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Description:: Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium. A nearby referee watches closely. He became known as the "Octopus Man" due to his ability to entangle his adversaries.
Date:: [circa December 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Wrestling match between Italian newcomer Vincent Austeri and Salt Lake City native Del Kunkel at Olympic Auditorium. It Austeri's first time at the Auditorium and he was victorious.
Date:: March 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Members of the press dressed in raincoats to protect themselves from mud flying from the wrestling ring during a mud wrestling match between Sandor Szabo and Prince Bhu Pinder at Olympic Auditorium. This type of wrestling is considered "Hindu style" and it has slightly different rules than regular wrestling, including prohibiting holds beneath the waist. Szabo won the match in front of more than 8000 spectators
Date:: October 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Workers prepare ankle-deep mud in the wrestling ring for a match between Sandor Szabo and Prince Bhu Pinder at Olympic Auditorium. This type of wrestling is considered "Hindu style" and it has slightly different rules than regular wrestling, including prohibiting holds beneath the waist. During the match, the first three rows were roped off and the press and referees wore rubber wear to protect from mud splatter. Szabo won the match in front of more than 8000 spectators
Date:: October 20, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler Vincent Lopez (seated) wearing a velvet robe and talking to an official in the corner of the wrestling ring. Lopez was a champion wrestler during the 1930s
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Kentuckian "Daniel Boone" Savage, foreground, and German Hans Steinke, behind, wrestle in a summer match at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. June 16, 1937.
Date:: June 16, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Kentuckian "Daniel Boone" Savage, below, and German Hans Steinke, above, wrestle in a summer match at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. June 16, 1937.
Date:: June 16, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium. He became known as the "Octopus Man" due to his ability to entangle his adversaries.
Date:: [circa December 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Heavyweight wrestler El Pulpo grappling with an opponent at the Olympic Auditorium. He became known as the "Octopus Man" due to his ability to entangle his adversaries.
Date:: [circa December 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Wrestler Dean Detton about to slam his opponent Kiman Kudo into the mat at Olympic Auditorium. The match was mixed-style. Kudo was awarded the first round after Detton was so enraged by Kudo's jiu jitsu skills that he ripped off Kudo's jacket. The second round was catch-as-catch-can style. Detton won this with the move shown in the picture and Kudo was unable to return for a third round, so Detton was declared the winner.
Date:: August 25, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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