Recent content by Baby Huey

Ike: Cecil came to Detroit and got staked into BIG action. He made a huge six figure score in his first big match at the Rack.I knew him well from LA having grown up together in the pool world having played him, staked him and watched him for years. He was the best black home grown LA player...

There were several GREAT African American Players from the Sixties and into the seventies. They learned to play somewhere. They were: Cannonball, Marvin, Munson, Rucker, Murphy, Gabby and many others. Back then tournaments were far and few between. Action ruled the day. So some here have said...

Growing up in LA in the 60's, the great action rooms were located in the inner city pool rooms. I played in all of them. As rent became an issue, these rooms began closing to the point where now there's maybe only one room left. But the same can be said for pool rooms in general. I visit my son...

I saw Meiglino play banks at DCC this year losing to SVB hill hill. I thought he looked awkward but he CAN STRIKE THE BALL. Don't count him out.

Pool is the only cue sport where the shooter gets to handle the cueball frequently. Once in awhile in Snooker like the opening break shot and pocket scratches (which is rare) where the shooter can handle the cueball and never in Carom games. So, this can and does lead to the accusations of...

This is not a NEW event. Using "slickers" on the balls and cushions has been going on for at least my 65 years playing pool. Talcum and Baby powders have been around forever. In the pool room I grew up in, it was common practice to slick (juice) down the rails with powder on your hands prior to...

Mark was at DCC about eight years and I played him in the banks division. He played poorly and I haven't seen him since. He looked like he had some issues with the yups and couldn't stay down on his shots. Draw your own conclusions.

Some old timers told me that Don DeCoy from Oakland, who died in the 50's in a cross country Roadie may have been the inspiration for Paul Newmans role in the Hustler.

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...