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Had Richard black make me a cue of my own design in 2013 while I was building my home in Madisonville! The enlay above the wrapping is a replica of the cue! I put three nine balls on the ebony butt and 1970 world champion also. Kind of knocks my action doesn’t it lol. I love the cue but Mr...

It is and he had a tough rd in the 9 ball division! I knocked him to the losers bracket with a 11-9 victory. Myself and Irving Crane were the only two unbeatens left. I won our match 11-7! Joey had to play Lassiter then Irving in a race to eleven and he beat them both! We then played for the...

Very Kool, I like the sweetie at the top left lol

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I am so ashamed of that shirt! I was goofing around with Cole Dickson in Atlanta Georgia for five days and decided to fly back to Johnston City and Play Ronnie and Lassiter in the All Around and wore that rag on the flight. The airline sent my suitcase to Chicago instead of Carbondale and my...

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...

Billiard news late 1970

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!

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.

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!

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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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!!!!

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...

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?

Point taken, a little bit of both.

It takes Heart to win!

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...

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...

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...