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John Schmidt runs 820

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Bob Jewett said:
I think Babe Cranfield toured with Willie Hoppe as a pool/carom combo, but Hoppe would have been the star. Cranfield reportedly had a 420 in an exhibition on a 5x10, but probably not on that tour.

Irving Crane may have been touring for Brunswick when he ran his 309. From Wikipedia:

In February 1939, at age 26, Crane ran 150 balls and out against his opponent in an exhibition straight pool match on a difficult 5' by 10' table in Layton, Utah. While this was impressive in and of itself, at the crowd's urging, he continued his run, ultimately pocketing 309 consecutive setting an official record at the time.[8][10][11]​
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My memory is a little foggy on this or I could be getting it mixed up with a different situation, but I'm kind of pretty sure, after this run, there was a guy that followed Cranfield around for the remainder of his playing days and ridiculed all of his accomplishments. It was in large part, due to a personal grudge over a lady friend.
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Pro Pocket Size TOO Small for 9 Ball

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straightline said:
What exactly is the sport? From the looks of the hungry international one-uppers, 4" is the new buckets!

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Hardly but it isn’t really a legit sport if the challenge is not there. I played snooker when I was younger and it took me five years of effort to make my first century. When I started playing pool on 9-footers I spent two years doing mostly drills until I was happy enough to play matches against anyone who is A ranked in Japan. Then I had more fun because I could actually compete and focus on specific weaknesses rather than needing to work on everything. For me, tighter pockets have made 9-ball into a sport. Before it was just a pub game.
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WANTED - Bright green dyed wood

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Looking for a piece of bright green dyed wood to use as a handle section of a Merry Widow cue. Not having much luck searching online. Found some green apple sapodilla through google which was posted on Facebook but the person stopped replying to messages. Out of curiosity I took the picture of the wood and a picture of a Merry Widow cue like the one I want made and instead of swapping out the wood it tinted the Birdseye maple the green color. Is it possible to find a piece dyed this color or do I need to have a cue builder try to stain a light piece of wood during the build? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Kamui Tips Q/A

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SSDiver2112 said:
The Kamui Black Med is out of stock everywhere I normally get them. Probably just a supply chain thing, but maybe they are planning on replacing them with something new idk? There is the Athlete now and I heard a rumor there is another new one to come out.
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That's odd. I am currently only out of clear black soft, clear black super soft, and snooker tips. I have plenty of regular black medium and a few clear black medium left. Going to be restocked by the end of the month. Early November if customs hits me. kamuitips.com should have what you're looking for! When I get restocked I'll also have the new ACE cowhide tip in medium which is the rumored tip you're referring to.
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Variations on "Playing the Ghost"

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9BallKY said:
The thing about variations of playing the ghost is You can play however you want to. I normally just play the regular way. BIH after the break mainly because it’s pretty easy even for a banger like me and I’m 59 years old and don’t play with the consistency I used to. Once in a while I play the 11 ball ghost just for the practice
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It seems like a common theme is that people play it with 11, 15 balls, etc. instead of nine.
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