mikemosconi said:

Well there was a time when just about every mansion in America and every country club in America had a dedicated billiard room. NYC had the Union League on Park Avenue and the NY Sports Club on Central Park W - each with large dedicated billiard rooms. The best hotels in major cities hosted week long straight pool tournaments.

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Times change and perception is reality. In those days men played in coats and ties. At the same time the flip side of that was the average place for pool was being played often pool rooms down an alley where they had no entryway from the main Street. I would say a very tiny percent of people growing up in those days who took up the game played in the ballrooms of hotels. The public perception even in those days would have been the sleazy pool room.

Even as recently as say the television show Beretta with Robert Blake. If Beretta was looking for some drug dealer or snitch where did he go, he went to the local pool room in almost every episode.

Ooops it's been so long I got it backwards . It was Jackie Robinson 36 chocked 4 inches and Roger Maris 32 with bottom finger on the bottom ring. it's been a while.

This is a steal for a cue like this. Tom O'Connor is from San Fernando California where he grew up. He's a machinist by trade and spent the last 40-50 yrs making cues and maintaining tables at nearly every bar in California. He's personal friends with several high end cue makers.

Good luck in all future endeavors. By the way, did my order from the International get shipped?

PhilosopherKing said:

Craig Petersen cue?

Maybe made by Jim Ingram.

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Nevermind

mikemosconi said:

Well there was a time when just about every mansion in America and every country club in America had a dedicated billiard room. NYC had the Union League on Park Avenue and the NY Sports Club on Central Park W - each with large dedicated billiard rooms. The best hotels in major cities hosted week long straight pool tournaments.

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They also rode around on horse and buggy. I sure wish they'd bring that back too

Nobody cares about pool. Ya'll living in dreamland.

Either put up your own money or stfu about the gov or somebody else paying for it! Nobody cares!

The It’s George Case, Mali T-6 cue and Palmer Catalog 3 Model 4 cue are still available at great prices.

a beautiful stroke is a thing to watch.

but only a repeatable stroke is what is needed. and is all that is needed.

Point well made Baby Huey , and how many people went and jumped on the band wagon of carbon shafts or even full carbon cues then felt the same as I did that it shot very well but it just wasn't the right choice for me .
Will things change for me I don't know but I can't speak for others as to what they may do .

If I were to win the lottery yes I'd order a cue from Pete T or Pete Jr with at least 4 shafts if not 6 similar to the cue Frank McGowan loved so much and shot with !

middleofnowhere said:

When you say gambling as it applies to pool it is much different then say the sport of kings. It is thought of as hustling, cheating, sleaze back rooms and shady characters. It is a image that has been cultivated and the game is stuck with it.
Derby city seems to like the image.

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Well there was a time when just about every mansion in America and every country club in America had a dedicated billiard room. NYC had the Union League on Park Avenue and the NY Sports Club on Central Park W - each with large dedicated billiard rooms. The best hotels in major cities hosted week long straight pool tournaments.

$700 shipped

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