Earl Strickland vs Buddy Hall

Fleece3

Fleece3

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Wow, this is great stuff. You are a definite asset to this forum and pool in general, Fleece Man. You're the BEST! :)
 
JAM said:
Wow, this is great stuff. You are a definite asset to this forum and pool in general, Fleece Man. You're the BEST! :)
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I prefer flannel. :D:D:D

Thanks for posting these videos Fleece.

BVal
 
Great Fleece
thanks for uploading this game.
I don't see much Buddy Hall,it's great to watch,Earl too.
Hope to see more,:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the video...I enjoyed. The top players back then could run out just like todays top players. The big difference was the break. They didn't pocket 1 to 3 balls on the break like they do now. It was tough making balls on the break with that slow cloth. To me it was much better to watch championship 9-ball back then. Now most games are won on the break. JMO. Johnnyt
 
thank you

Thanks for the videos............A classic matchup of 2 of the greatest 9-ball talents ever .... How fitting that it ended up a hill-hill race!
 
This was an awesome upload, enjoyable to see young earl and buddy. They both have bushels of hair :)

The table looks exactly like the ones in our local pool hall, i.e. a gandy. That cloth must not be simonis, it is super slow. It's like astroturf or something. Shots where you think "oh, that's too much angle, he'll have to shoot soft to hold the ball"... they just pound in. Notice how fast they both adjust to it.

Johnny: Making a ball on the break in 9 ball is just knowledge of the rack rather than fast or slow cloth... they only need enough force to reach the corner pocket (see the famous corey deuel soft break). Buddy at least seemed to know the secret because he made the wing ball fairly often while earl struggled a bit more. You're gonna love those joe tucker dvds you ordered I think.

Earl hates the "guaranteed" wing ball... I stumbled on this funny interview. He feels pool is not a sport as long as 9 ball is played with corner breaks and virtually guaranteed wing balls or 1 balls flying in. It's a 'game' as long as people can make a surefire ball on the break, whereas if the outcome is sort of random it's a 'sport'. I dunno how that computes but it's fun to hear him rant while the poor interviewer just stumbles through his lines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIY3K5mMCks&feature=related
Bonus weird video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTgiutScEk&NR=1

Anyway, back on topic... the cloth definitely came into play when they had to move across the table with little angle, I saw a few balls jaw out when they tried to pound it after getting a little straight.
 
Yea cool match. Are you the one that actually uploaded these or are you just reposting the links in here?
 
Yea cool match. Are you the one that actually uploaded these or are you just reposting the links in here?
 
Fleece3 said:
Since most people seem to enjoy my YouTube post. I decided to do it again.
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Thanks for posting the match; rep to you Fleece!

You know, I wasn't playing in the 80's but I have watched quite a few matches from that period, and I noticed something in this one that I don't recall ever seeing before; perhaps it was common back then, and I just never noticed it. What I noticed was that, as far as I could tell, neither player checked a single rack his opponent gave him. I was expecting both players to start checking them after about rack 16 or so, but nope. It doesn't matter if you trust a guy to give you a good rack or not; people make mistakes and sometimes give bad racks unintentionally. Looking back on this match, Buddy may have been well served if he'd taken the time to check the rack he got on the hill. That one was particularly... shall we say, "interesting". :cool:

Aaron
 
What's up with Buddy placing a burning cigarette on the rail. <cringe>. I'm guessing that was "normal" back then, but that cannot be good for the table.

Anywho, thanks for the upload. Enjoyed it!
 
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