Recent content by The Old Jaybird

I would be curious to see this info for many top players past and present, Johnny Archer Schons for example.

the guy playing Blackie, was a better player than Dick, not great by any means, but better.

25 years ago, when attending BCA/VNEA tournaments at the Riviera in Vegas, there was a guy selling multi cue holders made from a sheet of plastic....think milk jug material, only thicker....that had holes for 9+ cues and a 3 inch C clamp to attach to a table. very handy for team events. It...

my old school pool room had chalk in holders suspended from the ceiling on strings. reach up, pull it down, chalk your cue, release and it snapped back up. Now this was an old system, and there was also chalk on the tables. But the "old-timey" suspended chalk mechanism was still there.

as my fraternity brothers say....Old age ain't for pussies. Add Mike Massey to the senior list, is he still playing? He was born in 47.

guy on our pool team from Albuquerque had a family friendly pool room, no booze, youth leagues, etc. still in business as far as I know, but he ran it as a benefit to the community, not as a source of income, he had other business interests. so long as it broke even he was happy.

good option, especially if there are a couple decent food joints nearby.

identical, to the best of my recollection, to the ones in our student center at college, vintage 1967.

playing league teams 8 ball, you have the solids, and you get a call.... "Hey this is Bob, your team captain, don't shoot the 5 in the side, shoot the 3 in the corner, then come up table for the 7 in the corner, then the 5 and you have perfect position on the 8 in the other side".

I would hold off any major purchases until after the November elections. If Congress flips, the next 2 years are going to be very uncertain. Very.

I always thought that a high school pool league would be a novel idea....like any other sport like football or basketball. Maybe 8 or 10 local schools in a league, playing each other in a round-robin schedule.

thanks for the reply. both of my Schons are about 25 years old so they fall into this era. I love them.

when was the "Evan Clarke era"....roughly??

have the game for the day, Tuesday is 8 ball, Thursday is 9 ball, Wednesday is for beginners. But you really do need another table or 2.

ah ha!!!! The best 3 cushion player in my small town pool hall was the local cobbler by the name of Polly Owens. This is what I knew him as, but it may have been Paulie Owens. I loved going into his shop, it smelled so good with the leather and glues, it was probably about 1910 vintage...