Professional wrestling in California has always offered fans the best matches by the most determined promoters.  Going back to the 1910s, up until the current tours through the major venues by the World Wrestling Entertainment promotion, wrestling has remained a pivotal athletic art and entertainment form on the West Coast.  Although facing many trials along the way, from promoter battles to the public aring of previously unbeknown wrestling secrets, to the high success at the box office with the biggest names in the sport, the fans of California, in general, have seen it all.

The Great Daro from Hungry was a fixture in the winter 1915 International Wrestling Tournament promoted by Jack Curley and Samuel Rachmann at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City.  On the night Greaco-Roman World Champion Alexander Aberg tossed Wagner in 4-minutes and Charlie Cutler, Tom Draak and Ivan Linow made appearances, Daro faced off with young Wladek Zbyszko, brother of Stanislaus.  In 49-seconds, Daro was defeated.  On Monday, March 6, 1916, Daro was one of seven men to face Ed “Strangler” Lewis at Madison Square Garden.  He was thrown in less than a minute.

Louis Elias Daro was born in Austria on March 15, 1884 and immigrated to New York with his family.  Legend has it that, at the age of 10, he left his home to join the Barnum and Bailey traveling circus.  Lou was a naturally strong youth and worked performing stunts, known in some circles as “Daro the Strong Man.” He was courted into professional wrestling, which was very common in those days, but he found that work on the mat was not to his liking.  In fact, there was no way he could hold his own with the greats, or get promoters to give him the master Masked Marvel “push.” Daro found that he was far more interested in what was going on behind the scenes by the men wearing suits overlooking the extravaganzas.

Settling in Boston, Daro became a promoter and presented his first athletic shows in a region that also saw George Tuohey and Paul Bowser actively promoting wrestling.  He remained in the northeast through 1921, and decided it was time to find a territory he could control.  He relocated to Los Angeles, where he began promoting at the Orange Grove Theater, and reportedly earned $220 for his first show there.  Wrestling in Los Angeles prior to Daro’s debut had seen appearances by all of wrestling’s greats, from Frank Gotch to Joe Stecher, but what the city’s wrestling scene lacked was stable leadership.

During the summer of 1925, a wrestling war between Daro and Kenneth Dix, who was affiliated with Billy Sandow and running shows at the Vernon Arena, had broken out.  Daro was tied to the Curley-Stecher troupe, owners of the main lineage of the World Heavyweight championship.  On the other side of the coin, Dix had Ed "Strangler" Lewis, John Pesek, Wayne Munn, Joe "Toots" Mondt, and newcomer Richard Schikat, a German with a lot of potential.  With challenges being thrown out in the press, and a host of talent in the Southern California region, inter-troupe, shoot matches seemed to be a close possibility to excited onlookers.  But, knowing wrestling promoters, they were going to talk a good game and appear to be edging toward such a fracas - however, never get there.  The Pesek-Stecher bout would draw thousands and thousands of fans to a local stadium.  Such a bout was on the horizon, but after the famed "Nebraska Tigerman" jumped sides to the Daro faction.


In the early 1930s, several top amateurs in the Southern California area broke into professional wrestling, three of whom went on to have great careers.  The first was Vic Christensen, born on May 6, 1912 in California to Viggo and Josephine of Danish-American descent.  Vic attended Glendale High School and wrestled extensively as an amateur, following his older brother Theodore “Ted” into the sport.  Ted was born on November 25, 1909 and had trained with the Los Angeles Athletic Club in the 175 pound weight class.  He worked out with Ed “Strangler” Lewis prior to the latter’s April 1931 World Title match with Ed Don George at the Olympic Auditorium.  Vic notched up 300 victories as an amateur before making his professional debut in 1932.  He would have a career of more than 20 years, including a run as the MWA World Champion.

The third amateur was named Clifton A. Olson, who trained at the Hollywood Athletic Club in the heavyweight division.  Born on December 7, 1908 to Carl J. and Anna Olson, Cliff grew up in Baudette, Minnesota.  He played basketball and football at the University of Minnesota and moved to Southern California to train as an amateur wrestler for the upcoming 1932 Olympic Games.  He was scouted and trained by the legendary Ray Steele, and later George Bothner in New York City, making his professional debut in early 1932.  Olson claimed the World Heavyweight Title after claimant Yvon Robert suffered a broken leg during a match in Washington D.C. on November 12, 1936 and was backed by the Jack Curley-Rudy Dusek combine.  He dropped the championship to Steve Casey on February 8, 1937 at Madison Square Garden.

