just giving this a last chance bump...
Hard to believe that nobody knows anything about Empire Billiards...
does anybody have anything on this room?
Thanks
Yes, the Empire Billiard Lounge in Glens Falls was also Known a Charies Pool Hall. It was a walk down basement location. It was opened in the late 1800's.
When you got down the stairs you would see 6 Original Brunswick tables for Pocket Billiards and a 5 by 10 3 Cushion Table (non Heated).
During the 60's the main game was straight Pool with the first table in designated 9 Ball.
Around the perimter of the room were raised wooden chairs in a row. Each Table had 2 large wooden chairs for the ones playing.
You could hear very little talking and if a person made a great shot the other player would thump the bumper of his cue on the floor 3 times as a compliment.
The owner Charles Kaulfus had a desk that the front half folded up in a round matter.
Charlie marked the cards at each table with a pencil on time started. In my early days there it cost a penny a minute to play.
At the 9 ball table Charlie had a seat and racked the balls for the players @ 10 cents a game.
From time to time we would get Road players in to practice before going on the road.
One of the best road players would be Cannonball who was Eddie K====== could never spell his last name.
The Pool Hall was open from 12:00 noon till 9:00 PM. Charlie would take one hour a night to go home and have dinner with his wife. David Koomey would come in to take over for that 1 hour, I believe he got to play free for doing so.
On Sunday's Lee would work the room, he was a retired Sheriff.
The main reason you will not find pictures is back in that day it would require Flash Bulbs and that would cause some serious problems with some players if a flash went off in stroke.
Charlie passed away many years ago and I believe everything was Auctioned off for 20K. I believe a good portion of his House Cues were Titleist and that alone could cover the 20K.
Charlie was a very polite man, wore a whit shirt with sleeveless sweater that had change pockets in the front. Charlie was also strict on rules as he pushed the younger people to succeed. He had a lot of sayings, some he would yell out. if a ball went off the table it was hit um high watch them fly, hit them low, watch them go. If Charlie heard someone swear he would turn around and point and say By the numbers, every curse word has a number use it.
