Louie Roberts Stories
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There have been a lot of threads that included him but not to many solely dedicated to him. Here is one.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=321555&highlight=Louie+Roberts
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=321555&highlight=Louie+Roberts
''Freddy ''The Beard''s Encyclopedia,,,!!!
If you pick up Freddy ''The Beard's'' new book,,,,,''The Enclopedia of Pool Hustlers'' you'll find some great stories as well of photos of ''St. Louie, Louie''....
Very Colorful player with a great name but I must admit,,,,my two favorite names are ''Sugar Shack Johnny Novak'',,,,,and ''Watusi Slim''.....!!!
Alan Ende
If you pick up Freddy ''The Beard's'' new book,,,,,''The Enclopedia of Pool Hustlers'' you'll find some great stories as well of photos of ''St. Louie, Louie''....
Very Colorful player with a great name but I must admit,,,,my two favorite names are ''Sugar Shack Johnny Novak'',,,,,and ''Watusi Slim''.....!!!
Alan Ende
Only the greatest shot maker who every lived! There isn't even a close second.
To see him get down there and rifle in a long cut shot was a thing of beauty! His stroke was long and dead straight. No one had an arm like him.
Only the greatest shot maker who every lived! There isn't even a close second.
Better than Keith or Buddy?
Wow.
Ken
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Keith was different. He was also a great shot maker, but in a different way. He would smooth stroke and caress those balls in from everywhere. What made Keith so unique (and deadly) was that he could play good position as well on an extremely difficult cut shot. And he made it look so easy. That's what scared all the other guys.
Louie meanwhile just fired the ball in at 100mph and let the cue ball loose. But he hit 'em on a straight line dead in the heart of the pocket. Keith used the whole pocket. Louie only needed the 2 1/2 inches in the center!
Keith was a great player, Louie was a freak!
P.S. Buddy always beat Louie because he outplayed him. I won't go into how he did it, let's just say he played better. He didn't have to make all the hard shots because his position play was so good. But I will say this, if there was an unusually difficult shot on the table, Buddy knew the answer!
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This is definitely a second-hand but possibly a third-hand or more story, but nonetheless the houseman that used to work at the poolroom I frequent here in Indy said that Louie came in there one time back in the day when the place actually had action and he had gambling games on 4-6 tables at one time. He also said he saw Louie make a game where the stipulation was that he had to break and make exactly 1 ball (no more, no less) playing 9-ball and then run out perfectly in order (no caroms, kisses, combos) or lose the game. He said Louie robbed it. He also said Louie played some guy for his shoes once the guy ran out of barrels.
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My word this post comes along just when I was thinking about one the things that happened at Beenies back in the late 70's and it was just this morning
. Thorton Montgomery was playing Louie a race to 11 and Thorton hadn't played much one shot foul and that's the rules they had decided on--game was close all the way through. It's hill to hill ,10 each and Louie Scratches on the 8--Thorton comes to the table and spots the 8--moves the cueball down behind the line to shoot a spot shot with the 9 frozen on the rail below the 8. Misses the 8 and leave Louie with a long shot the he makes and gets on the 9 and finishes it off- Nobody said a word and Thorton just pulled up afterwards and walked off--don't know if he ever knew what had happened
My word this post comes along just when I was thinking about one the things that happened at Beenies back in the late 70's and it was just this morning
. Thorton Montgomery was playing Louie a race to 11 and Thorton hadn't played much one shot foul and that's the rules they had decided on--game was close all the way through. It's hill to hill ,10 each and Louie Scratches on the 8--Thorton comes to the table and spots the 8--moves the cueball down behind the line to shoot a spot shot with the 9 frozen on the rail below the 8. Misses the 8 and leave Louie with a long shot the he makes and gets on the 9 and finishes it off- Nobody said a word and Thorton just pulled up afterwards and walked off--don't know if he ever knew what had happened
I actually wrote two stories by two different people as they were told to me in the link above. It isn't a story of guts, riches and glory but it is the real deal, warts and all. Hope you all enjoy them.
JoeyA
Louie Roberts
In the late 80's early 90's, I played out of the Golden Cue in Rosemead outside of Los Angeles.
I was playing pinochle one day and a player came in and said "Who wants to play some 9 ball?" I told him I figured he was a good player, sent in to trap me and I wanted the wild 8. He said OK and I pulled up after losing a few sets.
Two days later the LA Times had an article on the front page of the sports section with this guys picture on it. St. Louis Louie Roberts is giving a pool exhibition at the downtown Los Angeles Elks Club.
Wish the article had come out a few days later. Would have saved me some money.
In the late 80's early 90's, I played out of the Golden Cue in Rosemead outside of Los Angeles.
I was playing pinochle one day and a player came in and said "Who wants to play some 9 ball?" I told him I figured he was a good player, sent in to trap me and I wanted the wild 8. He said OK and I pulled up after losing a few sets.
Two days later the LA Times had an article on the front page of the sports section with this guys picture on it. St. Louis Louie Roberts is giving a pool exhibition at the downtown Los Angeles Elks Club.
Wish the article had come out a few days later. Would have saved me some money.
I'll tell a story about Louie tomorrow. I live in STL and have a good one. There were a few witnesses. It involves Billy Incordona at the Sports Center in STL. Ya aint gonna believe this. I was there and saw it.
John :smile:
John :smile:
Louie was one of the nicest. I played him five or six times and he was incredible!
Catch phrase was "Take your places balls" after he would break.
Catch phrase was "Take your places balls" after he would break.
Louie had more CHARISMA in his little finger than all the pool players combined today, with the exception of Alex.