This is a game that is good to watch while you are all locked down.
You get to see an old-school guy making it look easy playing under old-school conditions. You will notice that the table is considerably slower than today's tables and the balls don't fly open every time you hit the rack. You have to work for them.
And, to the horror of it, he is using an old-school cue with a long ferrule, probably made of ivory, and with plenty of deflection.
What's even worse is that he's not stalling around, getting up and down 40 times on every shot, and he isn't scared to shoot at some "tricky" shots when he gets into some predicaments where most people would probably play a safety.
OMG!
Crane is using powder on his hand and no glove!
Never once did they clean the cue ball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er7In9iJ5wM
You get to see an old-school guy making it look easy playing under old-school conditions. You will notice that the table is considerably slower than today's tables and the balls don't fly open every time you hit the rack. You have to work for them.
And, to the horror of it, he is using an old-school cue with a long ferrule, probably made of ivory, and with plenty of deflection.
What's even worse is that he's not stalling around, getting up and down 40 times on every shot, and he isn't scared to shoot at some "tricky" shots when he gets into some predicaments where most people would probably play a safety.
OMG!
Crane is using powder on his hand and no glove!
Never once did they clean the cue ball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er7In9iJ5wM
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