Who mentored Eddie Taylor?
Who mentored the Pros...???
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He says he never really had a mentor. In an interview he said he just gambled a lot. As a kid he would wait until he had a lot of money, then he'd go on the road and challenge this one guy (can't remember the name) in banks and he'd lose all his money. then a few months later he'd do it again until he could finally beat him.
Johnny learned a lot from James Evans. He and Cisero as kids used to watch Evans and Johnny Irish play 75 no count on a very tight 5 x 10 table at the 7-11. They learned a lot just by watching them. Johnny also learned quite a bit from Abe Rosen, but not fromal lessons or anything like that, Abe would show him one shot and Johnny had to master the shot before Abe would show him anything else. Johnny felt that this was the best way to really learn because all the focus is on that one shot and mastering it. He didn't feel formal lessons were as constructive, he'd say "if I show you 10 things today you'll forget 8 of them by tomorrow".
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Thanks Bobby. He mentioned Johnny Irish often but I dont ever remember him mentioning Abe. I learned something today. :thumbup:
Abe was a New York player, he played mostly 3 cushion and one pocket, although I believe he had a high run near 300 balls in 14.1 He died in the mid 90's at the age of 87 or 88. I didn't see Abe until a couple of years before his death, he'd give lessons at Amsterdam Billiards. Every now and then he'd play a really outstanding one pocket shot that I never saw before, it was easy to see how huge of a weapon 3C knowledge is in one pocket.