St. Louis Louie vs. Archer 1990

In any event- how would folks see the caliber ( level) of play back then to the level of play today? It just seems like the highest level of play today is well beyond what we witness on this 1990 tape - on even tougher tables than what this table appears to be in this match.

The level of focus on each and every shot and especially safeties seems much higher today - but I genuinely enjoy these older matches as we get to see the best playing at that point in time and also get to see " legends" like St. Louie - Louie Roberts. - thanks for the post!!!
 
axejunkie said:
Accu-stats dropped this one today. Looking forward to seeing Louie play, have only seen bits and pieces of him prior to this.

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Sadly about a year later after that match Louie would be dead.I Played Louie in a tournament just a few years before that and he was so messed up I asked Grady who was running the tournament should we just play later? Grady just looked at me and said go ahead and play he's not going to be any better. I beat him like 11 to 4. I felt pretty sad because I had seen him play when he probably played his best he would have given me the six or more.
 
middleofnowhere said:
Sadly about a year later after that match Louie would be dead.I Played Louie in a tournament just a few years before that and he was so messed up I asked Grady who was running the tournament should we just play later? Grady just looked at me and said go ahead and play he's not going to be any better. I beat him like 11 to 4. I felt pretty sad because I had seen him play when he probably played his best he would have given me the six or more.
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It seemed like Incardona and Grady hinted at Louie's recent past but understandably didn't choose to discuss it much.
 
How much did the Heroin add to his game? Zero respect for players that died from Heroin. George SanSouci, those close to him verified it was Heroin, yet the pool world likes to glorify an addict. Commentators praise them and you wonder why big money sponsors turn away from pool.
 
Buckzapper said:
How much did the Heroin add to his game? Zero respect for players that died from Heroin. George SanSouci, those close to him verified it was Heroin, yet the pool world likes to glorify an addict. Commentators praise them and you wonder why big money sponsors turn away from pool.
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I think that it is more important to understand that people make choices in life that others- especially those that are not close to them- would not quite understand and certainly are not here on earth to judge. If you are so fortunate in life that you cannot fathom the inner pain that someone may be feeling to make such choices, then consider yourself lucky- life can be very cruel for some inside themselves; regardless of the outer visible talents that they may display and others admire.

These early deaths are human tragedies - far removed in meaning-- from the game itself - we are people first, players second, and I hope that we can all truly understand the difference - not to be able to do that is a worse fate in life- in my own experience and feeling.
 
Buckzapper said:
How much did the Heroin add to his game? Zero respect for players that died from Heroin. George SanSouci, those close to him verified it was Heroin, yet the pool world likes to glorify an addict. Commentators praise them and you wonder why big money sponsors turn away from pool.
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If you're talking about Louie, my recollection is that he hated needles and it wasn't self-administered heroin that did him in.

So what I'm saying is that there are those in St Louis that found his death highly suspicious.

Lou Figueroa
 
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