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ALL-IN WRESTLING FOR WOMENBlonde Champion Is One Of Sixty AmazonsThere are 60 Women professional wrestlers in America today, and a follou'ing of amateurs who hope that the sport will he revived. 7 he u’ord is revived. not introduced, because all-in Wrestling for women ii quite nn ancient sport in America. The new u^oman Wrestling champion of the United Slates. Clara Mortensen, remembers seeing women Wrestlers when she was a child.THEY uaed to dpear on the «U|i at tan* »ltn wreetUng for women vw a vaodevtlW ahow*. w,d black atandard Onited Su*a»t aport. and noUghu a/xl top*. Daapiu (Ac dirty work waa allowed Cor* beraeiftitle given (hem. ‘lady wra»tlera.~ thev ®ow loo old fur the.game, la attll an In-were not popular unla« tneir alyle and «*reat*d onlooker She married a Beaux-ferocity wer* rather unlady lint The promoter wreetling bout* freouandr ended in bad 5lirtlt;lt; Ytunfr»e«blond and •hr police Clara Mart* naan derive* uoth; Ihe*» ah«'Jv forrrunnera She full the tradiuona of the great Coe ingstone. who wu the favoritei.na from 'f'LAKA MURlUflUi eon f* foliowa in wrestling victory aa a p ■ u Jora lie- Over n member af tkm uppoetta at a cd fee brotfcm. Aa f outfit tor aI of *1 dollars when *h« u.u» icveii.Th« natch waa arm- ««d by their father I at an Elka’ plonk in Portland. Morten- | arn bad Iiccii a wr«»Uei of kjiimi limi in | Ilia native Denmark and he taught the art to hi* aoti and hia huiky. tquare-jawed bland* daughter Clara had claimed the champtonahip ml* a.noe aha threw Barbara Ware, another popular woumii wreatler. in 1WJ Her iatci.t victory wa» over Marie Oar- j diner a few «eeks ago. before a packed , hotue at Turuar'a Arena. Waahingion , Wearing a coatume likv a two-piece bath-ling aulL Clara had taken one fall And won one before aha auddenly tucked up 1 ler opfmnent, lifted har over her head, ■pun lief round a few Uniaa, alammen !; her to the mat and pounced on her for i the victory.. Clan'a manager. Bill Leww arrange*• threa or four bouta weekly (or her. It a] a paying game too On a (our month*'I tour Ju*t concluded Clara utada 1 dollar* clear.
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Melbourne Herald
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Thu, Mar 24, 1938
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