Recent content by Baby Huey

Inner city pool rooms were pretty much the norm 60 years ago. Not so much these days. In fact pool rooms as we might remember them don’t exist like they once did.

Yes I do. One of my first road trips to he Bay area from LA was 1967. As I recall, one side was a mexican room and the other mostly a african american room? To me it must have been one pool room at some point in the past? Then it was separated? Old timers in LA told me that during WW11 and into...

I don't think I saw any threads about Terry Bell's passing. He along with Louie Roberts and Larry Hubbard started the Busch League now known as the APA. There has been controversy for years about Louie Roberts and how he lost or sold his share in the league but suffice it to say that the APA has...

Nowadays you can take a picture of suff and google can identify it and reference you to sites where like things are for sale. But with pool cues they're not always identified via signatures or labels. So, you have to go by design, craftsmanship, general appearance an the joint rings.

In post WW11, Brunswick spent a lot of money to re-promote the game with little success. Willie was their guy and if tapes were made they probably controlled their distribution. There is some availability of tapes from the Gold Crown era 1959-late 60's but not as much from the Anniversary era...

Joe was a class act. His pool game was top shelf and when he quit playing, he started his company. He always treated everyone with respect. That is a virtue sorely lacking these days. We loved you Joe............RIP

IMO APA has amateur pool locked up. It's the only league where sandbagging is literally unheard of. League operators who get caught letting sandbagging occur can and do lose their franchises..It's a big deal. Annual dues $40, weekly playing fee's $8 and house green fee's can also be substantial...

Although I disagree with the rule changes, something has to happen to keep this event functioning. DCC needs the large attendance low entry fee's to allow lessor skilled players the opportunity to play with the greats of our game.

I watched an interesting videography of the top 20 baseball players of all time. Babe Ruth was voted the best. The reason was he revolutionized the game and his records have stood the test of time. But his accomplishments are well documented and statistically available for scrutiny. Conversely...

A friend has one of these? Anyone ever heard of this cue maker?

Maybe it's time to talk about the greatest collapses of all time? How about Earl losing his race to 120 against Efren?

I played Grady three times. Every time we played he gave me 9/7. The first two times were around 1970/71 in Los Angeles and I won barely. Then again in 1980 and I got my ass handed to me. His improvement in those ten years was amazing and I think he became the professor during that time period.

Grady was able to do something I've never seen another pool player do. He would stand next to a pool table with his thighs leaning against the apron and jump straight up on both feet atop the table without using his hands for assistance. He was incredibly balanced gymnastically as anyone I've...

Ty Cobb who was a prolific base stealer in his time also stole first base going from second back to first to induce an errant throw. My point is its very difficult to account for ANY action in a sporting event. Ala One Pocket.

Glad Hoppe was mentioned. He was only World Champion in six decades. That feat is likely to stand a long long time.