How Good Was Loree Jon Jones?
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Think SHE STILL is....
Better Player than 99.5 % of those who Play POOL.....
Better Player than 99.5 % of those who Play POOL.....
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LastTwo said:
In my book LJ was and still is a wonderful player.
No, she isn't on the same level as Allison, Karen and Jeanette.
In her time <late 80's to early 90's> there wasn't as many lady pool players. Most WPBA events had 10 to 20 players (TOPS). PLEASE don't take that the wrong way. She is and alway will be one of my favorite players. She started playing at just the right time to earn titles, the competion was still strong but, the feilds where limited (controled by the WPBA) in attendance. (Don't forget Jean played at that time too).
LJ than started her family. If she hadn't had children, she would most likely be playing at that level today, children and family can change everything. I think she has more heart to win tournaments than a lot of the players. That's how she earned the nick-name QUEEN OF THE HILL.
Yes, she was a dominating player and a great straight pool player. I give her the edge over Allison and Karen in that game.
Jeanette, I have to give the edge to over LJ, Allison and Karen in straight pool.
Loree Jon is in the Guiness Book of World Records as the youngest World Champion of anything ever. That should tell you something.
She is pretty much retired nowadays. But you can't take anything away from this amazing woman. She accomplished more in this sport than most players ever will.
Melissa
She is pretty much retired nowadays. But you can't take anything away from this amazing woman. She accomplished more in this sport than most players ever will.
Melissa
Queen of The Hill, she was BAD ASS.
LastTwo said:
I think Loree Jon did quite well for herself. At 11 years old, she won her first world championship. I believe it's still in the Guiness World Record book. If so, it'll be under her maiden name Ognowski. If memory serves, I believe around the year 1987 or 1988 she held both the 14.1 and 9-ball World titles.
Also, she briefly held the record high run off the break (64 points to a 100 point total) for the US Open 14.1 championships. I say briefly because it only lasted for 15 minutes. Ewa Mataya (now Laurence) broke it with a 68 on an adjacent table.
LJJ was a truly great player. I saw her play when she was 12, but wouldn't say she played well yet. By fifteen, however, her play was exceptional. She should go down as one of the all-time greats, but cannot logically be mentioned in the same breath as McGuiness, Balukas, Fisher or Corr. LJJ's nineball career was, in my opinion, roughly on a par with BCA Hall of Famer Robin Bell Dodson or Jeanette Lee. As for LJJ's straight pool, let's not forget that Allison Fisher drilled her in the 2000 US Open 14.1 event final. LJJ's straight pool, at her best, was not on a par with the play of Lee. Jeanette, who learned from 400-ball runner Gene Nagy, can play straight pool at a level quite comparable to, but perhaps a hair below, how Balukas played it. For the record, Jeanette ran a 152 against me and a 124 against Mika Immonen, both runs coming at the Amsterdam Billiard Club West in New York City.
LJJ is nothing less than a living legend of the game, and will long be remembered as one of the greatest.
LJJ is nothing less than a living legend of the game, and will long be remembered as one of the greatest.
Ljj...
I grew up in NJ, and my local hall was...Loree Johns, a hall owned by her dad where she played all the time. I've even had the opportunity to play a few games with her while tuning up for tourny's back in the 80's. She was awesome then, and will always be one of the greatest to me.
LJJ - 'Queen Of The Hill'
I grew up in NJ, and my local hall was...Loree Johns, a hall owned by her dad where she played all the time. I've even had the opportunity to play a few games with her while tuning up for tourny's back in the 80's. She was awesome then, and will always be one of the greatest to me.
LJJ - 'Queen Of The Hill'
