Guess the Player in this Picture

cuenut said:
Where was the pic taken? At first I thought Commander's Palace, but I remember them having Centennials??, not Anniversarys.
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Fast Lenny said:
Joey could tell more about this picture. I will be sending this to him soon. I had purchased some old billiard press photos and this was a part of it.
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The Sports Palace had Anniversaries....and the floor looks right.
 
pt109 said:
The Sports Palace had Anniversaries....and the floor looks right.
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

The Sport Palace was a stop off for practically every guy who gambled at pool back in the 70's and 80's. The cue was a Joss East and I bought it around the early 80's. $300. Funny thing, I had my name written in script under the coating of the forearm and after many years of playing with it, I moved on to a Mike Bender cue and I guy was collecting cues and I have no idea why but he asked me if he could buy it and offered a very fair price and I sold it to him.

JoeyA
 
They just demolished The Sport Palace. Ochsner Hospital bought the building and lot and tore it down this month.

JoeyA
 
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"I have no idea, but I am curious what the cue is that he is shooting with. Maybe a Joss?

Looks more like an old Viking.
 
Joey,

Do you still hold the cue with your right hand that far forward? It worked for Mosconi, but seems rare these days.
 
Tramp Steamer said:
...Whenever you walked into the St. Elmo's, downtown, and saw someone across the room walking around a table going up and down, up and down, you knew it was Tommy. :)
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My ship was stationed in Norfolk in the late 60's. You could find me at St. Elmo's any weekend when my ship was in port. Nickname was Sailorboy.
 
WildWing said:
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"I have no idea, but I am curious what the cue is that he is shooting with. Maybe a Joss?

Looks more like an old Viking.
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Joss East, maybe an inch shorter than most standard length cues. That's the way Earl Heisler liked them.


JoeyA
 
GideonF said:
Joey,

Do you still hold the cue with your right hand that far forward? It worked for Mosconi, but seems rare these days.
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No, I don't hold my right hand that far forward. But Buster Merchant (in that era also held his hand forward like that and I may have copied it from him or more realistically, this may have been a pose for the newspaper that was doing the article that is posted in my blog.

JoeyA
 
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