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That's interesting, since just 3 months after that People's Park riot, my GF and I were in Berkeley for the entire month of August. And although I also gravitated to Kip's, I only remember 3 players of any note, and no college students at all. In fact most of the time I was there, the place...

This isn't really a "pool story", although pool rooms play a part in it. It's part of a series of reminiscences I've written for my wife and few close friends. 2. Brunswick Billiards (1419 Irving St. NW, Washington) This upstairs room, with its featured 1920’s Brunswick 5’x10’ front...

Couldn't have been Santos, since in the early 70's he would've only been a very young teenager (he's 65 now), and at the time this guy was at least in his mid or late 30's. I'd love to see any pictures of Georgia Boy if you could ever post them here. As you know from your own experience, he...

Could well have been. The Georgia Boy I met at McGirr's in the early 70's was a Black guy who then appeared to be in his early 30's, and was spoken of by the other players with a tone of real respect. I once actually played him some cheap $5 nine ball for about half an hour before confirming...

I was never close to being an A-level player, but whenever I got up to New York in the 60's and 70's I always made it a point of dropping in at the pool rooms. I got to Ames one time only, in 1964 or 1966, apparently just before it closed. It was just after they'd opened for the day, and other...

BITD there was a Durham (North Carolina) A Player named Mike Wynn, who could spot any of the local players the 7 and beat them easily. And then one day the young Cole Dickson came through town and had poor Mike dogging balls that previously he would've made blindfolded. The moral is that...

In the DC metro area, the late Danny Green was the perfect embodiment of a shortstop. Extremely talented, plenty of heart, but lacking that little something that would've gotten him to the highest level. In David McCumber's Playing Off The Rail, "The Dew Factor" chapter has a highly...

Here's my alternative to the shootout: A game of H.O.R.S.E. For those not familiar with the basketball reference, it'd go like this: Player A wins the lag (or coin toss) and can set up any shot on the table. If she makes it, then Player B has to make the exact same shot, and if she misses...

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Allison's stepped it up today after winning her previous matches in good part on her opponents' mistakes. When she's in a groove, her stroke is almost hypnotizingly smooth.

Here's another one I found, this one from the 1986 Clyde Childress Pool Tournament.

This is my favorite pool video ever: The 1982 Dayton Open, Earl's first big win. They're all there. You may have to suffer through a short commercial before you get to the video, but it's worth the wait. There's Earl, Buddy, Mike, Cornbread Red, Grady, Danny D. St. Louie Louie, etc., etc.

Atencio's got the whole package. Give him another year or two and he could be up there in the top 10, or even the top 5.

…Should probably not be included in the U.S.A team again. Or maybe the team needs a psychologist. Maybe the Cubs could lend us their guy....

Buddy's real prime was in the 70's when he was giving the world the 7, but in 1998 he went undefeated to win the U. S. Open.