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Last year there 2 threads about videos of Jeff Gates pocketing up to 32 balls in one shot http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=375075&highlight=jeff+gates http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=379461&highlight=jeff+gates There is mention of him pocketing 40 balls. Is there...

There's also a link to a video of Andrew Ponzi, with an appearance by Charlie Petersen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVMWm680IQ This is a repeat of a post in the Super Cue Men thread in the main forum. It's the only video I've seen featuring Ponzi by himself. The English version of the...

It's working for me. http://********************/live-tv/us/tru-tv-live-stream EW

Here's the news story: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19740515&id=q44bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5FEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7168,1536454 Ed

Edit "World's Greatest" Should have been https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video56569 THEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHRLBd0KkMo Sorry EW

See for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHRLBd0KkMo He has the smug facial expressions of another great one: Voronin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHRLBd0KkMo EW

Recollections and comments on the old 14th St. room. http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/julians-an-old-school-pool-hall-in-union-square/ http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/05/11/clue-cue EW

There's a lot of good old video here: http://www.britishpathe.com/ Mosconi, Greenleaf, 1935 http://www.britishpathe.com/video/billiards-champ-entertains/query/billiards They got Arthur (Moose) Rubin's name right, but messed up Otto Reiselt and Joe Chamaco...

Here's a link for searching through California papers. http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=q&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN------ You might find something interesting---like this: LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING APRIL 4,1910 MIND A BLANK FROM LONG PERIOD OF BILLIARD PLAYING Shipping Clerk...

One of a long series of animations out of the Czech Republic featuring 2 cartoon characters---Pat and Mat---that resemble Laurel and Hardy. They're popular world wide. This one deserves to be revived once in a while. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBWAE3p9MsU A Je To (Good Job). Ed

In 1986, Carl Conlon wrote a series of articles on 3-cushion in the National Billiard News. In this excerpt he emphasizes position play and describes an amazing performance by Ceulemans. Conlon was a real character. He told me that he was able to live on Social Security and travel the world...

http://charlesursitti.com/ has .pdf copies of many years of "Billiards" magazine. This picture is from the July, 1928 issue. Cranfield would have been 12 at he time, so the picture may have been taken earlier. Ed W

The flyer must have been from the 1960s. I never heard of Henri Saint-Laurent. But the Hi-Cue was an active spot in those days. EW

For years and years, Scott Smith was at every major tournament, as director, announcer, or both. He should have been honored for all his hard work. Where is he now? EW

Thanks to billiardshot in the Carom forum for the link that shows the definite slip stroke that Mosconi exhibited in 1945. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/billiards-champ-entertains EW

Ol' Bill (Calhoun, Tex) Kelleher died with his boots off in Greensboro, NC. Early 2011. He was around 80. At some time in his life on the road, he linked up with about every pool scuffler you've ever heard of. He had been one of those in action at the famous Rack in Detroit...

What ever happened to Dave (Underdog) Chartier, a good player who used to own Break Zone Billiards? EW

This one is working right now: http://www.seeon.tv/view/15021/ EW

A lot of the big city photos have "Billiards" in them somewhere. But not all are obvious. http://www.shorpy.com/node/10521?size=_original Just barely made it into lower right side. Another---Slosson Billiards at the far left. http://www.shorpy.com/node/10458?size=_original No billiards in...

I'm pretty sure this reference has appeared before, but I don't know where. http://www.roadhustler.com/bonds-bowling-billiards Lots of links to original newspaper articles. And lots of butchering of players' names. EW