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To that I'd only add that many road players back then had to use house cues in order to promote the stall. And some of those house cues...

I get the younger guys implying some of us are dinosaurs but to them I say: trust me -- in 40 years you'll be singing the same song...

But you fail to understand the old nappy and slow Forstman cloth was quite limiting. No jump cues. Guys played with heavier cues (and...

This thread has had me thinking. I find myself thinking about it at different times in the day. The game has been an important part of...

In Spring Training of 1962, Danny DiLiberto won a similar bet against Roger Maris that he could throw a golf ball through the uprights...

Nice post. I loved Neil...he was pure b-ball. We would take the elevated/subway to the games. We were safe then. Wilt was..still is my...

Funny, you just mentioned one of my first sports heroes, Neil Johnston. Since Washington didn't then have an NBA team and my mom was...

In a way I compare pool to my other favorite sport: Baseball. I started following baseball way back in 1952, when I was all of 8 years...

Was pool better 50 years ago. No. Has been fun since the late 50’s. Every phase from day 1 until today has been a lot of fun.

Really good thread here. What we have seen is that some interpret pool as the serious tournament scene, others interpret it as the...

Old school pool halls were fun back in the day. Lots of characters with lots of things going on: dominoes in the front, money pinball...

Yep, this is where we seem to be. There are more world class players, more tournaments, and probably more tournament money around today...

While that was a particular format, at the same time 9 ball tournaments were happening all around the country, with the same players. I...

Stu, I think you have to distinguish between the sort of players you'd find in tournaments and the sort of players you'd find in action...

Dear SJM, garczar, and Middle of Nowhere, Thanks for the correction on the first name. Of course I meant Carl the referee, not the...