Great Pool Room Stories
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I don't claim to know all of them but there have been some impressive players behind anonymous handles too. Avoids the unnecessary flack. Unfortunately death is claiming the old time posters. Rumor has it I only have a few years left myself. Got that opinion from a doctor. I'm going find an old drunk for a second opinion. There are a lot more old drunks than old doctors!
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brunswick1901
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George Redman, better known as George the Drummer because he headed a popular band in Los Angeles and in Hollywood movies.
George could be found in the day at the race track and at night in a pool room.
What I remember most about George is when he said hoped his Cataract surgery would help him to see better and improve his game.
Cataract surgery is necessary when the lenses in your eyes darken and it is harder to see especially in a dark pool room.
I am not sure of George's age but he must have been in his 60's and sadly the surgery didn't help.
George could be found in the day at the race track and at night in a pool room.
What I remember most about George is when he said hoped his Cataract surgery would help him to see better and improve his game.
Cataract surgery is necessary when the lenses in your eyes darken and it is harder to see especially in a dark pool room.
I am not sure of George's age but he must have been in his 60's and sadly the surgery didn't help.
brunswick1901
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Marina Billiards located near Marina Del Rey just West of Los Angeles was a small pool room with a lot of action in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
One of the housemen was Lou "Machine Gun" Butera, who won the World Poker Billiards Championship in 1973.
When Lou would teach a pool lesson the first question he would ask is, "How many hours a day do you practice?".
This was because the answer would tell him what kind of lesson he would teach.
One of the housemen was Lou "Machine Gun" Butera, who won the World Poker Billiards Championship in 1973.
When Lou would teach a pool lesson the first question he would ask is, "How many hours a day do you practice?".
This was because the answer would tell him what kind of lesson he would teach.
Not sure if this qualifies as a poolroom story, but I recall the day of BCA Hall of Famer Cisero Murphy's funeral in New York in what I believe was 1996. The Reverend at the funeral was a fellow who regularly played in the Chelsea Billiards weekly tournaments that were going strong at the time. He was as nice a man as I've ever met. He was also known as one of the higher bidders in the calcutta that took place prior to that weekly tournament.
When I saw a friend of mine the next day at the pool hall and told him which Reverend has presided over Cisero's funeral, he asked me whether there had been a calcutta. I laughed so hard I nearly dropped to the floor.
When I saw a friend of mine the next day at the pool hall and told him which Reverend has presided over Cisero's funeral, he asked me whether there had been a calcutta. I laughed so hard I nearly dropped to the floor.
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