[Ads-l] horseshoes and hand grenades

[Bill Mullins]

More early variants
_Bismarck [ND] Weekly Tribune_ 1/14/1887 p 3/1920"In the language of those accomplished legislators of Chicago, Messrs.Schaeffer and Slosson, "It was close, but close don't count," and the able-bodied Crose, who won by a "scratch," receives the applause."
_Argos [IN] Reflector)_ 11/16/1911 p 6 col 4"Dozens came close which counts in 'horseshoe' but will not quite doin this game."
_Baltimore American_ 11/24/1918 p 20 col 4"It has long been a saying in sports that close counts only in quoits."
_Rock Island Argus_ 8/3/1920 p 9 col 2"But coming close only counts in horseshoes, and Jack was locked up again."
_Duluth News-Tribune_ 11/17/1921 p 8 col 8"They came close, but close only counts in horseshoe pitching."
_Duluth News-Tribune_ 2/19/1922 p B col 4"The Purple and Gold boys came close to copping last year -- but closecounts only in horseshoe pitching." 		 	   		  
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