Daro found his next superstar in a former college football player and full-blooded Navajo Indian from Las Animas County, Colorado.  Benjamin Tenario, born on September 25, 1911, attended Haskell College, and played halfback with the college in 1927-’28.  He made his debut as a professional wrestler in the early 1930s under the guise “Chief Little Wolf,” competing on the West Coast, but he failed to find success.  In late 1934, a repackaged and colorful version of the Little Wolf emerged with the support of Lou Daro and “Toots” Mondt.  He took the measure of Man Mountain Dean on December 11 in San Diego, and forced the big man from the main event of the next evening’s show at the Olympic Auditorium.  The Chief took his place against Nick Lutze, and not only beat his opponent in two-straight falls, but become a top contender to Jim Londos’s World Title.  In the weeks that followed, Chief Little Wolf defeated George Zaharias, Ray Steele, Pat O’Shocker, Howard Cantonwine, Jim McMillen, Gus Sonnenberg, Paul Boesch, and Joe Savoldi.

Chief Little Wolf, an exponent of the Indian Death Lock, was booked to challenge Londos for the championship on February 27 in Los Angeles, but Jim decided to unschedule himself without the proper authority.  When the champion did not appear, Little Wolf went ahead and threw Sonnenberg, while the State Athletic Commission pondered their next move with a little nudge here and there from Londos’s old friend Mondt.  On March 2, the commission handed down a suspension to Londos, and subsequently stripped him of recognition as World Champion.  The Daro-Mondt clique had their own plans for Los Angeles, and announced an international tournament that would see 70 competitors battle for honors.

In the strategy for Los Angeles and the tournament saw the emergence of Vincent Lopez.  Born Daniel J. Lopez on July 24, 1908 in Meridian, Idaho, he attended high school locally before attending the University of Idaho.  Lopez was a member of the wrestling team under coach Noel Franklin, a student instructor, and on Saturday, March 5, 1932 the team went to Pullman, Washington for a meet against Washington State.  Lopez wrestled another future pro wrestling champion Frank Stojack, and both men were regarded as Olympic candidates.  Dan graduated that year with a BS degree in business.  After turning professional, and adopting the name “Vincent Lopez,” he joined the Los Angeles office under Mondt and Daro, and was presented as a top heavyweight.  Billed as being from Mexico City, the 6’1” Lopez saw his impressive push begin early in 1935 and continuing right into the tournament that began on April 24.  That night he beat Joe Savoldi.  Additional victories came over Joe Malcewicz, Hans Steinke, Chief Little Wolf, and finally, on June 19, a win over Ed “Strangler” Lewis.

The streak continued as victories came over Chief Little Wolf, Pat Fraley, Ernie Dusek, and Ivan Managoff.  On July 24 in Los Angeles, he beat Man Mountain Dean in the tournament finale for the vacant World Heavyweight Title.  Days after the victory, “Strangler” Lewis announced that he was going to retire and train Vincent in the finer points of grappling.  The announcement was taken for what it was worth, and Lewis failed to fullfill his end of the bargin, making dates throughout North America.  The Lopez-Lewis merger ended on bad terms.  Lopez continued his winning ways in California, going over Jim Browning, George Zaharias, Juan Humberto, Sandor Szabo, Gus Sonnenberg, and Gino Garibaldi.  In conjunction with the promotions in Los Angeles, Ray Fabiani staged an international tournament of his own between November 1935 and February 1936, to decide a top contender to the world title.  This was an effort to boast the market value of Dean Detton, a product of Utah.

Once Detton became the tournament victor over Lewis, the Mondt-led organization had two young, rising superstars whom they had the rights to: Vincent Lopez in Los Angeles and Dean Detton in Philadelphia.  The next move was to attain the rights to the “Trust’s” World Championship, and it was known to all that Danno O’Mahoney’s stay at the top was nearing an end.  Little did anyone know that things were about to take a strange turn.  Negotiations back in the East leaned towards Detton being the successor of O’Mahoney, possibly until another titleholder could be lined up, maybe Ernie Dusek or Yvon Robert.

