T411 said:

No video of the game but here Bill Stroud talks about how well he thought Toby Sweet played roll out.

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Love that story. Billy got it right too. Toby spotted the world back then at pushout 9-Ball. He used to spot a young Buddy Hall the eight ball and beat him as well. Guys like Kelly, Jersey Red and Johnny Ervolino had to play him even, but they couldn't get there. Some other name players of that era didn't even want to play him. Toby played his best for the cheese too. He had zero dog in him. The real killer instinct like Parica. I never to this day, saw anyone who could cut a ball thin down the rail any better than Toby. He never missed one! And I'm talking super thin cuts. I guess Louie could do it too, but Louie missed one once in a while. Modern day, Lee Vann at his peak made those super thin cuts the best.

We always called it 'Pushout' pool. There were only two ways we played back then. Either Pushout or 'Try To Hit The Ball.' In Pushout you could push any time you were hooked or didn't like the shot. Your opponent had the option to shoot or give it back to you. If he made you shoot and you fouled it was BIH. If he took the shot and fouled (not scratched) he was now on one. In TTHTB you had to make an effort to hit the object ball no matter where the cue ball was. If you hit it then you were okay. If you missed it your opponent had the option to shoot or make you shoot again. If you missed it twice he had BIH. I liked both versions. I knew if I was the better player I would win either way.

Tony Zinzola
Did he stopped making cues?
Was quite a hot shot about 15 years ago

DrCue'sProtege said:

Since my Gold Crown IV plays tough and has 4.5 corner and 4.75 sides I decided to go with the slightly larger pockets on the Diamond. It will have 4.75 corners and 5.25 sides.

4-6 months. Will be a long wait. Maybe I will luck out and have an early delivery.

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Business is good at Diamond! Maybe one of the more successful small businesses in the country.

Kris_b1104 said:

Lechner up 5-1 on Shaw. Shaw seems to be in give-up mode or fatigued.

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Not the Shaw I remember. He used to be a killer.

Incredible musician!!!

My amboyna burl Cohen cue. It comes out every October for Halloween:

Ron Haley cue,amboyna on amboyna

jjohnson said:

Not much of a story. Just some filler I heard. Bucktooth used to own a poolhall in Castro Valley. He hired Cole to work there. He didn't last long. Cole was playing pool all the time and not taking care of the counter. I'd think Cole was probably 14 or 15, because when Cole was 16, no one in the San Francisco Bay Area could beat him, and I'd think Cole wouldn't need to work in a poolhall with that ability.

I also heard that Cole was very upset when he was in, I think it was Houston. He heard that there was lots of money to be made in this one particular poolhall, anyway, you had to be 18 years old to get in and they wouldn't let him in because he was too young.

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Legend aside, who taught Cole and how do you figure he'd stand with Gorst and Filler? And how come he let Keith pass? Was Keith better?