Help me find this billiards article from years ago!! - (Found it)!!
UPDATE: I found the article. It is in it's entirety on page 2 of this thread. Enjoy the read and thanks for everyone's input and ideas.
Regards
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Back when I was in grad school in the early 90s, I had access to Lexus/Nexus which was an online repository of news and journal articles. I was doing an MBA project about opening a pool hall. This was back when Jillians was the new hot thing (glad I didn't pursue that!!).
Anyway, I ran across one of the most in depth pieces of billiards reporting that I had ever read. It was basically a bio about this pool genius who went mad trying to perfect his game and then gave it up. When I read the recent thread about Gene Nagy, that name rang a bell and I thought it might have been about him. I tried an internet search for the article, but just can't seem to find it.
What I remember about the piece is that it was pretty long. Almost a short story. There were also two points in the story that stuck out at me. First was a recounting of when the guy went mad. Something about being in a big money match and a bat flew out of the rafters and scared the shit out of the guy. The second was a quote where he said something to the effect that before he went mad, his game was like splitting atoms, and afterwards it is more like throwing rocks at rabbits.
So there is the challenge. This article is a must read for any billiards enthusiast. Special props to the first person who can provide a link to it!!
Thanks for your help.
UPDATE: I found the article. It is in it's entirety on page 2 of this thread. Enjoy the read and thanks for everyone's input and ideas.
Regards
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Back when I was in grad school in the early 90s, I had access to Lexus/Nexus which was an online repository of news and journal articles. I was doing an MBA project about opening a pool hall. This was back when Jillians was the new hot thing (glad I didn't pursue that!!).
Anyway, I ran across one of the most in depth pieces of billiards reporting that I had ever read. It was basically a bio about this pool genius who went mad trying to perfect his game and then gave it up. When I read the recent thread about Gene Nagy, that name rang a bell and I thought it might have been about him. I tried an internet search for the article, but just can't seem to find it.
What I remember about the piece is that it was pretty long. Almost a short story. There were also two points in the story that stuck out at me. First was a recounting of when the guy went mad. Something about being in a big money match and a bat flew out of the rafters and scared the shit out of the guy. The second was a quote where he said something to the effect that before he went mad, his game was like splitting atoms, and afterwards it is more like throwing rocks at rabbits.
So there is the challenge. This article is a must read for any billiards enthusiast. Special props to the first person who can provide a link to it!!
Thanks for your help.
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