San Francisco Chronicle – February 2, 1937
Nearing 50, Ed (Strangler) Lewis remains one of the foremost performers among the grapplers, five times world’s heavyweight champion.
When most athletes would be long through, Lewis says he is headed for the top the sixth time and will start again by defeating Sandor Szabo, Pacific Coast heavyweight titlist, in their two-hour rematch tonight at the Dreamland Auditorium, best two in three falls.
The Strangler’s match with Szabo will be his last here for a year or more, for the headlock specialist leaves for a world tour in a few days which will find him wrestling the best in foreign countries, among them the Great Gama of India (if he can find him).
Lewis beat Szabo here last year but many of the mat experts are rather dubious whether he can repeat the victory over the vastly improved Hungarian Adonis tonight.
Promoter Joe Malcewicz has a strong supporting program arranged. The bouts follow:
Bill Hansen vs. “Mexico” Tommy Marvin, Gino “Red” Vagnone vs. John “Gorilla” Spellman; The “Red Phantom” vs. Pete Managoff; Ivan Managoff vs. Larry Carlson; Casey Kazanjian vs. Frank Foschle.
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