Happy Birthday to Freddy the Beard!!!
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Happy Birthday toooooo Youuuuu!
Anybody that can stay around this sport for 71 years and make a living out of it,well that must be one very smart and clever man to do so,now pull them pants up and keep em up,wise one!i hope you have a lot more ,healthy and happy birthdays beard,you deserve them for all your services to the pool world,god bless you!
You got that right Richie! Freddie is one of the most intelligent men I ever met in the billiard world. I never asked him but he must have gotten a good education somewhere. He is well spoken, with an excellent vocabulary and ability to use words in their proper context. And a super funny story teller to boot.
Ever since we first met in L.A. a million years ago (he was on the road with Augie Catorella and Little Frankie from New York! How's my memory?), Freddie and I have been best buds. I watched Freddie take on the best black Bank Pool players in L.A. and to say I was impressed is an understatement. Freddie didn't win but he made them work for it. And I'm talking about jam up players, not shortstops. Ice Man, Black Nate, California Shorty, Rush Out Red, these guys were serious players.
Happy Birthday Old School!
Ever since we first met in L.A. a million years ago (he was on the road with Augie Catorella and Little Frankie from New York! How's my memory?), Freddie and I have been best buds. I watched Freddie take on the best black Bank Pool players in L.A. and to say I was impressed is an understatement. Freddie didn't win but he made them work for it. And I'm talking about jam up players, not shortstops. Ice Man, Black Nate, California Shorty, Rush Out Red, these guys were serious players.
Happy Birthday Old School!
A small correction is necessary here. I guess my memory is not as good as I thought it was. The matches Freddie played and lost against the best black talent in L.A. were all One Pocket. I did see him lose a Bank Pool match to Cecil, but he also beat several of the same black champions playing Banks. They gave up banking with Freddie and wisely made him play One Pocket, where he was vulnerable. Sorry Beard, I'm on one! :grin:
Happy Birthday Freddie.
AZ would not be the place it is without you. You are one of the bigger spokes in the wheel. Wen all goes to hell around here you seem to have a calming affect on the storm.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday Beard! Best wishes for many more! See you in January at the DCC!
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Correction to the correction
A: I didnt beat several of the black champions playing banks, I ended up beating all of them, including Cecil. And the list included Rags Woods. Also, because having bad days was my M.O., I didnt lose to all the black champs playing one pocket every time either, as the above post might lead one to believe. i garnered my share of wins there too. The toughest one pocket match for me was Iceman. Iceman later went on to be one of the few people to beat Artie Bodendorfer playing even one pocket, at the Rack in Detroit. But Ice had his bad days with me also.
I was extremely mule-headed back then, and someone beating me was never in itself, a way to get me to stay away from them. I was always a thru ticket. The classic example was the multitude of beatings I absorbed playing banks with the great Vernon Eliot. I never stopped trying to play him every time I seen him and had money. I finally was able to rest when I beat him in Hot Springs, AR. We never played again after that.
Beard
Here I am hijacking my own birthday thread.
A: I didnt beat several of the black champions playing banks, I ended up beating all of them, including Cecil. And the list included Rags Woods. Also, because having bad days was my M.O., I didnt lose to all the black champs playing one pocket every time either, as the above post might lead one to believe. i garnered my share of wins there too. The toughest one pocket match for me was Iceman. Iceman later went on to be one of the few people to beat Artie Bodendorfer playing even one pocket, at the Rack in Detroit. But Ice had his bad days with me also.
I was extremely mule-headed back then, and someone beating me was never in itself, a way to get me to stay away from them. I was always a thru ticket. The classic example was the multitude of beatings I absorbed playing banks with the great Vernon Eliot. I never stopped trying to play him every time I seen him and had money. I finally was able to rest when I beat him in Hot Springs, AR. We never played again after that.
Beard
Here I am hijacking my own birthday thread.
Happy belated birthday to the legendary Mr. Freddy the Beard. :thumbup:
Hope it was a very enjoyable day.
Your stories are THE BEST!
Best,
Brian kc
Hope it was a very enjoyable day.
Your stories are THE BEST!
Best,
Brian kc