A little off topic introduction here: -have you all seen Willie Mosconi's video footage when he was on his 60's?
I think it is the easiest footage to find of him, most of this is 9-Ball or 7-Ball exhibition matches with goofy rules, that he played when he was 60 or 70-years old.
I know he was a God in his time playing 14.1, but does anyone notice the difference between his game at that later age, and the Efren Reyes' (65-years old) of today?
Reyes is easy to find online playing almost weekly with some of the best in the Philippines
Who looks better?
Which of them could you just say was a better player in their primes?
To me it's an easy answer.
But I understand Reyes is one of the most dedicated players.
I dont think he's quit the game at all since he was 5!
Maybe Willie Mosconi did stop playing for awhile, before those televised exhibitions, I don't know..but
that could be why he did not look like the super player he was
In an all around, with all games being played I don't think it's close between Reyes and Mosconi, and if this is so, there are quite a few other greats today that were probably better than Mosconi.
I know it's hard to compare eras, but I think we live in one today that has some serious great players , and from many different countries!
back to 14.1:
There are only a couple of rumored rans (both may have happened, that may have top JS's, but also likely that one of these, both..possibly, didn't really happen, or at least not for the ran the players claimed
I would bet high Mosconi has never ran over 626
JS looks like he definitely has the official record
I dont need a video!
the 20 witnesses suffice to me, and the player himself. As passionate as he is, I don't think he could sleep at night knowing he lied.
About the video proof, I dont know what sparked the theory that the only video available has been cut,
not sure I understood correctly
but as long as I can see 626 balls going in the pockets I think the video they have must be good (even if for some anomaly is edited)
JS did it, I would bet that!
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