Bob Jewett is Bob Jewett, and I would say that, if you were looking for a person who had both the utmost integrity and the ability to accurately record and report any observations made or inquiries in which he engaged, then Bob should be your man. He would certainly be mine.
On another note, what did Mosconi do to "monetize" his record? How much did he realize as a result?
Here is/are missing scenario(s) which have been bedeviling me since I first began considering this conundrum:
Poolhall Owner: "Hey, JS how about you come on down to my place and break Mosconi's record? And, oh btw, we know that you are going to need good video of your record breaking run to send to BCA, and to make money with, so,
a) We will just use the state of the art video system already installed at
THE TABLE at my place (It was on THE TABLE, right?); or
b) I do not have a state of the art video system already installed so we will get
one installed; or
c) What's say we go ahead and contact Accustat (or _____________) now, and
see what kind of deal you can make with them and let them sweat the
details."
It occurs to me that any of the above are so perfectly logical that one would expect one of them to have occurred. Right? This make any sense at all?