Not PM. He does look sorta familiar.I don't think that's Pete. That's not how Pete did his hair in his prime. Pete Margo, I believe, retired from competition in the late 1980's.
That guy on the right does, however, look familiar.
Shame that the senior tour devised by Mizerak never got any traction. So many legends were there, and so many of them were living in Florida that the coordination was very manageable Even in this match, you could see Butera playing Ervolino on the next table. Sure would have liked to have been there.
That's not Pete Margo. I think he is the owner of that room. That's Larry Ross, Toby, Ervolino and Jimmy Reid across the middle of the photo. Three of the best in that era. Johnny pretty much mentored all the young Northeast area money players. Johnny may have been the best money player (playing top competition and not suckers) around back then. Toby was from Westchester County and Jimmy was originally from Massachusetts.
That's not Pete Margo. I think he is the owner of that room. That's Larry Ross, Toby, Ervolino and Jimmy Reid across the middle of the photo. Three of the best in that era. Johnny pretty much mentored all the young Northeast area money players. Johnny may have been the best money player (playing top competition and not suckers) around back then. Toby was from Westchester County and Jimmy was originally from Massachusetts.
Looks like Larry Ross to the left of Toby. Larry was Jose Parica's stakehorse for years.
If Toby was from Westchester, where I'm from, it must have been until he was 10 or so. Everyone here speaks of him being from Rockland County which is at the other end of the Tappan Zee bridge from Westchester on the West Side of the Hudson.
This is where he resides now, having finally giving up on Florida to be with his daughter and long time friends. I never thought to ask him and just went with the flow.
I've sweated quite a few matches with Larry and played him a couple times at Steinway. A very enjoyable guy to be around.
In 2015 I needed heart surgery and wasn't loving the idea of giving my my local VA a shot at it. My eldest son who works in NYC found the best in the biz at NYU Langone Med Center and so that's where my operation was done. I was in there about a week and happy to say it went well. Larry and I would call each other to check in and say hello every once in a while and very soon after this surgery I called him and learned that he was also in that exact same place the very same week just a few rooms down from me having heart surgery, too. We laughed about the missed opportunity, that we could have been talking pool all week. :thumbup:
I've lost track of Larry's contact info with phone changes and all. Hope he is doing well.
best,
brian kc
The commentators and a couple posters in this thread said the shot Toby dogged on the 7 was hit too hard. I disagree. He hit it the perfect speed to bounce off the rail enough to play the next ball in the same pocket. He hit it way too fat, but not at the wrong speed.
If he did hit it easier, the 7 might have fell "on that too fat hit", but then his position on the next ball would have been horrible.
He was thinking about beatin' Miz. The s^*t ran-up his neck pure and simple. We've all done it.The commentators and a couple posters in this thread said the shot Toby dogged on the 7 was hit too hard. I disagree. He hit it the perfect speed to bounce off the rail enough to play the next ball in the same pocket. He hit it way too fat, but not at the wrong speed.
If he did hit it easier, the 7 might have fell "on that too fat hit", but then his position on the next ball would have been horrible.
I've sweated quite a few matches with Larry and played him a couple times at Steinway. A very enjoyable guy to be around.
I've known Larry since the late 1970's.
He's a wonderful guy and a joy to be around. He was an extremely successful businessman. Haven't seen him in at least eighteen months. He's had a tough go of it with heart disease for many years now, but he's never lost his good humor.