The only thing that doesn't get discussed on Az, which amazes me, is that Willie played for years on 10 ft.tables in US Open Championship Competition.
Ralph Eckert observed in one of his articles (June 4, 2013) ......"there definitely was a huge setback in 1949; until then, standard pool tables measured 10 ft!"
It was at that time that 9 ft tables were adopted as regulation size pool tables, at least that's what I've
learned from my research. How many readers out there have actually played much pool on 10' pool
tables? Lots of us have experience 10' snooker tables and of course, billiard tables but I am talking
about a pool table with 4.5" pockets (playing surface 60" x 120")...tables that Willie, Balsis, Lassiter,
Greenleaf, Crane, et al competed on in US Open 14.1 Championship play.....2500 points.
Folks, I am telling you it's a much more difficult game; you have to have a superb stroke in order to
make high runs because squirt, english deviation & cue ball speed using 1, 2 and 3 rails is different.
So give credit where credit is due when it comes to reviewing Willie's incredulous tournament records.
When he ran 526, he had to play on that 8' Brunswick table since his contract said "Brunswick tables only".