93 Us Open Final Strickland vs Ellin....

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My buddy and I have debated this for quite awhile... So I decided to record it and get some feedback on here....

Does Earl intentionally miss the 4 to bring Ellin back to the table??? Video is horrible sorry, but audio is very clear .... Earl tries to let Tony continue after a foul is called from his belly moving a ball... Listen carefully to Earl in background... Watch earl's approach on the 4 ball... He takes more time on this shot than any other the entire set.... Then the crowd goes wild after he shoots it straight into second diamond....


Grady says there is no way Earl missed that on purpose, I disagree...


Alot of people always talk of his poor sportsmanship... But if Earl did actually intentionally miss this shot, how many players would do this on any stage let alone trailing in the Us Open final???

Link Below... Again, sorry for poor quality....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wSErzll1C8
 
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I was watching this not long ago, don't even need to watch your video :-) I think he missed on purpose. He was ready to let the foul go but the ref and director gave him ball in hand.
 
Tony is gone but not fogotten... I know many people who never bought the story of trying to beat a train... He was always a good guy whenever we ran into him or he passed thru....
 
And Earl missed on purpose... You can hear the crowd and you can see it on Tony's mug... The only one who missed it was Grady =) And Grady never missed much on or off the table....
 
I'm one Earl's biggest fans but he didn't miss that on purpose.
If you look at the layout of the 4, 5 & 6...with BIH on the 4,
he actually over ran his position mark on the 5 by a good 12" to 18".

Then he tried to "hold" the angle for the 5 by applying extreme outside
on the 4 by aiming thick.

I agree with Grady that he was just distracted enough by the moment
and carelessly one-stroked the 4.

I have this tape btw and Earl played phenomenal.
 
Tony Ellin...wow.

He was in top who's who of players in the 90's.

The last time I saw him play was in the semi-finals of the San Francisco Classic at a posh pool hall called Chalkers, Kim Davenport went on to win it.

Good find.
 
The Renfro said:
And Earl missed on purpose... You can hear the crowd and you can see it on Tony's mug... The only one who missed it was Grady =) And Grady never missed much on or off the table....
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At 21 seconds it sounds like it was Earl who called the foul or emphatically agrees that the ball moved. I think the crowd was clapping for justice.

That being said as unbelievable as it sounds, Earl looked like he missed it on purpose with the easy way as if he was on the stall. But, in the U S Open when Tony Ellin was was of the top monsters in the game?

Tough call and pretty good debate fodder.

Freddie <~~~ wouldn't put anything past Earl.
 
People talk about Earl's poor sportsmanship, but I think the wording is a bit incorrect. He does all kinds of whiny, silly crap that gets in people's heads, but I honestly don't think he does any of it on purpose or for the benefit of gaining an advantage.

I have seen Earl's respect for the game, and he has done the right thing every time I have seen. I have a video I just watched the other day, Earl and Shannon in the 1992 Sands tourney. There's a point where Earl scratches and Shannon takes the two ball out of the pocket and lays it on the table thinking it was the cue ball. When he realizes it wasn't, he retrieves the cueball from the pocket and lines up on the two he just removed, forgetting it shouldn't be there - an obvious foul if he plays it.

Earl could have just sat there and called a foul, but he gets right up, walks to the table and puts the two back in the pocket. I have seen him do similar on several occasions.

For all of Earl's flaws, he is one of the fairest players I have ever seen play when it comes to on the table. I don't know if he missed on purpose on that video, but I would say that it is absolutely a possibility.
 
Cornerman said:
At 21 seconds it sounds like it was Earl who called the foul or emphatically agrees that the ball moved. I think the crowd was clapping for justice.

That being said as unbelievable as it sounds, Earl looked like he missed it on purpose with the easy way as if he was on the stall. But, in the U S Open when Tony Ellin was was of the top monsters in the game?

Tough call and pretty good debate fodder.

Freddie <~~~ wouldn't put anything past Earl.
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I don't hear earl call foul but I do hear him clearly say "it's okay" "go ahead" just after 1:00....


Btw, this was an incredible match and a must buy for your accustats collection... Tony came out on fire, up 3-0 in about 5 min.... Earl rose to the occasion only like earl does.... I don't think anyone else could've beat tnt that day... Tony played a near perfect set in his 1st and only us open final...


Tony was at the top of his game in 93-94... He did get some redemption the following june at Sands 19, beating cj wiley 15-4 in about an hour to win tourney.... It was the strongest finals performance I've ever seen... He ended up shooting about .960 on cj... Tony beat the best of the best on his path to the finals....


Tony vs Earl 1993 Us Open final (accustats links)

http://www.1vshop.com/Accu-Stats/st...8&PNAME=Earl+Strickland+vs.+Tony+Ellin*+(DVD)

Tony vs CJ Sands 19 final

http://www.1vshop.com/Accu-Stats/st...96&PNAME=Tony+Ellin+vs.+C.J.+Wiley+(F)*+(DVD)
 
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