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8 bank Billiards in Grand Junction is closed and appears to be for good as they are taking things out by the truckload.

The thing that impresses me Was Willie Mosconi was only o0n that 4 by 8 table because they were the only Brunswick tables in that pool hall. His contract said he had to play on Brunswick tables only. Screw these johhny come latelys playing on home table, no referree and sleeping in their own...

I once wont 137 straight games on a 4 by 8 table against Blind Joey Wilson in Knocko's poolroom on Liberty Heights Avenuein Baltimore in the late 1950's. I only stopped then because Joey's guide dog bit me.

I will be 80 in May. What I hate most is nobody even plays this game anymore Gone are the days of pool rooms all over town like in the 1950"s. In NW Baltimore there was Henry Gordon's, Benny's, Harry's and of course downtown there was Klines. Back then the late Champagne Eddie Kelly was just...

The book was published in 1959. That same year Ed Kelly was an Arthur Murray dance instructor on the first floor days and played in Kleins on second story at nights in Baltimore Only out of Marines a year or two. So seriously doubt Fast Eddie was based on him.

Will I be able to get my 99cent deposit refunded ?

Last time I had a cue in my hand, sometime in 1980's. Mike was running a pool hall in Pikesville Seymour Lessans played 2 or 3 days of 9 ball 14-1 and one-pocket heads up and it was a draw. Seymour also was Maryland State Champion once as was Joe Cataldi. Rich and Rich jr only father and son to...

Suspect because ? Claude Rains " Round up the usual suspects "

Won't argue, but I think if Willie set out to break his own record, slept in his own bed the night before, played on a familiar table, etc, the record might be 4 digits instead of 3. But different times, I agree. Sorta like saying modern quarterback better than Johnny Unitas or any modern...

I saw a lot of greats, just never really appreciated. In 1958, I was 17 and rack boy for Mosconi in an exhibition. Another kid I shot with was Joe Cataldi. Ed Kelly was just a guy out of the marines in Baltimore, I lost $50 backing Henry Gordon in 3 rail billiards against Ed Kelly. Just plain...

No Just to say pool is dead. Made me actually SAD to see Mike Massey giving an exhibition recently, nobody except me even knew who he was. Went for shuffleboard because don't want the WHACK sound of a break shot disturbing the neighbors. Used to love that sound when Ed Kelly was playing 9 ball...

Sure , he did it , I believe him. SIDE BAR 1964, playing in a pool room in Laredo, Texas. Just got back from whorehouse in Nuevo Laredo, enroute back to San Antonio. Guy challenges me to straight pool, run to 100 for $20. Making $57 a month in USAF , so I am set to go. First rack he leaves...

As a kid I used to play Rich Riggie sometimes. He once ran 108 on me one-handed. One some days he was just unbeatable. On those days balls did not just go in the pockets, then went in dead center.

I will have my wife add you to her prayer list. GOD sometimes works miracles.

You confuse bitterness with satire.

Gee, I am forgetful in my old age. Do I remember this right ? One guy was 300+ nights on the road, sometimes driving hundred of miles between exhibitions, giving 2 of 3 exhibitions almost daily, then one day walked into a pool room to discover the 41/2 X 9 tables were not Brunswick and had to...

Gee, I am forgetful in my old age. Do I remember this right ? One guy was 300+ nights on the road, sometimes driving hundred of miles between exhibitions, giving 2 of 3 exhibitions almost daily, then one day walked into a pool room to discover the 41/2 X 9 tables were not Brunswick and had to...

As a young man I always wanted a pool table in a home someday. Getting ready to buy a house soon. Plan on a shuffleboard instead for the grandkids. Pool died a long ago, nobody bothered to tell the players.

Last week I ran 741 , all recorded on my wife's smart phone. Unfortunately she dropped the phone in the toilet She said afterwards if it really was a smart phone, it would have jumped back out of the toilet. Anyone who doubts me is obviously just jealous.

When pool was still great Valentines day 1978 Willie Mosconi vs Minnesota Fats. ABC World Wide of Sports 20 million viewers. Second highest ratings of the show that season, Howard Cosell behind the mike. Those days are gone forever. Mosconi record of 526 still stands as far as I am concerned...