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Wait a minute ... the kid lost to Magnolia Red so the kid threw a tantrum demanding his backer pay him anyway? If I'm reading that right, I can only imagine the kid was so certain he had a lock that he couldn't conceive of losing--in his mind, the money was already his. Sounds like an epic...

Wow! I couldn't have hoped for a better answer than the one you gave, @Texdance. Your post is one of the best I've ever seen on this forum. I appreciate the effort you put into it. What prompted me to ask for info on Magnolia Red is a new article about the origins of One Pocket that I'm...

Mosconi certainly took that to heart. What's that quote where he said that if he played his own mother and was way ahead and she was in the negative, he'd try to win by more?

Thanks for checking!

I'm looking for any information about an old time hustler whose nickname was "Magnolia Red." Real name: J. Frank or J. F. Richardson. Probably a road player based out of Texas around 1939. He's mentioned in this list of hustler nicknames but I haven't found anything else about him online...

I shared a list of mechanics in KC on the other thread you posted. By the way, there's just the one room called Shooters that's in Olathe. You were probably thinking of Side Pockets that has multiple locations in the KC metro area. Blue Springs, Lenexa, KC North, etc.)

It's surprisingly hard to hire a good mechanic around KC, but I know of a few in the area who are about as good as they get. What they charge or whether they're taking on jobs like yours, I have no idea. But a talk with any of them would tell you all you need to know. The most meticulous...

@garczar, I know from your posts that mention Magoo's and some of the local players that you're pretty familiar with pool in Oklahoma. I've spent some time in those parts myself. I think you or anybody else with ties to the state will get a lot out of the article once it's published.

Who invented One Pocket is one of the central questions that will be covered in depth in the article. You're right that Lingo is generally credited with inventing One Pocket but I've found a lot of exciting new material in my research of the game's early days. All I can say is, the whole story...

I'm wrapping up an article about the origins of One Pocket that will be available soon on OnePocket.org ... but at risk of letting out a bit of a spoiler, in 1935 there wasn't much One Pocket being played anywhere but in Oklahoma! One Pocket was unknown in New York until Minnesota Fats and...

No bet was mentioned, but I'd say it's possible there was some kind of side bet. The guy who saw him do it did say that he once gave Jack some money (maybe $500) to back him in a tournament at Memphis. Jack either won or finished in the money but absconded with the backer's half. I think he...

Had a chance to talk with a couple guys who knew Jack Hines well back in the 90's. Hines lived with one guy in his mother's house and dated the other guy's daughter. Like everybody else who ever tried to help Jack, they didn't have much good to say about him as a person. One thing that came...

I was in a small room where Fedor Gorst was practicing once. Nobody else there except me and another guy cleaning the tables. I didn't know who Fedor was at the time but figured out he was quite a player pretty fast. Fedor missed once or at most twice in an hour playing the ghost. Pro-style...

Orcollo ran 10 or 11 racks on a 9' table against SVB at Bill's in OKC last year. The commentary on the video is a bit confusing about the actual number of racks run. The commentators say 11 racks, but a graphic overlay says 10. The score was 13-12 before Orcollo started his run and 13-22 when...

Anytime Billiards in the Des Moines metro area has most of the private club features that @Tin Man describes. $65/month with a one-time fee of $130 when joining. The concept works for them because they sell and install Diamond tables and the room serves a dual purpose as "showroom" for their...

Didn't read the whole thread (which at first glance, looks like it may have took a nasty turn in places) but Bergman is at The Players Club in St. Louis taking on all-comers as far as I know. Not just local shortstops, either. Including Fedor Gorst.

The title and cover illustration are better than the book, but I have read it ... :cool: But to actually help a bit, I turned up Lincoln Billiards which seems to be a chain in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and maybe some other locations. Pictures show some 6x12 snooker or Chinese 8-Ball tables along with...

Big Dog Billiards in Des Moines gets my vote for most successful room probably in the country. I passed by one night at midnight and had to stop and count the number of cars in the parking lot. Over a hundred. Talked briefly with one of the owners and I think the secret is a thriving league...

Part #3 cont. Were you surprised that Chris Melling didn't qualify? It's a bit tough on him not to get an automatic place, but then again if he played on all the UK Nineball Tour events he'd probably have got enough points to qualify automatically. But he's also mixing and matching and playing...

Part #2 cont. How seriously do you actually take nineball? I devote as much time to it as I think it's worth me devoting to it. I think it would be hard for me, due to the fact that I am 44 years old, to start again from scratch and pay my dues as a pool player. There's no way I'm going to go...