FLASHBACK.... 1984 Nat. Billiard News

[garczar]

So old there's a pic of Helfert with hair. https://assets.azbilliards.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/24233214/NBN198405.pdf

 

[garczar]

Some more golden oldies: 1985 Accu-stats http://www.sfbilliards.com/accustats/V2_N01.pdf

 

[jay helfert]

I'm a dinosaur! I got my name in both of them.

 

[garczar]

Link to the Accu-stats articles. Thanks to Accu-stats & B. Jewett. http://www.sfbilliards.com/accustats/index.html

 

[easy-e]

Jay "Pockets" Helfert!

 

[jay helfert]

Jay "Pockets" Helfert!

Mike Panozzo (of BD fame) gave me that name and he still calls me that.

 

[sjm]

This is awesome! There is an ad for Lou Butera's tip tapper on Page 29. I bought one of them from Lou and I loved it! Lou actually sold a lot of them. I remember some of the events written up here, too.

Thanks for the memories.

 

[JAM]

Mike Panozzo (of BD fame) gave me that name and he still calls me that.

That's what my dentist calls me: Pockets. I'm not kidding.

 

[jay helfert]

This is awesome! There is an ad for Lou Butera's tip tapper on Page 29. I bought one of them from Lou and I loved it! Lou actually sold a lot of them. I remember some of the events written up here, too.

Thanks for the memories.

A man named Rich Pohlokin created the tip tapper and brought his friend Lou in as a partner. They sold thousands of them for years! They couldn't make them fast enough to keep up with demand! They are made of steel and will last forever. It was a "must have" tool for pool players back in the late 70's, 80's and into the 90's.

 

[JG-in-KY]

A man named Rich Pohlokin created the tip tapper and brought his friend Lou in as a partner. They sold thousands of them for years! They couldn't make them fast enough to keep up with demand! They are made of steel and will last forever. It was a "must have" tool for pool players back in the late 70's, 80's and into the 90's.

I am going to look today but I think I still have mine.