14.1 World Records on video

[gerryf]

Cohen, Stanley; Mosconi, Willie. Willie's Game: An Autobiography . Open Road Media. Kindle Edition.
On March 19, in Springfield, Ohio, I ran 526 balls, a record that still stands. I was playing a two-hundred-point match against an amateur by the name of Earl Bruney in the East High Billiard Club. He made three balls off the break, then I ran two hundred and just kept going. The run took two hours and ten minutes, which means that over that span I averaged four balls a minute. I finally missed a difficult cut shot, but by that time I was weary; it was almost a relief to have it come to an end.

For comparison:

• Shaw's 407, 4.5 balls per minute
• SVB's 241, 3.7 bpm. His 308 was 2.2 bpm
• Earl's 238, 3.6 bpm
• Schmidt's 322, 3.1 bpm
• Chinakhov's 266, 3.1 bpm

 

[alstl]

Here's a link to part of the series that works:

Noir justice catches up with Mickey Cohen

The Gangster Squad springs a trap set years ago for the mobster, but 'Freddie the Thief' looks for revenge far from the courtroom in the killing of his son, 'the Enforcer.'

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I had no idea at the time of the tournaments that Fred was in that business.

I never heard of him until you mentioned his name.

Here's a link to part of the series that works:

Noir justice catches up with Mickey Cohen

The Gangster Squad springs a trap set years ago for the mobster, but 'Freddie the Thief' looks for revenge far from the courtroom in the killing of his son, 'the Enforcer.'

web.archive.org

I had no idea at the time of the tournaments that Fred was in that business.

He apparently was good at multitasking.