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I realize this is a 12 year old post, but I just came upon it in researching my 1964 BRPAA WC 14.1 Program in my billiard memorabilia collection. Some observations to the posts came to mind (I don't post often, but I couldn't help myself here): 1). I possess a xeroxed document containing the...

I'll be in the area in a few weeks and was wondering where the best pool room might be (players) and if they have any weekly pool tournaments in bars or a pool room? Any info would be appreciated, folks.

I've always surmised whenever I've heard people debate Ralph Greenleaf vs. Willie Mosconi as follows: Greenleaf was the Babe Ruth of our sport. Prior to the Babe in baseball, players won home run titles with very few hit. Babe came along and dominated with 40-60 home-run years - unheard of for...

I lived in N. CA in the late '70s and appreciated the nice design and product reputation of Joss West Cues with the basic 4-point that some top players I'd see at Terry Stonier's events were using I had Bill make one for me in '78, and I loved the cue. It was stolen a few years later, and I...

Yep. That too. I was Head Referee at the '92 US open 14.1 in NYC. I trained some refs there, but generally scheduled the refs on hand. When someone called in sick, I took the match. I only reffed 5 matches that week, and in two of them....a 150-out-match (I believe Johnny Archer made the...

I actually refereed this match in 1990. I believe this match was a semi-finals. Up to that time at this event, there had been no referees at the matches. Players typically called over the T.D. if a close call or issue. Otherwise, the players used cue ball fouls only as their method. Barry...

As Jay and Bob pointed out, the player you remember was definitely Steve Simpson. He had a nice run in the late '80s and early '90s showing up at pro events and entertaining in between some matches. He had a pretty good patter too. I'll always remember his announcing he was going to...

Jack Hines - Cave Country Classic I played Jack in the finals of a big table event at Cue Times in Bowling Green KY in 1990 - the Cave Country Classic. I hadn't been playing much, but the owner invited me up from my hometown in TN. I stopped off in Nashville and practiced for 4 hours on a...

My Billy Stroud Joss from 1982 is STILL my playing cue, and it's held up great! RIP Billy. - John Lewis

Hi Ed, If you'd like some useful critiquing of your business plan, call me at 920-662-1705 - John Lewis.

The ACS Natls enjoyed another 10% jump in attendance this year from the team #s I counted. They added $42,000 to the prize fund (BCAPL can't match that per head), but it's spread across 26 divisions of play...and they believe in paying down as far as they can (preferring not to be top-heavy)...

Switch to ACS I still wonder why leagues even sanction with BCAPL any longer. American CueSports Alliance (ACS) has the same process for sanctioning, encourages the same formats, their Nationals is at the Tropicana in the friendlier dates of May...and you get more benefits for only $10...

Mike, You are absolutely correct. For decades the USA had a monopoly on the pool sport they devised, and winners of various USA Championships were labeled as "World Champions" by USA promoters. The rest of the world was new to the sport and did not approve of such mislabeling, and over the...

Go back and read the concentrated "fishpool" post from 9-26-17. It has to do with the logistics - not that the sport is not worthy of consideration by the IOC.