Mosconi's 526 run POOL TABLE questions

thats 105 years ago, 10 ft tables with 4.5" pockets.....

yup... Mosconi was a master:cool:
 
Mosconi has been quoted as saying he missed an easy shot and he never missed...just got tired. If that part is BS then the 526 was probably BS too. Over the years 1000's of people have said they were in the poolroom watching the whole time...just like the millions that say they were at Woodstock. Tired of listening to this crap on here 10 times a year. Johnnyt

Sorry johnny, it was well documented AT THE TIME that he ran 526, with
many witnesses. Why he decided to start lying about missing is beyond me.

There is NO bs, thank you very much. Now go back to investigating JFK.

Dale(not at Woodstock either, but believes it happened)
 
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Sorry johnny, it was well documented AT THE TIME that he ran 526, with
many witnesses. Why he decided to start lying about missing is beyond me.

There is NO bs, thank you very much. Now go back to investigating JFK.

Dale(not at Woodstock either, but I believes it happened)

First Woodstock was in Spokane, Wa....hehe
 
FTR, George Rood did purchase the table that Mosconi's HR was performed on. Since he has passed away, perhaps searching out his surviving family members would gain some new information (George was a regular at Airway for decades). You could call Airway Billiards in Dayton, and ask the owner if he knows any of Rood's family. I know he had a grandson that was interested in pool...but don't have any information other than that.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

I can assure you that none of George's relatives know anything about the table.
Neither does anyone at Airway, tho they do know plenty about George.

I'll have to check, but I think the 1954 era tables were all long gone by the time
George and Russ owned East High.

Dale
 
Since you've only got 189 posts we'll assume you're not familiar with internet forum ettiquette: people can, and will, reply with anything they want to say. It might not be interesting to you, but it might be interesting to someone else. You might even learn something you don't know or hadn't even thought about.

It might not even have anything remotely to do with your question; get over it.

You can stomp your feet, shake your fists, even threaten to take your cueball and go home...but doing so is the surest way to be ignored.

This ^ is the best response I've seen in this thread. thank you Bdorman. Evidently, I can't give you any more rep till I spread it around.
 
FTR, George Rood did purchase the table that Mosconi's HR was performed on. Since he has passed away, perhaps searching out his surviving family members would gain some new information (George was a regular at Airway for decades). You could call Airway Billiards in Dayton, and ask the owner if he knows any of Rood's family. I know he had a grandson that was interested in pool...but don't have any information other than that.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

George did not have any children .
 
Which means he spent a couple of decades learning to play on 10 ft tables prior to 1950 and nonetheless has nothing to do with Brunswick producing tables with 4.5" pockets.

Find some information on a Anniversary, Centennial, Sport King, GC1, GC2, or GC3, with 4 1/2" corner pocket produced by Brunswick, as we don't live in the 1800s, and no one plays pool with 2 5/16ths balls today;)
 
Brunswick never produced a factory commercial pool table with corner pockets less than 5" and side pocket less than 5 1/2" until they started manufacturing the GC 4 tournament edition. I grew up playing on the Sport Kings, Anniversaries, and Centennials in the military as a soldier and a dependent, and those were the only pool tables ever used in the post recreation centers as well as the dayrooms.

Someone is trying to weasel out of a statement LOL "never" is a long time ;)
 
this thread is about the establishment of 4.5" pockets in 1887
from Modern Billiards 1909 BBC
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=288215

and then there's this:
View attachment 373627
from Brunswick's Handbook of Billiards 1910

What table was used in this tournament, and did Brunswick sponsor the tournament, or was Brunswick pool tables the table of choice to hold the tournament on. Did Brunswick make the pockets to those dimensions, or did some pool table mechanic make them 4 1/2" because the tournament officials wanted tables with tighter pockets than Brunswick offered at that time, because they wanted the tournament to be more challenging? ;) No where in that statement did it say Brunswick made the pockets 4 1/2" nor did it mention what pool table was being used.....nice try though:thumbup:
 
