The Willie Hoppe story...

[buckshotshoey]

My quick search did find this on AZ. So I went ahead and posted it. It's a fun video.
Listen carefully at 2:50. I don't know of any instructors today teaching this. Or, trying to teach his stance.

 

[pwd72s]

FUN! But.."the shoulder, not the elbow," ?????????????????

 

[Korsakoff]

Took several 3 cushion lessons from a 70+ year old guy who knew Willie well and traveled with him. 21st Centuary Billiards in Nashville (upstairs). Can’t believe I must have thrown away the 3 ring binder of notes he gave me!

 

[greyghost]

Took several 3 cushion lessons from a 70+ year old guy who knew Willie well and traveled with him. 21st Centuary Billiards in Nashville (upstairs). Can’t believe I must have thrown away the 3 ring binder of notes he gave me!

For shame!


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[mikemosconi]

Thanks for that! A few times - about 7 years ago- i had a chance to visit the NY Athletic Club on Central Park West - where this exhibition took place. They had an unbelievable billiard room there - at least 4 tables, full size , it was set up like a 1930s billiard parlor- with the old chairs, wall racks, lights, etc. - just amazing! i don't know if it still survives to this day. I believe that it was on the ninth floor of the club.

Also the Union Club on Park Avenue and around 39 street in NYC had a magnificent billiard room- almost every major country club in America had a billiard room as well- dating back to the early 1900s- most of those tables ended up in the store room basements of the country clubs by the 1970s.

 

[buckshotshoey]

FUN! But.."the shoulder, not the elbow," ?????????????????

And that's exactly what I thought.

 

[buckshotshoey]

Took several 3 cushion lessons from a 70+ year old guy who knew Willie well and traveled with him. 21st Centuary Billiards in Nashville (upstairs). Can’t believe I must have thrown away the 3 ring binder of notes he gave me!

SHAME SHAME SHAME ! If I told that story to anyone, I'd say the WIFE threw them out! Lol

 

[book collector]

Thirty Years of billiards , is a good read. It comes in paperback . There is a first edition hardback on biblio.com for 125.00 which seems like a great price to me. I think thats about what I paid 30 years ago.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Thirty Years of billiards , is a good read. It comes in paperback . There is a first edition hardback on biblio.com for 125.00 which seems like a great price to me. I think thats about what I paid 30 years ago.

There is a hardback copy available here for $50; paperback is cheaper, like $15 delivered:

thirty years by hoppe - - Biblio.com

Thirty Years of Billiards by Willie Hoppe. Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1975. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine...

www.biblio.com

The paperback was a Dover reprint which is a very good photocopy of the original that was done after the copyright expired. It is nearly identical to the original.