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Thanks Jammy. Beard You have #72

50 was open. Thank you. Beard

I never claimed King was clairvoyant. He didn't read Jerry's mind. If I am coaching a human being pool player, I do have to tell him what to shoot. Beard (baseless rhetoric, and clever satire is not going to advance your point) By the way, thanks Lou. Looks like your bull-headed skepticism...

I am going to take pity on everybody and post the only known pic of King the Wonder Dog. As you can see, he is in pretty fast company. At that time King was probably more famous than Ronnie. It is hard to tell in the photo, but King is wearing sun-glasses, like the celebrity that he was...

1 to 48 is taken. As is 100, 69, 71, 77. Anyone can request any number that isnt already taken. Beard

With those ears a good strong wind could carry him across country like Dumbo. Beard

I read about Clever Hans at least 40 years ago. King would have rode him around like a Jockey. Beard

Here is a couple of pics of the aforementioned. Visualize CornBread with a haircut and then you could have a better idea of his ears sticking out. I seen a picture somewhere where he had short hair and you could see the protuberances. Beard

Here is a little excerpt from one of my favorite chapters: “King,” the Wonder Dog of Pool The lifetime companion of Jerry the Greek and the world’s smartest pool dog “King could give Rin-Tin-Tin three games on the wire. King would make a high performing hooker outta Lassie.”...

Negotiating with printers. 97% done, aside from further edits. i have 3 editors, one of which is our own George Fels. What takes time is that once I get a portion edited by one editor I send it to another one to edit what the other editor edited. This is the best way to get the most...

I would bet my life there isnt a video of Vernon. I am enclosing one of the few photos of Vernon. Beard Although we played against each other, he was my pal, and he was buried with my "Bank on, brother hat" on his head.

That aint 1961, (only 14 entrants in '61) and the 3rd guy in the middle row aint Howard Barrett, it's CornBread Red. You could always tell by his ears. Finally, Cisero Murphy was not there for sure, in 1961. However, Chicago's Javenly Youngblood Washington (a great black player) was there...

That famous picture is dated incorrectly. It is definitely not from 1961, the first year of the Johnston City run. There were only 14 players in that tournament. Beard

I knew them both, but I knew Vernon much better. Vernon was a terrific all-around player, but he would have no chance playing Willis anything other than bank-pool. Willis was one of the best straight-in shooters that ever lived. Wimpy feared him. Vernon was one of the best bankers of all...

Be patient. My book, the Encyclopedia of Pool Hustlers is nearing completion. There will be over 400 pages of pool road stories, biographies, comments, photos, etc. Beard

No Ken, it still is about what you have done. All the top players knew who Artie was, including the subject of this thread, Jimmy Reid. He also got murdered playing Artie one-pocket. His comment after the match was that he had never seen anybody move like that, including Ronnie Allen. That is...

Yeah, Mosconi came to Johnston City. He brought his date with him, Queen Elizabeth. Nikita Krushchev cancelled out at the last minute. Beard

Need a phone number for Ed Ames cuemaker/poolplayer in CA. Or anyone who knows Randi Givens (who just passed away) his wife or daughter's contact info. Beard

Excerpt from my upcoming book, The Encyclopedia of Pool Hustlers: I knew him from when he was 15. Jimmy Reid was a fearless, talented, funny, stubborn, proud top player. If you beat him, you could break him. But he was very hard to beat. He and I quit playing each other early on. I didn't...