Mosconi has been quoted as saying he missed an easy shot and he never missed...just got tired. If that part is BS then the 526 was probably BS too. Over the years 1000's of people have said they were in the poolroom watching the whole time...just like the millions that say they were at Woodstock. Tired of listening to this crap on here 10 times a year. Johnnyt

Yep, someone started playing pool at the same time they starting walking, played Ralph Greenleaf in an exhibition at the age of 6, yep, 6. And then went on to win 15 World Championships, noted as one of the best, if not the best "cueist" of all time, made a very good living playing pool, sponsored by Brunswick, elected to the Hall of Fame, and a technical advisor on the movie "The Hustler", probably could never be the record holder of running the most balls in an exhibition, in game nobody could beat him at :banghead:
 
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Someone is trying to weasel out of a statement LOL "never" is a long time ;)

Who's trying to weasel out of anything, Mr Bond provided no proof what so ever that it was Brunswick that built the pockets to those specs for that tournament or which tables were provided or available to be bought with 4 1/2" corner pockets:thumbup:
 
I've bought plenty of GC3S for my pool rooms new, and Brunswick did not offer anything but stock 5" corner pockets at that time. Brunswick's first tournament edition 4 9/16ths corner pockets came out on the GC4...double shimmed, not extended rails. The first extended rails to make a 4 9/16ths corner pocket was first offered with GC 5 at an added cost of $1,000.


That is not a reference, that is you relating your personal experience.

You cannot make the leap from your personal experience to saying Brunswick "never" did anything. Brunswick produced thousands of tables in a wide variety of models. Unless you provide something from Brunswick, you can't get to "never."

Lou Figueroa
 
Yep, someone started playing pool at the same time they starting walking, played Ralph Greenleaf in an exhibition at the age of 6, yep, 6. And then went on to win 15 World Championships, noted as one of the best, if not the best "cueist" of all time, made a very good living playing pool, sponsored by Brunswick, elected to the Hall of Fame, and a technical advisor on the movie "The Hustler", probably could never be the record holder of running the most balls in an exhibition, in game nobody could beat him :banghead:

Robert; I will soon post a thread or respond in this one that will answer many questions, mainly about, Willie and his documented 'High Run' 526, and also another VERY high run that was not as documented!

It will include a phone interview with the foremost authority on Willie Mosconi in the country, and his views on the acceptance and denial of others opinions of the '526' run, the players of yesteryear and today in comparison to Willie!
 
I can assure you that none of George's relatives know anything about the table.
Neither does anyone at Airway, tho they do know plenty about George.

I'll have to check, but I think the 1954 era tables were all long gone by the time
George and Russ owned East High.

Dale

I played on the 526 table in 1968...at the urging of Russ Maddox.
I used to visit his Pickwick club in Dayton....which became the first Airway before it
moved to the east of I-75.
 
What table was used in this tournament, and did Brunswick sponsor the tournament, or was Brunswick pool tables the table of choice to hold the tournament on. Did Brunswick make the pockets to those dimensions, or did some pool table mechanic make them 4 1/2" because the tournament officials wanted tables with tighter pockets than Brunswick offered at that time, because they wanted the tournament to be more challenging? ;) No where in that statement did it say Brunswick made the pockets 4 1/2" nor did it mention what pool table was being used.....nice try though:thumbup:

Wow, feeling a little stubborn are we?
You said that they never played on 4.5" pockets ( choice #1)
I hope you can see that you were mistaken.

And for the record, it wasn't just A tournament Glen, those were the specs for all pro level tournies. And Brunswick sponsored/staked almost every single one, not just stipulating but demanding that they ALL be played on Brunswick tables with Brunswick cushions and Brunswick balls.
To think that Brunswick would require these specs for 60 plus years and never produce a table that matched said specs is pretty silly. But hey, believe what you want bro, its a free country. But I'd say you were mistaken twice.
 
book collector...I don't doubt you, as I never knew George personally. I sat down and talked with George several years ago, at Airway...just normal conversation. He mentioned "grandson", but he could have been talking about a nephew, or even just a young person that he took an interest in. We "forget" lots of things as we get to an extended age.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

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George did not have any children .
 
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