Maybe someone can help me unravel the mystery of the greatest pool trick I ever saw, and I saw it done on several occasions. The man who did this trick was Jimmy Moore, one of the all time great pool players. Interestingly enough this trick did not requite using a cue or shooting any balls. He did it with his hands!
Jimmy would put all the balls in the ball box where the balls came down on a ball return table. He would reach into the box with both hands, all the time looking up at his audience or even the ceiling, and rummage them around to mix them up. Then he would grab three balls in each hand and quickly throw them out onto the table, rolling them rapidly toward the other end. At the same moment as the balls hit the table and started rolling Jimmy would shout out a number, like 48 or 52.
Here is the amazing part - that number would be exactly what the six balls would add up to each and every time he did it! He never missed either. It seemed like he could instantly add up all six numbers the moment they hit the table. My question is, how did he do it? To this day I've never been able to figure this one out. I've even asked his son Jimmy Jr. how his dad did that trick and he just smiled and said his dad knew how to do it.
I suspect there may be some old timers like me who actually saw Jimmy "throw the balls" as he liked to call it. Anybody have any ideas how he did it? I'm still stumped.
P.S. I think he actually did it with more than six balls sometimes as well.
Jimmy would put all the balls in the ball box where the balls came down on a ball return table. He would reach into the box with both hands, all the time looking up at his audience or even the ceiling, and rummage them around to mix them up. Then he would grab three balls in each hand and quickly throw them out onto the table, rolling them rapidly toward the other end. At the same moment as the balls hit the table and started rolling Jimmy would shout out a number, like 48 or 52.
Here is the amazing part - that number would be exactly what the six balls would add up to each and every time he did it! He never missed either. It seemed like he could instantly add up all six numbers the moment they hit the table. My question is, how did he do it? To this day I've never been able to figure this one out. I've even asked his son Jimmy Jr. how his dad did that trick and he just smiled and said his dad knew how to do it.
I suspect there may be some old timers like me who actually saw Jimmy "throw the balls" as he liked to call it. Anybody have any ideas how he did it? I'm still stumped.
P.S. I think he actually did it with more than six balls sometimes as well.
