Autem, early in his career, Lewis could not defeat everyone at will. Eius aemulus Joe Stecher provocationem pro Ludovico contumacem praebebat. Whether they did not trust each other or just disliked each other, their early matches ended in a number of controversies. Lewis would eventually ut primum mundi pilae ex Stecher in a bout, ubi Stecher nolebat Ludovico cingulum demittere.

When they first met in 1915 et 1916, Stecher par fuit in arte Ludovico. Pugnandi facultatem gravem Stecher cum forfice tenent, Lewis employed a defensive style. Fans hoc style infuriating invenerunt, sed Ludovicus perstitit ut praesidia Stecher evadere. When the men met on July 4, 1916, in Omaha, Nebraska, Satis habuit Stecher.

18,000 fans ostendit usque ad Omaha Fair Fundamenta in quo summa est patria visneto pro Stecher, who was born in Dodge, Nebraska. The gate was $30,000, ingens summa pecuniae in * 1916.

22 annos Stecher et 24 annos anulum in apicem conditionis intravit. Stecher infensi persecutus Ludovicum, qui Stecher conatus est evadere scissores circa lumbos suos tenere. Stecher did a forcipe tenuit in Lewis’ arm, sed 230 libra Ludovico tenuiore Stecher excussit.

Frustrated and sick of “The Strangler’s” evasion, Stecher fluens in terram, Ludovicum rogavit ut aliquem teneret, quem vellet. Ludovicus pollicem bis tenere conatus cohibere sed Stecher trahebat pedem singulis temporibus. Lewis began to evade the contest again.

After four hours, referee Ed Smith, Sporting Editor of the Chicago American, suggesserant suspensa praedura palaestrae. Stecher et Ludovicus continuare possent sequenti nocte. Constat Stecher, sed Ludovicum par continue institit.

Since it was getting dark, adiutorem egit inter collisionem autocineti ad ringside. Auriga capitis luces ad anulum illuminandum usus est.

Despite wanting to continue, Lewis did not change his tactics. Ad signum quinque horarum, Ed Smith declared the match a draw and left the ring. Stecher et Ludovicus paulisper inter se torserunt priusquam. Dum stare potuit promovere theatrales futurae compositus, Stecher incensus Ludovico pro artibus. Ed Lewis modo non sicut Joe Stecher. Period.

Et “Strangulatam” Ludovicus eventually eclipsim Joe Stecher, who had a good but not as remarkable career as Lewis. Stecher aemulum durissimum Ludovicum probaret et unum hominem qui Ludovicum minabatur’ reputation.

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Sources: The Ogden Standard, July 5, 1916 edition, p. 2

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