https://youtu.be/GkoXfbhga_4
1973 14.1 final Lou Butera vs. Masaru Hanatani. 6th All Japan Championship.
This match was very enjoyable to watch. You can see some of Lou's super quick play, in competition. The match is in Japanese, but someone did closed commentary in English (you have to press the YouTube CC button to see it). The commentator is a fellow Japanese professional, and his insights into the game and competitive play are really nice, IMO. His co-commentator is a banger.
I actually watched the match twice. Once before I knew there was CC, and then again with it turned on. I enjoyed both equally.
A few things really stuck out at me:
1) The table seemed very fast. Did they have Simonis 760 in 1973? I believe 760 pre-dated 860 by 20 some years.
2) The CB never got stuck to the side of the stack on a break or secondary break.
3) The racking time was maybe 5 seconds, literally. Then the break was about 3 seconds later. There did not appear to be any editing out during the match, it was straight through. I can't believe they rack, and then broke, that quickly.
4) Lou has 7 children.
5) Lou is only fast on the table. In his personal life, he is relaxed (according to commentator)
6) Table in the background on a few of the shots looks like it has blue cloth? (I'm colorblind, might be green but the lights make it look blue?) Can anyone confirm its color?
The camera work was horrible. It was like the super early ESPN crews that knew nothing about pool, and followed the balls around. Still, it was enjoyable to watch.
The whole match is 53 min, and went down to the wire.
1973 14.1 final Lou Butera vs. Masaru Hanatani. 6th All Japan Championship.
This match was very enjoyable to watch. You can see some of Lou's super quick play, in competition. The match is in Japanese, but someone did closed commentary in English (you have to press the YouTube CC button to see it). The commentator is a fellow Japanese professional, and his insights into the game and competitive play are really nice, IMO. His co-commentator is a banger.
I actually watched the match twice. Once before I knew there was CC, and then again with it turned on. I enjoyed both equally.
A few things really stuck out at me:
1) The table seemed very fast. Did they have Simonis 760 in 1973? I believe 760 pre-dated 860 by 20 some years.
2) The CB never got stuck to the side of the stack on a break or secondary break.
3) The racking time was maybe 5 seconds, literally. Then the break was about 3 seconds later. There did not appear to be any editing out during the match, it was straight through. I can't believe they rack, and then broke, that quickly.
4) Lou has 7 children.
5) Lou is only fast on the table. In his personal life, he is relaxed (according to commentator)
6) Table in the background on a few of the shots looks like it has blue cloth? (I'm colorblind, might be green but the lights make it look blue?) Can anyone confirm its color?
The camera work was horrible. It was like the super early ESPN crews that knew nothing about pool, and followed the balls around. Still, it was enjoyable to watch.
The whole match is 53 min, and went down to the wire.
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