Eddie Taylor
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He had a machine like stroke. Solid contact and zero deceleration. He was a natural.
That was wonderful!!! Oh to shoot 37 banks and a scratch at any age!!
Thank you for posting that.
You're welcome. It was 1967, and Luther Lassiter and Eddie Taylor were playing an exhibition match, straight pool at Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland. Lassiter totally dominated, and let Tayor to the table a couple times, but Taylor was no match for Lassiter.Thank you for posting that.
The match was arranged by two people. Bill (Weenie Beenie) Staton, who owned Jack & Jill's pool room in Arlington Virginia. Also, Red Jones, a pool aficionado, who manned the Air Force desk at the White House. It's what basically got me into pool. I'll never forget it.
Class..Dressed like a gentleman... I like his follow through.
Eddie always dressed like a gentleman. Of course others in that era did as well.
I wouldn't have either.
Correct. The times when I saw Lassiter and Taylor were twice, just straight pool. I believe 1966 or 1967, televised on ABC's Wide World of Sports, maybe U.S. Open in Las Vegas. They played straight pool. Lassiter won. Lassiter won in the high school straight pool exhibition as well.I doubt he and Lassiter were playing bank pool when Luther won.
But I don't think anybody would have banked as good as Taylor in that era, and maybe since. The Knoxville Bear.
lassiter was the best in the world so not beating him was expected. eddie was a top player but not a top world class player. his banking made him kind of the best at shoot out 9 ball. even lassiter didn't want no part of him at that. nor one pocket as he banked too good.
but they were both friends so no real game would be played.
lassiter would beat eddie at 9 ball as he was the best at that. but even said i wont play him as he will make a fool out of me. or something like that.
and he would, as he would shoot out to banks no one but him was a favorite to make.
those aspects of 9 ball are long gone.
but they were both friends so no real game would be played.
lassiter would beat eddie at 9 ball as he was the best at that. but even said i wont play him as he will make a fool out of me. or something like that.
and he would, as he would shoot out to banks no one but him was a favorite to make.
those aspects of 9 ball are long gone.
Yeah, there was something special about the way the struck that cue. Such confidence.
When I was young, I used to be able to copy / emulate someone's game and stroke. I think I did it unconsciously from people I was trying to learn from. I wish I could have emulated that stroke - I would have kept it!
The older guys in westmont champions used to tell some tales of Taylor's stops in the area.
There was one about an nyc roadie who was passing through and won some money, telling people he was headed to play Taylor from there.
Apparently, Taylor was in town and brought to the room and the roadie didn't recognize him and got busted.
Legend has it that Taylor told the roadie he didn't think he was quite ready to go find the Knoxville Bear.