Worst also went down to Argentina for a 3-c tournament - I don't know If it was for a world title but he won and he was told to get out of town for his own safety. I don't remember where I read this but Mr Bond and Jay Helfert probably have heard of this also.
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True story, he beat the Argentine champion to win the World Three Cushion title at age 24. All this while the crowd was doing all they could to intimidate him. After the match he needed a police escort to get to the airport and leave town.
I was helping a relative of Basil find more info about his father's record as a player when I came across this tidbit about Worst and his national debut...
There's also a mention of Bennie Allen playing snooker...
It's a juicy page so I thought you might enjoy it
There's also a mention of Bennie Allen playing snooker...
It's a juicy page so I thought you might enjoy it
I enjoyed that, Mr Bond....^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
George Chenier, while he was in England, ran 144 in the World Snooker Championship..
...later disallowed as the record because one pocket was not up to specs...
..George wasn't too happy about that...I was shown an article by Fred Davis in
The Billiard Player mag...the title..GEORGE CHENIER RUNS 144 IN THE WORLD
SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP.
...officially, the world title high run was 142 till Doug Mountjoy ran a 145...late 80s.
George was also the first man to run a 150 in the World Straight Pool Championship...
...on Irving Crane....to be fair...matches used to be to 125.
George Chenier, while he was in England, ran 144 in the World Snooker Championship..
...later disallowed as the record because one pocket was not up to specs...
..George wasn't too happy about that...I was shown an article by Fred Davis in
The Billiard Player mag...the title..GEORGE CHENIER RUNS 144 IN THE WORLD
SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP.
...officially, the world title high run was 142 till Doug Mountjoy ran a 145...late 80s.
George was also the first man to run a 150 in the World Straight Pool Championship...
...on Irving Crane....to be fair...matches used to be to 125.
Funny how things happen sometimes.
If George hadnt stayed behind, Basil wouldn't have played, and his son probably would have never contacted me about the match, and I would have never looked up this article, and we wouldn't be having this conversation.
It's George
If George hadnt stayed behind, Basil wouldn't have played, and his son probably would have never contacted me about the match, and I would have never looked up this article, and we wouldn't be having this conversation.
It's George
I'm really glad you posted that article. I grew up in Amityville, New York and used to get haircuts from Basil. He was the barber and ran a combination barber shop/pool hall by me the 60's and 70's. I was a little young but played a few racks there with my older brother.
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I think this was the record at the time for tournament play. There were also Championship challenge matches through the 1950s (or so). In a 1954 challenge match between Mosconi and tournament runner-up Joe Procita, they played to 2400 points in blocks of 150 points. If I decipher Charlie Ursitti's info correctly, Mosconi had two runs of 150 (unfinished) in that match. They were not continuing runs across blocks in that match, apparently. Those were the first WC runs of 150 I could find looking through Ursitti's records.
The first tournament I could find with matches to 150 was the 1949 WC that was a double round robin with Mosconi, Caras, Crane and Ponzi. Crane had the high run of 82.
Just found this interview with Worst. It's an oldie.
http://johnstoncityvideosll.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html
http://johnstoncityvideosll.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html
thanks for posting that
Huh? Nobody is denying yestday's existence.
