could 526 be broken?
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I thought I saw a listing of high scores once.
I would be curious to see the high scores of the "masters" of straight.
Ray Martin, Miz, Rempe, Allen, Petey, etc. These eastern boys were born and raised on it.
Does anyone have that somewhere?
Thanks.
ken
I thought I saw a listing of high scores once.
I would be curious to see the high scores of the "masters" of straight.
Ray Martin, Miz, Rempe, Allen, Petey, etc. These eastern boys were born and raised on it.
Does anyone have that somewhere?
Thanks.
ken
why
why is it important to "break" that record?
I mean, it's one of the stats which exemplifies Mosconi's greatness.....if some-body broke it, would it take away from Mosconi's stature? Seems I read somewhere he himself said the run didn't stop 'cause he missed, but he quit because he got tired....whether or not that's true, I think he was letting his ego out at the time....
Some guy named Eufemia purportedly broke the record, but it wasn't "recognized"....
Even if somebody ran 1000 balls someday, I would still consider Mosconi to be the greatest straight pool player of all time..........and that's just IMHO...
why is it important to "break" that record?
I mean, it's one of the stats which exemplifies Mosconi's greatness.....if some-body broke it, would it take away from Mosconi's stature? Seems I read somewhere he himself said the run didn't stop 'cause he missed, but he quit because he got tired....whether or not that's true, I think he was letting his ego out at the time....
Some guy named Eufemia purportedly broke the record, but it wasn't "recognized"....
Even if somebody ran 1000 balls someday, I would still consider Mosconi to be the greatest straight pool player of all time..........and that's just IMHO...
wahcheck said:
When I was about 8 years old, I played pool for the first time. When I got home, I immediately grabbed my Guiness Book of World Records and looked up "pool" in the index. It said, "See Billiards". I looked it up and saw "Willie Mosconi, 526 consecutive balls pocketed." The record may be a bit out-dated. It may have little relevance to today's game however, it is the answer to the great question, "What's the most number of balls someone has made without missing?" which is really the first thing any non-poolplayer asks. I knew the name "Mosconi" before I could pocket one ball in a row.
ShootingArts said:
What I don't understand is hwy is Mosconi's record considered official if it was on the 4x8. There have been many I would think who could have challenged that.
I'm not saying it's not impressive, but far from the most impressive things I've seen or heard about.
But with what it is, A lot of things would have to go the shooters way, I don't care if it happened on 2 ft pockets. As I heard Freddy say one time, The amazing thing is shooting that long and not scratching.
The Saw said:
Even "aiming system" users could do that on that table.
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ironman said:
Yeah, that man gave me a doughnut in a 9-ball tournament a few years back. I can't tell you how terrified I was to play him.
ironman said:
It's so hard to say who would watch it since pool is so poorly displayed on tv compared to other sports.
Just food for thought:
1. Imagine if football games only used two or three fixed cameras
2. Imagine if televised poker tournaments didn't reveal hands
3. Imagine if baseball games displayed no statistics other than the score
Many of the successfully televised sports have done A LOT for the viewer. I'm not saying it translates well for pool but I am saying there's a lot of room for improvement.
promotion
The big reason that Mosconi's record is considered official is that it was heavily promoted and widely known. Seems like affidavits were collected from watchers too.
However, like you, I don't see any particular reason that the run on somewhat oddball equipment should be the official record. It is a lot like setting a basketball free throw record at a closer distance using a bigger hoop. This is one of those cases where our opinion doesn't matter however. To hold the record of the highest run ever someone has to beat 526 and do it at a public event. What is tougher, they have to have witnesses that claim to have sat through every minute of it.
Hu
The big reason that Mosconi's record is considered official is that it was heavily promoted and widely known. Seems like affidavits were collected from watchers too.
However, like you, I don't see any particular reason that the run on somewhat oddball equipment should be the official record. It is a lot like setting a basketball free throw record at a closer distance using a bigger hoop. This is one of those cases where our opinion doesn't matter however. To hold the record of the highest run ever someone has to beat 526 and do it at a public event. What is tougher, they have to have witnesses that claim to have sat through every minute of it.
Hu
ironman said:
mosconiac said:
I've heard from the guys in Syracuse that they had affidavits and still couldn't get Babe's run of over 600 in the record books. I don't know how many signatures they had.
Now that I think on it, it seems to me that they didn't have anyone who saw it from start to finish. I'm not sure.
JCIN said:If there was a $1,000,000 prize for doing it I think it would fall within a year. Barring something along those lines I just do not see someone putting forth the time and effort.
I would love to see John Schmidt put a 4x8 and video camera in his house and shoot at it. I think he could do it. The return on investment of time and mental anguish is questionable however. Could you imagine having a ball skid on 526 ? A guy might go jump off a bridge
I'm suprised that 526 hasnt been broken.
John should do it, he could parlay that feat into something good for himself. Nobody will put up the $$$ for it anyways. If I played like John I would make an effort and take a shot at it, he would know after a few months if he could do it or not. Knowing your capable of it and not doing it is a waste of talent. If he can do it he should make it happen, his "Stock" sure would go up, he could cash in on it strong, look at the 526 it is still the talk of the town 40 something years later.
TX Poolnut said:
its just dumb not to break it, any good biz man would look at that oppertunity and make the most of it. Its a lock for how ever beats it-they will have more oppertunitys to make $$$, If I ran 600 I would go to every media outlet and say i broke Mosconi's record, Jay Leno or someone would pick it up. That would help pool. If there is someone capable of running it they owe it to pool to break it and promote pool. The take,take, take mentality is raping pool of any future.