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45 yrs ago i was 15 and lived around the corner from mosconnies billiard acadmy. johnny came in one night and went through every one there at every game, must have won $4000! he went through the shortstops with no problem giveing outragos weight. the called harry petross to play and he beat him...

great cue jim and his wife used to come stay at my house in rochester in the early 80s. i took him fishing for days at a time, he loved to catch trout and salmon just like larry hubbard and mike the mouth......anyway.....he would bring the king james cue and when he walked in the door of my...

great player from buffalo back in the 60s through the early 80s there was a really good i hole player from buffalo we always knew as just crazy jerry. he beat every one around at 1pocket and played 9ball well too. he even ran 100 on me playing straight pool! he could pick up a house cue and...

i started play ing on 10 footers it was at alangers in philly. thet had about 16 10 footers and only 4 or 5 9 footers. they were a chalenge. just the size was intimidating but if you got over that you could play them like any other table. the big differance was in the balls. they were clay. boy...

i used to play with joe moran! joe was a great guy and good friend. he ran 93 on me at the salt city open in syracuse i 65. i was 17. he used to come to rochester tournys and we would play for $10 or $20. always a pleasure to play. i missed him when he passed....pat howey

yea, that was me i remember that place up in the hills!all the tables were different! i played good on only one, the second table in, ran 130 and out. we had a ring game one night that was fun then went to the bar and got drunk! good week end! thanks for remembering!

ill tell him i see tony sometimes on wensday nite at strokers 9ball turny. thanks for the reply!

i would like to join your list for high runs. i look at this thread all the time! i know of most of the better players but dont get to play them much anymore since i move from rochester ny to clearwarer fla. i play mostly one pocket now but when i pratice, witch is every day, i play straight...

hello everyone yes, i live here in fla. now for 5 yrs. i love it here! i miss all the guys up in ny and pa though. i play most every day but not like i used to. i still run a few balls on ocation but play mostly 1 hole. i got sick last august and have been on chemo and just got done with my...

pool bum in pratice...babe crandfield was by far the best 14.1 player i ever saw! i used to go from corning to syracuse with my buddys when we were 15 - 16 just to watch him pratice. never saw a day that he didnt have a 200 run...and i personally racked when he had two 490's !!! ofcorse crane...

mike and i have played each other since the early 80s! he is probably the best least famous player in the country. just look at his record in the joss tour! he playes the best players in the world and still wins more events than any of them! and as for straight pool he is a top player and can...

pete's story isn't exatly true. erving crane was the man in rochester and i will always feel privliged to have been his good friend till the day he died not so long ago. he was a nice man when you were not playing him! but on the table he was fierce! i was working in a room that he practiced...

i think you have to play so better players. it will make you try harder. that is not to say you have to play even, make what you think is a good game, then consintrate on your game.

we might have already played! i have played most of the guys from ny, new jersy and pa. jack colivita, franky h. danny brueti,jimmy fusco, allen hopkins, tony r. , a lot with jonny ervelino....but this is over the years, im 58 now.i really wanted to play in that world turney next month but was...

i was sitting in cm's poolroom last night talking about funny things guys say after winning or losing at pool. my story was about this guy jim that i used to play 14.1 with back in roche ster. our game was 150 to 65 fo $10 and time. one afternoon we made the game and i won the flip. he breaks...

i talked with him this last wk.end and hedoes have one broken finger...

jack came through rochester about 10 yrs. ago. they call me at home about this action guy and i run to the poolroom, it is at 10pm, they close at 2am. we make a game, $500, 1hole, race to5...he lets me win 2 sets! i walk to my car and he is kicking his cue case all over the parking lot and...

thank so much for sponsoring the tourny! i would have loved to play but there were no qualifers in fla. i have played in most 14.1 world tournys and love to watch and playthe best in the world! good luck and i hope it is and anual event! thanks again and good luck with it!

great thread! now i know who .....not to play!

pete made some great stuff there! i use slipstick now too! i use a lot of powder and now that i use slip stick i cut it way down! i have a slip stroke and need my shaft not to be grimy...it really does work!