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1991 Buddy Hall v Dennis Hatch US Open
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I was just getting ready to ask if anyone knew who Mike was referring to.
good remark. great sense of humor.okay. glad that's cleared up.
I apologize. My post was like telling a joke then not delivering the punchline.
Mike says, "One time a guy, he had long hair, this was in the early 70's. And his hair touched one of the balls and the referee said foul. And he said, what happened? He says, oh, your hair touched the ball."
Besides me already knowing who this "guy" was, I was quite surprised Mike, apparently, didn't know it was Cole. Having heard such a remarkable story like that would most probably include the guy's name.
And I would have thought Mike would have been familiar with Cole since they were contemporaries. Maybe not.
Since I got you here, Cole's best friend, Randy L. told me, this was in Fremont around '68 or '69 that Cole once played a guy for $40 a game nine ball and ran 9 racks in a row from the break and busted the guy. So the story went. Well, I was searching the web maybe a couple of years ago, I think it might have been an interview at OnePocket.org, and, I can't remember the guys name, and he recounted that I think it was in Montana, some "kid" talked him into a $40 9-ball game. This is the time he first met Cole. He says, I'm not one to give up easily. But I quit on him. Cole wanted to keep playing. I told him, hey, you just ran 8 racks and I can't do that. so the tale was confirmed. I thought that was pretty cool.
I was told that Cole was about 15 or 16 and nobody in San Francisco could beat him. Names like Bucktooth and Zimmerman would come up if you're interested in some of the personalities of the time and place.
I even think Cecil Tugwell might have actually come to Fremont around 1970 or 1971. I remember three brothers were the only ones playing in the whole place at a back table against the wall all very low key. And when Cole walks in, he immediately gets this big broad smile and goes right down there and starts talking to them. I just learned that Cecil's nickname was, The Seasick Serpent.
Cheers...
I know Matlock always spoke highly of CD. They were from the same 'mold', pure gunslingers.good remark. great sense of humor.
I apologize. My post was like telling a joke then not delivering the punchline.
Mike says, "One time a guy, he had long hair, this was in the early 70's. And his hair touched one of the balls and the referee said foul. And he said, what happened? He says, oh, your hair touched the ball."
Besides me already knowing who this "guy" was, I was quite surprised Mike, apparently, didn't know it was Cole. Having heard such a remarkable story like that would most probably include the guy's name.
And I would have thought Mike would have been familiar with Cole since they were contemporaries. Maybe not.
Since I got you here, Cole's best friend, Randy L. told me, this was in Fremont around '68 or '69 that Cole once played a guy for $40 a game nine ball and ran 9 racks in a row from the break and busted the guy. So the story went. Well, I was searching the web maybe a couple of years ago, I think it might have been an interview at OnePocket.org, and, I can't remember the guys name, and he recounted that I think it was in Montana, some "kid" talked him into a $40 9-ball game. This is the time he first met Cole. He says, I'm not one to give up easily. But I quit on him. Cole wanted to keep playing. I told him, hey, you just ran 8 racks and I can't do that. so the tale was confirmed. I thought that was pretty cool.
I was told that Cole was about 15 or 16 and nobody in San Francisco could beat him. Names like Bucktooth and Zimmerman would come up if you're interested in some of the personalities of the time and place.
I even think Cecil Tugwell might have actually come to Fremont around 1970 or 1971. I remember three brothers were the only ones playing in the whole place at a back table against the wall all very low key. And when Cole walks in, he immediately gets this big broad smile and goes right down there and starts talking to them. I just learned that Cecil's nickname was, The Seasick Serpent.
Cheers...