Hi all. I thought I would pass this along.
My father worked at a pool hall in Baltimore in the 1950s. A gentleman used to go into the pool hall to work on his game and play a few people. As my dad was working there one day, his manager told him to offer to pay for the games just to get the experience of playing with that gentleman. That gentleman's name was Willie Mosconi.
He of course beat my dad like a rented mule. But he offered some advice that I thought I would pass along. When my dad asked him if there were any rules he should observe, he was told:
"Never take a bank shot over a straight shot, and never take a combination shot over a bank shot."
My father worked at a pool hall in Baltimore in the 1950s. A gentleman used to go into the pool hall to work on his game and play a few people. As my dad was working there one day, his manager told him to offer to pay for the games just to get the experience of playing with that gentleman. That gentleman's name was Willie Mosconi.
He of course beat my dad like a rented mule. But he offered some advice that I thought I would pass along. When my dad asked him if there were any rules he should observe, he was told:
"Never take a bank shot over a straight shot, and never take a combination shot over a bank shot."