Clara was wasting words. Tall or short, she knew very well he would do what she told him, or end up on the wrong end of an airplane spin and a body slam.
At five feet, five and one half inches, Clara's 132-pounds have tangled with the weight of the "stronger sex" and won. She avoids these mixed matches, because "the men get so mad when they lose."
Clara did not grow up to be a wrestler; she was born one. Her father held the Danish lightweight title when he was 20. Later he coached at Farmer Burn's Wrestling School, and she and her brother Leo, also a professional wrestler, began the manly art when she was seven and he nine. Her professional debut was made at 15, and she has been at it ever since.
"All girls ought to wrestle," she ys, it's good for em."
Because the ladies are supposed to be interested in self-defence, we asked stalwart Mortenson what should a lady do if she is set upon in a dark alley sometime.
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