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  • 'Cornhole' Catching on Beyond Midwest

    11/01/2004 12:41:54 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 70 replies · 2,253+ views
    AP via Yahoo! News ^ | 11-1-04 | By TERRY KINNEY
    CINCINNATI - The projectiles are lighter than horseshoes and safer than lawn darts, but the idea's the same: Players try to hit a target several paces away. The game is called cornhole, or corn toss, because players try to throw cloth bags filled with corn into a hole. It is an Ohio phenomenon that is catching on elsewhere around the Midwest and beyond. "It's easy to play, you don't have to dig a pit, drive stakes or tear up your lawn," said Mike Whitton, founder and president of the American Cornhole Association. You don't have to work up a sweat,...