It could have been either 1963 or 1964 Johnston City All-Around. Per the NBN and Chalk Up articles (attached), both were televised. Luther prevailed in 1963 and Eddie won in 1964. I believe the snippets of the 1964 All-Around were on one of Bert Kinister tapes but I could be wrong. I have never seen the 1963 video.
Ursitti's "Pocket Billiard in America" does not list any tournaments where Lassiter and Taylor played in the finals in the '60s
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It was not 1963 or 1964. In 1963, I was an 8 year old, living in Afghanistan with the foreign service family. No television. It was not 1964, our first year in America. We had a little black and white television, which was not how I watched this. We finally had a big color tv in either 1966 or 1967, which this aired on Wide World of Sports.
It was also not Johnston City. In Johnston City, they used Gold Crowns, return rails, with white pockets. What I saw were drop pockets, with girls rearranging the balls, as I said. Long time ago, but I believe Vegas. I could be mistaken about playing the Knoxville Bear, but I don't think so; my memory is pretty solid. Charlie Ursitti's records may not be 100%. Still remember the exhibition rematch between Lassiter and Taylor in 1967 in my future high school, Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Maybe a little more research. It would be nice if all the older tapes were available. Were you alive in the early to mid 60s? And you're from England? Did you ever see Luther Lassiter, or Eddie Taylor, for that matter?
All the best,
WW