Recent content by jschaefer

mr 100, raymond ceulemans. check the stats

looking for GC table, 9 ft. Los angeles area.

sad news for socal players, two more old timers have passed on. coleman lander (coke/cole) and joe porper. these two from back in the 60's. joe went on to become creative inventions, and cole was always cole. if you knew him, you know what i mean. RIP to you both. this message for Jay and...

my best guess is Bert Schrager, very much like his work.

i remember some players using a metallic jumper, it had a phenolic tip and a black handle/grip, was short, maybe 20 inches long. eddie pruitt made some short jumpers, called them eddies 747, approximately 28in, phenolic tip. later, he came out with a longer model, 2 pc. the short jumpers were...

paper micarta i worked in bert schrager's cue shop in the late 70s, 80s. he was one of the first to use westinghouse paper micarta. that i know of anyway. he purchased it from a local plastics sales company. it came in 1" thick sheets, 36" square. cutting and machining it to 1" joint...

sorry to inform you, JJ passed away about 3 years ago. he was living in north hollywood and experienced several medical problems, and was treated at the VA.

sfv calif old dog too many to list, big mamas, chopstix, rack and cue, mothers, bakers and north hollywood billiards-the best 3-c room in the country during the 60s-80s.

youngbloods ginacue i remember james in the LA area during the late 70s, 80s. a friend also knew him from that timeframe. he ended up buying youngbloods ginacue from him when he needed some cash. 70s era ginacue in great shape. any interest? maybe 4K obo.

"you've got the heart of a pea" "I've made games that will go down in the annals of suckerdom" when you're on the hill and your opponent is buried...."if you've got a move, you better make it now'

open? how is an "open" tournament limited to 48 entries? open at derby had over 400. interesting policy from a promoter.

sf valley some of the players i knew of: big mama's - coke, tony ola, fat bob goodman, jeff mervis. hollywood jack and mike, shaky red, jolly solly, harold (red) baker.

i always thought cole dickson had a great stance, really looked rock solid. ceulemans was so good, he influenced several generations of 3c players, it is very obvious. i like fredric caudron and dani sanchez when it comes to fundamentals even if they are billiard players.

Raymond cuelemans, 3 cushion & other disciplines. check the records. he dominated for so long, the format of tournament play was changed.

when he had a room in north Hollywood, ca, he would usually play a balabushka, a player, sometimes bring out his ginacue, which was incredible. years later, I saw him using various makes of cues, probably whatever someone would loan him. like keith, but keith might sell the cue out from under...