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<br /> Old Style Tournament in Mankato. ii:L1*. ; , r.� t> < € y '''''3...-:-I''''......:::''!:::::,'
<br /> � ��'�<': r Aug �-
<br /> • . 22-2�, and the State Tourna- d f� t , ; If $ Q t >:; *`
<br /> ''tient at Wadena Sept. 2-7. 1 he Mid- R., • '' �,i
<br /> west is a hotbed of the spoil. • • s F �3r
<br /> "I learned to pitch shoes hack on the irk e • i , . `�; ,. t �1," mlillyAitf 'A\ \\`r%
<br /> farm, near Bryccville, Wis.," said m € 3
<br /> Lenny Lipovsky,asemi-retired tool- *^� r„a„ b
<br /> • maker. "We got the shoes right off rc y .,,....; 6t Nr„?';:'..
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<br /> the horses. Dale storied at 100.12t-Eco„
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<br /> tered his first tournament at 12 at �W ,.,- � ,� St a s
<br /> Storden. Now he's getting a lot of a .};�T '
<br /> action nationwide." 'r �f • 1:r '
<br /> "We need more la ers," theyoung
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<br /> er I ipovsky said. "Especially youth. a i$i s ,
<br /> . I'd like to see it become a high school , 4 ." Y M ; a ' `
<br /> •sport — Anoka, Fridley and Colum- `` y, 4
<br /> .bia Heights have it now, I believe. I1 ``
<br /> Hloomington put it in the schools,I'd z <. `,, € '
<br /> he happy to coach them. s to ;<.
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<br /> •"It's a healthy sport for all ages,"said -sec..
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<br /> Lipovsky,who works in maintenance r.: € ��
<br /> at the 98th St. Racquet and Swim .
<br /> •Club."It's not strenuous,you can do = ' jI
<br /> it from 8 to 88. All you need are 3
<br /> some pitching shoes, costing about g '`
<br /> •• $40,and some good tennis shoes. •
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<br /> "You get some walking, and a lot of •; ,; z ' �. 1i�'�
<br /> arm swinging.You need to develop a }# • , ,,N= M< , a, r' r �' Y',
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<br /> good turning shoe — I use a 1'/ci ", f
<br /> • clockwise turn, but in the world a , � kh '
<br /> championships Jesse (,on�alrs from x
<br /> California threw the flip-flop.He fin- {
<br /> ishcd 16th. kt, a £
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<br /> "}lorseshoes is 85 percent Concentra-
<br /> '.tion•"he said."It's like golf or tennis; #9 �,< � F� ' .� � r ,a ,, ��
<br /> spectators don't talk or even move • , ,s xF � n� xf � � q-;,.'4174' {_
<br /> while you're throwing. It would dis- '.t ,> , x� ' lit r �c x " is
<br /> .:tract you too much." a r yt kz�i , 3 .3:7',.';:r t' e�, yt�>
<br /> 3 y �,3� 1 r f:1` tik x �".?•; ,a « ` X3 1...
<br /> 'f At Hloomington, horseshoe players � ' d'/",,z x s ' , ¢ . �§ t t� R f ,••,, . r
<br /> u • a i dr '}''u^F d�rKB Styr' 4 'e s' � a F< ° za &�'eiltr
<br /> •arc laced m teams of four and �' �� xv�i0 tf , s'r : . a
<br /> p ,moi ?...i.. .....; « �. 9a � ` ,
<br /> •ranked in A, H, , D and E classes, a, « ,V r s t ' : " ''
<br /> • are a for novices. A game is ., 3 `r$` i , ` 4,. ).? ,.,....:-.,:';' ,:•,..,.;.•.,..i.1...,,,1*.,. a Naz e '
<br /> shoes.and each member throws one ! , « _ € { xxa �
<br /> garne against each member of the g, , , ...,..'....,::,,,,,`..,1,'..; `^ �z r s�
<br /> opposing team. Handicaps are estab ,.}g et 6 'ik �„s@ t �a� Q ti � di�y �I'
<br /> liched,based on ringer percentage. "; `" air .«
<br /> •"Dale's an 80," said club spokesman �� r: ' •-24;.i..}. ..:',0,.......„.:,,4,,.�� ;Vitt' a i < « x §F w• r
<br /> nick Prindle. "I'm a 20. Suppose 1 .i# .44 k)4 • ,$ • a' i 1� s y .�.
<br /> playa guy with a 16 percentage,then r� il<� f 4 '` ' 0 ;a. 4
<br /> 1 spot him four points. If 1 played + ' ,:, w a �«;'S ��' F '�
<br /> Dale, he'd spot me 60 points—but a '' k;Y � a >F ,
<br /> .he'd make that up pretty fast" • i,,,...„-,,,,• •,?...1 r 9 r ,t
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<br /> About a quarter of the Bloomingtonx , y .A +ls k • �r 4
<br /> league members are women Prindle " � r'' 3 « „` ° ' i .xt
<br /> said. They receive an additional °•1',.:-....,,, 1'' f” cgs !,,t,,..1,":,,
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<br /> handicap, being lx•rman d to Ihraw ‘ AF x� >,s, a�. r«tx.. . z.,
<br /> tM tm t l�lie�'* 'h
<br /> from 10 feet in front of the men's `* " '"z'1 "
<br /> pitching line, or 30 feet from the Staff Photo by Ghat les Bju+_yen
<br /> • stake.
<br /> Dale and Len Lipovsky ate staking a big pitch for their sport.
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