Name/Title
A newspaper, "The Los Angeles Referee," Vol. IX, No. 42, 4 September 1926.Entry/Object ID
2016.418.1.1Description
A newspaper, "The Los Angeles Referee," Vol. IX, No. 42, 4 September 1926. At the top of the front page reads, "The Referee Is The Official Boxing Publication for the Fight Clubs." The price of the paper was ten cents. Also on the front page is John Joseph Doyle's image with info regarding his recent trip to Europe and his plans as a promoter. Surrounding Doyle's image are illustrations of various sports and other forms of entertainment such as boxing, horse racing, baseball, footballs, golf, bowling, theatricals, motion picture, wrestling, ice hockey, auto racing. The articles vary from news of Jack Dempsey, Hollywood headlines, news of theater and motion pictures, boxing matches with final scores, news on boxer's personal life and career, general advertisements. It is fair condition with damage noted such as embrittlement, tears along the edges, loose pages, moderate discoloration and a deep horizontal crease across the paper from folding.