The Friends Who Have Joined Us

The Cragin started with a small foursome of guys barely into puberty, but it has grown.  The first Cragin had 17 participants.  With guests and the Junior Division, participation over the years has averaged between 16 and 25 players in a given year.  The following list is probably only a partial listing of the people who have at one time or another shown up to join us in The Cragin and has been gleaned from a variety of sources, all of which are highly unreliable since they rely mainly on people's memories.  Some of the players who have joined us understand our annual craziness, some decide to find other things to do when they hear The Cragin is coming up again.

Thus, in some cases, we have a full name, in some only a last name, in some only a nickname.  In some cases we refer to you by the only way we remember, if we remember anything at all.    If your name isn't here, sorry.  If your name is misspelled, sorry.  If we only  have a partial name, sorry.   If we don't call you by the right name or refer to you as “hey, you!” sorry.  None of that is not because we don't like you.  We just have reached  the “Can't Remember Shit” stage of life.  That, and nobody has ever kept accurate records of anything related to The Cragin.

It is duly noted that this list of names is decidedly male, and the female names that are here are daughters of Charter Members.  It's not that we're discriminatory or anything like that, although our wives have accused us of acting like pigs at various times during our lives.  Frankly, we don't know why no women have joined us on the course.  Well, given the way we act for The Cragin, maybe we do understand why they don't want to be seen with us in public.  Would you?


Dennis Zielinski (Weasel) James Zielinski (The Jeem) 
Bob Ziaja (Booming Hunter) Bill Zielinski (Chet)
Lenny Tobiaski Ken Mrock
Larry Lichon (Leech) Larry Smotrys
Tim Mocarski (Moe)  Dan Doyle
Rich Wojnicki Gregg Rossi (Bear)
Bob Baran Barry Fischer
Bob Sparzynski (Sparr) Huber
Jim Lipka Dan Zielinski 
Uncle Lenny Eddie Bear
Tobiaski’s son Sparr’s son
Zeke Ziaja Wally
Mick Jagger Josh Smotrys
Kwaz Mike Ziaja
Ziaja’s Daughter’s husband The Beaver
Michael Zielinski Denise Zielinski
Janet Zielinski Tom Zielinski
The Zielinski girls' male friends Paul Fellner
Jenny The Cat Lady Ben Wa Jones
Joe Be-Ah-She Dennis Richel 
Bob Rohlwing Jerry Weberling
Nancy Ziaja Starzinski
Gail Zielinski Kirchen
Pole Sippel
Cathy Yvonne
The Z Boy Steve
Rich B Scott 
Rasta Boy "Aw Cripes" 
And somebody who crossed out his name --
we suppose we would too with a score of 154


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