He played the Chicago squeeze(maybe he invented it-not sure) as good as anyone ever. I didn’t see Artie play when he was at his best, Brit’s fair to say he was as hard to beat as anyone on his time.
He had his own style. Was the dead opposite of the “power 1P” scott frost or Tony C shoot to make everything. Artie didn’t shoot at his hole often, he liked to keep people in the trap.
One time we were knocking them around. No action, he was just showing me a few things. He said “just stand there, don’t move” I was at the head rail. The CB just kept coming right to where I was standing, froze or close to it. After about 20 shots I asked if he was having fun-he just laughed. I was in a trap-no matter what I shot, he just put me right back on that rail. I never saw anything like it. I figured eventually he couldn’t get me back on the glue. I was wrong. He just laughed at me. I’m certain a better player than myself could have got out of the trap. At that time I was playing pretty good.
Honestly I think Artie would do things like that to wear guys down. He has all the patients in the world. He grinds wow does he grind.
I love Artie(I don’t use that word often in pool) he’s a complex yet simple person. He’s so gifted in his areas of excellence it’s super human. Yet he didn’t learn to drive until he was 46. He’s treacherous yet super nice at the same time. It’s complicated. One of my hero’s!
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