Pool time travel

measureman

measureman

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If you could go back in time and only watch something,what would it be?
I would want to go back and watch Greenleaf in his prime play straight pool.
 
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measureman said:
If you could go back in time and only watch something,what would it be?
I would want to go back and watch Greenleaf in his prime play straight pool.
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I would like to watch you playing for some of Hank's famous bottled water!!!
Playing Buddy Hall some 9 ball. Race to 11 games. Wow!
Many Regards,
Lock N Load.
 
The Best Would Be......

To see Willie & Ralph play or even Better, Willie Hoppe when he ran 22 or 23 straight 3 cushion billards in championship play.
 
my dad would always tell me how they'd cut classes only to watch Parica play money matches here in Manila. This was in the early 70's and Jose was one of the famous "slingshots" back at that time.

although i wouldnt mind watching efren in the 70's too.
 
As much as I admire Willie Hoppe, Ralph, and a few others, of actually like to see some of the Johnson City things.

All the greats gathered in one place at one time.
 
measureman said:
If you could go back in time and only watch something,what would it be?
I would want to go back and watch Greenleaf in his prime play straight pool.
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I would like to see the video of your 3-pack at Hanks last year.
Especially the part when I put the rack to you to make sure it wasn't a 4-pack, and the subsequent damage to your shoulder from trying so hard.

Thanks for reminding me of yet another historic moment from the pool scene in Denver.
 
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I think I'd like to go sit by the table Babe Cranfield practiced on......with a note pad of course! :)

G.
 
Still pretty new but threads like this are one of the reasons I joined. I agree with watching Greeleaf especially against Taberski and the upcoming players Caras, Mosconi and Crane. Would also like to watch Hoppe against Cochran, Schaefer and Bozeman.
 
measureman said:
If you could go back in time and only watch something,what would it be?
I would want to go back and watch Greenleaf in his prime play straight pool.
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I think I would have liked to be at the match where Willie Hoppe played Andre Viginaux (sp) in France for more than $50,000 (which would be what, about a million $ now?)

It was front page news on two continents.
 
Truth be told I'd like to go back in time to Joe's Pool Hall, and play some Eight-ball, and Rotation, with my teenage buddies.
Drink a Grapette soda pop from a bottle, and listen to the sounds, smell the smells, and feel the warmth of a summer's breeze coming through the front door. :)
 
I'd like to go back to Troy, NY in the late 30's to watch my Dad play. By all accounts, he was a talented young shortstop before the war came along. After the war, he quit playing to work his ass off raising us four kids.

I never saw Dad play while growing up, but he talked about the game frequently enough to put the spark in me. He hated 8-ball with a passion, saying only straight pool was worth playing. Once when I was about 17 or so, we were both at a bar celebrating our new union contract. A couple of our coworkers talked him into playing a few racks of 8-ball. He looked pretty smooth to me, but before he could run out, a fight broke out... with me in the middle of it.

The bartender jumped over the bar, grabbed me by the shirt collar, and was just about to punch my lights out when Dad raised his stick over his head and yelled at him to back off. He let me go, but we all got kicked out, and those few balls were all I ever seen him run.
 
would love to have seen this in person:

1929 Feb Hoppe vs Greeneaf.jpg


From Billiards Magazine Feb 1929
 
Surprised Nobody has mentioned Mosconi's record run yet.That's what I'd like to see.Or maybe watch George Washington play.
 
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