Alltime best Drunk Pool Players!!!!

I saw Lassiter run a 140 rip roaring drunk in Queens, NY, in the mid 1970's. The run was unfinished, and I don't think he would have lasted much longer, but watching him teeter his way to a 140 ball run was pretty impressive.

Johnny Irish, from what I've heard, could play pretty well drunk, but was better known for being able to play extremely well on almost no sleep.
 
Williebetmore said:
Frank,
Wow!!!! Anyone who has that said about him deserves at LEAST top 5. That's the funniest, left hand compliment I've ever heard in my life.
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One thing I have always liked about Scotty is that he is and always has been the same. He does not hide or pretend to be anyone else.
He can tell you some of the damnest stories about his life and things he has done.

Everyone has there favorite ST story. I have one but cant quite remember it all but it involved a guy telling Scotty that an alligator
was loose in a pond and no one could get it out or something to that affect.
Scotty left and a little whoel later the guy looked up and here was Scotty riding down the road with the damned Alligator........ tied up on the back of his motorcycle!! Not usre of its true but if you know Scotty it sounds like something he would attempt if not do.
 
Is it just me, or did reading this thread make any of you kind of depressed? Alcohol is worse than most narcotics....why don't we start a 'Who can shoot the best on heroin' thread? After the post about Abbink, it made me wonder if you people really admire all this, because that's what it sounds like. I hate to dampen the mood here, but this is some depressing shit right here. Alcohol brings out the absoloute worst in people, and I've seen some terrible stuff happen because of people who use it too much.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
Is it just me, or did reading this thread make any of you kind of depressed? Alcohol is worse than most narcotics....why don't we start a 'Who can shoot the best on heroin' thread? After the post about Abbink, it made me wonder if you people really admire all this, because that's what it sounds like. I hate to dampen the mood here, but this is some depressing shit right here. Alcohol brings out the absoloute worst in people, and I've seen some terrible stuff happen because of people who use it too much.
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Agreed, it is, to a point, disheartening.

I'll note, however, that, in the movie "The Hustler," Minnesota Fats was portrayed as having great character, in part, because he shoot the lights out while under the influence of alcohol. This may, in part, explain our fascination with those that are similarly able.
 
"best on heroin?"

cuetechasaurus said:
Is it just me, or did reading this thread make any of you kind of depressed? Alcohol is worse than most narcotics....why don't we start a 'Who can shoot the best on heroin' thread? After the post about Abbink, it made me wonder if you people really admire all this, because that's what it sounds like. I hate to dampen the mood here, but this is some depressing shit right here. Alcohol brings out the absoloute worst in people, and I've seen some terrible stuff happen because of people who use it too much.
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I'd vote for Detroit Whitey when it comes to shooting the best after shooting up. Back in the early 1960s, Whitey told a shortstop in Dallas that he would never be a great player because he didn't shoot up!

But I understand what you mean, cuetechasaurus. The thread does seem to glorify heavy drinking when we all know the negative side of this behavior.
 
jay helfert said:
Bill Mielke. Another old roadie of mine. Wonder where and how he is.

He survived the van crash years ago, when we got hit by an Army truck. In the van were me, Keith, Cecil and Bill. It was all over the news in California.
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Jay can you elaborate on the van crash?
 
NYC cue dude said:
legendary NY straight pool player George Mckoola. Lived and played as a drunk. Ran 300's. Sadly, died a drunk. He was a friend.

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Agreed. McKoola may probably be tops on this list and it was rather unfortunate. From my understanding (though I do not know for sure), he death was attributed to a broken neck sustained from fall down a stairwell while intoxicated.

His high-run at Chelsea Billiards was something like 336, if I recall correctly.
 
sjm said:
Agreed, it is, to a point, disheartening.

I'll note, however, that, in the movie "The Hustler," Minnesota Fats was portrayed as having great character, in part, because he shoot the lights out while under the influence of alcohol. This may, in part, explain our fascination with those that are similarly able.
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I've always found the Hustler to be a depressing film, but also intriguing. I had the thought one time when watching it, perhaps Fats' bottle of bourbon may have contained tea. Fats could have had an arrangemebt with the guy (I forgot his name :o ), to bring back a whiskey bottle filled with tea. I think it's odd that Eddie was smashed, while Fats was stone sober.

Tracy
 
RSB-Refugee said:
Fats could have had an arrangemebt with the guy (I forgot his name :o ), to bring back a whiskey bottle filled with tea. I think it's odd that Eddie was smashed, while Fats was stone sober.

Tracy
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I think it was Preacher or Preach...
 
best drunk player!

jay swanson,saw swanee in myrtle beach at a bar tourny at the kings road tavern.had some of the strongest players,archer,weenie beenie,pete horn,he ran through that crowd like it was nothing drinking drambouie the whole night.:D
 
Jon Dovinski from Florida deserves at least Honorable Mention. He could put away 20+ beers and still snap off a tournament or bring it in a side game.
 
Funny I just saw this thread and immediately thought of Jon Dovinski. I saw him at a Florida tournament where he drank all day and all night and the later it got the better he played. I think he would have been able to take the Tequila challenge from Abbink no sweat.
 
01rkclassic said:
jay swanson,saw swanee in myrtle beach at a bar tourny at the kings road tavern.had some of the strongest players,archer,weenie beenie,pete horn,he ran through that crowd like it was nothing drinking drambouie the whole night.:D
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Swanee was one of the best high, HIGH money 9-Ball players of all time. They would fly him in from San Diego when someone wanted to play for 1K a game or more. Don't know if anyone ever beat him for the big cash.

He is the one player who Parica was not to anxious to play.
 
Jerry OC said:
Jay can you elaborate on the van crash?
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Sure, we were headed to Reno for the December tournament at the Sands. We took the back way (Hwy. 395) and got caught in a snowstorm. My van slid off the road, and when it stopped we all got out to push it back straight. We piled back in the van and were waiting for Cecil to finish peeing to take off again.

I looked in my rear view mirror and saw an Army deuce and half sliding right toward us. I could see the driver wrestling with the steering wheel. I had just enough time to yell "hold on", and boom! He slammed my van about 100 yards down the road.

We got hit so hard that Bill and I broke the seat backs with our bodies. Keith was squatted down between us and flew to the back of the van and banged the rear door so hard, he broke his thumb.

We were fortunate that the truck hit us directly in the rear. The rear end of the van caved in about three feet and absorbed a lot of the impact. And we got literally launched in the air for about two to three hundred feet of forward roll. If it had hit us in the side, we would have been killed. All these guys were hurt, but still played the tournament. Keith's hand was all bandaged up, but he still finished in the money.

Danny Medina bought that van from me and drove it back to Colorado, where he got it fixed up. The Army settled with me for the cost of the van only (I had just bought it recently for 4K). They refused to pay any medical. And try suing the U.S. Army (U.S. Government). You have no chance.
 
It would be interesting to see who could match Keith beer for beer and play pool even with him. Especially anyone roughly his size.
 
jay helfert said:
I looked in my rear view mirror and saw an Army deuce and half sliding right toward us. I could see the driver wrestling with the steering wheel. I had just enough time to yell "hold on", and boom! He slammed my van about 100 yards down the road.
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To bad you couldn't get money from that accident, you guys deserved it. I saw Mielke run 10 racks on the bar box with the big ball playing Woody Gumphreys 8 ahead for 1K. I wonder how he's doing now?

Jerry
 
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