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trunk in testing their new switch¬ blade knives. Others try to drown him. Why should Nature Boy take abuse? No chains bound him to wrestling. He had a trade. Back in 1940 he drew a pay envelope of $18.26 as an ap¬ prentice sheet metal worker in Cam¬ den, N. J. That was the year of his adventure into professional wrestling. Had he made the right move? With such worries applying a half- Nelson to his brain, Nature Boy rested his thick golden bantam locks upon the sympathetic shoulder of Griffin. He was miserable. Griffin counseled him wisely. The announcer foresaw television as the stage upon which wrestling would re¬ gain popularity and prosperity. Make a hit on TV tonight and tomorrow the barber in Red Clay, N. C., is your self-appointed drum beater. “I was ready to quit when Wayne showed me what an asset television was for wrestling and for me,” de¬ clares N. Boy. “Wayne Griffin is the greatest announcer and the nicest person that you would want to meet.” Some Statistics From a modest beginning of $8000 in his first mat year. Nature Boy earns between $75,000 and $100,000 an¬ nually. On him it shows. Snuggled next to the thick pinky of his left hand is a 14-carat diamond, purchase price $20,000. Located in a similar position on his right hand is a minia¬ ture iceberg valued at $10,800. Equal¬ ly flashy is a wardrobe that includes 33 custom-tailored sports jackets. For transportation he rides the bumps in a Coupe de Ville Cadillac. Lest the Nature Boy fan clubs con¬ cern themselves over his security in old age, N.B. has put a few bob away. He has a substantial annuity and his real estate holdings in Camden in¬ clude a 10-unit apartment as well as nine homes. Nature Boy might be described as All-America in structure. He has Kansas-colored hair. His shoulders are as broad as Texas and his waist as prim as Vermont. His is a hand¬ some, masculine face. The transition of Dutch Rhode into Nature Boy happened accidentally on the West Coast. After coating his symmetric muscles with an attractive layer of tan and permitting his hair to thicken and spread to within the fringe of his redwood neck’s nape, he made his entrance before a Holly¬ wood wrestling audience. The memorable event occurred when the Nature Boy song was harvesting nickels in the juke boxes. Our man removed his robe, turned his profile in four directions. He both captivated and inspired his audience. “Nature Boy! Nature Boy!” screamed the wo¬ men. The name stuck. His appeal is strongest to women. Spread over the country his fan clubs have total membership in excess of 40,000. The more bold members of the opposite sex wait outside his dressing room, hoping to know him better. “We call them stage door Jennys,” said Nature Boy. “Ninety percent of them are nice kids but the other 10 percent are—” Here Nature Boy stops to grope for polite but strong words. Apparently for everyone who loves An interesting photo of Nature Boy, right, playing footsies with an opponent. Nature Boy there is a bitter soul who despises him. That adds up to money in the bank and Nature Boy knows this full well. “It is music to my ears,” replies Nature Boy when asked how boos strike his still well-shaped ears. Moral: if you can’t be good, be a baddie ... it pays off. Then again, some onlookers are not content to boo. A frenzied knife- wielder in Windsor, Ontario, slashed