I heard a story--14.1 Historian needed

[Travis3c]

I heard a story and we know how alot of stories are coming from a pool room

the match---Richie Florence vs Irvine Crane. I heard Richie Florence ran and missed on 149 points on a race to 150 points. Irvine Crane was at like 30 balls and ran out to 150. Richie went to the bathroom and almost ripped the urinal out of the wall.

Has anyone ever heard of this match before?

 

[stevekur1]

Well i know of one person around these parts that will have an answer to that, but he is away in Ireland sipping some Guiness !!! So Jealous

His name is Dennis, he goes by the name of DMGWalsh. my guess is that he doesnt have internet in Dublin !!

-Steve

 

[Ron F]

Sounds Familiar

That does sound familiar. If nobody responds, when I get home tomorrow I'll look through my library and see if I could find it. That has happened to several great players I believe. Willie did it in his first World Championship in 33 in his 2nd match against Ponzi. Lost 150-149 and the tournament ended in a 4-way 6-3 tie in which he finished 4th. Also believe it happened to Jersey Red against Wimpy in a tournament in California.

Ron F

 

[Mr441]

That does sound familiar. If nobody responds, when I get home tomorrow I'll look through my library and see if I could find it. That has happened to several great players I believe. Willie did it in his first World Championship in 33 in his 2nd match against Ponzi. Lost 150-149 and the tournament ended in a 4-way 6-3 tie in which he finished 4th. Also believe it happened to Jersey Red against Wimpy in a tournament in California.

Ron F

I've also heard about the Ponzi/Mosconi match. I've also heard that in the 1970's during the World 14.1 Championship Gene Nagy was en route to running 150 and out ( not sure who he was playing) and he missed the 149th or 150th ball and he got so mad he smashed his Balabushka and walked out of the arena and never came back.

 

[sjm]

Yes, I've heard this story. There have been many such occurrences. For example, in 1981, Mike Sigel trailed Rempe by about 80 balls late in the World 14.1 event, but defending champion Mike Sigel, beginning with a very difficult breakshot, ran 129 and out. Joe Balsis did something similar to Pete Margo at the 1979 event. At the very highest level of the game, the player in control of the table was always a threat to run the game out, and the one in the chair knew that if he left a super-strong opponent (such as Irving Crane) a shot, there was no assurance of another chance at the table.