I just spoke to Finn over the phone about this. He says the guy never bothered to ask the rules of the break and run. The misunderstanding occurred because for every skill set, there was a different rule set for the break and run. The rule for an open player, which Ralph was at the time, was that he had to make a money ball in order to continue shooting. Had the winner of the draw chosen a B+ or lower ranked player to shoot, the other 5 balls would not have been used. If the guy would have stuck around to ask instead of stomping off, this would have all been explained to him.
I know Finnegan for about 30 years, and I have always known him to be fair. He has ran tournaments in Queens for over for 17 years now.....being fair is part of his job, and he's good at it. Finn isn't a cheater and has never been. The guy drives a 70,000 car, he's got reason to scam anybody(especially with a full crowd of people watching the break and run). He also had no reason to burn Ralph. I can also say personally, after buying break and run tickets at Steinway a few times.... the rules are not announced to the crowd and nobody tells you the rules when you buy a ticket. Finn also says he would be more than happy to speak to anybody this. Just give him a call at Steinway any Monday or Wednesday night.
And after TWENTY-FIVE pages, we finally arrive at the crux of the matter!
Different rules for different skill leveled players.
PERHAPS even many of the railbirds were not aware of the different rules, or that there were "dead" balls. That would explain the crowd cheering for the break.
It would have been extremely helpful, IF, when Nuts4Tascarellas elected to have Raphael shoot for him , Finnegan had taken HIM to the side and explained that Raphael faced a harder proposition than a lesser player would.
I ain't got a dog in this fight, but its possible that Nuts4Tascarellas thinks that
1) Finnegan is a scumbag for NOT explaining the rules of the proposition
and
2) a cheat for having different rules for different players.
And those can be Nuts4Tascarellas OPINIONS until the day he dies.
Every mans entitled to an opinion.