Richard Shikat double-crossed O’Mahoney before a title switch could take place, and walked away with the championship.  As legal procedings took place in Columbus, heavyweight champions of all kinds began to appear in most major cities, and the general fan base of wrestling became disinfranchised.  Promoters were losing order, and it was time to do whatever was necessary to maintain their audience.  On April 27, 1936 in Los Angeles, before newspaper reporters and President of the Civil Service Commission, George Lyon, who was acting on behalf of Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw, Lopez was presented with the “Lou Daro” World Championship Trophy.  Jack Daro and “Toots” Mondt had arranged the ceremony to remind the wrestling public in Southern California that despite what was going on in the East, they had a credible and strong wrestling champion in their midst.

A meeting with Jack Pfefer in New York secured a chance for Mondt to regain a piece of that stolen championship, which had been taken so convincingly by Shikat.  The powers of the “Little Trust” had put the strap on Ali Baba in what was seemingly a transitional spot, and the Turkish grappler was making some headway in the New York area for Jack Curley and Pfefer.  Mondt and Pfefer concocted a plan to double-cross Baba, and the ploy worked perfectly at Meadowbrood Field in Newark on June 12, 1936 when Dave Levin was awarded a win over the titleholder by disqualification.  Pfefer, who owned Levin’s contract, sold the rights to the new claimant to Mondt, who proceeded to book into Los Angeles as Lopez’s rival.  The California State Athletic Commission would not back Levin’s claim, but newspapers never allowed the public to forget that Dave was a champion in some parts, thus making great headway towards a unification match.

On Thursday, August 6, 1936, Levin signed a contract to wrestle Lopez for both titles on August 19 at Los Angeles’s Wrigley Field with the winner receiving 60% of the purse, and taking the $10,000 championship belt.  Fabiani was in town to work with Daro and Mondt to help broker the deal.  The well crafted match set-up resulted in a house of 15,321, and a gate of $20,723.  Lopez won the initial fall over Levin in 15:35, and Levin took the second by disqualification in 25:53.  In the third fall, Levin pinned Lopez and captured California recognition in 6:11.

Haggerty was kicked off the football teams at Texas Christian and Denver University, allegedly because of his "temper."

Haggerty beat Killer Kowalski in early October 1956 for the Montreal version of the World Heavyweight Title.  He would lose the title to Kowalski in a return match. Haggerty defeated Gene Kiniski for the United States Heavyweight Title in 1960.  He teamed with Lenny Montana to beat Tiny Mills and Stan Kowalski to capture the AWA World Tag Team Title on October 4, 1960 in Minneapolis.  In 1961, Montana suffered a leg injury and Haggerty picked Kiniski to replace him.  Haggerty and Kiniski dropped the championship to Leo Nomellini and Wilbur Snyder on May 23, 1961.  They regained the title on July 19 in St. Paul.  Controversy between Haggerty and Kiniski ended with Hard Boiled picking Bob Geigel as his new partner.  In mid-November, Haggerty and Geigel were dethroned by Pat Kennedy and Dale Lewis.  He held the WWA World Tag Title four-times, twice with the Destroyer and twice with El Shereef.  He also captured several titles in Canada and in Hawaii.

Kashey was a great wrestling villian.  He came to the United States from Syria when he was five years old.  With his international background, he was a perfect addition to the wrestling scene in New York City during the early 1930s and worked in a mill to provide for his family while living in Clifton, New Jersey.

Alfred

Born:                           June 7, 1930                        New Jersey
Hometown:                  Los Angeles, California
Identities:                     Al Kashey
Died:                           July 17, 2005, Scottsdale, Arizona

Al was the third child born to Abraham and Margaret Kashey in New Jersey.  Was an amateur wrestling champion at the University of California at Los Angeles and also played football.  He served in the Air Force and saw action in the Korean conflict.  Trained for the pro ranks by his father, Al made his debut and often teamed and traveled on the road with him.  In 1953-'54, he was a top challenger to the MWA World Junior Heavyweight Title.

After his retirement from wrestling, he was part owner of 11 motels in New Mexico and Arizona.

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Szabo, Sandor:

Szabo was talented in both the catch-as-catch-can and Greco-Roman styles of wrestling.

