Another big loss.

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Another big loss.


Jerry Pettijohn, of Flagstaff, passed away March 7th of complications from cancer.He was 77.
Jerry was mentioned in both Buddy Hall (early stakehorse) and Grady Matthew's books.
I believe he had the line on every player who ever lived. Jerry was a full time road man, and
A good one. A lover of the game and full time action,he was active to the very end.
If he couldn't find a player to bet on, or stake, he'd match up and play himself. He had a
line on every potential score West of the Mississippi, and he kept it in a book about the size
of a NYC phone directory. He was an older version of Johnny (Popcorn) Miller in that
regard. He had a heart of gold and was always an easy touch for any pool player
down on his luck. He will be missed by all who knew him.RIP old rounder.
 
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I didn't know Jerry was living in Flagstaff. When I first came to Phoenix, and didn't really know anyone here, a friend of mine told me to ask Jerry to play. Well, I asked him, and he cussed me out! Ha ha. Over the years, he put a few people in action against me. I was fortunate enough to win all of those match-ups though, at least in one case, I probably shouldn't have. It used to kind of bother me that he would go out and town and bring players back to try to beat his home town but, after having beat the guys that he did bring back, I guess I really had nothing to complain about. We were more friendly to each other in recent years and even had a bit of a laugh over one of the match-ups that I mentioned.

Kind of a funny story involves him. He was standing near the counter at a pool room talking to a few of us, and he was a bit passionate in what he was saying, so his arms were flailing around a little as he spoke. He didn't realize that Angel Paglia had walked up and was now standing next to him as he spoke. So he continued on, arms flailing, and, at one point, he had his arms flying around enough that whacked Angel right on one of her (trying to find the right word for the forum here) ... breasts? Anyway, he looked at her, said, "oh, I'm sorry", then looked back at us as if he were going to continue talking, then paused. After a second, he looked back and Angel and asked, "can I do that again"?

It was funny because, up to that point, I had never seen the guy display any sort of sense of humor.
 
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That was Jerry!

Jimmy M. said:
I didn't know Jerry was living in Flagstaff. When I first came to Phoenix, and didn't really know anyone here, a friend of mine told me to ask Jerry to play. Well, I asked him, and he cussed me out! Ha ha. Over the years, he put a few people in action against me. I was fortunate enough to win all of those match-ups though, at least in one case, I probably shouldn't have. It used to kind of bother me that he would go out and town and bring players back to try to beat his home town but, after having beat the guys that he did bring back, I guess I really had nothing to complain about. We were more friendly to each other in recent years and even had a bit of a laugh over one of the match-ups that I mentioned.

Kind of a funny story involves him. He was standing near the counter at a pool room talking to a few of us, and he was a bit passionate in what he was saying, so his arms were flailing around a little as he spoke. He didn't realize that Angel Paglia had walked up and was now standing next to him as he spoke. So he continued on, arms flailing, and, at one point, he had his arms flying around enough that whacked Angel right on one of her (trying to find the right word for the forum here) ... breasts? Anyway, he looked at her, said, "oh, I'm sorry", then looked back at us as if he were going to continue talking, then paused. After a second, he looked back and Angel and asked, "can I do that again"?

It was funny because, up to that point, I had never seen the guy display any sort of sense of humor.
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Great tell on Jerry! He was not into humor. If you beat him, he was all about getting even.
If you played good, his job was to find someone who played better and
steer them into you. He was all business, but trust me Jimmy, he was a
real war horse He would give you the shirt off his back. If he won your
cash, (IF he liked you,and you really needed the money) he would give it back. I don't know if that tells you
anything about the guy, but thats the way he was. We did not get off on the
right foot either. He used to try to find someone who could trap me at one pocket.
He gave up and became my staunchest supporter. I did not always win,
but he never gave up on me. He became a true friend. He was often in
with me on some really tough action.(I'm talking RA, Cooney, Monk,and several other
pretty tough dudes.) No matter who it was, he always said, "I'M IN".


Dick

PS Jerry did not make friends easily. He would try to piss you off and
make you gamble,but we've all seen that act before.
 
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