At the end of the old mosconi straight pool tutorial that's posted earlier in the thread at the end he's briefly interviewed and says his high run is 526 and that it took over 2.5 hours and that he's didn't miss but just stopped because he got tired. I'd hope he wouldn't straight lie but idk for sure how it ended either way.
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At the end of the old mosconi straight pool tutorial that's posted earlier in the thread at the end he's briefly interviewed and says his high run is 526 and that it took over 2.5 hours and that he's didn't miss but just stopped because he got tired. I'd hope he wouldn't straight lie but idk for sure how it ended either way.
Yes, I'm aware of that. See post #42 above for what Mike Shamos wrote about it (although Mike was wrong about what Willie's autobiography says).
Good post. Seeing Mosconi play in his youthful years would've been something special. Unfortunately, most video footage of Mosconi is post-1960's.
Research has shown that as fake news.
Willie was the best, past or present, IMO. However, on that video there was a little creative editing, as I mentioned awhile back here:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=4787752&postcount=21
Why would he stop at that #? Is that his birthday? 5/26 otherwise it dont hold water
Jason
The only thing that doesn't get discussed on Az, which amazes me, is that Willie played for years on 10 ft.tables in US Open Championship Competition.
Ralph Eckert observed in one of his articles (June 4, 2013) ......"there definitely was a huge setback in 1949; until then, standard pool tables measured 10 ft!"
It was at that time that 9 ft tables were adopted as regulation size pool tables, at least that's what I've
learned from my research. How many readers out there have actually played much pool on 10' pool
tables? Lots of us have experience 10' snooker tables and of course, billiard tables but I am talking
about a pool table with 4.5" pockets (playing surface 60" x 120")...tables that Willie, Balsis, Lassiter,
Greenleaf, Crane, et al competed on in US Open 14.1 Championship play.....2500 points.
Folks, I am telling you it's a much more difficult game; you have to have a superb stroke in order to
make high runs because squirt, english deviation & cue ball speed using 1, 2 and 3 rails is different.
So give credit where credit is due when it comes to reviewing Willie's incredulous tournament records.
When he ran 526, he had to play on that 8' Brunswick table since his contract said "Brunswick tables only".
Ralph Eckert observed in one of his articles (June 4, 2013) ......"there definitely was a huge setback in 1949; until then, standard pool tables measured 10 ft!"
It was at that time that 9 ft tables were adopted as regulation size pool tables, at least that's what I've
learned from my research. How many readers out there have actually played much pool on 10' pool
tables? Lots of us have experience 10' snooker tables and of course, billiard tables but I am talking
about a pool table with 4.5" pockets (playing surface 60" x 120")...tables that Willie, Balsis, Lassiter,
Greenleaf, Crane, et al competed on in US Open 14.1 Championship play.....2500 points.
Folks, I am telling you it's a much more difficult game; you have to have a superb stroke in order to
make high runs because squirt, english deviation & cue ball speed using 1, 2 and 3 rails is different.
So give credit where credit is due when it comes to reviewing Willie's incredulous tournament records.
When he ran 526, he had to play on that 8' Brunswick table since his contract said "Brunswick tables only".
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"On March 19, in Springfield, Ohio, I ran 526 balls, a record that still stands. I was playing a two-hundred point match against an amateur by the name of Earl Bruney in the East High Billiard Club. He made three balls off the break, then I ran two hundred and just keep going. The run took two hours and ten minutes, which means that over that span I averaged four balls a minute. I finally missed a difficult cut shot, but by that time I was weary; it was almost a relief to have it come to an end."
Willie Mosconi
from "Willie's Game"
his autobiography
Lou Figueroa
Willie Mosconi
from "Willie's Game"
his autobiography
Lou Figueroa
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A lot of comments have been recorded on how Mosconi was beyond his prime on the videos shown above. I agree. Sadly, there is next to no good footage available with Mosconi in his prime. A glimpse though, may be seen in the "I've Got a Secret" video below, a popular 60s tv show. If you can excuse the usual trick shot banter, Willie does run a rack of balls with pretty much the fluidity he had in his younger days, even though he doesn't set up a break shot at the end of the rack. But, I think you get the point with respect to his skill. If he wanted to set up a break shot, I think he could have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts7YqHRrjc
All the best,
WW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts7YqHRrjc
All the best,
WW
There was an article about the record run printed in the Springfield newspaper a few days later.
It describes the shot he missed.
Dale
Kobachi
Scarred but Smarter
Here's AZB's own Mr Bond's segment on the travel Channel featuring Willie.
I just posted it on the Tube tonight. It's short but interesting none the less.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQkskK_G53c&feature=youtu.be
Enjoy.
I just posted it on the Tube tonight. It's short but interesting none the less.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQkskK_G53c&feature=youtu.be
Enjoy.
The actual playing surface on a 5x10 table is 56"x112".
if you notice after the break shot he studies the table
for a moment - and it seems like he has the whole pattern layed out
In his mind.
Looks like he is using a nice Palmer cue.
Mcp.
Interesting that none of the panelists picked out Willie, and also that when asked the size of the pockets on the pool table Willie said five and a half inches.