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Comment: An improvement, still not in an encyclopaedic tone. Milkk7 (talk) 03:25, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: Not enough information, introduction is not written in an encyclopedic tone. Milkk7 (talk) 09:15, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
- Comment: The title of this draft either has been disambiguated or will need to be disambiguated for acceptance.If this draft is accepted, the disambiguation page will need to be edited. Either an entry will need to be added, or an entry will need to be revised. The disambiguation page for the primary name is Frank Jackson (disambiguation). Robert McClenon (talk) 06:18, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
Frank Jackson won the first World Horseshoe Championship held in Bronson Kansas in 1909[1] and went on to win the World Horseshoe Pitching Tournament at total of 13 times: 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1920, 1924, and 1926."Frank Jackson, Kellerton, IA". National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
Jackson was a farmer from Kellerton, Iowa. Jackson was born on October 9, 1870 in Kansas, the son of Andrew and Miranda Jackson.Mercer, Tony. "Frank Elroy Jackson, Kellerton, Iowa". Welcome to Ringold County. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
Jackson "could lay two ringers over the short stake (today, stakes are set at 15 inches, with a three-inch lean toward the opposite stake) and prevent opponents from keeping their shoes on the rod."[2]
Before the 1927 Tournament, a tribute to Jackson, a poem written in his honor in The Horsehoe World (the ) was prefaced with: "Frank Jackson of Kellerton, Iowa who was champion horsehoe pitcher of the world seven years agoo, lost the championship at that time at the age of 53. On the 18th of February, 1926, at the age of 55 he competed in the annual national tournament at St. Petersburg, Fla. and recaptured the championship winning from Orren Mossman, aged 19, who had achieved the wonderful record of 22 ringers out of 24 shoes."[3]
The his last World Tournament in Moline, Illinois in 1935, the 65-year old Jackson finished fifth with a 72.9 ringer average.[4]
He was inducted into the Horseshoe Pitching Hall of Fame in 1966"Frank Jackson, Kellerton, IA". National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023. and the Des Moines Register Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.[5]
References
edit- ^ Mercer, Tony. "Frank Elroy Jackson, Kellerton, Iowa". Welcome to Ringold County. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ Haskin, Kein. "World Horseshoes Tournament in Topeka begins with tribute to first world championship". The Topeka Capital Journal. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Dodge, Louis (1 September 1926). "Frank Jackson of Iowa" (PDF). The Horseshoe World. Vol. 5, no. 9. National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Frank Jackson, Kellerton, IA". National Horseshoe Pitchers Association. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Frank Jackson". Des Moines Register Sports Hall of Fame. Des Moines Register. Retrieved 15 April 2023.