IDK if it's the new lipstick chalks being less abrasive, or I'm not playing as much as I used to years back, but I think I'm getting 2-3 years on a tip these days.

maha said:

i said plainly you cant compare them. you seem to take most things said as attacks on his run. it wasnt one.

but all the conditions were different.

mosconi did not have air conditioning. shows up a half hour before, hits a couple balls and starts the exhibition. didn't clean his balls or cue ball the times i saw him play. i dont know how often your guy did.
mosconi had one try at it each time he had an exhibition. and stopped the exhibition after he got to one hundred total. this time he kept going for whatever reason. doesn't matter.

your guy prepped for it and had unlimited tries and started with a perfect break on a table that the balls splatted when broke most times.

both were great feats although different. except for a number of balls run.

there is no present specific standard for the conditions for it to be a world record. yours is presently. and deserving that you put it together.

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You're absolutely right, and let me say that nobody will ever know how Mosconi would have played on Jason's table or how Jason would have played on Mosconi's table there at East High Billiards club. But one thing for sure, the conditions they played under were certainly different. it's my understanding that Mosconi went there to play on a 9 foot table ( not a Brunswick) which most likely had new cloth but since he's was under Brunswick's employ at the time they had to switch him over to a Brunswick 8 footer which most likely did NOT have new cloth. Another thing I haven't heard mentioned, is that Mosconi was there doing this exhibition and was certainly not there to try to break any kind of record. Just there to another exhibition on his schedule and was most assuredly dressed in coat and tie, dress shoes certainly not comfortably dressed to try to break some kind of record. The number of times I saw Mosconi play, he was always impeccably dressed. Both what Jason accomplished and what Mosconi accomplished were great in their own regard and cannot be compared IMO.

I'm not understanding the Skylar pick. As much as I like him, I feel that he has fallen off from the top elite level. I doubt he will ever win one of the top tier titles that WNT offers.

If we are going by self marketing and all that other social media stuff, I'm surprised Alex P is not in the running. But then again, it was said that having to compete in WNT events is a must to be considered for this event and Alex has missed out on many of those while he travels the world, camera in hand.

JohnnyOzone said:

LePro and Triangle are made from water buffalo

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yeah I know. There was a tip in the solid tip days branded as Water Buffalo. I think it was made by Tweeten, but can't remember for sure. It was blackish in color, and harder. Good for break cues before the phenolic tips took over. But also played fine on a playing cue if a player liked a firmer hit. Those tips installed beautifully.

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