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    Billiard news 1970

    Myself and Bobby Taylor were sitting at the bar of the LeCue club in Downtown Houston about 3 weeks after I won the All Around in Johnston City! The place was dead, no action at all, so Bobby turns to me and says Let’s go on the road Squirrrel before everyone knows who you are! So I packed a...
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    Billiard news 1970

    Billiard news late 1970
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    Buddy Hall - RIP

    You should love my name if it’s the same as your Sugar Plum Lol. Pleasure to meet you also JAM! Read my stories if you will!
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    Buddy Hall - RIP

    My full name is Ross Keith Thompson, I went by Keith Thompson until I started working when I was 20 yrs old and went by Ross Thompson. My wife and family always called me Keith. My dad was named Ross so my family called me by my middle name.
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    Buddy Hall - RIP

    I just spoke with Alfie’s younger brother Bobby and he believes he’s in an assisted living place in Arizona! He’s gonna call me tomorrow after talking with his other brother George. When I get the information I’ll post it to ya!
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    Buddy Hall - RIP

    Played Buddy some even 9 ball shortly after Johnston city tourney in 1970, it may have been January 71. We played 3 hours or so for 25 a game without a winner. Man did we run some serious that evening! Only way to beat Buddy at 9 ball was to run more racks than him and that was almost...
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    Walking with Giants 1970

    You’re Welcome
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    Val Kilma Doc Holliday

    We just lost the best Doc Holliday ever at 65 years old. Ordered myself an 8 by 12 metal man cave poster of Val as Doc Holliday in the movie Tombstone! Best gunfight movie scene ever! Johnny Ringo and Doc Holliday. SAY WHEN!!!!
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    Prize money

    The Masters golf tourney starts in 8 days from now, first prize 3,240,000.00! 10th place 486k wow!! 35th place 97,200.00 wow! Let’s start practicing! I broke a hundred about 6 years ago for the first time and haven’t played since! I didn’t start playing until I retired at 58 years old and...
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    Prize money

    Victor Hovland won the Valspar golf championship today and 1st place paid 1,566,325.00. Tommy Fleetwood came in 16th and it paid 128k and change! Do y’all think we played the wrong game?
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    The Greatest Billiard Players of All Time You Need to Know

    Point taken, a little bit of both.
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    Johnston City, Stardust Days

    My life long friend Bobby Taylor and myself left Houston area two weeks before Johnston City in September of 71. We hustled small town poolrooms for almost two weeks and made about 800$ before arriving in Johnston city two days before the one pocket division started. I posed for a few pictures...
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    Johnston City, Stardust Days

    I quit playing in October of 71 while Johnston City tourney was going on but decided to go to the Stardust in first of April in 72 to try to pick up some fast cash. Practiced two days before I flu there and came in third in the one hole division and went cold turkey just before my 20th...
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    Johnston City, Stardust Days

    Danny Diliberto won the 14-1 and All around in 1972 at Johnston City. It was the last tournament held. I saw him at Johnston City or Vegas in 70, 71 or 72 but never spoke with him or see him play but no doubt he was one of the Giants back in the day. My condolences to his family! The old...
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    What do you do ..when putting in the work doesnt work?

    Click on the 3 bars up in left hand corner, go down to search and click, click on Posted By and type in Keith Thompson and all my post will come up, click on the Post “practice “, that’s the best way to make yourself a better player. Practice 14-1 a couple times a week for 8-10 weeks and if...
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    What do you do ..when putting in the work doesnt work?

    I went cold turkey in 72 and haven’t practiced hardly at all! There was nothing there unless you enjoyed staying broke lol. Worked at champion papers for four plus years and then Shell oil for 34 years and retired from there with a good pension check and saved quite a bit of money in their...
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    How good was Jimmy Mataya in his prime? Should he be in the HOF?

    If there is a legitimate hall of fame there’s numerous players from the 60’s 70’s and 80’s that should be honorable mention! Mataya being one of them! He was a solid niner and 14-1 player. There was also great Niners and one holers back in the day that didn’t play 14-1. Cole Dickson was a...
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    What do you do ..when putting in the work doesnt work?

    Search for post by Keith Thompson and read my practice post! 14-1 is the best way to up your game. If your 14-1 game improves all other pocket billiard games have improved also! I haven’t made many post so it’s just one of about 20 or so.
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    Buddy Hall

    I played Buddy even 9 ball when I was 18 years old about 6-8 weeks after I won Johnston city in 1970. It was December or maybe January of 71. Played him for 25 a game for about 3 hrs. Got him 10 games loser but he got even so I quit. Swapped 3 to 6 racks with him the whole time. Too tough of...
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