Cecil Tugwell
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Yeah Cecil.
Got to play him some One Pocket back in the late 90's at Broadway Billiards here in St. Louis.
I played him even for $5 a game and beat him. I think he was laying down a little. :smile:
Anyway after the match I gave him a ride home. Good guy, well mannered.
A legend and I was honored to have the opportunity.
John
Got to play him some One Pocket back in the late 90's at Broadway Billiards here in St. Louis.
I played him even for $5 a game and beat him. I think he was laying down a little. :smile:
Anyway after the match I gave him a ride home. Good guy, well mannered.
A legend and I was honored to have the opportunity.
John
Thanks Bill glad you liked it.
Thanks Daniel!
When he could still play! He beat Efren in a One Pocket exhibition match (for money!) right around then.
Jay (or anyone else who knows) -- When was Efren first introduced to One Pocket? And then how long did it take for his One Pocket game to reach its peak (I know, that's subjective)?
I played Cecil back in the 60's. He was still right handed then. He was a great player.
After he beat me he passed my around to his brother. I remember him at the Billiard Den
never missing a bank and giving up tons of weight playing one pocket.
After he beat me he passed my around to his brother. I remember him at the Billiard Den
never missing a bank and giving up tons of weight playing one pocket.
Excerpt from The "Encyclopedia" of Pool Hustlers:
“Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent” Tugwell
Los Angeles, CA – One pocket
In LA in the late ‘60s, early ‘70s, we used to call him “Cecil the Serpent,” or "Serps" for short. He and I played on a regular basis at Ye Olde Billiard Den on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. He played right-handed then.
Cecil played top speed One pocket, and very good Banks. What was unbelievable was that he eventually attained the same speed when he switched hands and became a lefty! He even won a One-pocket tournament in LA, playing left-handed and beating Efren Reyes in the finals!
Although I personally had fun playing with him, because I was just as goofy as he was, to many others he was a psycho to play with. I was one of the few people who got along well with him. He was not a good loser, and could be a bullying, unreasonable monster at times, often for not much reason. When he was cool, he was funny and charming, but if you played him, you had better be ready to fight him
Beard
“Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent” Tugwell
Los Angeles, CA – One pocket
In LA in the late ‘60s, early ‘70s, we used to call him “Cecil the Serpent,” or "Serps" for short. He and I played on a regular basis at Ye Olde Billiard Den on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. He played right-handed then.
Cecil played top speed One pocket, and very good Banks. What was unbelievable was that he eventually attained the same speed when he switched hands and became a lefty! He even won a One-pocket tournament in LA, playing left-handed and beating Efren Reyes in the finals!
Although I personally had fun playing with him, because I was just as goofy as he was, to many others he was a psycho to play with. I was one of the few people who got along well with him. He was not a good loser, and could be a bullying, unreasonable monster at times, often for not much reason. When he was cool, he was funny and charming, but if you played him, you had better be ready to fight him
Beard
Excerpt from The "Encyclopedia" of Pool Hustlers:
The world’s best One-pocket player
.....Efren became the world’s best One-pocket player rather quickly. I say quickly, because he had accumulated zero One-pocket knowledge or experience in the Philippines. I can say that with impunity, because when Efren and I started playing One pocket, he knew so little that I had to play him 10 to 8 at the Chicago Billiard Café --and that was after he had already won the Nine-ball tournament at Red's in Houston. Of course, that spot did not last very long.
Efren learned the game of One pocket from Billy Incardona and me. Efren and I played daily. Incardona, who spent a lot of time around Chicago then, played him sporadically. Later, I even made Efren sign a statement that he learned One pocket from playing with me. In an article in Pool and Billiard magazine some years ago, he specifically stated that he learned One pocket from Incardona and me.' ....
Beard
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Haha that's sweet
Thanks, Freddy. So what was the time lag, from zero (first One Pocket game) to "best" for Efren?
Well stated freddy, I think it makes so much sense for Efren not to have the one pocket knowledge earlier thanks.