Robb Browning
Member
Maybe it's misplaced compassion. He died before I was born, but I always felt bad for him.
I know people today that are just like him, equally irresponsible and on a slow suicide mission
From what I know... Ralph died homeless and literally on the streets after destroying everything good in his life and in the end he was so far gone that no one cared.
People did their best to help him,.... including Willie Mosconi who actually let him live in his house and basically babysat him for years.
Willie said he was always drunk, whether he was playing good or playing bad and people who thought he was playing bad because he was drinking completely missed the boat on what was happening and what went wrong.
I see this same, exact issue in the pool rooms and bars today.... only they're not world famous.
I just think it was a shame for Ralph and a shame for the potentially great payers of today.
Not that pool has any money, but I wish someone would start some kind of foundation to help these players.
Just needed a place to put that.
I know people today that are just like him, equally irresponsible and on a slow suicide mission
From what I know... Ralph died homeless and literally on the streets after destroying everything good in his life and in the end he was so far gone that no one cared.
People did their best to help him,.... including Willie Mosconi who actually let him live in his house and basically babysat him for years.
Willie said he was always drunk, whether he was playing good or playing bad and people who thought he was playing bad because he was drinking completely missed the boat on what was happening and what went wrong.
I see this same, exact issue in the pool rooms and bars today.... only they're not world famous.
I just think it was a shame for Ralph and a shame for the potentially great payers of today.
Not that pool has any money, but I wish someone would start some kind of foundation to help these players.
Just needed a place to put that.