Horseshoe Pitching Championship Draws 1,400 Competitors From: Morning Edition (NPR) | Date: August 4, 1994 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

NPR Morning Edition

08-04-1994

BOB EDWARDS, Host: You don't have to go to a ball park to find good pitching. You might try Syracuse, New York, where some of the world's best pitchers, nearly 1,400 of them, are competing in the World Horseshoe Pitching Championships. More from Erik Anderson [sp] of member station WAER.

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ERIK ANDERSON, Reporter: A cavernous hangar-like building o...

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