After a wild melee versus Vincent Lopez in Oakland on November 22, 1935, Szabo was fined $25.

He broke Man Mountain Dean’s leg in Los Angeles in mid-July 1937.

During the 1950s, Szabo was a co-booker along with Jules Strongbow in Los Angeles.

Bookers/Promoters:

Daro, Jack:

John E. "Jack" Daro was born on August 10, 1901 in New York.  He was the brother of Los Angeles promoter Lou Daro.  He attended Columbia University and had a hand in the promotion of Los Angeles from 1928 to 1941.  He died on December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 76.

Hirsch, Mike:

For decades Mike Hirsch (Mike J. Hirsch) was the man behind boxing and wrestling at the Ocean Park Arena in Santa Monica.  Hirsch was also a member of the Southern California syndicate in charge of all of the top-notch wrestling talent.  Born on June 29, 1906 in Pennsylvania, Hirsch was involved in the promotions of wrestling as early as the 1930s, running the Ventura Athletic Club.  Wrestling was a top form of entertainment at the Ocean Park Arena under Hirsch's management for decades, ending in 1958 when the building was demonished to construct a new "family bowling center, as reported in the Los Angeles Times on October 6, 1958.  A facility was scheduled to be built by "Ralph Hirsch Enterprises" at 234 Pico Blvd. and opened by March 1959.  Ralph was Mike's son.  Later, in July 1967, the grounds was altered again for a modern ice skating rink, to be known as the Santa Monica Ice Palace.  Hirsch passed away on December 18, 1980 at the age of 74.

Lutze, Nick:

A talented wrestler and matchmaker in Los Angeles for a number of years, Nick Lutze (Nicholas Lutze) was born on January 21, 1902 in Illinois to Hungarian parents.  He died at the age of 53 on December 23, 1955.

Miller, Louie:

Louie Miller was born Louie Miller Elchinoff on September 15, 1903.  He came to the United States with his parents when he was 17 years old from Bulgaria.  Miller was a journeyman professional wrestler in the light heavyweight division and was a reputed tough guy.  Among the towns he promoted was Burbank, North Hollywood, California (Valley Garden Arena), Richmond, California (Memorial Auditorium), Visalia, California and Reno, Nevada.  He passed away on August 8, 1987 in Alameda, California at the age of 83.

Musgrave, Floyd "Musty":

Floyd Artilious Musgrave was born in Wisconsin on June 12, 1899.  He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and promoted professional wrestling in Seattle, Washington (Latter part of 1920s-'30s), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1933) (Lewis faction) and Los Angeles, California (1940s).  Among the wrestlers he managed were Primo Carner and George Temple (1946-).  In 1932, Musgrave was the matchmaker for the Coast Athletic Club, and had been since 1929.  In April 1932, Musgrave was planning a trip to promote wrestling into Shanghai, China.  Among the wrestlers he was going to take with him were Tom Alley, Al Karasick, and Steve Savage.  They were also going to take the troupe through New Zealand.  He left Seattle prior to December 1939 and reportedly "destroyed" the territory.  He went to Los Angeles, forming a booking agency with Johnny Doyle.  Both men were the "Western representatives" of "Toots" Mondt.  They scheduled the booking of talent up and down the west coast and bucked the power of Ted Thye.  Musgrave was a top Southern California booking agent in 1946, and booked Primo Carnera for the Mondt-Babe McCoy troupe.  Before passing away of a heart attack on February 27, 1948, Musgrave had been ill for a year and a half.  He was 48 years old.

Strongbow, Jules:

Strongbow was, reportedly, matchmaker at the Olympic Auditorium for 38 years.  He died at his home in Van Nuys, California on Tuesday, May 13, 1975.  He was 69 years of age.  Strongbow was survived by his wife Ramona and two sons.

Television Milestones and Commentators:

Bill Welsh

Career Span:                -1951-’73-

Various Career Notes:  Welsh hosted the Hollywood Legion show on KTTV (11) on Monday nights beginning on April 2, 1951.  He worked side-by-side with Roy Maypole.  Welsh hosted the independent television show run by promoter Johnny Doyle in 1955-’56 out of Las Vegas on KTTV (channel 11).

