That's why you don't play in places like Chester's or MaGoos. OR avoid those guys...:embarrassed2:
How do road players do it?
- Thread starter Jason Robichaud
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That's why you don't play in places like Chester's or MaGoos. OR avoid those guys...:embarrassed2:
That's him. He probably weighed around 98 lbs. We travelled a few times and made some easy bucks. Nobody figured he could play because he was so scrawny.
One trip he was playing a room owner and had him stuck a few sets. Sam was in dead whack and was motoring around the table like a rabbit. He always kept chalk in his pocket and only used that piece on his stick. The room owner picked up on this and asked to use it, too. He told Sam that that was the only reason Sam was winning was because of that piece of chalk in his pocket. He wanted to use the special chalk, too.
Sam told him, 'He!! no! You own a pool room. Use your own chalk!'. And so he did. I watched him walk back and forth to the counter between shots about 50 times. Each time he brought 4 or 5 pieces of chalk with him and spread them around the table. I was so amused I sat there and didn't say a word to Sam. Sam was oblivious.
I waited, but Sam was still flying around the track despite having to move chalk left and right to get to his rail shots. Eventually there was so much chalk on the rails, he slowed down and started to dog balls. After he lost his second set the room owner asked Sam again to use his special chalk. Sam stood up, looked at the table and said, 'Where in the he!! did all this chalk come from??!!'. I think we counted about 100 pieces. After that Sam broke even and quit. :embarrassed2:
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Well of course there are the odd place where you can come across a handful of good players but these places are few and far between. I was just saying it's tough to get the right games and make the right money on the road these days.
-Rd.
Greenville SC in the 70's
Anybody on here play around Greenville SC during the 70's. There was a guy named Eunice that played in that area at that time that was probably the best player I ever saw. Thunderous break and once he got started he would run racks and racks. (Ask me how I know!) Never knew his last name. The guy that taught me to play was a Phillipino and he would not play Eunice. He told me Eunice ran twelve racks of Nine Ball on him. Eunice drove a lincoln or some other big car like that an wore a big hat. He left an impression on me that lasts until this day. Those were the days!
Anybody on here play around Greenville SC during the 70's. There was a guy named Eunice that played in that area at that time that was probably the best player I ever saw. Thunderous break and once he got started he would run racks and racks. (Ask me how I know!) Never knew his last name. The guy that taught me to play was a Phillipino and he would not play Eunice. He told me Eunice ran twelve racks of Nine Ball on him. Eunice drove a lincoln or some other big car like that an wore a big hat. He left an impression on me that lasts until this day. Those were the days!