Resource Type: still image / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Sports and Entertainment - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Capt. Leopold McLaglen, self-styled Jiu-Jitsu champion of the world, appears in court over charges that he attempted to blackmail and extort his former employer, millionaire Philip M. Chancellor. McLaglen was accused of threatening to implicate Chancellor in a robbery, unless Chancellor paid McLaglen $20,000. McLaglen is accompanied in court by his lawyer, Harry F. Sewell, at left. November 18, 1937.
Date:: November 18, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: "Baron" Benny Ginsberg and Bluebeard Lewis take their wrestling match outside the ring at the Olympic stadium in downtown Los Angeles. Lewis pinned Ginsberg in 3 minutes and 12 seconds. May 26, 1937.
Date:: May 26, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowd watching a baseball game at Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles's Wrigley Field was built in 1925 and torn down in 1966. It was host to minor league baseball teams and home of the Los Angeles Angeles. The field is named after the same Wrigley as Wrigley Field in Chicago, but it actually received the name first and had more on-site parking than Chicago's field does now.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Spectators at a wrestling match, probably at Olympic Auditorium. One man is standing, clapping, and yelling.
Date:: [between 1925-1945?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Unidentified golfer competes in the 12th Los Angeles Open golf tournament. A crowd watches the players compete. The tournament was held at the Harding and Wilson golf courses in Griffith Park. 128 golfers competed in the four day tournament.
Date:: January 8, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Racing star Rex Mays (left) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (right) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Date:: August 18, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowd watches the USC versus UCLA rugby game in the rain at the Coliseum.
Date:: March 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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