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Where are the 'lost' Mosconi videos?

L.S. Dennis
I know this topic has been around forever but indulge me if I'm being redundant and ask it once again...
What the hell ever happened to the old videos of Mosconi's matches from the period of 1945 to say early to mid 1950's? This was a period when a prime Mosconi went through his opponents like sh*t through a short snake. Oh there were other greats during that period, Jimmy Caras and Irvine Crane and the like but it was the Mosconi show in those years. I've heard (read of anyway) those who opine "Oh they were all stored in some warehouse that caught fire and they were lost forever" This is BS and anyone who believes this I've got some good beach front property in Arizona I'd like to sell you!

I know they exist (or at least did exist) because I remember seeing clips from them during the early 60's on network television (that's all we had back then). It's possibe that the Mosconi family has them or the rights to them who knows. The only video that even remotely gives a glimpse of Mosconi in early time is the old 'I've got a secret show, hosted by Gary Moore (it's on YouTube) where he asked Mosconi to throw out some balls to show the audience how to run a rack of balls. It's in black and white and filmed sometime in the early to mid fifties I think.

I was lucky enough to see Willie in person two or three times, something I'll never forget!
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Any videos of Dr Dave in an actual match?

iusedtoberich
Patrick Johnson said:
I have no doubt that you could be a top player if you devoted your life to it like all top players do. But then we wouldn't reap the rewards that we do for your choice (thanks again). In fact, I'm sure there are plenty of top players who know of your stuff and are better for it - I know I am (except for the "top" part).

It's true that ability trumps knowledge for winning, but ability comes quicker and goes farther with knowledge.

pj
chgo
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Stop it. No 650, assuming that Dave is that, will ever be a pro speed player. You know better.

By that logic, all of the members here who devoted 10 years of their lives during teen and early 20’s years would all be pro level.

Players reach their potential quite quickly, and then plateau the rest of their careers.

That’s why Tyler will never be a Shane. Why Pia will never be a Siming. Why the local 600 will never be a 700 open speed player. Etc.
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Any videos of Dr Dave in an actual match?

iusedtoberich
Patrick Johnson said:
Do you think any player would improve that much without knowing at least some of what an instructor teaches?

pj
chgo

P.S. I met and played with Dave several years ago in Colorado. He can play - and he knows (and can teach) his stuff.
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any player that got to Shane’s speed, which might be 10 total in the history of the sport, will be able to run circles around the knowledge of any instructor. The physics knowledge, no, of course not. The things needed to actually play, yes. This is not a knock on instructors. It’s just reality.
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Mark Wilson on sidespin to pocket balls

Paul_#_
Coos Cues said:
When I hear an expert say things I know are wrong it brings into question their expertise. Anyone who's been playing a while knows you can transfer a lot more than a "whisper" to the OB.
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Coos Cues said:
He said you can only transfer a "whisper" to the object ball. This is patently false.
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Mark Wilson spoke about how English only added a “whisker” of spin to object balls in one kind of shot (see video at 1:50 minutes). This is the shot of cue ball at 45 degrees to an object ball frozen to the rail. He puts inside English on cue ball, hits cushion first, and then CB hits object ball. He was referring to the sound and amount of spin of that hit versus other shots.

Very little spin imparted on object ball there makes sense. The cue ball with inside English — running English here — hits cushion and then hits object ball like that in a stun shot. The shot is not helped if cue ball’s spin is transferred to the object ball—cue ball is rotating clockwise and would place the wrong spin on object ball to help move it along rail to pocket. The cue ball hits object ball more like a stun shot than a cue ball imparting spin to object ball. It appears that only a whisker of spin is put on object ball.
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Pool and Race

Biloxi Boy
ShootingArts said:
I accidentally stopped at a black place on the road and the reaction was much the same when I think about it. No violence but a very solid show of force. I was dry so I got some beer in cans and went down the road with the beer unopened until I was back on the highway!

Hu
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Nearly the same story, except young white men with long ass hair, having to stop at the Red Neck Inn (the last chance before a dry county). "Oh yeah, you can get your beers, but you can get your damn asses out, too." Nothing like a near frozen Bud on an un-air conditioned July night.
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The other Gus?

Cuebuddy
Chopdoc said:
The value/price will be what a buyer is willing to pay. It is certainly a fascinating cue. I was impressed when he first showed it to me. I love the ad.
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It is interesting, Like yourself I have spent years collecting pictures, articles and information on rare, and vintage cues. Lots of info saved on two computers that are not being used now. Both will still fire up but I need to find the time to save that material.
Retirement is just around the corner:giggle:
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It’s Spitzky’s Title in Dramatic Finale

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MARCO SPITZKY IS the KAMUI SLOVENIAN OPEN champion as he defeated Mario He 10-9 in a thrilling climax as he came from 9-5 down to grab victory at the death. Mario had enough chances to win and was bitterly disappointed with his display as he squandered the opportunity to take down his seventh Predator Euro Tour title. Spitzky who came into the event ranked No.10, is something of a part-time player, working by day with children at a kindergarten, but he showed nerves of steel to hang in there and take advantage of Mario’s errors. Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, Spitzky’s […]

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