Dick Lane

Born:                           May 28, 1899              Rice Lake, WI

Real Name:                 Richard Lane

Hometown:                 Los Angeles, California

Died:                           September 5, 1982, Newport Beach, California         83 years old

Miscellaneous Notes and Milestones:

In January 1936, there was talk of former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer turning professional wrestler under the guidance of Los Angeles promoter Lou Daro.  Daro offered a $25,000 contract for a single year, while Baer wanted $35,000.  The negotiations, through Baer's manager Ancil Hoffman, continued.

Obituaries:

Ivan Linow, a well-traveled professional wrestler during the 1910s and '20s, died on November 21, 1940 in London, England.  Linow was an actor in Hollywood films from 1921 to 1935.

Wrestling's public enemy #1, Buddy O'Brien (Arland Charles Miller) passed away in Los Angeles on October 12, 1941.  A former machinist from Chemung County, New York, O'Brien was a terrific wrestling heel, developing a persona that frightened State Athletic Commissioners and his outrageousness earned many suspensions.

Boxing heavyweight contender and wrestler George Godfrey died on August 13, 1947 in Los Angeles, California.  He was 50 years old.  Jack Dempsey was among the boxing dignitaries at his funeral.

Well konwn wrestler and actor, Luigi Montagna, better known in grappling circles as Bull Montana, died on January 24, 1950 in Los Angeles of heart disease.  He was 64 years of age.  The Reno Evening Gazette reported that he had competed in "5000 wrestling matches."

Longtime Olympic Auditorium referee Don William McDonald died on May 24, 1952 in Long Beach, California at the age of 57.  He was born on November 13, 1894 in Obion, Tennessee and moved to California in 1906.  In 1913, he began wrestling at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, and won the Pacific Coast AAU Title from 1915-'17.  Upon graduation from the University of California, he served in World War I as part of the 816th Aero Squadron.  During the 1930s, he promoted pro matches in Long Beach, where he lived and worked as a police officer.  By 1931, it was reported that he had officiated 5,000 matches and 141 championship boxing and wrestling bouts, and by the time he retired prior to World War II, according to his Los Angeles Times obituary, he had refereed 10,000 contests.  According to the California Death Index, he passed away on May 23, 1952.

Dr. Lloyd Russell Mace, licensed by the California State Athletic Commission and often at wrestling matches in Los Angeles, passed away on January 24, 1953 in Los Angeles.  According to the Los Angeles Times, Mace "probably witnessed more fights here than any other one man with the possible exception of announcer Dan Tobey." Mace had been born on September 17, 1883 in Pennsylvania and lived in Southern California for the past 35 years.

Los Angeles wrestler Dennis Clary (Vincent Lizdenis) died during a bout at the Tucson Sports Center in Tucson, Arizona with Ali Bey on January 30, 1955.  The 31 year old was said to have had a tumor at the base of his brain.  He was originally from Oakland and, in 1951, held the Heart of America championship.  He was, actually, the first man in history ever to repeat as Heart of America champion, later known as the Central State Title.  Reportedly trained by Orville Brown.

A ring announcer for more than 50 years, Daniel Whipple Tobey passed away on March 9, 1956.  He performed in that capacity from the mid-1920s at Jack Doyle's Vernon Arena, Wrigley Field, Hollywood Legion Stadium and then at the Olympic Auditorium until his retirement in December 1952.  On July 22, 1878, Dan was born in Ulysses, Nebraska and reportedly arrived in California around 1902.  Tobey's successor Jimmy Lennon was the master of ceremonies for a banquet honoring him in January 1953.

Los Angeles grappler and plummer by trade, Wallace Duguid (Wallace Douglas Duguid) died on March 1, 1957.  Duguid was born in Canada and first came to the U.S. in 1911.

Late 1800s and early 1900s middleweight and heavyweight catch-as-catch-can champion, Dan McLeod (Daniel Stewart McLeod) died on June 19, 1958 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 97.

Former boxing world heavyweight champion Max Baer died on Saturday, November 21, 1959 in his Hollywood hotel room of a heart attack at the age of 50.  Baer was frequently a referee for wrestling matches.

The initial matchmaker at Hollywood Legion Stadium, Frank D. Crowley, died on November 17, 1964 at the age of 72 at his home in Los Angeles.  He acted as the treasurer of the California boxers' and wrestlers' fund in the years before his death. He was survived by his wife Claire and son.

