Good eye, Creedo. I had a couple PMs about this link. That is me, all right. I was the TD at the 1986 Maryland State Championship, and Sigel won it. That's Cigar Tom Vanover in the background, between me and Sigel.
We only let Maryland State residents in the tournament. The entry fee, if memory serves me right -- [have a poster downstairs by my pool table] -- subject to check, was $125. I disseminated the posters all over Maryland, to every pool room I could find.
A couple days before the tournamaent, we were still short players, and I got a phone call from a gentleman who said, "I'd like to know if there are still some spots open." I said, "Sure. What's your name?" He goes, "Mike Sigel." I'm like, "Uh, okay. Are you a Maryland State resident?" He says, "Yep."
After that, when I told everybody he was coming, the slots filled up almost instanteously. People wanted to get in the tournament hoping to get a shot to play against him. This was 1986 in the prime of "The Color of Money," which was just released.:wink:
The day of the event, Mike pulls up in his car, with license plates that say "CAPT HOOK." Somebody in the front of the pool room yells out, "He's here. He's here." :grin-square:
We didn't get too many pool celebrities in our pool room, so this was a treat.
I have a scanner now. I should scan these, but here's a few more pics. That's Geese and Mike Sigel's girlfriend at that time talking to me. She had a cameo shot in TCOM, playing the waitress in one scene and racking balls in another.
