What a blast from the past!
Our first pro tournament was Tahoe in ‘84. After that we made the Reno Sands tournament our yearly vacation. Yea the Sands tournament was held twice a year.(or do I have old timer’s?)
This is a match I don’t remember.
My favorite Efren story:
I think he was playing Buddy on table 10.
The first shot after the break, Efren played a safety that took the cue ball 3 rails around the table to the corner pocket that had 3 balls in a semi circle just a few inches out of the pocket. It was the greatest safety I had ever seen. The cue ball bumped the ball closest to the end rail and rolled into the jaws and stopped. The bumped ball went to the rail then back out to close the door behind the cue ball. The object ball was left near a side pocket and there was not an opening to get the cue ball out.
And he ‘shit a ball in’(a technical term) doing it.
Efren then showed the greatest escape I had ever seen. He popped the cue ball into the point causing it to jump out of jail, striking the object ball and rolling safe.