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Larry Johnson aka Boston Shorty exhibits the draw shot at http://www.billiebilliards.com/pointers.html I’ve always heard that “Boston Shorty’s” name was Larry Johnson. But I recently read an article that said that Boston Shorty's "real" name was Mort Goldberg, 1916 - 1996. The article is on...

In 1983, Billie Billing was asked by the Smithsonian American History Museum to donate a piece of her billiard equipment to the exhibition hall. A retrospective on sports in America was being presented and the pocket billiard community was asked to participate. A number of players, notably...