Popular wrestler and ex-pro football player, Sammy Stein (Samuel Stein) died on March 30, 1966 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Stein worked in Hollywood on films and was a referee for the California State Athletic Commission.

Silver medallist in the 1920 Olympics, Nathaniel Greene "Nat" Pendleton passed away on October 11, 1967 in San Diego, California.  He was 72 years old.

Legit tough guy, Pete Ladjimi died in Los Angeles on February 26, 1968.  Ladjimi became infamous for his street meeting with Gus Sonnenberg in October 1929 when he assaulted the champion.  He was also known as the "policeman" for Jim Londos.  Later in life, Ladjimi became a bodyguard.

Former wrestler Steve Strelich (Steve Strilich), operator of the Strelich Stadium in Bakersfield, California from 1941 until 1962, died on June 26, 1971 in Kern County, California.

An internationally known wrestler, Pat Fraley (Patrick Fraley) died on September 1, 1978 in Los Angeles.  Fraley was originally from Nebraska.

Longtime Santa Monica promoter of the Ocean Park Arena, Mike Hirsch died on December 18, 1980 in Los Angeles.  He was 74.

An early voice of professional wrestling on television, Richard Lane died on September 5, 1982 in Newport Beach, California at the age of 83.  Born on May 28, 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, Lane served in the Army during World War I.  After his service and some college, he found himself as a member of a traveling vaudeville troupe and landed in Hollywood, where, in 1936, he started his run as an actor.  By the end of the decade, he had invested in several businesses, including an automobile agency, and a pro wrestler - Danny McShain.  Reportedly, he also managed Dick Trout and Billy Raburn between 1937 and 1946, and by 1966, had participated in more than 200 films.  The Internet Movie Database (imdb) has him at 172 films between 1936 and 1978.

He was hired by W6XYZ (later KTLA) and performed commentary for live matches at the Olympic Auditorium promoted by Cal Eaton.  Known for his catch phrase "Whoa Nellie!," Lane's colorful announcing drew many new fans into the sport and was a contributing factor in the wrestling boom.

Known across the wrestling landscape as a colorful, eccentric performer, Lord Leslie Carlton (Leo Brooks Whippern) died on December 15, 1988 in Riverside, California.

Gold medalist at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, Russell Vis (Russell John Vis) died on April 1, 1990 in San Diego, California.

On Sunday, December 9, 1990, Mike Mazurki died.  He was a former pro wrestler and actor, and according to his obit, he was either 80 or 82 years old.

James Fredrick "Jimmy" Lennon Sr., the legendary announcer of the Olympic Auditorium, died at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica on April 20, 1992 at the age of 79.  Shortly after his birth on April 12, 1913 in St. Paul, his parents relocated to Venice, California.  In the early 1940s, he performed announcing duties at the Santa Monica Elks Club, where promoter Mike Hirsch convinced him to make introductions for wrestling and boxing matches.  That started his career and Lennon was soon the voice behind all of Southern California's major ring events, and often performed as the announcer for television and film projects.  He was a decaded performer for several decades, retiring during the 1980s, and today, his son Jimmy Lennon Jr. is currently continuing the tradition as a ring announcer.

Corporations:

John J. Doyle Enterprises - Filed:  4/27/1956 - Suspended
Eaton Enterprises, Inc. - Filed:  4/26/1967 - Suspended - Agent:  Mike LeBell
Aileen Eaton, Inc. - Filed:  8/15/1967 - Suspended - Agent:  Mike LeBell
Ring Events, Inc. - Filed:  10/23/1975 - Suspended - Agent:  Mike LeBell

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1926 

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Hollywood Wrestling Results - 1939

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Wrestling Titles:

World Light Heavyweight Title - California version

Arena Addresses:

Dooto's Music Center - 1900 N. Central, Compton, California
Eastside Arena - Ninth and Lorena Streets, Los Angeles, California
Elmer's Gym - 116 East Third Street, Los Angeles, California
Jeffries Barn - 2422 Victory Blvd., Burbank, California
Knickerbocker Athletic Club - 643 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, California
Ocean Park Arena - 234 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, California
Pico Palace - 9561 E. Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles, California
Strelich Stadium - 2201 V Street, Bakersfield, California
Walker Theater - Grand Avenue near Seventh Street, Los Angeles, California