Doc's
Gmanpoke said:
Does anyone remember the name of an old pool hall in Tulsa, OK. The pool hall was in the basement of a building in downtown Tulsa. My dad told me he played there in the mid to late 40's.
Back in the day, there was a lot of oil money flowing in Tulsa. My guess is there were some big money games. I would appreciate any information.
Thanks
Steven
In the basement of the Tulsa World building downtown, there was a place originally called 'Boulder Billiards'. A man named Randy Wallace was an owner of this place at one time and it was rumored that he gave Mike Sigel the '8' and damnear busted him. This is supposedly when Mike was in his prime. 'Fat Randy', as people know him here, was one of the best gamblers in Tulsa at one time, and he told Mike that he could come back to Tulsa anytime being how there were many a strong stick that could've probably given Mike a run for his money. As time went on, the place became known as 'Doc's'. The man who told me this story described it similar to the scene in the movie 'The Hustler' when 'Fast-Eddie Felson' and his road buddy 'Charlie' walked into 'Ames Billiards' for the first time hearing the words, "No pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool; This is Ames Mister!". It was said to be in the basement of an old building in downtown Tulsa, that was smoke-filled, dark and incredibly unique place to sweat some action.
This information may not be 100% accurate, as it is a story that was passed onto me by an older gentleman at the pool hall. :wink:
. Any decent sign shop should be able to reproduce that for you, save the picture and you can get er done.