Recent content by brunswick1901

I have this on eBay with a $125 starting price and a $175 But It Now. If you would like to buy it for $150 I will remove it from eBay and sell it to you. https://www.ebay.com/itm/277649835046?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&customid=link&campid=5335988529&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

I heard this story from a friend of Ronnie Atwell, the long time houseman at Celebrity Billiards on Vine Street a little South of Hollywood Boulevard. Important to this story is Ronnie was a perfect gentleman who everyone liked and respected. Also important to the story is George Brant. George...

How Good was Minnesota Fats? Anyone that saw the videos when Fats played on TV would think that Fats couldn't play at all. There is a YouTube video dated September 30, 2024 posted by Jim's Place Billiards where Nick Varner talks about playing Fats. Nick says in the video that when he played...

The Jansco brothers moved their Johnston City Pool Tournament to the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas after the Feds raided their tournament for, of all things, gambling! Ronnie Allen was of the top players in Johnston City and Las Vegas and second only to Minnesota Fats in using his banter to get...

I was just reminded of a story I heard when I first started playing pool. It was the late 1970s and the Chop Sticks in North Hollywood, California was where Ronnie Allen, Cokes, Tony Ola, Alibi Al and others whose names I do not remember hung out. It was an action pool room only, no casual...

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This is out of sequence but garczar story is so good I have to mention the time Mike and I went to see Kenny who owned Hard Times in Bellflower, California when it was one of the best action rooms in the U.S. When we got to the front desk I asked for, "Fat Kenny". The House Man stood a little...

I just listened to the Billy Incardona interview on Legends of the Cue. If you like pool and would like to hear what pool stories from the 1960s to the late 1990s it will be well worth your time. This is the link to Part 1...

This is a proof read story I wrote in 2024. In the late 1960s the biggest pool tournament in Los Angeles was the straight pool or 14.1 tournament at the Elks Lodge on South Parkview Street which borders the Eastside of McAuthur Park which is now fenced off because of the homeless drug problems...

I would like to hear your story but I will start with mine. *********************** This happened at Stan's Family Billiards on Washington Boulevard near Western Avenue not far from Downtown Los Angeles in the early 1970s. I didn't see it happen but I heard a serious accident in front of the...

I was able to visit Gus at his home in Penndel, Pennsylvania to see his shop in the basement. The first Gus said when he opened the for was, "I understand you want to make cues". When I sad yes Gus said, "I don't let cue makers into my shop". Then he out us in. We got along great and he...

The first cue I bought from Gus was $225.

I just listed my Gus Szamboti. What do you have to trade?

I left my cue with Ernie Guiterrez, who makes Gina Cues, to have the ferrule and tip replaced on one of the shafts. I also asked if Ernie could polish the cue because the finish was and is a little bumpy. Shortly after I left the cue Fish and Game raided the shop, took every cue in the shop...