High Running Your Age in 14.1 for Seniors 60+

[ChrisinNC]

Is there any interest on here for starting a list of senior players 60+ years old, who have run their age or more in 14.1 - How high that run is and who is the oldest to have done it?

I think it needs to be accomplished on a 9 foot table. It doesn’t matter if it’s in a match or a solo practice session. I have yet to do it since I turned 60, now 67, but realistic or not, that’s my new goal to try to reach it.

My hunch is that it may be a relatively short list, at least of regulars who participate here, but it might be interesting and hopefully motivate some of us to try to do it.

 

[DynoDan]

Is there any interest on here for starting a list of senior players 60+ years old, who have run their age or more in 14.1 - How high that run is and who is the oldest to have done it?

I think it needs to be accomplished on a 9 foot table. It doesn’t matter if it’s in a match or a solo practice session. I have yet to do it since I turned 60, now 67, but realistic or not, that’s my new goal to try to reach it.

My hunch is that it may be a relatively short list, at least of regulars who participate here, but it might be interesting and hopefully motivate some of us to try to do it.

I’m fairly sure I could (if I put my other interests aside for awhile at least, and worked on it). I’m 78, but that # is still below my all time high run, although that WAS on a GC long ago (a match), and I now have a Diamond with tighter pockets. Should the run be on video?

 

[ChrisinNC]

I’m fairly sure I could (if I put my other interests aside for awhile at least, and worked on it). I’m 78, but that # is still below my all time high run, although that WAS on a GC long ago (a match), and I now have a Diamond with tighter pockets. Should the run be on video?

No, that’s too much trouble. I see no reason for anyone here to embellish. I had a run of 98 when I was in my 40s, but those days are long gone.

Now it seems running 2 racks is very rare. I ran 110 a few years ago on a 7’ Diamond, but that can’t in any way compare to a run on a 9’ table, in my opinion.

 

[sjm]

I haven't played 14.1 in years but had two runs in the 80s while I was in my late fifties, the better of which was 85.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Sure. I ran 98 in April of 2019. I was 71 at the time. Practice session, on 9-foot GC3 with 4 3/4 or so pockets.

I think more impressive was my win over SVB in the US Open 14.1 in 2016 when I was 68.

I recently heard that "Preacher" Don Feeney ran 100-some at the age of 95. (It might have been 148, but I'm waiting for confirmation.)

 

[ChrisinNC]

Sure. I ran 98 in April of 2019. I was 71 at the time. Practice session, on 9-foot GC3 with 4 3/4 or so pockets.

I think more impressive was my win over SVB in the US Open 14.1 in 2016 when I was 68.

I recently heard that "Preacher" Don Feeney ran 100-some at the age of 95. (It might have been 148, but I'm waiting for confirmation.)

Bob, very impressive! Myself and I’m sure others here would love to hear more details of your SVB match - the score, your high run, his high run, etc.?

 

[DynoDan]

. Should the run be on video?

Only brought it up since it seems most everybody has a ‘Go Pro’ or a smart phone (easy to mount). In a solo session, while I wouldn’t play a safety on myself, the tension of being ‘on camera’ might well reproduce the stress of a ‘match’, which could likely provide the ‘penalty-to-miss’ not common when no opponent is present (my high run game was a gambling grudge match ).
Although, while too long ago to remember, it’s possible that once I had built up a sizable enough lead, I may have started taking harder shots just to set that high run (?).

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

Well the good News is if you’re over 60, and play Pool you might know what 14/1 or Straight Pool is. The younger generation was never exposed to the game, so most have zero idea. Most have never seen the Old Black and White movie the Hustler. Black & White movie are uncool to the younger generations.

Adda funny story to this as was out at a Sports Bar for a Cigar Club Meetup last week, the place had two Valley Bar Boxes, thought they were doing an Eight Ball Tournament. Found out it was a league.

Was talking to a lady keep score, running the event. She asked if I play Pool? I said yes, mostly One Pocket. She said what, I tried to explain the rules, game. Told her to go to U-Tube to check out Derby City One Pocket Matches.

All of sudden she shows me her phone, pointing to screen, to match that popped up between The Magician, and T-Rex. She asks these guys any good? I said very good. She said never hear of em.

I laughed inside, this lady and the League people were Pool players, but did not know top pro player name, and I am sure they did not to care.

 

[sjm]

Irving Crane ran 191 when he was in his mid-70s, but he was not an AZB poster.

 

[batmmann5]

Sure. I ran 98 in April of 2019. I was 71 at the time. Practice session, on 9-foot GC3 with 4 3/4 or so pockets.

I think more impressive was my win over SVB in the US Open 14.1 in 2016 when I was 68.

I recently heard that "Preacher" Don Feeney ran 100-some at the age of 95. (It might have been 148, but I'm waiting for confirmation.)

