There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
Lafayette population 122 thousand and change….Chicago 2 million 700 thousand and change.
…..there’s probably some hamlet with worse stats.
This is terrific…..we’ll get more future champs now….when I was growing up, you had to be 18 to get into a pool hall…I was the best player in the room before I was old enough to play.
It was a fluke….but he hit it good for the safety …..the next shot he hit bad….it would’ve looked like a failed bank on today’s tables.
Entertainment wise, matches like this are worth paying triple to today’s matches.
I agree…..it’s like teaching people to paint by numbers and pretending you’re developing the next Leonardo da Vinci.
….speed and spin are crucial considerations.
I got a beef with the billiard world……if SVB can get steam for fiddling with the volume of his hearing aid…..anybody who doesn’t have to shave should have to give up a healthy start….I’ll take the 6,7,8. 😳
I know a few good players playing 7 ahead 8-ball on a bar box….agree to move to a nine foot….they just kept running out on each other on the 7- foot.
And ‘take what you make’ was a deal breaker for me…it’s a game of skill….what’s next?….flip to see who shoots the next shot?
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There were some years when a normal 14 thread like Joss or Black would fit on a Schon but not vice versa….the fitting on the Schon was more exact….a minute on a lathe would solve the problem.
I suggested quite a while ago, on the problem of pattern racking, that everybody uses the SAME PATTERN, DETERMINED BY THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR….FOR EVERY BALL.