Great 9-page article about famous Johnston City “Hustlers Jamboree” 1960s

[arnaldo]

Exceptional 9-page article about the famous Johnston City "Hustlers Jamboree" excitingly and colorfully written by an eye-witness reporter. Various mentions of the more than 20 top-level players “convening” from all around the country, with a great deal of attention to the gambling between Luther Lassiter and a very cocky Ronnie Allen. (Also includes plenty of historical background about decades of American pool hustling during the 20th Century):

http://tinyurl.com/om4tn62

Enjoy.

Arnaldo

 

[Mooneye]

Thanks Arnoldo, great article!

 

[Pushout]

Many thanks!

 

[GaryB]

Thanks, that was fun.

 

[arnaldo]

The article nicely illustrates that while Lassiter greatly preferred the relatively faster gambling action of 9-ball, he was such a master of all cueing techniques that he could play subtle, top-level, and fearless One Pocket when required.

Arnaldo

 

[Tennesseejoe]

Thanks, that was great.

 

[terryhanna]

'63 Johnston City World All Round Championships - Johnston City, IL.

 

[RADAR]

Great read! Loved it!

 

[Petros Andrikop]

Very nice, thank you!!

 

[Tramp Steamer]

A very good history lesson, arnaldo. Well done.

 

[phil dade]

A very entertaining read. Thanks for posting!

 

[pdcue]

'63 Johnston City World All Round Championships - Johnston City, IL.View attachment 381936

Where's Jay when we need him?

Not to hi-jack... I'm sure I recognize some of the players, but can we put names with
faces? Educated guesses are encouraged.

Dale(what I wouldn't give to have been there.

 

[macguy]

Where's Jay when we need him?

Not to hi-jack... I'm sure I recognize some of the players, but can we put names with
faces? Educated guesses are encouraged.

Dale(what I wouldn't give to have been there.

In the first row I know a few
from left to right Jimmy Moore, Danny Gartner, unknown, Jansco bro's., Alton Whitlow, Marcel Camp, Danny DiLiberto, Johnny Irvolino

Randomly I also see Beenie, Jack Breit, Lassiter, Joey Spath, Eddie Taylor, maybe Slim Barris, of course Murphy. That is all I know for now. I would bet where ever that picture was pulled from they are all listed.

 

[TX Poolnut]

November 1970

This is the issue in which the original article was published.

 

[TX Poolnut]

Three months later...

There were two letters printed in the February 1971 issue about this article.

The first letter starts on a different page and continues on this second page. The first letter starts with "Craig Vetter's Shoot-out In Johnson City (Playboy, November 1970) was just..."

 

[Nine ... corner]

Great stuff, arnaldo and TXPoolnut ... thanks for these posts. :thumbup:

 

[bstroud]

I knew all those guys.

Bill S.

 

[Vahmurka]

awesome find arnaldo, thanks a lot for sharing! I didn't spread enough rep to give you some greenies again, so I owe you