Danny D not even in attendance?
Hi Jay,
You as always are such a great wealth of knowledge and factual pool history I always would refer to you or Charlie Ursitti for things like this.
You are correct, Danny having been born in 1937 would have been 17 years old and not even playing pool, but was working on his boxing career.
I mentioned in a previous reply on this post that Danny has some definite issues with Willie's character that he described he formed over a few events with Willie and he never budged on his dislike for the man. As I mentioned he did say he was a masterful player with a touch of a pickpocket. However as for his personal character when he really was at the height of his career he said he was an arrogant snob who demonstrated these poor character flaws on several occasions.
As for the affidavit, I highly doubt there was some mass conspiracy and that everything that we have on record is probably the most accurate info we have on the event.
This was never a challenge to Willie's abilities as I think anyone who loves this game like we do know that Willie was the greatest of his era and will go down in pool history as a true legend.
Danny was nowhere near Springfield, Ohio on that day in 1954. He was a teenager in Buffalo, NY trying to learn how to box. I love Danny but he comes up with some interesting stories from time to time. I grew up in Dayton, Ohio and I knew Russ Maddox and George Rood, who bought that poolroom from the previous owner in 1958 or '59. They also both knew Mosconi well and Rood had competed against him before. They told me in no uncertain terms that Mosconi did in fact run the 526 in front of many witnesses and only missed the last ball. It may have been on a break shot. I'm not 100% certain about that though.
I was in that poolroom on High St. in Springfield in the early 60's and there was some kind of plaque on the wall commemorating Mosconi's run. I think it was by the table he made the run on. There may have been a copy of the signed affidavit up there as well. I do remember seeing that document one time when I was a newbie in pool. Willie's run was often talked about back then in Southwestern Ohio poolrooms and I never heard anyone talking about him missing during the run. It seemed like everyone knew someone who was there that day.
Hi Jay,
You as always are such a great wealth of knowledge and factual pool history I always would refer to you or Charlie Ursitti for things like this.
You are correct, Danny having been born in 1937 would have been 17 years old and not even playing pool, but was working on his boxing career.
I mentioned in a previous reply on this post that Danny has some definite issues with Willie's character that he described he formed over a few events with Willie and he never budged on his dislike for the man. As I mentioned he did say he was a masterful player with a touch of a pickpocket. However as for his personal character when he really was at the height of his career he said he was an arrogant snob who demonstrated these poor character flaws on several occasions.
As for the affidavit, I highly doubt there was some mass conspiracy and that everything that we have on record is probably the most accurate info we have on the event.
This was never a challenge to Willie's abilities as I think anyone who loves this game like we do know that Willie was the greatest of his era and will go down in pool history as a true legend.
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