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I bought these three plaques in separate transactions on eBay a year or two after Mr. Mosconi’s death. I’d like to sell them but not sure what to ask so I’ll ask $500.00. As you can see from the photos, one is an Industry Service Award from the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America which...

I bought three plaques on eBay shortly after Willie Mosconi died. One is an Industry Service Award from the Billiard and Bowling Institute of America. One is from Mosconi’s induction into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (with a program from the induction ceremony). The last is a golf award...

One of the great grandsons of the owner of LaScala Cue Club in University City, MO (room was around in the 60s and 70s) was curious about what I knew about his great grandparents' pool room. He asked me and I replied in a Conversation about what I remembered. I don't know if he wants to be...

My favorite Mosconi Cup commentator is Allison Fisher; best by far!

I just posted the following in the "Where's Cocobolo Cowboy" thread but I want to repeat this here too: Fatboy says: "I never take biz advice from a lawyer-that’s only 2nd worse than suicide." I'm not sure about the suicide part but the part before the dash is very wise thinking. I've been a...

With the hope of not provoking any "it's the Indian not the arrow" or "pros play with whatever cues their sponsors provide" comments, I'm curious about professional pocket billiards players who have used the same cue for many years. At least as of a few years ago, Thomas Engert had been using...

I need some psychological counseling. I have a fancy cue as my player with a white joint. Lately I have become very happy shooting with a Jacoby Ultra Pro shaft and it fits on the cue in question but the collar on the shaft is black. So they don't match. The diameters match and the height of...

I'm 73 and have been playing pool since I was 10 in various parts of the country and I have never once seen side pockets like those in this year's Mosconi Cup. The facing angles were backwards. Can some of you pool table physicists shed some light on those pockets? Thanks.

Here's a question for you pool cue physicists. I have a relatively new McDermott GS Series cues (plain maple shaft, 3/8 x 10 joint) and like it fine. While many people seem to hold in very high regard the old McDermott D Series cues from the 70s-80s, I don't see any of the same love expressed...

I've got a mild case of Covid which has caused me to have weird psychedelic dreams and also decide to use as my main playing cue a $200 Viking plain jane merry widow cue one of my kids got me for Xmas a couple of years ago. It's got my initials on it and I thought the love that came with it was...

Do any of the pool physicists out there have any thoughts on whether it would be easier to make the 8 on the break (using second ball break) on an 8 foot table vs. a 9 foot table or vice versa? I took Physics for Poets in college so I'm not well equipped to answer this one but it seems to me...

I've been an APA 7 in eight ball for years. I have probably been on the low end of the sevens in terms of skill the entire time but managed to eke out a winning percentage over the years. Now at age 72 my fire power is apparently diminishing and even though I have had about a 20% win ratio over...

I want to add SJM to the folks I give thanks to for posting on AZB. Almost everything Stu posts is insightful and interesting, and he always treats everyone with respect. I can tell from reading his posts that he, like many of us, is truly in love with the game of pool. So thanks Stu!

Over the years I've had a few McDermott D-1, 2 and 3 cues but let them go. Recently I bought a McDermott GS Series cue as a keep in the car bar cue and it has started reminding me of an old D-1. Anybody have the same or a different feeling about the GS?

I just finished reading and want to highly recommend the recently released book Have Pool Cue Will Travel. In large part it is about St. Louie Louie Roberts. I say in large part because it also covers the St. Louis pool scene in great and often humorous detail. The author, a former St. Louis...

The purpose of this post is to note to Olhausen lovers and haters alike that I just watched (on YouTube) Corey Deuel beat Ralf Souquet in a 2004 "Sudden Death Seven Ball" match played on an Olhausen Champion Pro table AND ....... NOT ONE SHOT RATTLED!. So if you are a champion, you need not...

I've been playing by myself at home for over three months and have actually gotten a little better I think but now I'm getting very bored. Besides various drills (which generally are not fun for me) I have been playing nine ball against the ghost, and trying to run 15 balls after break and ball...

Hi All. With a lot of time on my hands and a 25+ year old Olhausen Innsbruck in my basement, I have undertaken to try to figure out the reasons and possible solutions for the dreaded pocket rattle. I love my table and hardly ever notice the rattle, probably because I have developed shooting...

I bought this Pechauer a few years ago and wondered if any of you have seen one like this or know anything about it. It's not in the Blue Book of Cues and I've never seen one in any of the Pechauer catalogs I've seen. I don't think it is one of one because it isn't marked like that. I would...

I have been playing for years with a 19 oz cue using OB1+ shaft. I'm 68 and have been playing most of my adult life. I am an APA 7 in 8 ball so I know how to play ok. Recently I have felt insecure shooting long shots and have been missing more than before. While in my basement pool lab I...