Unknown "monster" players
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Don Water Dog Edwards although he might have been pretty well known in some circles. Could play with the best of them when the mixture was right. Played all games well.
Gene Daniels, might not be real name, best games were one-pocket and banks. Played nine-ball and bar tables real well also. Smart player. Beat a good road player (9-ball) on the Gold Crowns. Then they moved to a bar for the seven foot action. Saw him dump ten straight games of nine-ball because Billy Cress was betting on the side with the roadies agent. This was for fifty a game in the early 70s. Gene even made the dump look good. A few hours later Gene busted the roadie and got Billys five hundred to boot.
Gene Albrecht for several years beat a lot of top notch players for the cash on the seven footers.
Two players that went by the same name John Henry. One was white the other black both played real sporty on the road.
Gene Daniels, might not be real name, best games were one-pocket and banks. Played nine-ball and bar tables real well also. Smart player. Beat a good road player (9-ball) on the Gold Crowns. Then they moved to a bar for the seven foot action. Saw him dump ten straight games of nine-ball because Billy Cress was betting on the side with the roadies agent. This was for fifty a game in the early 70s. Gene even made the dump look good. A few hours later Gene busted the roadie and got Billys five hundred to boot.
Gene Albrecht for several years beat a lot of top notch players for the cash on the seven footers.
Two players that went by the same name John Henry. One was white the other black both played real sporty on the road.
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ironman said:
Craig,(as I knew him ) was a truely outrageous character. I used to go up to Wichita (or he would come down to Dallas or Houston) regularly in the 60's and we had some great times. I knew enough to stay away from him at 9 ball, so we usually matched up at one pocket.
Most times he took the worst of it. We used to play a lot of golf together ( he was a pretty solid golfer as you well know) Most of the time we were partners against two guys with more money than brains. At that time he had a partner/stakehorse by the name of Donny Culver. (He played mid-shortstop speed) When Craig would go off, Donny would match up with me. Donny owned a used car
lot and when he'd run out of cash, he would bet a car. Great gentleman gambler. If I still had some of the cars he lost to me, I would have a few more bucks in the kitty. '57 Chevvy, '60 Cadillac, '59 Buick, are the ones that stand out.
Craig and Donny were great guy's, Wish they were still around.(don't mean that in a selfish way)
I just realy miss those days! I also do not think Craig belongs in an "unknown" catagory.
Dick
P.S. I still have a set of golf clubs Craig hocked to me in 1967, after he got broke in Ft Worth.
I told him I did not need the collateral but he insisted I take them. They are not for sale!
Dick
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Has anyone ever heard of a guy calle The Mountainman or CURTIS PAYNE.
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Didn't Horace Harper beat everyone that came through Macon, GA at one time? I heard everyone lost to him - every top player at the time.
On the bar table what about guys Jimmy King or Joe Wofford or even Danny Cook.
On the bar table what about guys Jimmy King or Joe Wofford or even Danny Cook.
I don't know the other two, but I know Danny. His bar table speed would make you tired just watching. I have seen him run racks where he never took a free stroke, or seemingly, never even stopped walking between shots. Speed pool at it's finest was his natural gait when he was "right".nitty bitty said:
I busted almost every player that I played out of the ones mentioned on this forum. The only one I did not bust was Lots a Papa. He was a little to strong foe me on the bar table. Tommy sanders, Gabby, Liel Gay, Reid Pierce, Chino, I busted while traveling on the road back in the 80's. Most of the players mentioned would not play because they said I played to slow but they knew I would play high. I broke even with Vernon Eliot, Eugene Browning and a few others. Life was awesome back before the cell phone.
I don"t think so this guy was from Okla. or Texas. CURTIS mountainman PAYNE
I remember Geese, Nate, Bo & Mikey Newport, Bobby Leggs, & Freddy Boggs all in Bill & Billies one nite, action packed what a nite!
Whatever happened to Bobby Leggs and Big Wayne, both played strong.
What about San Jose Dick? Anyone ever heard of him? I heard he could play a little. 
I always used to hear about him beating some road player.
I always used to hear about him beating some road player.