Wrestling match between Ernie "Dirty" Dusek and Vincent Lopez (born Daniel Vincent Lopez de Vinaspre). The match was part of Jack Daro's international championship wrestling tournament, Olympic Auditorium.
The Olympic Auditorium, set up for the six-day bike race beginning March 8, 1935. Nine international teams participated, as well as cycling stars such as Piet Van Kempen and Cocky O'Brien.
The Olympic Auditorium, set up for the six-day bike race beginning March 8, 1935. Nine international teams participated as well as cycling stars such as Piet Van Kempen and Cocky O'Brien.
Coach Frank Thomas and Mildred Cowan stand on football field with Bill Lee and Millard "Dixie" Howell, members of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Howell played college football at Alabama from 1932 to 1934.
Coach Frank Thomas and Mildred Cowan stand on football field with Bill Lee and Millard "Dixie" Howell, members of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Howell played college football at Alabama from 1932 to 1934
Donald Hutson and Millard Howell of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team pose with their All-American Team blankets. Also pictured with the athletes are coach Frank Thomas, Christy Walsh, and USC coach Howard Jones.
Spectators at a $50,000 Derby day at the Santa Anita racetrack on February 22, 1937. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 45,000 spectators. Twenty-three horses raced that day, beating out the Kentucky Derby's record of twenty-two starting horses at that time. The $50,000 purse was won by the horse Fairy Hill.
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.