I got the latest edition of Billiard's Digest (Sept 2010) and when I saw the cover, I thought to myself "Gee, that's what George Fels would look like if he colored his beard." 
D) Then, lo & behold, I realized that WAS George!
And, by George, his beard does look a little 'lighter"
All kidding aside, how great it is to see one of pooldom's all time best writers get some special recognition! When I get my Billiards Digest, I always turn to the back to see George's article first, then I look for anything that Mike Gefner has written. And thinking of all those great stories and tales of players and happenings in pool that George has regaled us with over the years, I was so happy to see that BD gave him a feature article as well as the above mentioned cover shot.
George, I have to share something with you. After I "processed" that the photo was really you, I instantly, for some strange reason, thought back to the story you penned in the October 1997 issue of BD. It was entitled "Geezerball"!))
I once emailed George to thank him for writing "Johnny, marching home", which was about Johnny Ervolino. George thanked me and said "The only other one who really liked that story was Johnny himself." But George even topped himself in the Sept 2000 issue with "Jack and John", which was about Johnny Ervolino visiting the grave of Jersey Red. What a revealing and touching story! But my personal all time single favorite Tips & Shafts was the one entitled "One for Dan's fans." It was about Billy Incardona, one of my all time favorite players-pool personalities and Danny DiLiberto, another all time great. What a great collection of anecdotes!
George, I have read your articles in BD going back to "Stretch that shoulder" in the Sept / Oct 1980 issue. 30+ years of articles, times 12 = around 360 articles you've written. I disagreed with only one of them. It was "Enough" in the Dec 1999 issue. (I'm a big Earl Strickland fan)
And even that one was well reasoned out and you made some very good points.
So, Mr Fels, I want to respectfully and gratefully thank you for the literally hundreds of times over the last 30+ years that you have enlightened, informed and entertained us with your particular style of writing! I wish you many years of good health, happiness and inspiration for future articles! You've contributed lots to pooldom over the years, and we want you to know that you are very appreciated! Thank you George!
D) Then, lo & behold, I realized that WAS George!And, by George, his beard does look a little 'lighter"
All kidding aside, how great it is to see one of pooldom's all time best writers get some special recognition! When I get my Billiards Digest, I always turn to the back to see George's article first, then I look for anything that Mike Gefner has written. And thinking of all those great stories and tales of players and happenings in pool that George has regaled us with over the years, I was so happy to see that BD gave him a feature article as well as the above mentioned cover shot.
George, I have to share something with you. After I "processed" that the photo was really you, I instantly, for some strange reason, thought back to the story you penned in the October 1997 issue of BD. It was entitled "Geezerball"!
))I once emailed George to thank him for writing "Johnny, marching home", which was about Johnny Ervolino. George thanked me and said "The only other one who really liked that story was Johnny himself." But George even topped himself in the Sept 2000 issue with "Jack and John", which was about Johnny Ervolino visiting the grave of Jersey Red. What a revealing and touching story! But my personal all time single favorite Tips & Shafts was the one entitled "One for Dan's fans." It was about Billy Incardona, one of my all time favorite players-pool personalities and Danny DiLiberto, another all time great. What a great collection of anecdotes!
George, I have read your articles in BD going back to "Stretch that shoulder" in the Sept / Oct 1980 issue. 30+ years of articles, times 12 = around 360 articles you've written. I disagreed with only one of them. It was "Enough" in the Dec 1999 issue. (I'm a big Earl Strickland fan)
And even that one was well reasoned out and you made some very good points.
So, Mr Fels, I want to respectfully and gratefully thank you for the literally hundreds of times over the last 30+ years that you have enlightened, informed and entertained us with your particular style of writing! I wish you many years of good health, happiness and inspiration for future articles! You've contributed lots to pooldom over the years, and we want you to know that you are very appreciated! Thank you George!
