I was in la in the early 90’s for Willie. I met him only then, what a weekend that was. 90 I think was the year.
The Legendary Pearl to Take On 14.1 Attempts
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yes i know. we had an 8ft in youth rec center and another one in my primary school rec room. don't know why they are included in the term regulation size table but somehow they are.
You were at the Willie Mosconi Open held at Hard Times. By then I had to remind Willie if he was repeating a trick shot he had already made during his exhibitions. He asked me to stop him if he started to set up the same shot again. His wife Flora came with him. She was a wonderful woman. He was blessed to have her always by his side. Willie was probably about 80 then.
Even for the greatest 14.1 players of any era and of any age, an extremely long 14.1 run, on any size table with any size pockets only happens if you can get absolutely no bad rolls on your break shots!
That is precisely why the old school 14.1 players had very controlled paced break shots as opposed to the more explosive break shots seen with some of the modern 14.1 players.
Don’t let the bigger pocket specs fool you as far as thinking that makes the extremely long runs easier - as that only increases the chances of scratching on the breakout shots.
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But for Flora and several doctors extremely devoted to him and benevolently issuing strict health maintenance orders, Willie would have never made to his 80s.
After suffering a stroke in 1956, Mosconi obeyed doctors orders and warnings, and slowed down on his tournament appearances in order to recover.
He returned to the game at nearly 100% by 1957, when he once again won the BCA World Championship. Mosconi retired from tournament play in 1966 but remained active in promoting the game.
Prior to his near-fatal stroke Willie had been smoking three packs of cigarettes a day and drinking 25 cups of coffee daily:
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Earl will be putting on an exhibition today at 3PM EST which we will live stream.
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Was he doing warm ups yesterday? Seems as tho I've seen stuff shared on Facebook this morning, didn't really get a chance to dig into it.Log in or sign up to view
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Earl will be putting on an exhibition today at 3PM EST which we will live stream.
Lou Figueroa
*** edit *** I see Patricks thread about the warm up now
Really! Is your comment really necessary?You have to fact check that with D.H before speculating. Otherwise fake news!!!
Earl can be a little fruity and maybe wound kinda tight, but he ain't a bad guy. None of us are perfect.
I personally believe he's a great entertainer and great for pool. When he's in stroke and in his groove, I've never seen anyone make the game look so easy.
I personally believe he's a great entertainer and great for pool. When he's in stroke and in his groove, I've never seen anyone make the game look so easy.
Yesterday Earl said something like who shoots this straight at 60 years old, nobody! Not even Efren, it ain't even close.
He ain't wrong.
Also said they should put him on a table off by itself during tournaments so he doesn't disrupt the other players. Says he doesn't want to bother them and needs to be able to put on his show while he competes.
I couldn't agree more!
He ain't wrong.
Also said they should put him on a table off by itself during tournaments so he doesn't disrupt the other players. Says he doesn't want to bother them and needs to be able to put on his show while he competes.
I couldn't agree more!
The only player who shoots perhaps as straight as him at nearly the same age is Bustamante
I looked back through old posts. I think it's:
SVB: 308
Ruslan Chinahov: 266 (Cut his time short, two 266's out of 9 attempts...strong)
Earl?