Jake Dyer (Hustler Days) recently posted a short article I wrote about Calvin Demarest, an early balkline champion who lost his mind and tried to kill his wife. Jake’s site had other good content on pool history as well.
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From Caroms To Chaos: The Story of Calvin Demarest - Pool History
Billiards has no shortage of tragic champions, but Calvin Demarest’s descent from world champion to a lunatic asylum during the early 20th Century marks one of our sport's most shocking falls. In just six short years, the celebrated champion went from competitor to crazed inmate — and then he...
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