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In the late 1960s or early 1970s there was a young Black pool player named Youngblood who said he would give anyone 9 to 8 playing bank pool. I saw Youngblood bank a ball similar to the shot in your diagram, the only difference was he put the cue ball on the spot. Sometimes he would miss the...

It's a long shot but I'm trying to touch base with Shorty who was at Lamberts in Baton Rouge when Flayboy was playing everyone. Shorty and I played 9 Ball for 22 hours straight. Thanks!

I'm guessing none of the cue makers make the bumper on their cues. Perhaps a different cue maker will have one that will fit.

Have you tried contacting Ernie? If you cannot reach him, any bumper that has a smaller diameter than the opening on the bottom of your cue should work until you find an exact replacement. It is very important that the bump be a smaller diameter, early cues with plastic butt plates used to...

Whenever I visit a city I try to find out which pool room has the most action. I was in New Orleans in the late 1980s or early 1990s at a pool room where I was told I might see some good pool players. I do not remember the name of the room but it wasn't the Sportsman. I was reading a newspaper...

My sample size is small and as I post more my reaction score will go down. To post over 31 thousand times and have a reaction score the exceeds your post must mean your post are excellent!

I just remembered a shot that Efren did not shoot on a YouTube video, I will try to find it and post a link. The commentators were surprised that Efren did not bury the cue ball in the stack. Instead Efren chose to leave his opponent an easy up table safety. After his opponent played the up...

I just started posting and my reaction percentage is high because I only have a few post. As of today 75 post with 84 reaction score.

Yes, he had perfect speed control, I will have to find a program or app to diagram a shot where he turned a normal safety into a great safety. Basically he kept leaving the cue ball where I had no way to play safe.

In the mid to late 1980s I met Frank van den Bosch who opened the Billiard Cafe in Chicago after a dispute with the owner of Chris's Billiards. Frank said while Efren was practicing he over heard a bunch of Filipino kids talking about the money they lost. Efren asked who did they lose the money...

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I agree there should be a place to tell stories about Efren. “Players” was a pool room in Van Nuys which is about 12 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. I was in the room because Efren was scheduled to play someone, sorry I do not remember his opponent, One Pocket. Efren was there and the room...

Ernie is still with us and when I visited his shop about six months ago he was still making cues.

RIP Bill I was lucky enough to get a cue from Bill, please see pictures. I never played with the cue and I remember getting two shafts with the cue but I can only find one shaft. Getting old is tough.

When Flyboy's heard his good friend Lambert, sorry I do not remember his last name, opened Lambert's RBD, Fly put out the word that he would play anyone as long as they bet at least $10,000. Over night Lambert's became the best place to play pool for money in the U.S. I visited the room five...

I would also like to know what are are the best choices for tips. When I was playing I liked a medium hard tip.

I have not removed the bumper because the hole on the bottom is so small I can't see if it is a Phillips or Allen head screw. I do not what to make a mistake and ruin whatever is holding the bumper in place.

I I have bought most of my cues because of the way they look but I have bought cues because I liked the way they "Played". I liked two things about the cues I played with, first the way it feels when I hit the cue ball and second the most important thing is the cue ball hits where I was...

That is correct Tad did not engrave his logo on his cues when he was on Washington Boulevard but I took the cue to him when he was in Stanton and he added his logo for me. I think I explained the logo somewhere on the internet. When I bought this cue I do not remember anyone using a logo but I...

The best pool player in Los Angeles in the 1980s after Keith McCredy was Hawaiian Brain Hashimoto. The one thing they had in common is neither one ever practiced. I asked Brian when he started playing pool. I seem to remember he said he picked up a cue stick when he was 15 or 16 and no one had...