I'm really interested in learning more about this guy, Fez Kasan. If anyone has any stories they can share, I'd greatly appreciate it. If anyone has any insight about his relationship with Ralph Greenleaf, I'd love to hear it.
Dave
I am going to assume you speak of Fez from Las Cruces NM. if so, I met him in the early 80's in Odessa Tx. I was on the road with a guy from Denver and we were doing ok. Money wwas pretty loose in that area back in that day.
We ended up in a bar in either Midland or odessa can't remember but called the Derrick. I was pretty cocky and new Billy Weir wasnt around so, I fel t pretty confident. Finally a kid asked me if I wanted to play Fez and pinted ot the bar. hell he looke ancient even then. SO I said hell yes.
We started playing $30 9ball on the bar box and I wasn't losing but wasn't getting any where real fast. We raised to $50 and then $100 and this old fart would not go away.
Fianlly at 2 AM they ran us out of there and I think I was 3-4 games up and I was gald they did. We got outside and started talking and I liked the gentleman right away. He asked where we were staying and I tld him although, Inever did that. At 8 am I get a knock on the door and there he stood.
We went to a Waffel house down the street and sat there andtalked for hours. he turned out to be one of the greatest people I ever met. he was a prince of a guy. he was good on the road too, Pool poker, dominoes, you name it, he knew it pretty well at least.
las t I heardhe was in a nursing home in Las Cruces and notso great. He must be 95 yearsold, but not sure.
Don't know about Greenleaf, But I heard him and Jimmy Moore arguing in Albuquerqe andit was hilarious. They loved each other.
he told me his nickname was Fez but it started out and "Fists" and somehow turned into Fez. His real name I am not sure I ever knew.
A most interesting mand. A Good man!
Black jack may shed more light on hime than I ever could!