Is there any footage of ''champagne'' Ed Kelly?
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Interesting, thanks for the info...
He was inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 2003 and the OnePocket.Org Hall of Fame in 2005: https://onepocket.org/EKellyHOFpage.htm
Interesting question Mr H.
Thanks for the video....
I was 19 or 20 when I saw em play, Janscos/Johnston city.... ring game 9 ball 4 handed in the back room.
In the back room the next yr 1970? I think....
Where Richie Florence got his pocket picked for a huge score against, Rudolph Wanderone, who only lived a short drive from Janscos.
So I was watchin' when Boston Shorty asked em if they had room for one more.
Well at $50 a rattle in 1970, it definitely could pay the rent.
Shorty racked for Kelly, Ed broke and ran 3, by the 5th rack, shorty finally got to the table, Hooked good.
Shorties exact words walking up to the table....
''this is the shits''.
I was 19 or 20 when I saw em play, Janscos/Johnston city.... ring game 9 ball 4 handed in the back room.
In the back room the next yr 1970? I think....
Where Richie Florence got his pocket picked for a huge score against, Rudolph Wanderone, who only lived a short drive from Janscos.
So I was watchin' when Boston Shorty asked em if they had room for one more.
Well at $50 a rattle in 1970, it definitely could pay the rent.
Shorty racked for Kelly, Ed broke and ran 3, by the 5th rack, shorty finally got to the table, Hooked good.
Shorties exact words walking up to the table....
''this is the shits''.
But it was not a question..?
tricky....
well after he quit he started on the beers from morning till done. a few years of that and most lose their reactions.
he would sit in the poolroom facing away from the tables and hardly looked over. drinking away. we talked often.
he liked me as i always won and did things right. and honored his wishes you could tell he did not want to give pool advice but we talked lot about other pool things like players.
yea richie was a complete sucker once you had him stuck. fats waited till he was dead tired then beat him out of all he had.
i got him for all of what he had left from his big baccarat score a few years later on. took two long days of stalling with him so he wouldn't quit and he didn't.
and a few years later i got fats on the biggest score of his life as partners against the biggest pool loser in history.
and when richie had his famous action tournament at the inn of the 7th gods outside of bend oregon, or something like that, i gambled more with him and he didn't even remember me. some champion, but no one at all really could beat him at 9 ball for his time.
he would sit in the poolroom facing away from the tables and hardly looked over. drinking away. we talked often.
he liked me as i always won and did things right. and honored his wishes you could tell he did not want to give pool advice but we talked lot about other pool things like players.
yea richie was a complete sucker once you had him stuck. fats waited till he was dead tired then beat him out of all he had.
i got him for all of what he had left from his big baccarat score a few years later on. took two long days of stalling with him so he wouldn't quit and he didn't.
and a few years later i got fats on the biggest score of his life as partners against the biggest pool loser in history.
and when richie had his famous action tournament at the inn of the 7th gods outside of bend oregon, or something like that, i gambled more with him and he didn't even remember me. some champion, but no one at all really could beat him at 9 ball for his time.
Nice Ma.... and six weeks after fatty died, I drove to see Evelyn in S. IL.
That was the big tournament in Bend, OR at the Inn of the 7th Mountain, a beautiful resort. Ronnie Allen co-promoted it and hired me to create the souvenir program and direct the tournament. It was in 1976 and they called it the World Eight Ball & 9-Ball Championships. Almost all the top players showed up for the $33,000 in guaranteed prize money. The finals was between Dan Louie and Mike Sigel. It lasted forever (over five hours and Dan finally won. After it over Denny Searcy made a grand entrance in the tournament room (he had not played or showed his face there until then). He stood in the doorway and called out to a room full of champions, "I'll play anybody in here for $5,000!" I'll never forget the stunned silence in the room.
Only Louie Roberts had the courage to take him on and managed to raise a few thousand dollars which Denny quickly relieved him of. Denny Searcy was the best pool player in the world right then (Buddy did not come) and even Sigel, Hopkins, Cardona, Mizerak and Rempe wanted no part of him.
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He did! And he moved around the table like the gifted dancer he was. He was also considered to be the best All Around player in the world when that title meant something. Kelly was a stone cold champion (tourneys and cash!) at 9-Ball, One Pocket and Straight Pool, the most important games of that era. I loved watching Eddie play. He made Pool into an art form as far as I was concerned. It was a beautiful thing to watch.
Only Marvin Henderson (another Lefty) was even close to Kelly in the beautiful stroke department. Another great player for the cash! The only guy I ever saw beat Ronnie playing One Pocket even.
Only Marvin Henderson (another Lefty) was even close to Kelly in the beautiful stroke department. Another great player for the cash! The only guy I ever saw beat Ronnie playing One Pocket even.
I like it as I prefer a more overtone rich sound...
Bustamantes cue (a black boar, I believe) here has my all time favourite cue sound
yea jay i always forget the name of that place and get it wrong. i didnt see you there but spent most of my time playing cards with beannie and crew. poker and blackjack mostly blackjack as that was beannies favorite and he kind of ran the game or at least made the game.
he got lucky and won a bunch and i got lucky and relieved him of some of it but he brought a small suitcase of money to the place anyway.
there was all kinds of great pool action as well. as that was the purpose of the event. it seemed richie was said it was his event with ronnie. but my friend bobby lambert i think funded things or had a big say. he also helped me get richie down again on the table for a decent score. took him over to some place in bend so as the knockers wouldnt get involved. bobby got murdered by accident running into a grocery store robbery. or something to that effect.
a couple of the rich guys in the club went off good in cards. an got taken on the side on some pool games.
fun days long gone with sterile environments left now.
he got lucky and won a bunch and i got lucky and relieved him of some of it but he brought a small suitcase of money to the place anyway.
there was all kinds of great pool action as well. as that was the purpose of the event. it seemed richie was said it was his event with ronnie. but my friend bobby lambert i think funded things or had a big say. he also helped me get richie down again on the table for a decent score. took him over to some place in bend so as the knockers wouldnt get involved. bobby got murdered by accident running into a grocery store robbery. or something to that effect.
a couple of the rich guys in the club went off good in cards. an got taken on the side on some pool games.
fun days long gone with sterile environments left now.