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Dorothy Ortman InductedInto ASA’s Hall Of FameMrs. Dorothy Klupping Ortman, 748 Stephen Drive, Palatine, was inducted into the Amateur Softball Association's Hall of Fame recently. Mr. Ferris Reid,Metropolitan Commissioner, made thepresentation at Aurora.A plaque inscribed with “in recognition of an outstanding career in softball, the highest honor attainable in the Illinois Softball Association' was given to Mrs. Ortman.During her playing days, Mrs. Ortman was known as Dorothy “Boots” Klupping, the most colorful player of the 30's and 40 s in Chicagoland. Dorothy was a product of Proviso East High School, Mac Murray College in Jacksonville, and the University of Illinois.From 1931-1915 she hurled 650 games and only 10 per cent of these were in the loss column in local, national, and international competition. On one two-weektour off the I'nited States and Canada she won 13 out of the 14 games played. Her earned run average was less than 2.0. She was credited with one no hit-no-rungame against Springfield. She established a record for the longest ball ever hit by a girl in Mills Stadium during a game lt;306’4 ), while playing for a Chicago team.Some of the titles Mrs. Ortman pitched her teams to were: the City Championship (Chicago) 1937-41 the Metropolitan Championships for the same seasons and runners-up for the World Title at Soldier Field in 1938 and 1939. The teams she played for were: Montgomery V-8's, Chicago Down Drafts and the Bloomer Girls. She turned professional in 1944 joining Wrigley’s All American Girls team.0At the present time, Mrs. Ortman teaches at the Winston Churchill School in Palatine. Her hobby is the breeding, raising, and showing pure bred dogs (Boxers) and recently finished a brindle female Boxer “Ch. Ortman's Feature Edition.” She also teaches dog training for the Palatine Park District during the wint?r recreation season.
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Hoffman Estates Herald
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 13, 1972
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