Hayden Lingo

[Grady]

Lingo and ?

Bear with me, pocket billiard historians. I have located multiple pics of Lingo, "The Ufaula Kid", "Rags" Fitzpatrick and Clem Metz, with stories to accompany them. It's going to take a couple of months to round them up. I'll be posting them here and at OnePocket.org.

 

[1pocket]

No need to rip the photo from OnePocket.org, and put it on Photobucket -- you can just link the image from OnePocket.org, where I originally uploaded it. It would be nice to actually give OnePocket.org credit. The original of this particular photo came out of an early Johnston City program I own. Incidentally, it was definitely not taken in '61 -- that is just how it was mislabeled in the original JC program caption. The quote from Eddie Taylor is also lifted from my interview with Taylor.

I have asked pretty near all the old timers I've interviewed about Lingo, and all who ran into him agree he was a great player. For this reason of course, he was elected posthumously into the One Pocket Hall of Fame a couple of years ago. I could not locate any relatives.

I wish I had more on him, and more photos. He does have a Hall of Fame page on OnePocket.org here:
http://onepocket.org/HaydenLingoHOF.htm

Supposedly, second from left on second row,highlighted.

A short from the Knoxville Bear:

Another early player was Hayden Lingo. He came to Knoxville and played John R. Cook and John R. gave Lingo the 1-2-3-4-5 playing Rotation and broke Lingo because Lingo was kind of stalling, and you know any good player could run out from the 5-Ball no problem. He came back a little bit later and beat John R. of course, playing even. That was my first inkling of Hayden Lingo. I never did play Lingo for money, but he was one of the top early One Pocket players. I learned one thing from him; I learned that you don't want to get a lot of balls bunched up along the rail above your pocket because you'll block your long banks. You want to keep those balls out of your way so you can make the long banks. I had heard so many great things about him, and when I practiced with him I could see why.

It's called copyright infringement to reprint without permission. Actually, I don't mind that you quoted me -- all I ask is that you give credit where credit is due.

In case you are wondering, Mike Howerton of AZ would have no objection to you mentioning, linking or crediting OnePocket.org. Mike and I get along just fine. I only wish i had more time to research these old players.

If anyone can help, toss me an email at steve@onepocket.org

 

[Gerry]

Thanx for naming all the guys in the photo, but......who won the cheez at this historical event? Someone has to remember the real deal! I would say this photo and the first Johnson City event is among the top 5 historical ACTION tourneys of all time!

Wheres Danny D. with the scoop!

 

[Terry Ardeno]

Thanx for naming all the guys in the photo, but......who won the cheez at this historical event? Someone has to remember the real deal! I would say this photo and the first Johnson City event is among the top 5 historical ACTION tourneys of all time!

Wheres Danny D. with the scoop!

Gerry,
The first tournament in Johnston City was a One Pocket only event, won by Johnny Vevis aka Johnny Vives.

The 9 Ball, 14.1 and All-Around didn't take place until 1962.

 

[Grady]

Johnny Vivas

His nickname was "Connecticutt Johnny". His life story is sad and tragic. A heroin addict but at the height of his game he sure could play. I was around him a lot when he lived in Houston.

 

[hangemhigh]

No need to rip the photo from OnePocket.org, and put it on Photobucket -- you can just link the image from OnePocket.org, where I originally uploaded it. It would be nice to actually give OnePocket.org credit. The original of this particular photo came out of an early Johnston City program I own. Incidentally, it was definitely not taken in '61 -- that is just how it was mislabeled in the original JC program caption. The quote from Eddie Taylor is also lifted from my interview with Taylor.

I have asked pretty near all the old timers I've interviewed about Lingo, and all who ran into him agree he was a great player. For this reason of course, he was elected posthumously into the One Pocket Hall of Fame a couple of years ago. I could not locate any relatives.

I wish I had more on him, and more photos. He does have a Hall of Fame page on OnePocket.org here:
http://onepocket.org/HaydenLingoHOF.htm

It's called copyright infringement to reprint without permission. Actually, I don't mind that you quoted me -- all I ask is that you give credit where credit is due.

In case you are wondering, Mike Howerton of AZ would have no objection to you mentioning, linking or crediting OnePocket.org. Mike and I get along just fine. I only wish i had more time to research these old players.

If anyone can help, toss me an email at steve@onepocket.org

The photo was sent to Photobucket to make it easier for me to post. The photo clearly credits you, I made no attempt to photo shop out your overlay. The quote was credited to Eddie Taylor, and everything was above board, certainly no stealing occurred. I have no problem with giving credit to you, and appreciate the information that was made available to post in this public forum.