miramachine said:

They opened up the registration yesterday and from what I see there are only 5 open spots left in the 9 ball at this time and darn near every big player missing from the list. Am I missing something as to why they aren't going to the Derby this year?

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Good. That means I have a chance!

sjm said:

Yeah, that might be it, but there are almost 500 entries listed without those who are "in but unpaid." Add them all together and we are looking at the biggest ever field in the 9ball event.

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You may want to look into changing your flight out to Tuesday.

On the other hand, there is a rumor that DigitalPool is handling the scheduling, and maybe that will save things.

sjm said:

He was still one of ten best straight poolers at age 65, but it was at age 70 that his game started to fall off quite a bit. He tried playing in the 1986 PBT World 14.1 at age 72 in Philadelphia, but his game had eroded and I'm not sure he ever competed again.

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At one point he started to lose track of things and even moved the cue ball in a match thinking it was just practice. A checkup revealed a circulation problem, and it was reportedly fixed. I'm not sure when that happened, but I'd guess sometime in the middle 1980s. I remember in the 1980 14.1 WC he seemed fine as I reffed his match against Richie Florence.

cj609 said:

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Bob Jewett said:

Is this the video? Crane did compete into his 70s when the game had mostly turned to 9-ball.

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He was still one of ten best straight poolers at age 65, but it was at age 70 that his game started to fall off quite a bit. He tried playing in the 1986 PBT World 14.1 at age 72 in Philadelphia, but his game had eroded and I'm not sure he ever competed again.