"Butch" Rogers knocks down "Champ" Clark, Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: "Butch" Rogers knocks down "Champ" Clark, Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created: October 15, 1935
Date: 1935-10-15
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Army Boxer Stops Rival" [Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1935]
Referee or coach leads Alfred "Butch" Rogers to corner of boxing ring, while Kent "Champ" Clark appears knocked out on ring floor. Spectators can be seen in background. The heavyweight match was conducted at the former Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Rogers declared as the winner.
Built in 1924 and located at 1801 S. Grand Ave., the Grand Olympic Auditorium became the Glory Church of Jesus Christ in 2005.
Caption: Handwritten on nitrate negative: "Butch" Rogers, "Champ" Clark (on floor)
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2542-- Oct 23 1935, "Butch" Rogers, "Champ" Clark, Bout G Olympic, 10/15/35

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Grand Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Rogers, Alfred
Clark, Kent
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.03411
Latitude: -118.268037
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Sports
Boxing--California--Los Angeles
People

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9003
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh09f
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