John made NY Times
Read it here https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/...rVbMZpKm6c-gdBlGahvBqM7F2XwKFUDnAauinv873ny6Y
It’s a really good article, surprisingly, for a popular media report on pool.
John Schmidt has beaten Mosconi
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It’s a really good article, surprisingly, for a popular media report on pool.
John made NY Times
Read it here https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/...rVbMZpKm6c-gdBlGahvBqM7F2XwKFUDnAauinv873ny6Y
Thanks Terry,
Very nice article in the Times!
Will Prout
We finally agree on something. Well, at least it was a BIG something.
John, as much as anyone, deserves HOF.
What do you think...?
It's a reference to the legend that Mosconi wanted to go for steak dinner, and just quit on his 526 run without having missed.
I think with a 100 ball cushion I might have considered it just so I could say I did.
Reminds me of the time I walked into Amsterdam Billiards and announced I'd give Ginky the 8 for $100 game of 9-ball. He'd kill me of course, but I'd forever get to say "Yeah, I give Ginky the 8".
pj
chgo
John don't have any quit in him, so there's no way in hell he would have said, OK.. that's enough balls ran!!
Great new sports page article about John's astonishing feat.
It's from the Monterey Herald entitled "Surpassing a Billiards' Milestone"
https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/05/28/setting-a-billiards-milestone/
It contains many post-accomplishment interview personal reactions stated by John, like the following:
" . . . breaking Mosconi’s long-standing record is the high point of his professional life, he said. “I’ve had some bright moments in my career but this one is definitely my crowning achievement.”
After achieving his feat, he was quick to thank his sponsors, including Easy Street Billiards, Sardo Rack, Predator Pool Cues, and Taom Chalk.
But his excitement and pride in his achievement were palpable.
“When people say, ‘who’s got the world record?’ I can say ‘me,’” Schmidt beamed. “I’m the luckiest player in the world right now.”
Arnaldo
It's from the Monterey Herald entitled "Surpassing a Billiards' Milestone"
https://www.montereyherald.com/2019/05/28/setting-a-billiards-milestone/
It contains many post-accomplishment interview personal reactions stated by John, like the following:
" . . . breaking Mosconi’s long-standing record is the high point of his professional life, he said. “I’ve had some bright moments in my career but this one is definitely my crowning achievement.”
After achieving his feat, he was quick to thank his sponsors, including Easy Street Billiards, Sardo Rack, Predator Pool Cues, and Taom Chalk.
But his excitement and pride in his achievement were palpable.
“When people say, ‘who’s got the world record?’ I can say ‘me,’” Schmidt beamed. “I’m the luckiest player in the world right now.”
Arnaldo
Others may come along who run more balls than Mosconi did, or perhaps even than Schmidt did, but John will always be the one who broke Mosconi's record.
That's pool immortality.
Today I overheard some 14.1 types discussing how this BCA certification thing could backfire.
One guy said, "I heard he was racking at the wrong end of the table."
Then an udder guys says, "Man, wouldn't it be something if the BCA refused to call it an official record because the rule books says 14.1 starts with the balls racked on the foot spot."
Dead silence until a third guys shakes his head and says, "Naww."
Lou Figueroa
Is there a formal definition of "foot" other than "the end opposite the end you break from"?
pj
chgo
Was there a recognized run record before Willie's?
pj
chgo
pj
chgo
Mick is quite perceptive and understood my question.
Dan’t know.
I vaguely remember something about it being opposite the manufacturer’s name plate but am not sure.
Lou Figueroa
never a Bob Jewett around
when you need one
Brother, if the government announced it was going to give everyone a million dollars somebody is going to go online and b!tch about the taxes. Just try to ignore the people who don't want or can't process good things. They're going to post it. Just shake your head, smile, and be thankful you're not one of them.
This is a truly wonderful and amazing thing for pool. So many people scream that pool is dead. Yet here we are. A sixty year old record has been broken.
When the 626 hits the station.....
It doesn’t matter which way the engine is facing...
...it’s in the station
Shouldnt be. Hell if you walk up to a freshly covered drop pocket table with no ball return and no marks on the cloth from previous playing time... how do you know?