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why is there no interest in playing roll out anymore? it would be great to see how the current players would be able to adapt to this style of play.

better than advertised if you had the good fortune to see buddy play back in the early 70's it was simply amazing what he could do. on a 9 footer & buddy breaking no spot was enough. an old carney from shreveport named topsy was watching him play and commented "he never gets out of line and he...

hemicuda, david yeager lived in the east texas area in the late 70's. his nickname was icabod. he reminded me of bigbird but was a jam up player.super nice guy too. what ever happened to him? shortstroke

masters of treachery erman bullard has to be in the top 5

billy the kid hey $bill, getting over the hill but billy weir was not too shabby

early 1980's- longview tx-peppermint lounge. i am minding my own business ,having a few beers & playing $2 pool . in comes 2 guys & a stakehorse wanting to gamble. i recognize cicero bob but not the other two. i agree to some $20 9ball & somehow win $300. now cicero bob is hot.(i find out later...

great stories OHB. write a book or make a movie. now about buddy, so many people base their opinion on having seen players of the last few years play on tv and in tournements. lots of very good players out there,but unless you actually saw buddy play when he was in shreveport you just will never...

best road player the best road player is the one that gets the cash on a consistent basis. a lot of times the "best" player wakes up on empty. as JAM stated there is way more to playing on the road than being a good shooter. get broke in a strange town where you don't know anyone (as a lot of...

in the early 80's two women came thru east texas and beat some pretty good shortstops on the bar table. one of these ladies was a champion shuffleboard player too. there have been a lot of posts about unknown road players and i was just wondering if there is still any unknown females making the...

hey $bill, or anyone else some of these posts about players of years past sure make good reading. do you remember billy weir and if so how about sharing what you can. it is amazing how many really top notch players there were in the 60,s and70,s that no one ever heard of. shortstroke

watching buddy play reminds me of the guy that matched up with him and after buddy ran about six racks his stakehorse pulled up. the shortstop pleaded not to quit because so far buddy only had been shooting at straight ins. lol

in the late 60's and early 70's it was widely known that you could win shreveport if you beat buddy. i remember lots of players leaving with their pockets empty. lots of great stories and action at the guys and dolls poolroom during those years. i bet $bill knows a bunch of them.

jimmy sanders...

jimmy sanders Jimmy lives in east texas and the last time i saw him play he was still hittin em real good. In the early 70's when he was in Shreveport and was tutored by Buddy he was subject to bust anybody on the big table. shortstroke

what are the differences between the gc 2 and the gc 3 ? seems to be a lot of knowledge on this board. any info will be greatly appreciated. shortstroke