Beat Fats?
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Slow night in Soldotna?
Always
Don't live in the Soldotna tourist trap, but close. LOL Not much happens in this hick town, I like it.
Soldotna does have a heck of a legacy with their high school foot ball team, like close to 8 years undefeated.
One of their local doctors was recently arrested for holding a world record for writing scripts for oxy and a couple other high powered meds.
Could you beat Fats? LOL
Don't live in the Soldotna tourist trap, but close. LOL Not much happens in this hick town, I like it.
Soldotna does have a heck of a legacy with their high school foot ball team, like close to 8 years undefeated.
One of their local doctors was recently arrested for holding a world record for writing scripts for oxy and a couple other high powered meds.
Could you beat Fats? LOL
I could beat him. If not in 1 pocket then in fisticuffs. A foot race too.
River froze up so you gotta troll here instead??
I think he has an edge on me. If he played me I’d stake him.
At one pocket and banks I'm told he was a top player. It's possible his upright stance fooled some people into thinking he couldn't play.
https://youtu.be/x8B61tX5ouI?t=969
The funny thing about that video is you can hear Fats talking non stop in the background the whole time.
https://youtu.be/x8B61tX5ouI?t=969
The funny thing about that video is you can hear Fats talking non stop in the background the whole time.
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i guess eddie taylor and his upright stance fooled a few
wimpy and jimmy moore,even mosconi and ray martin played upright
uj puckett
i am thinking of trying it again because my neck is getting stiff
as far as fats goes,i thought he played a ball under ronnie
not a bad speed
it has become popular to knock fats these days
but he was a very good player
wimpy and jimmy moore,even mosconi and ray martin played upright
uj puckett
i am thinking of trying it again because my neck is getting stiff
as far as fats goes,i thought he played a ball under ronnie
not a bad speed
it has become popular to knock fats these days
but he was a very good player
Dig him up. I’ll even give him the 7.
I do ten things better than anybody in the world but I only talk about eight of them. Fats could talk.
At the end of the video I noticed Cicero Murphy shaking the hand of U J Puckett. I'm guessing Cicero competed in this event. I wonder if a video of him playing in the event still exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8B61tX5ouI&feature=youtu.be&t=969
At the end of the video I noticed Cicero Murphy shaking the hand of U J Puckett. I'm guessing Cicero competed in this event. I wonder if a video of him playing in the event still exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8B61tX5ouI&feature=youtu.be&t=969
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According to many of the better players back in the Johnston City days, Fats was a much better game maker than a player. He was best at setting up games he could win, always getting spots from better players, which was most of the time. And he loved the action.
I think I'd have beaten Fats and his yapping mouth if I had been around then, just as many here would've done. But chances are he'd have wanted too much weight and we'd have never gotten a game with him.
Too many people think of Jackie Gleason's character in The Hustler, and associate that fictional skill level with the fat man that hoodwinked people into believing he was Walter Tevis's "Minnesota Fats". Wanderone was probably a decent player, but not a real good player, despite his self-appointed crown of greatness.
I think I'd have beaten Fats and his yapping mouth if I had been around then, just as many here would've done. But chances are he'd have wanted too much weight and we'd have never gotten a game with him.
Too many people think of Jackie Gleason's character in The Hustler, and associate that fictional skill level with the fat man that hoodwinked people into believing he was Walter Tevis's "Minnesota Fats". Wanderone was probably a decent player, but not a real good player, despite his self-appointed crown of greatness.
Dean could probably know for sure but I don't think Fats ever had a job. Fats owned a home and drove a nice car.
How many of you current champs can say the same?
By the time he was playing Mosconi on "Wide World of Sports", Fats was well past his prime and Mosconi was in the same boat.
How many of you current champs can say the same?
By the time he was playing Mosconi on "Wide World of Sports", Fats was well past his prime and Mosconi was in the same boat.
Fats was put in the HOF for Meritorious Service and not as a great player.
I’m sure he could play at a high level but probably could never compete with the best.
I’m sure he could play at a high level but probably could never compete with the best.
Good point. I think I could've beat him, but I'd say he busted a lot of guys who thought they could beat him, and I might've just been another one of those that helped pay for his car and motorhome. Lol.
Mosconi must have played standing straight upright in matches when he wasn't on video.
https://youtu.be/-JCdJ08_M3Y?t=1245
This is a common misconception about the older champions, that they played upright. No one ever thinks about the idea that they HAD to play more upright as they aged, due to flexibility, eyesight issues. Prolly not too many 60 year olds getting their chin on the cue, and many of these players were in their 60s before most pool players alive these days would have even seen them on Wide World of Sports.
Logic never was much of a strong suit for a lot of AZer's tho...