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And once again, you are misunderstanding my point, which was not to place too much emphasis on Willie's very-short conversation with the narrator. The "run" I'm referring to was NOT the 526, but the demonstrative run in that very training video, where Willie "runs" a couple racks ("runs" in...

Right, and the obvious reply to this is, "so what is everyone's problem?" That 526 stood for 65 years because no one touched it. (The closest was Thomas Engert, who, prior to John's 626, had the modern-day high run on professional-level equipment, which was 491 on a Dynamic-II 9-footer.) I...

I see that you edit your post since I last replied. That video you show has several flaws in it, not the least of which it was edited during the run because Mosconi missed at one point during that run demonstration, and a sharp 14.1 eye will be able to pick out where the video was edited. And...

Also, I think you're underestimating just how difficult that 526 is (was) to break. John Schmidt broke it not for money (lord knows there was nothing in it, and he even had to skip a couple tournaments to dedicate the time to do it). No, he did it because it NEEDED to be done. And, because...

Concerning that part in bolded red, wrong. No less than Mosconi himself, in his "Willie's Game: An Autobiography", on page 167, stated that the run ended on a miss. See, this is the UrbanLegendDistortion[TM] (or, cognitive dissonance) that occurs when people continually add to a legend over...

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There is such a thing as a tournament-savvy (read: challenge-match-savvy) player, vs. a practice-savvy player. Dennis is most certainly, unarguably, the former. It is arguable that John Schmidt may be more of the latter -- a practice-savvy player, much like Mike Eufemia was. History is rife...

Thomas Engert's fan website (he used to have one in German, a la Ralf Souquet). Also, I bumped into Thomas at one of the early Dragon Promotion 14.1 championships (back in early 2000s) and asked him. Sadly, he doesn't have that website anymore, but there may be copies in the wayback machine...

For a modern-day-high-run-on-a-Diamond-tour-cut-pockets, Filler's 285 may be. But for any brand of table with tour-cut pockets, I still have to say Thomas Engert's 491, which was executed on a Dynamic-II table with tour-cut pockets. Folks have utterly glossed over and look past the impact of...

Dude, quit with the back-pedal. You damn well know you used the word "juicing" in your previous thread to mean anyone -- and especially John Schmidt -- using 5-hour energy drinks, and even used the phrase "that's not Olympic behavior." I had to correct you on that, with a link showing that...

Oh, and another one -- just couldn't resist. This one from Duffel Blog (the military's version of The Onion): "Coast Guard seizes 4,000 pounds of uncut Cheetos Dust" https://duffelblog.com/2019/06/coast-guard-seizes-4000-pounds-of-uncut-cheetos-dust/ -Sean

Yup, it seems to have disappeared. And rightfully so, too. The OP was just getting too "out there" with the charges and innuendos. That could've taken a completely different turn, too, if it'd been satire. Hoo-boy, that would've been brilliant to make fun of the 626 haters with a satirical...

I agree. Let's look back at a recent DCC, where Dennis Orcullo was utterly fascinated with getting the DCC all-time high run -- that, at that time, was held by Jayson Shaw with a 227 before Joshua Filler broke it with a 285 -- and he kept buying back in after each failed attempt, over and over...

I agree. Charles Ursitti knew Willie better than most, and he regales us with his account of how Willie would prepare for his exhibitions, which included naps in the car just prior to the exhibition, then maybe hit a few balls around (Charles describes some of Willie's favorite drills), and...

Mike: No less than Charles Ursitti regales us with accounts where Mosconi did, on several occasions, try to run balls for as long as he could, because there was some consternation from other players (e.g. Babe Cranfield) about who has the highest run. One such account is an unfinished run of...

Lou, I'll go on your word on this, because I did see a reply from you on the "he didn't miss, he quit" urban legend that was in one of these 626 threads. But the urban legends are all around me -- even a colleague at work believes at least two of them (i.e. 10x5 and the "didn't miss, just quit"...

Thanks, Lou. I care not to stick around here long, as it will only be a matter of time before the trolls, aiming system army ants, etc. perk up and notice I'm posting again, and I swear, like a scene from "The Avengers: End Game" they'll come pouring out of Thanos' ship to attack. About the JS...

In NY Times, yes: https://nytimes.com/2019/05/28/sports/john-schmidt-straight-pool-record-mosconi.html But in general, we're too busy in-fighting in our "tight-knit fraternity" by previous-idol-defending (Mosconi hanger-ons) and our classic "throw our pros (JS) under the bus". That's why any...

I agree. The fact that all of a sudden there's this interest in going after JS's record now that money has been offered is quite suspect. JS did it purely for the challenge. Yes, I know, there was a bounty for breaking the 526 at one time, but it was short-lived. This 526 *needed* to be...

Folks: It is with a sad and heavy heart that I share this news that our long-time friend "Neil" here on AzB has passed on: http://stegengafuneralchapel.com/obituaries/Cornelius-Dryfhout/#!/Obituary Many folks here know Neil, have probably had lots of in-depth discussions (or arguments) with...