September 16, 2004
HE MAKES THE YANKEES LOOK LIKE THE SENATORS:
Man Wins His 11th State Horseshoe Title (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 9/16/04)
Call him the Michael Jordan of horseshoes: Glenn Burris has taken his 11th -- count 'em, 11 -- Pennsylvania Outdoor Horseshoe Championship. The Centre County resident, who was sidelined for a year after undergoing knee surgery in 2002, still thinks he's a bit rusty."A lot of people don't realize how much practice it takes,'' said Burris, 65.
He was ranked only fifth coming into this year's tournament in Roxbury, Franklin County, but defeated the top-ranked player and lost only one game.
Burris' father, a master in his own right, taught him to play when he was a boy. Before he died at age 52, Kenneth Burris captured 21 consecutive championships at the Centre County Grange Fair. And he did it with one arm, having lost the other in a farming accident.
Glenn Burris retired from the Grange tournament in 1989, one win short of his father's mark.
In 1990, he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Horseshoe Pitching Association's Hall of Fame, continuing to play an average of six tournaments a year until his knee surgery.
That should pretty much sew up the Nike Horse Shoe endorsement. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 16, 2004 7:49 PM
In my senility I read the opening as "horseradish", not "horseshoes".
Imagine my excitement at looking to read a post about Alturas, CA's annual horseradish festival, held in June and no internet links to it.
Disappointment doesn't begin to describe my current feelings.
Where else could you have adults going into an old style pay phone booth (See Dr. Who's primary mode of transport)with a Waring blender and a 10# bag of fresh horseradish, and the winner being the idiot who could process the most horseradish prior to bailing out for life giving air?
G-d I love all small town celebrations not ruined by media coverage/yuppie attendance; ie: Gilroy's Garlic Festival and Castroville's Artichoke Festival. All non-CA celebrations are suspect from the beginning.
Mike
If I'd only scrolled to the next post I could have gone with a twofer, said phone booth competition rightly hailed as:
NOW THAT OUGHT TO BE AN OLYMPIC EVENT
Mike
This weekend is the 22nd Annual Testicle Festival in Clinton, Montana.
What's Nike paying, nowdays, for the Horseshoe Endorsement ?
$ 18 ?
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at September 17, 2004 12:57 AM