Search results

It does kinda ring a bell now. Maybe I'm just hallucinating. I'll check with Jimmy Fusco again, maybe it will ring his bell too. Thanks a lot. Beard

Dont ring a bell. What is the pedigree of your answer? Beard

At Detroit's Rack he hit Jimmy the Pug over the head with a sock with a cue ball in it. I happened to be there for the "fun." That is one of the many stories in my book. Jimmy the Pug was begging for it and Popcorn had warned him the day before. Beard

Here are a couple of short excerpt from my upcoming book, The Encyclopedia of Pool Hustlers that I had originally posted up in the Bank Pool Hall of Fame thread on Onepocket.org. Mexican Johnny Vasquez, Big Head We used to call him Big Head back in Chicago -- and his head was very big. If you...

Didnt know your gramps, Max. In the 30s, 40s and 50s everybody tried to stay undercover. Beard

Now that wasnt so hard was it? Coupla edits. They must have left the "r" out of his name not the "a." You didnt mention and I will, that Geese was in the Popcorn John Miller stable in LA. A good size contingent was present with him at Johnston City the year he played. Who is the blonde...

No. The Whale wouldn't be a bad choice, but I just didnt know him very well. The other guys I didn't know at all. Dont worry, I still have a plethora of New York scoundrels to choose from. Beard

Later on when I get near a publishing date I might post a roster of who all I cover in the book. Beard

Thanks anyway Mark, but as of now, Junior isn't on my roster. Played him once in Johnston City and that was the only encounter he and I had. But, you can count on just about all the pool villains being displayed. Beard

Different Sterling apparently. Sterling Ward was in LA in the 70s after leaving Chicago. Ask Jay Helfert about him. He was a convicted pedophile. Yes it is an encyclopedia of Pool Hustlers that I have personal interaction with and believe me -- that is a very large number of them. I...

Strawberry is already in. Sterling? Sterling Ward? He is in the POS category. The other guys I never dealt with. Geese I interacted with only a little in LA and Johnston City. If you want him commemorated you will have to provide a short bio. My book is going to be 300 plus pages already...

That was Black Bart, or Virginia Bob, or Big Bob. Beard

I had actually forgotten about Wendell. I did know him as Shane when he first came into Bensingers. My book looks like its going to be 300 pages already so I dont know if I will include Wendell. Beard

Scott you are talking about Eddie White Cannonball Kienowski from upstate NY. A terrific, terrific unheralded player. In Ft Lauderdale I was in with him when he gave Weenie Beanie a ball and the break and robbed him. He could really play. He had the usual routine, in the morning run a 100 and...

That was for sure, Cannonball Lefty, John Chapman. He played around the LeCue with Minnesota Fats (He gave Fats 8 to 7) and everybody else that was there. He was originally from Texas but lived and played in Chicago for many years. He was a legend up here. In his old age he was my counterman...

Bill I never did play any in Daytona proper. Some of the little towns, all of which I have forgotten, I did do some work. Beard

I still need JAM's (Jennie's) last name and Arizona Sean's. Was it Walsh? And of course I still need Vince Joe DiMaggio's last name. Calling Danny Janes or Jimmy Fusco tomorrow if need be. Beard

You are right on about Ronnies speed on a big table. He was only a shortstop on the big boxes. Sergio, that's one of the other names I was trying to think of. Ronnie beat him, Mike Massey, and Nicaragua all in the same night(actually nights, he played about 36 hrs) on the bar table. He beat...

In the mid 60s Danny Di was not a top One-pocket player. In Florida he was just about unbeatable playing anything else. We often played partners One pocket $10 or $20 a man. Change partners every game. No spot. Danny, Marcel Camp, Peter Rabbit, Louis Esposito, Bob Ogburn and myself was the...

Ronnie was from the Baltimore area, Ocean City, MD. His mother had a funeral parlor. Jaybird, you keep calling guys I was on the road with, shortstops. 'Sup wit dat? What is your criterium? Ronnie beat every Mexican (and a young Mike Massey) in LA on the bar table except Mario. He dusted...