Clara was known as the Babe Ruth of the Winnipeg Girls League. Press clippings report Clara hitting home runs into the centre-field stands and over the stands into the street. She played on provincial winning teams with the St. Boniface Athletics 1939, 1944 and 1946. She was an All-Star in the Greater Winnipeg Senior Girls League in 1939, 1943, 1945 and 1946. In 1945, she was the home run queen in the Greater Winnipeg Senior Girls League. In August 1945, she played exhibition games with the Racine Belles of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She sacrificed a professional career to care for her children in Winnipeg. One of Winnipeg's softball stars.

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