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Title: "Butch" Rogers knocks down "Champ" Clark, Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 15, 1935
1935-10-15
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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.
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
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9003
ark:/21198/zz002dh09f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sports
Boxing--California--Los Angeles
People
Grand Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Rogers, Alfred
Clark, Kent
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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