Do you remember when?
- Thread starter jayman
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And EVERYBODY played 9 ball as 2 fouls ( pushout, rollout ) ball in hand ( and, so, shot spot shots!!! )!
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I think I remember her, But I can't remember when....
...the best players carried Fellini cases. No need for pouches, jump cues, break cues,
break/jump cues, personal triangles, personal bridge heads, $30 chalk, gloves.
break/jump cues, personal triangles, personal bridge heads, $30 chalk, gloves.
I don't! Or a jump cue! But I DO have a Fellini case!!!
All because I am older than frickin' DIRT. :yeah: :dance: :yeah:
I have to hand in my man card as I just bought a 60” carbon cue with 11.8 and 12mm tips, a glove, and an extension lol. It is 19oz though and can be adjusted to 21. Hopefully I’ll still be able to jump full cue with it.
Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot I bought some Russian Magic Chalk to try as well lol.
Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot I bought some Russian Magic Chalk to try as well lol.
1” ferrules
Single-layer tips
We racked with wooden racks, and didn’t obsess on checking them.
We shot with the shaft that came with the butt.
We needed a stroke to draw the ball.
I STILL need a stroke to draw the rock... but only when I'm drawing it more than 4 rails!
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8 ball. Ball in hand behind the line. Spot shots.
Odd Ball $.25 a way. Go for the hit or 2 bad hits ball in hand.
I can't even SPELL 8 ball...
Ummmm... ok, So I can spell it. But I can't play it. Dunno how.
Best time ever and all for only 75 cents an hour.
All the top players wore alligator shoes, a dress shirt and fancy bell bottom pants with a matching jacket. They had style and class and were proud to be great pool players. Even the Hollywood crowd looked up to them. The best players got invited to all the snazziest private night clubs (The Factory in Hollywood) and to parties at celebrity mansions.
Jimmy Caan, Telly Savalas, Fred Astaire and Peter Falk had a lot of players (Ed Kelly, Ronnie Allen, Richie Florence, Danny Diliberto) come to their homes for private games. So did Phil Spector, who used to come to the poolroom with $25,000 gambling money in the 1960's!
Jimmy Caan, Telly Savalas, Fred Astaire and Peter Falk had a lot of players (Ed Kelly, Ronnie Allen, Richie Florence, Danny Diliberto) come to their homes for private games. So did Phil Spector, who used to come to the poolroom with $25,000 gambling money in the 1960's!
All the top players wore alligator shoes, a dress shirt and fancy bell bottom pants with a matching jacket. They had style and class and were proud to be great pool players. Even the Hollywood crowd looked up to them. The best players got invited to all the snazziest private night clubs (The Factory in Hollywood) and to parties at celebrity mansions.
Jimmy Caan, Telly Savalas, Fred Astaire and Peter Falk had a lot of players (Ed Kelly, Ronnie Allen, Richie Florence, Danny Diliberto) come to their homes for private games. So did Phil Spector, who used to come to the poolroom with $25,000 gambling money in the 1960's!
Jay, those are some serious heavyweights of Hollywood history you listed there...I'm wondering was there also a respect for the equipment back then to the point where any of those big stars had a gold crown installed in their homes?
Or back then, was a table just a table?
Did players look to play on serious equipment with various pocket sizes?
