Fast Larry has a wife ???
Could this be true !!!
- Thread starter ptrickshot
- Start date
randyg said:
How is it that we have people who have seen the video and STILL no confirmation on whether she was playing 14.1 or she just did the 15-ball drill six times in a row?
Can someone please let us know?
Thanks,
Steve
randyg said:
If someone would have posted that EFREN, or SIGEL, or THE MIZ had done this,
i would still not believe.
If someone had posted that MR. 400 had done it, i'd still also shake my head.
The ONLY way i'm gonna swallow this one is if a film shows up. I am not about to buy into some urban legend without some proof, just because some people said she played strong.
If i can't buy into the worlds greatest MEN doing something like this, how am i ever gonna be able to believe that some "not the worlds greatest" managed to accomplish it.
ptrickshot
Registered
There is no lack of respect for the female
I bring up this subject not because she is a woman but rather that I have a knowledge of pool and regardless of male or female am just throwing the question out to find everyones thoughts. As a matter of fact I tell everyone in my circles that Fisher, Corr, Lee etc,etc, have done more for the promotion and good image of the game than the men have managed over the years. Fisher and Corr show people who are learning the correct fundamentals of Stroke, Focus, and most important sportsmanship or rather sportswomanship.
I bring up this subject not because she is a woman but rather that I have a knowledge of pool and regardless of male or female am just throwing the question out to find everyones thoughts. As a matter of fact I tell everyone in my circles that Fisher, Corr, Lee etc,etc, have done more for the promotion and good image of the game than the men have managed over the years. Fisher and Corr show people who are learning the correct fundamentals of Stroke, Focus, and most important sportsmanship or rather sportswomanship.
Hmm. I think this is probably true. Wasn't it Irving Crane that once ran a game of straight pool without touching a rail with the cue ball? I think many classic pros agree that the best way to retain control is by not touching a rail. It still isn't easy to accomplish. Heck, I can't even shoot a game of 8-ball without hitting a rail.
pool said:
I think you may have miss understood. There is nothing wrong with using the rails. In fact many times it is the best thing to do rather then trying to over finesse a shot you go to a rail and come back out with the cue ball it's much easier to control bumping a rail then slow rolling most of the time. Most of the top players often referred to not getting stuck on the rails or frozen and may have made statements like, "Stay away from the rails" but I doubt they meant not hitting rails at all.
As far as the lady accomplishing this feat, I say it can't be done, not 90 balls. I used to watch Danny D. do it and it took many tries to do even one rack open breaking the balls and run out with hitting a rail and this was when Danny was at his best years ago. I don't think it could be done by anybody, ever, not 90 balls.
JDB said:
I do this drill all the time. I throw the balls out (making sure of no clusters and nothing on the rail) and run them. Then I throw them out again. I take ball in hand at the start of each rack. I've run 59 like this, so it is entirely possible that someone could run much more. Great drill by the way. Though I would hardly describe this as running 59 balls in "straight pool without touching a rail".
KMRUNOUT
ptrickshot said:
There is a drill where you spread the balls out randomly and try to shoot them in without touching a rail. I could believe it was multiple racks done this way, that is, spread out 15 randomly and shoot them in, spread them out again and shoot them in, etc. However, I can not for a moment believe ANYBODY could do that playing traditional 14.1.
Steve Lipsky said:How is it that we have people who have seen the video and STILL no confirmation on whether she was playing 14.1 or she just did the 15-ball drill six times in a row?
Can someone please let us know?