I think you did commentary in that tournament or maybe another about how you can win with just 40-50 ball runs. I remember someone doing commentary saying they beat svb that way

 

[Bob Jewett]

I think you did commentary in that tournament or maybe another about how you can win with just 40-50 ball runs. I remember someone doing commentary saying they beat svb that way

I remember Irving Crane said that consistent 40s and 50s were more important than the occasional 100. I did do commentary for a match in that event -- Mark Griffin was the other commentator. But I think my high run against SVB might have been 30.

 

[ChrisinNC]

I remember Irving Crane said that consistent 40s and 50s were more important than the occasional 100. I did do commentary for a match in that event -- Mark Griffin was the other commentator. But I think my high run against SVB might have been 30.

You must have had a strong defensive game!

 

[DynoDan]

video?…...

No, that’s too much trouble. I see no reason for anyone here to embellish. I had a run of 98 when I was in my 40s, but those days are long gone.

Wish I had a dollar for every 50s/60s I’ve run on video from a break-ball setup (only way to keep an exact count). Run count after a miss while practicing (for the old & forgetful) is generally only a vague # of racks.

 

[ChrisinNC]

video?…...

Wish I had a dollar for every 50s/60s I’ve run on video from a break-ball setup (only way to keep an exact count). Run count after a miss while practicing (for the old & forgetful) is generally only a vague # of racks.

Yes, most of us 14.1 players who when practicing solo, automatically re-rack and start over with a set up break shot after we miss. We never know when that elusive magical run might happen and we need to know exactly how many!

 

[AtLarge]

Bob, very impressive! Myself and I’m sure others here would love to hear more details of your SVB match - the score, your high run, his high run, etc.?

U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship, 4/22/2016, Group Stage match. Info first for Jewett and then for Van Boening (separated by a comma).

Bob Jewett defeated Shane Van Boening 125-81​

3 Highest Runs: (32 • 29 • 26&out), ( 25 • 25 • 13)​

Total Innings: 12, 11​

Points per Inning: 10.4, 7.4​

Attempted Scoring Innings: 8, 8​

Points per Attempted Scoring Inning: 15.6, 10.1​

Safeties: 3, 2​

Fouls, intentional: 1, 2​

Fouls, unintentional: 1, 1​

Missed Shots: 6, 6​

Match Length: 114 min.​

Points per Minute: 1.8​

​

Bob made it to the single-elimination round of 16 players, but lost his first match there. SVB lost to Orcollo in the finals.

 

[cjr3559]

The Jewett/SVB match is available to view.

 

[BayGene]

Cjr3559: Thank you for sharing this video. I was at this wonderful event, which mark Kulundjian held for two tears at his room in Windsor Locks. As a 78 year old still trying to play at was great seeing Bob grind out a win against SVB, even if the favorite was subpar on that date. I don’t understand why, after cutting in the 7 in the lower right pocket and almost but not scratching in the upper left, SVB surrendered the table as a scratch and Bob had ball in hand. The commentators didn’t’t seem to notice. Can anybody identify what happened?

 

[AtLarge]

Cjr3559: Thank you for sharing this video. I was at this wonderful event, which mark Kulundjian held for two tears at his room in Windsor Locks. As a 78 year old still trying to play at was great seeing Bob grind out a win against SVB, even if the favorite was subpar on that date. I don’t understand why, after cutting in the 7 in the lower right pocket and almost but not scratching in the upper left, SVB surrendered the table as a scratch and Bob had ball in hand. The commentators didn’t’t seem to notice. Can anybody identify what happened?

My notes from watching that match live indicate that Shane did, indeed, scratch on that shot (Shane's last shot of the match at about 1:41:03 of the video linked here in post #16). If you watch it again, you'll see kind of a glitch in the video as the cue ball is about to get to the pocket. My guess is that the video here is incomplete, not showing the cue ball falling in the pocket and being pulled out of the pocket and placed on the table or, alternatively, Shane stopping it from falling in.

 

[BayGene]

Thanks At Large. I remember your keeping notes for everyone from the event. It was a shame that Matt put so much into it and both the field and rail were underwhelming. I also remember Michael Yednak losing a heartbreaker to a local on a circus shot.

 

[Bob Jewett]

My notes from watching that match live indicate that Shane did, indeed, scratch on that shot (Shane's last shot of the match at about 1:41:03 of the video linked here in post #16). If you watch it again, you'll see kind of a glitch in the video as the cue ball is about to get to the pocket. My guess is that the video here is incomplete, not showing the cue ball falling in the pocket and being pulled out of the pocket and placed on the table or, alternatively, Shane stopping it from falling in.

Hmmm. Yes, he had a horrible scratch to a head pocket after breaking up a microcluster. He did stop the cue ball from the obvious scratch. I think the original posted video did not have a break.