Sure , he did it , I believe him. SIDE BAR
1964, playing in a pool room in Laredo, Texas. Just got back from whorehouse in Nuevo Laredo, enroute back to San Antonio. Guy challenges me to straight pool, run to 100 for $20. Making $57 a month in USAF , so I am set to go. First rack he leaves himself straight in on the 15 th ball . I rack up 14, waiting for him to make 15th ball, then play a safe. He pockets ball. Then when cue stops he slams it into rack, then proceeds to shoot while I scream at him.
He says that's the way 14-1 is played. We get into an argument and owner comes over before we come to blows. Owner agrees with this guy and says he will prove it. Goes behind counter and brings out a book. NO, not a rule book but Guiness book of world records. Reads aloud Mosconi 526 balls, looks me dead in the eye and with a straight face says
"Are you gonna try and tell me he did it your way ? ".
No way! LOL Played by house rules and left $20 richer.
1964, playing in a pool room in Laredo, Texas. Just got back from whorehouse in Nuevo Laredo, enroute back to San Antonio. Guy challenges me to straight pool, run to 100 for $20. Making $57 a month in USAF , so I am set to go. First rack he leaves himself straight in on the 15 th ball . I rack up 14, waiting for him to make 15th ball, then play a safe. He pockets ball. Then when cue stops he slams it into rack, then proceeds to shoot while I scream at him.
He says that's the way 14-1 is played. We get into an argument and owner comes over before we come to blows. Owner agrees with this guy and says he will prove it. Goes behind counter and brings out a book. NO, not a rule book but Guiness book of world records. Reads aloud Mosconi 526 balls, looks me dead in the eye and with a straight face says
"Are you gonna try and tell me he did it your way ? ".
No way! LOL Played by house rules and left $20 richer.
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