Thanks,
Steve
Steve: I'm quite sure Susan was running the 15 ball drill. She actually has done it on several occasions. I don't think anyone ever asked her to play 14.1. I always wonder what she could have done. What a great ball pocketer....randyg
ptrickshot
Registered
Thats more like it
If now we are getting confirmation that running these balls was a result of spreading 15 balls on individual racks is true then that pill is easier to swallow, although impressive not nearly as hard to run balls in 14-1. The lesson here is when you say you run balls it is always compaired to 14-1. Otherwise I could say for example that I ran 10 racks of 8 ball in a row, not by breaking each rack but spreading the balls on the table and picking through it. Sorry to make such a big deal out of this but I thought a little clarification was in line. Happy shooting to everyone
If now we are getting confirmation that running these balls was a result of spreading 15 balls on individual racks is true then that pill is easier to swallow, although impressive not nearly as hard to run balls in 14-1. The lesson here is when you say you run balls it is always compaired to 14-1. Otherwise I could say for example that I ran 10 racks of 8 ball in a row, not by breaking each rack but spreading the balls on the table and picking through it. Sorry to make such a big deal out of this but I thought a little clarification was in line. Happy shooting to everyone
Thank you Randy. Just out of curiosity, how were the 15 balls spread? Were they placed in precise locations? Was it an open break with BIH afterwards?
Thanks again,
Steve
Thanks again,
Steve
The Hustler
Here is a quote from the book, "The Hustler". It comes from the first time Eddie is playing Fats, and starts winning. "But Eddie beat him, steadily, making shots that no one had ever made before, knifing balls in, playing hairline position, running rack after rack of balls without his cue ball's touching a cushion, firing ball after ball into the center, the heart of every pocket".
Here is a quote from the book, "The Hustler". It comes from the first time Eddie is playing Fats, and starts winning. "But Eddie beat him, steadily, making shots that no one had ever made before, knifing balls in, playing hairline position, running rack after rack of balls without his cue ball's touching a cushion, firing ball after ball into the center, the heart of every pocket".
Mick56 said:
Ah yes, so easy in a novel isn't it?
Lots of fearless people running into machine gun nest without getting shot in novels too.
Jim Rempe always pushed the "no rail" drill, but I had a little different take on it. I thought the idea was to learn to move the cueball as little as possible, not to get away from using rails.
Also to complete the drill you must look for the toughest balls ie: rail balls/balls with one pocket/near the side pockets/up table balls, and get rid of them quickly, or at least have a solid plan to do so. All of those things are exactly what you need to do to run balls in 14.1.
I havn't done that drill in ages........
Gerry
Also to complete the drill you must look for the toughest balls ie: rail balls/balls with one pocket/near the side pockets/up table balls, and get rid of them quickly, or at least have a solid plan to do so. All of those things are exactly what you need to do to run balls in 14.1.
I havn't done that drill in ages........
Gerry
I ran 300 balls. IT WAS SOOOOO EASY!
(of course we won't talk about how it was 1 ball at a time, that i placed hanging in the corner pocket and RE-placed after every shot, and took the shot from wherever the cue ball came to rest.)
I can't wait till someone comes up to me and is like.."DID YOU REALLY RUN 300 BALLS?"
To which i will proudly say, "OF COURSE I DID! HOW COULD I NOT. IT WAS A HANGER!" (as i blow on my fingernails, and buff them on my chest)
"With a lot of practice, YOU TOO can have high runs like that!"
and if i don't laugh in their face, i might have just started a legend.
(of course we won't talk about how it was 1 ball at a time, that i placed hanging in the corner pocket and RE-placed after every shot, and took the shot from wherever the cue ball came to rest.)
I can't wait till someone comes up to me and is like.."DID YOU REALLY RUN 300 BALLS?"
To which i will proudly say, "OF COURSE I DID! HOW COULD I NOT. IT WAS A HANGER!" (as i blow on my fingernails, and buff them on my chest)
"With a lot of practice, YOU TOO can have high runs like that!"
and if i don't laugh in their face, i might have just started a legend.
Last edited:
I find this very difficult to believe only because I think it is impossible to play a game of straight pool and to not have to shoot one ball that lands on a rail. No matter what kind of break shot you take, I don't think it's possible to never somehow leave an object ball on a rail.