Dorothy Wise Photos
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This is from a post a few years ago in which I reminisced about one of my first pool halls:
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One day I was playing on a table near the center of the room and was surprised to see the legendary Tugboat Whaley walk into the room. Ancient, slightly bowed, but still rosy-cheeked, with pure white hair, suspenders in place he confidently shuffled in, opened up a beat up old black cylindrical leather case, pulled out his brass jointed cue and start hitting balls with a soft easy grace. Shortly thereafter, I was again surprised when I saw Dorothy Wise, then several times Women's U.S 14.1 Open champ come in. Trim, grandmotherly, and coiffed, she put her own cue together and they began to spar, stopping occasionally for Tugboat to impart some bit of wisdom to Ms. Wise. I probably made two balls that afternoon, as I strained to listen in above the juke box and glean whatever crumbs of knowledge floated from their table.
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Lou Figueroa
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One day I was playing on a table near the center of the room and was surprised to see the legendary Tugboat Whaley walk into the room. Ancient, slightly bowed, but still rosy-cheeked, with pure white hair, suspenders in place he confidently shuffled in, opened up a beat up old black cylindrical leather case, pulled out his brass jointed cue and start hitting balls with a soft easy grace. Shortly thereafter, I was again surprised when I saw Dorothy Wise, then several times Women's U.S 14.1 Open champ come in. Trim, grandmotherly, and coiffed, she put her own cue together and they began to spar, stopping occasionally for Tugboat to impart some bit of wisdom to Ms. Wise. I probably made two balls that afternoon, as I strained to listen in above the juke box and glean whatever crumbs of knowledge floated from their table.
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Lou Figueroa
Met Dorothy a few times and she was just delightful. She was the unfortunate victim of the emergence of a young whippersnaper named Jean Balukas. By the age of 10, Jean was already knocking on the door at the US Open, and she bested Dorothy for the title by age 13.
Prior to that Wise was the odds-on favorite in any (14.1) tournament she entered. At the time few women players had what would be described as "a stroke" tending more towards a poke. Wise and Geraldine Titcomb are the only ones I recall who could really hit the ball when needed. That's changed.
I looked at this twice before I saw that one was a righty the other lefty, although I thought the noses were different.
I'm sorry to have let you down like that Lou. Now I have guilt.
I tell you what - Dorothy's adopted son is supposed to be sending me some of her belongings. If you're interested, when the items arrive, I'll send you photos before anyone else gets to see them. Hopefully it will make up for the horrible thing I have done.
Your umble servant
-Sir Bond
1972
Thanks for sharing.
lol, it's all cool, rise, Sir Bond.
It was a neat picture of McGinnis -- hadn't seen that one before.
Lou Figueroa