Past vs present. Your dream matchups.

[j2pac]

What past players in their prime, would you have loved to have seen play against today's generation of greats?
Granted we're assuming all things being equal... table conditions, balls, gear, etc.

Obviously this is just for fun.
I'll start.
For me, it would have been a prime Earl Strickland vs. Joshua Filler...9 Ball, or a prime McCready vs. Shaw. That one would have been pure gold for the entertainment value alone.
As far as banks go, I think Eddie Taylor against well, any of them.
Enjoy.

 

[grindz]

Harold Worst vs. Anyone

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[couldnthinkof01]

Prime Efren vs prime Shane 9 ball
Allen vs Chohan 1 pocket

 

[8intheside]

Prime Efren vs prime Shane 9 ball
Allen vs Chohan 1 pocket

I was going to say prime Efren Vs Shane! how about prime Efren vs Fedor?

 

[MitchAlsup]

Prime Efren against prime Jimmy Caras in 1-14 continuous to 500.

 

[briankenobi]

This is a cool idea. Here are some of mine.

Strickland vs Gorst 9 ball
Mizerak vs Shaw 14.1
Massey vs Kohler Artistic Pool

 

[Cuebuddy]

Grady vs Pinegar.

 

[AtLarge]

Mosconi vs. Hohmann 14.1

 

[markjames]

Jean Balukas vs Siming Chen

 

[PoolBum]

Efren Reyes vs. Harold Worst in an all-around competition: 8-ball, 9-ball, 14.1, one pocket, banks, and 3-cushion.

 

[Cicerone88]

Prime Jose Parica vs prime Dennis Orcollo would be fun. Two absolute killers for the $$$

 

[iusedtoberich]

Alternate inning high run challange between Mosconi and Shaw would be fun!

 

[JPB2]

Hoppe v Caudron in both 3C and balkline. Both old equipment and new equipment.

I would actually like to see Minnesota Fats at his best against Chohan In 1 pkt.

Mosconi vs any of the current good 14.1 guys. Hohmann mentioned above is a good choice.

And why not. Rogoff vs Bergman bar box 8 ball.

 

[jay helfert]

For me it would have been Ronnie in his prime vs. Efren in his prime, playing One Pocket of course.

Eddie Taylor vs. Bugs at Banks.

 

[maha]

fats and u.j partners against alex and jose. fun to watch.

 

[maha]

i played eddie taylor even one time. we broke even.

he had to bank 25 to my 25 regular at 14.1
would pay anything to do it again.

 

[maha]

richie and earl just to see how the final score would be. close i think.

few alive know how good richie was

 

[jay helfert]

fats and u.j.

They played one time in Johnston City, after some hilarious verbal sparring. The game was "One and Stop" One Pocket. You could only make one ball at a time and then it was the other guys turn. UJ won like three games in a row and Fats was squealing. The bet was small (maybe 50 or 100 a game) but they were having fun and so were we. The verbal jousting was more fun then the game. A brief moment in time that this thread made me remember. Maybe 1963 or 64.

I want to add that Fats and UJ were good friends. It was always fun when they both were in the room. A laugh a minute!

 

[Cornerman]

Prime Efren vs prime Shane 9 ball

Prime Efren vs Prime Shane???

Even in his absolute prime, Efren was never considered the top 9-ball player.

 

[jay helfert]

richie and earl just to see how the final score would be. close i think.

few alive know how good richie was

Richie was a great money player and he was relentless. He could play all day and all night and just wear you down. He had no quit in him! I saw him get down in games where he was giving up weight and anyone else would have quit. But Richie would find a way to come back and win the money. Did it many times. It seemed like he could raise his game to whatever level was necessary. When all the great players were hanging around the Billiard Palace in Bellflower nobody wanted to play Richie even.

After he quit playing for several years to become Pool's number one promoter he got fired up watching Jose Parica beat everybody. Richie was in his mid 40's when he began his comeback at 9-Ball. He wanted so badly to play Parica and beat him. Richie was just starting to play good again when he got hit by his first stroke. That was it for his comeback.