The Chicago 16 Inch Hall of Fame has just launched a facebook page!  Please join and suggest it to all your friends!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Chicago-16-Inch-Softball-Hall-of-Fam...

Some cool video clips on there and more pictures to come.

BTW...anyone have a picture of the Iowa All-Star team we played against b4 Nationals?  I need to put it on the facebook page!  I would like to get a copy of the Roster as well!

I never knew his last name, but I definitely remember Karl.   He was a fixture in the stands at all Iowa games after he moved to Des Moines

Pattee?

The last time I talked to Jay Pattee, he was tired of babysitting grown men, so he had begun coaching a women's softball team.   He is a councilman in the city of Perry, and he is trying to sell a screenplay he has written about how the death of John Lennon (among other things) has had a domino effect on world events.  

Don Draper is quite a character.   For those of you who never knew him, he was recruited to Drake University to pole vault.   He made his money for college by shooting pool.   He decided that while he was there, he would like to play basketball too.  He ended up being a starting guard on Drake's Final Four team.  He went on to be one of the best 16" pitchers ever.  He led his Reame's Frozen Noodles team to Iowa's first top four finish at nationals.   Most of what I have learned about softball, I have learned through him.  He was also one of the best golfers in Des Moines.
Last time I heard from him, he and his wife Pam were planning to move to Arizona.

J.R. (John Reglein)'s Graphic Edge business keeps growing every year.  He keeps buying more and more space, and the business keeps filling it up.   He no longer sponsors big time softball, but he can usually be found at the major tournaments.

I am proud to say that I have played for all three of these men.

if i remember right,was don's father in some kind of hall of fame
i think it was in kansas.i still remember the first time i went to iowa with karl dotzel to see a game the catcher from reame's had a fase mask on   

Don Draper is quite a character.   For those of you who never knew him, he was recruited to Drake University to pole vault.   He made his money for college by shooting pool.   He decided that while he was there, he would like to play basketball too.  He ended up being a starting guard on Drake's Final Four team.  He went on to be one of the best 16" pitchers ever.  He led his Reame's Frozen Noodles team to Iowa's first top four finish at nationals.   Most of what I have learned about softball, I have learned through him.  He was also one of the best golfers in Des Moines.
Last time I heard from him, he and his wife Pam were planning to move to Arizona.

J.R. (John Reglein)'s Graphic Edge business keeps growing every year.  He keeps buying more and more space, and the business keeps filling it up.   He no longer sponsors big time softball, but he can usually be found at the major tournaments.

I am proud to say that I have played for all three of these men. [/quote]

HitHitHit I'm very impressed with your knowledge and history of teams and guys that have played 16" softball very interesting

That would be David Christy.  He is the center of one of the biggest urban legends of Iowa 16" softball.   He lived in or around Carlisle.

The Tavern, broken bones, Bud Open, laying on the base path... I'll let Goose fill in the rest.

The Tavern team that Crow had played on for years and years, had never qualified for nationals.  (This was back in the day when it meant something to qualify for nationals.)   The Tavern team had just tied the game on what used to be diamond # 3 in Carroll at the state tournament.  It was the bottom of the seventh in the game that would send them to nationals if they won.   Crow dove (or slid) into second base as another baserunner reached third base with one out.    However, as Crow reached second, he had broken his collar bone.  The ambulance rushed on to the field to take Crow to the hospital.   For twenty minutes the medical staff tried to get Crow off of the field.   Crow would have none of it.  He demanded that they let him lie there, he said that he would sign anything that they wanted but his team had never qualified for nationals and he wasn't going to let this opportunity pass by.   He signed a waiver, the ambulance left the field, the next batter hit a sacrifice fly, the runner from third scored, Crow glowed with delight as he layed on top of second base.   The Tavern had just qualified for their first national tournament.   After the game, Crow went to the hospital for the needed medical treatment.

Whatever happened to Chappy and Hammer who played with the team sponsored by the lumber company?Always did some good drinking with them back with the Taggers.

frank holan was a good freind of mine
i seen his oldest son at the hall of fame dinner 2 weeks ago
speaking of grapic edge
what ever happen to jay hatch,is he still teaching.him and i use to talk sports trivia all the time

I REMEMBER WHEN THEY CAME TO MOUNT PROSPECT FOR THE TOURNY,I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE GUYS,AFTER THEY LOST ON FRIDAY I BOUGHT A ROUND OF BEERS I THINK IT COSY ME 35.00
I LIVE JUST 20 MIN. FROM MOUNT PROSPECT.A FREIND OF MINE HIS DAUGHTER GOT MARRIED ON SAT. AND MY FREIND INVITED THE WHOLE TEAM TO THE HALL,WE HAD A BALL CROW EVEN DANCED WITH MY WIFE.KNOW I'M LOOKING FOR ANOTHER FREIND
HIS FIRST NAME IS DAVID LAST NAME I FORGOT HE WAS A PICTHER
AND ALWAYS WENT DOWN BEFORE EVERY PITCH,LAST NAME IS ITALIAN.IF YOU TAKL TO JAY HATCH TELL JOE KARL'S BUDDY FORM CHICAGO SAID HELLO,WE USE TO TALK SPORTS TRIVIA ALL THE TIME

Where did Rod Erickson from the Tavern work? Was it for the state?  Some of the Tavern guys used to stay with Billy Blanchard and me when  they played in M town. It was just like a dorm!

Frank is a great guy. He sent me xmas cards for quite a few years.

thats the guy
thanks