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Scott was first class. The way he introduced the players , their background, along with maybe a humorous factoid, Michael Coltrain with the train whistle and if it was hill hill on one of the tabes, he would announce "We got action on table #". He brought energy and excitement to any tournament...

Reney's Billiards Academy , New Britain , Ct.

Willie was a many times World Champion . His resume is unsurpassed . He was so admired and well known that he traveled the country doing well attended exhibitions and challenge matches. He set the 526 mark during a challenge match . To any ones knowledge did he ever specifically set out to...

I'd like to see : 8 of the worlds top 14.1 players in a round robin tournament on 9 foot tables with pocket size comparable to what Willie played on . 1000 point matches against each other . 7 matches in all . When Willie set his record , it was in competition . It was against the local hero but...

One pocket on a 6x12 . Rack 10 , first to 5 .

Reney's Billiards Academy , New Britain , Ct. 1961 . Rich Reney and his father TJ ran it. 9 -9 foot tables. Down a flight of stairs . Tables looked like the same tables at Ames . Dark except for the lights over the tables that only were on if someone was playing on the table and a light over...

When asked what he does when not playing well, Allen Hopkins said " Get more money"

I used to go to the Mali factory in Sheffield , Mass. in the late 80s . It was more of a large workshop . They had quite a few very nice prototypes that were never mass produced . They were available for purchase directly from the shop. You might have one of those. I always thought Mali cues ...

When in Rome. How is that scenario played out in national or world tournaments ?

Yes , per the BCA rules. The BCA rules can be somewhat ambiguous and , they shouldn't be. House rules are probably the clearest, everybody plays by the same local rules , whether they're correct or not. What we've been discussing wouldn't fly in a lot of rooms. The first part of rule 38 is...

What was said at the pretournament meeting was if the player has cue ball in hand in the kitchen and an object ball is on the head string spot , to legally shot at that ball , contact would have to be outside the kitchen. You could shoot at either side of the object ball , at that point the cue...

I'm saying exactly what the BCA rule states. The first part of rule 38 is very clear. Then the BCA throws in an Exception which contradicts the first part of the rule. At the 2000 14.1 U.S. Open , this situation was discussed at length before the tournament began. Rule 38 was used without the...

BCA General Rules of Pocket Billiards Page 3- Rule # 38

Official BCA General Rules of Pocket Billiards Page 3 Rule# 38 ( Playing from behind the string ) Refers to what I stated , with an exception . Please refer to that to understand my reasoning.

The" center" of the head string spot is not in the kitchen . It is on the head string , which is not in the kitchen . What I wrote is correct. With cue ball in hand in the Kitchen, and object ball on the head string spot , the cue ball can't legally contact a ball outside the kitchen unless the...