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Two points. #1. Correct me if I’m wrong. (I have no concerns you will follow through on that.) I believe Dennis Hatch is undefeated in his MC matches. This says something about the kind of personality you need to have in order to perform at your top speed at Alexandra Palace. Do you think...

I must have missed it. When did pool become a team sport?

I began playing pool in 1960. I observed from photographs at that time that nearly all the players of that classic period were opposite handed to their dominant eye. (Right handed but left eye dominant.) I was that way myself. I actually thought that this was the “correct” way to play pool...

A FABLE IN THE MANNER OF AESOP Once upon a time there was a small midwestern city which had many churches. It had several Protestant churches. It had two Catholic churches. It had a synagogue. For there were many people of different faiths in the city. But there were too few people of the...

I had him once as a house guest for three days. He charmed people who wouldn’t have known a five ball from an orange.

It won’t be nearly so much fun as Palace Billiards. You’ll have to be somewhat older to remember that joint. It was catty corner from the cable car turnaround on Market Street. Bob Byrne was a regular. I hadn’t been in SF for some years and I asked Bob if it was still safe to go to the...

Very sorry to hear about Truman passing away. Here’s an anecdote about Truman giving life advice to a young man. During the last Derby City Classic before Covid, I found myself sitting in the seats with two rows at the head of the TV table. Truman was a couple of seats away. I think we were...

I think a lot of forum readers may have difficulty imagining the purchasing power of $27,000 in 1979. I purchased a 2,200 square foot ranch style home in a middle class neighborhood in December of 1978. I paid $45,000. I still live in the house. My mortgage rate was 9.25 percent.

“Drenalin70” up above suggested Indianapolis, and I sort of smirked to myself. But I have reconsidered. There’s an excellent international airport, and the airport is extremely close to the middle of the city with a very easy twenty-minute drive. There is a superb convention center downtown...

Trust me, if it’s in West Baden, it won’t be Dave and Buster’s! West Baden was the pet project of an extremely successful self made mega millionaire who began his career as a Navy corpsman and ended up with factories all over the world. He produced medical equipment that reduced suffering and...

In a post up above “Wonderlan” mentions Mc Girr’s on Eighth Avenue, and specifically affirms that it was not a dive. It deserves to be more often called to mind. It was gigantic and old school. When I had to catch a bus at the Port Authority back to New Jersey, I would wait it out in McGirr’s...

If you win a rugby match you get to jump on the table—if you do it after a pool match you look pretty out of place.

1. Loser breaks. 2. Win by two. 3. Fix the process of racking.

When the police raid a whorehouse, they arrest everyone. Even the piano player.

…and this possible addition: Both players also lose the right to buy back.

Here’s a suggestion. If a match lasts four hours both players lose.

I’ve enjoyed this exchange immensely, and I am amazed at the developments in bowling, as a non bowler. Thanks for wising me up. Who knew!

Hey again, “Positively Ralph,” No hard feelings. I was just having a little fun. Good luck getting something organized.

Hey, “Positively Ralph,” Go back and check your place out and make sure it hasn’t disappeared into the Irish mist. Your pool room is “a real dump.” One of the poolrooms where I learned to play had a limited number of chairs. But at one end there was a pile of disused tires with a heavy...

Is this poolroom in like “Brigadoon?”