Abstract: An improved cloth clamping or catching apparatus is provided for a cloth spreading arrangement of the type having a table with a cloth spreader reciprocally moveable along the length of the table for laying down superimposed layers of cloth with reversing folds in the cloth at the respective ends of the spreader travel path. A catcher carriage is provided for at least one of the catchers disposed at the cloth pile ends for clamping the cloth against the table. The catcher carriage includes a pair of guide wheels engageable with a guide track for the spreader, as well as a pair of support wheels engageable directly with the table surface for accommodating easy, longitudinal adjusting movement of the catcher. A carriage brake is provided which includes a single hand-operable spindle which is rotatable to simultaneously engage brake shoes against opposite sides of the table to clamp the carriage in an adjusted position.