What? When, where? John was contemplating trying it on an 8-footer if he didn't do it on a 9-footer, but I've never heard of him trying for the record on an 8-footer.
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What? When, where? John was contemplating trying it on an 8-footer if he didn't do it on a 9-footer, but I've never heard of him trying for the record on an 8-footer.
No, you are the problem because you are not appreciating the finer points involved.
JS had the table specially set up. He didn't walk in and find that table.
Given all else, the cloth was probably just as JS likes it.
The balls are a push.
Who knows about the weather or barometric pressure.
The chalk was to the players personal preferences.
But JS picked the table, Mosconi did not. And JS went at it *for months* with a Sardo and a white-gloved racker and played at the wrong end of the table, and most likely greased up the balls regularly during the run so they'd open up like a bag of split popcorn. Mosconi just kept going one night.
Yah, you're right. Nothing is the same.
Lou Figueroa
Lou, you have long had a distaste for john and I think it prevents you from being objective and maybe even rational about the matter.
He ran the balls. Period.
One can't expect today's events to occur in a previous generation.
Just like babe Ruth vs Sammy Sosa.
Kenny Roberts vs Marc Marquez
Jesse Owens vs Usain bolt
The list is virtually unending.
He ran the balls. Period.
One can't expect today's events to occur in a previous generation.
Just like babe Ruth vs Sammy Sosa.
Kenny Roberts vs Marc Marquez
Jesse Owens vs Usain bolt
The list is virtually unending.
Nope. In fact, he said:
"If I'm not able to do it on a 9'er, I'll go to an 8'er"
If he had done it on an 8 footer, people would would be complaining about it not being a 9 footer.....
John, like other intelligent people, knew he couldn't please everyone so, he did what he wanted and played on the bigger table.
We all know running 626 ball is all he did.
People run balls all the time so, no biggie.
I don't even understand why John went through the trouble to record it if that's all he was gonna do......you know......just run balls.
Lol
Jeff
Your 100% correct.
John didn't make it a secret why he chose a 9 footer.
I believe he made the right decision by breaking the record on a bigger table.
I've seen John play 14.1 on 8 footers. He would have ran through 526 like water even easier on an 8' table.
So far as I know he never officially tried for the high run on an 8-foot table. The first and second series of attempts were in Monterey in the same room where he did the 626 and on the same 9-foot Rebco. The third series was in Phoenix at Bullshooters on a 9-foot GC.
There was some discussion of moving to an 8-foot table if the fourth series was not successful, but that never happened.
I think that dude has a pic of Mosconi on his wall that he goes to sleep by. Serious(and kinda creepy) bromance goin on. Schmidt ran 'em, eos.
I've seen him twice on small tables at the BCA trade show. Both times he ran 180 (plus or minus a couple of balls) within three tries while I was watching.
For John, an 8-foot table looks easier and he says he feels it is easier.
BS — if you’re going to make that accusation, prove it.
He ran the balls but it was all gaffed up to provide perfect conditions, far from what happened with Mosconi’s run.
Lou Figueroa
That's what he told me and going by "how easy" it looked, I have no doubt that if he had been on an 8 footer that day, the number would've been a good bit higher than 626.
Some people act as if they don't understand just how high John's "14.1" gear can be when he catches it.
I've witnessed him getting into "his" high gear and I can say it's scary high. I would love to see him find "that gear" while in tournament play where they let players continue their run. It would be brutal....
Jeff
JS ran them... but it was a Disneyland run.
Lou Figueroa
give your JS picture
a big wet one tonight
Not that I've heard of.
john himself admits that he isn't a tech expert. i don't know either how to rig an overhead cam and connect it with the other 1+x cameras. that is poor planning, or low ambition
your other point, yes, videos can be tempered with. but they can also be reversed, or leave evidence behind in the files codes. so a proposition to his worst critics here would be to chip in for a professional video engineer and clear that bs.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=wJH_Q-GgnCY&usg=AOvVaw3Hnv3wpuNyWvuXSobS7N_1
Here is a link to Lou Figueroa in a high run straight pool challenge.
Nice runs of 4, 11 and 30.
Do you think if he had run 500 or 600 more balls on one of these runs he would claim it is invalid?
Here is a link to Lou Figueroa in a high run straight pool challenge.
Nice runs of 4, 11 and 30.
Do you think if he had run 500 or 600 more balls on one of these runs he would claim it is invalid?
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