I know Mosconi was supposed to have had a 599 or 608 or something in practice and he just stopped, and Johnny Archer once ran 200 and out and just stopped. But what's the highest run anyone here has actually seen where the player simply unscrewed his cue without missing? I'm not talking about a run that ended with a safety, but a run where the player just stopped.
What's the highest unfinished run you've seen?
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Mine...I once ran 99 and out in a game to 100. I've never come close to that since.
I recall watching Ray Martin practice some 14.1 in the late 1970's. He ran 7 racks, meaning 98 balls, and, despite leaving a perfect breakshot for the next rack, he unscrewed and left. I remember being both surprised and disappointed that Ray didn't continue.
Jose Parica told me that, in a money game in the mid-1980's, he ran 200 and out in a one-inning game of straight pool. I asked him whether he continued his run, and his classic reply was "no, the game was over." I guess we shouldn't be too surprised that his focus was on the next bet, not the run. As noted, I did not witness this run.
In competition, the longest unfinshed run I've seen was Thorsten Hohmann's 173 (I think that's how many it was) and out in the 2006 World 14.1 championships vs John Schmidt.
Jose Parica told me that, in a money game in the mid-1980's, he ran 200 and out in a one-inning game of straight pool. I asked him whether he continued his run, and his classic reply was "no, the game was over." I guess we shouldn't be too surprised that his focus was on the next bet, not the run. As noted, I did not witness this run.
In competition, the longest unfinshed run I've seen was Thorsten Hohmann's 173 (I think that's how many it was) and out in the 2006 World 14.1 championships vs John Schmidt.
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dave sutton
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I saw jose garcia grab someone elses cue in the pool room and run 300+
Unfinished? Seriously?
My high run actually!
I was gambling a little 14.1 and got 2 scratches in the hole. Then I got a dead ball and ran 127 and out unfinished. If I wasn't gambling I might have kept going!
Now knowing that was gonna be one of my high runs.....I would have gave up the cash and kept going to see how high I would have gone!
oh well.....live n learn.
G.
I was gambling a little 14.1 and got 2 scratches in the hole. Then I got a dead ball and ran 127 and out unfinished. If I wasn't gambling I might have kept going!
Now knowing that was gonna be one of my high runs.....I would have gave up the cash and kept going to see how high I would have gone!
oh well.....live n learn.
G.
I had other stuff I just had to do.
You may be thinking of Babe Cranfield. There are stories of Mosconi's 526 ball run ending when he was tired and just quit. However, there are other stories of him missing.
Many years ago, I went to the poolroom where Mosconi ran the 526, in E. Springfield, OH. They had an old newpaper article, from the time period, stating that Mosconi had just quit, after 526. Along with it was a photostat of the witnesses who were there, and signed off on Mosconi's run. That's what I believe.
Scott Lee
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I've heard about that also. Somehow I don't think Archer was too upset about not being able to continue the run though, I've noticed that generally a lot of pure 9-ball players, who didn't play much if any straight pool until they were already great players don't seem to be that focused on personal high runs, they just want to run out whatever the match is being played to.
dave sutton
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Mosconi says in his autobiography that he missed a tough cut shot to end the run.
Yeah, apparently he just invented that story since he was so humble.
Here's an affidavit signed by witnesses that doesn't say he just quit. Was there more than one?
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives/images/d9744-4.jpg
dave sutton
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526 on a 4x8 isnt that great. i mean its great but if you give john or thorsten or ralf a 4x8 and a month there will be a 500.
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I remember reading somewhere on here it was a pretty tough table even though it was smaller. When it gets smaller your shape has to become a little better too.PoolBum...That's the affadavit I was talking about (and the one I saw in a display at the room). Nowhere does it say he missed after 526. The people at East High Billiards were the ones who said that he just quit (supposedly he was tired and hungry...no small wonder after running about 35 racks of balls), and it was backed up by a local newspaper article, that was posted with the affadavit.
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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