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Boston Shorty is at the table for most of the video, not Harold Worst. The contrast and picture quality in the video was so poor that I couldn't tell who was who during my first viewing. I used my video editing software to darken and sharpen the video and also added some subtitles to clarify...

I'll probably share it on the RabbiHippie channel. I have a playlist of Vintage pool videos for famous historical players you can check out. I'm both curious and a little scared of what an analysis of Willie Hoppe's stroke might reveal. :cool: Here are a couple examples of my Video Stroke...

Here's the TV Guide from July 16th, 1966, showing the coverage for the 1965 Johnston City tournament won by Harold Worst. Seems there was quite a delay before ABC's "World of Sports" actually broadcast the footage from Johnston City. The finals actually happened eight months earlier in...

1965 Johnston City finals on ABC Wide World of Sports with Harold Worst defeating Boston Shorty for the title. Check out that break by Harold Worst! Worst parks the rock right in the center of the table and nearly makes the 9-ball in the side pocket! Then he plays perfect position on the...

The field in the following year's 3-Cushion World Championships (1942) featured a couple guys, like Irving Crane, who are better known as pool players: Ralph Greenleaf and John "Rags" Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, of course, is a One Pocket legend.

In 1960, Glenn "The Eufaula Kid" Womack participated in a televised match on KTTV, the independent station owned by the Los Angeles Times. KTTV was best known for broadcasting Dodgers away games after the team's move from Brooklyn in 1958. Eufaula's TV appearance happened before the Johnston...

Val Carpenter Val Carpenter Jr. (the older brother of Marshall "Squirrel" Carpenter) was there and told the whole story to Eddie Robin. It's on page 234 of Winning One Pocket. I thought Eddie Robin passed away a couple years ago, but if @Bob Jewett has seen him more recently than that, I must...

Val Carpenter Jr. (Squirrel's older brother) told the story to Eddie Robin. Although Squirrel lost to the Eufaula Kid the first time they met, the Carpenter brothers were big winners gambling-wise in the second meeting. Val narrowly escaped from hold-up artists and corrupt police with the...

R. A. "Jake" Dyer has posted an extract from my book about Glenn "The Eufaula Kid" Womack on his website, PoolHistory.com. Please check-out Jake's wonderful site for the rest of the story plus many more stories about One Pocket and Johnston City. It's a real treasure trove.

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I'm now taking pre-orders for the hard and softcover editions of The Oklahoma Roots of One Pocket which will be released in time for Buffalo's Pro Classic in New Orleans on May 21st, 2024. There's a new chapter about Glenn "The Eufaula Kid" Womack with lots of information that's never been...

Thanks, Steve. I give you and Cincy props in the Preface. I also listed you as official Photographer on the catalog entry along with R. A. "Jake" Dyer for the Foreword.

Everyone who purchases the Kindle eBook ... Hold on to your receipt and I'll give a discount on signed and numbered print copies when they're available.

That's the plan. I had hoped to have author copies available to sell at Derby City Classic.

Interesting that you played on that same Corners table, Bill @3kushn, that long ago. Yes, it survived the tornado because I photographed it at O K Bar & Billiards fairly recently. Maybe in 2022. I didn't play on the Corners table myself but watched a doubles game among locals while I was...