Jim Rempe
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Lessons from Jimmy
Last time I talked to Jim he was charging $125 per hour with a two hour minimum. The lessons are at his home in Lake Ariel (just outside of Scranton, PA). Hope this helps.
Wedge
Last time I talked to Jim he was charging $125 per hour with a two hour minimum. The lessons are at his home in Lake Ariel (just outside of Scranton, PA). Hope this helps.
Wedge
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Thanks for the comments,and responce from King Mr. jim Rempe Jim
In the seventy's James was the king for like the next 10 yrs. I do have a couple accu-stats, How to run a rack in straight Pool. another Rempe's straight pool instruction. another 2000 U.S. Open- 14.1 Oliver Ortmann vs Jim Rempe. Jim Rempe vs George "Ginky " San Souci. If I could read and rember from all these TAPES IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING . i HAVE THE OTHERS TOO STRICKLAND .REYES HALL, VARNER,DAULTON, BUSTE,ARCHER SOUQUET, SIGEL,FISHER,LEE AND MORE. so cool on azb- where we can still keep in contact with our super heroes
In the seventy's James was the king for like the next 10 yrs. I do have a couple accu-stats, How to run a rack in straight Pool. another Rempe's straight pool instruction. another 2000 U.S. Open- 14.1 Oliver Ortmann vs Jim Rempe. Jim Rempe vs George "Ginky " San Souci. If I could read and rember from all these TAPES IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING . i HAVE THE OTHERS TOO STRICKLAND .REYES HALL, VARNER,DAULTON, BUSTE,ARCHER SOUQUET, SIGEL,FISHER,LEE AND MORE. so cool on azb- where we can still keep in contact with our super heroes
Irving Crane was still a fine player in his mid-60's. Joe Balsis played very well at age 60, too. Truman Hogue had a seventh place finish in the Derby City bank pool event in 2012 at age 66.
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Onofrio Lauri
Actually Jim and I did discuss age. He told me when he was in his teens he used to go to NYC to watch the players. He remembered going into a room (I forgot the name) and on table 7 Onofrio would be playing straight pool with Johnny Ervalino. He said when Onofrio was in his early 80's he could still run 100 balls.
Wedge
Actually Jim and I did discuss age. He told me when he was in his teens he used to go to NYC to watch the players. He remembered going into a room (I forgot the name) and on table 7 Onofrio would be playing straight pool with Johnny Ervalino. He said when Onofrio was in his early 80's he could still run 100 balls.
Wedge
Jimmy Moore also would regularly run over 100 well into his 80's. Lassiter was still a contender in his early 60's and Mosconi was running 100+ in all his exhibitions at that age. Jimmy Caras won the U.S. Open 14.1 at age 57, after a ten year layoff, but the best of all was the aforementioned Onofrio Lauri winning the 9-Ball Invitational at Weenie Beenie's poolroom (Jack 'n Jill) in Arlington, VA. with 64 of the best players entered. He was 69 when he WON that tournament! I think he beat the great Ed Kelly in the finals. I'm a little foggy on that, but I know he had to beat Kelly and Richie Florence on the last day. The year was 1969 or 70, not sure which. It's in the record books somewhere.
I won't forget next time Jay
I did forget to ask Jim about the time he and Sally let you stay at their apartment when you were caught in a snow storm in PA and then you beat him for some cash playing Bank Pool!
Wedge
(Yes I read your book...More than once)!
I did forget to ask Jim about the time he and Sally let you stay at their apartment when you were caught in a snow storm in PA and then you beat him for some cash playing Bank Pool!
Wedge
(Yes I read your book...More than once)!
PLEASE don't ask him! He'd like to forget that day. :wink:
Okay
Shit, you're no fun! I won't mention it to Jimmy! However If you turn to page 95 of Jay's book "Pool Wars" you can read the story!
Sorry Jay... I said I wouldn't remind Jimmy...the tens of thousands of AZ folks have to at least know what page it is on !
Wedge
Shit, you're no fun! I won't mention it to Jimmy! However If you turn to page 95 of Jay's book "Pool Wars" you can read the story!
Sorry Jay... I said I wouldn't remind Jimmy...the tens of thousands of AZ folks have to at least know what page it is on !
Wedge
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Jimmy was the premiere tournament player of the 70s and early 80s
Jimmy was the premiere tournament player of the 70s/early 80s, many people don't "real eyes" how many tournaments he actually won.....more than anyone else from what Wade Crane told me....Wade spoke very highly of Jimmy's tournament game and Wade wasn't one to hand out compliments to the "undeserving".
I had the pleasure of seeing him many times on the road while growing up and he was a great influence. We actually played twice in my first Professional Tournament in Canada.
We hope he's doing ok, it would be nice to hear a report on him once in a while.
I was wondering how King James was doing, so if anyone knows him well please respond. The only thing that I heard in the past couple of years was that he was having bad back trouble.
Thanks,
Ray
Jimmy was the premiere tournament player of the 70s/early 80s, many people don't "real eyes" how many tournaments he actually won.....more than anyone else from what Wade Crane told me....Wade spoke very highly of Jimmy's tournament game and Wade wasn't one to hand out compliments to the "undeserving".
I had the pleasure of seeing him many times on the road while growing up and he was a great influence. We actually played twice in my first Professional Tournament in Canada.
We hope he's doing ok, it would be nice to hear a report on him once in a while.
If only there was a thread on AZ Billiards where someone got in contact with him and posted that he was doing just fine. Maybe some day.
StraightPoolIU
I am reasonably sure you are kidding! I don't however think that the "Tool" that posted right above your post was!!!
Wedge
I am reasonably sure you are kidding! I don't however think that the "Tool" that posted right above your post was!!!
Wedge
Drawman623 did just that, but it was 3 years ago: www.forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=211489
Years ago, I think in 1989, there was a pro tournament at the sands in Reno Nevada and a few tragic events for both my father and myself led for me join him in Reno. I sat on the plane next to Louis Lempke, first time I met him, fun trip for sure, great guy !!!, however once in Reno, my father who is like the size of hoss cartrite, starts introducing me to several of the pro players when we go to the sands. Now, my father and myself worked and worked. We never threw a baseball, football, cards, nothing, we worked. It was good, no complaints, it was our life, but, to see my father introduce these men to me was amazing as my father when walked into a room, held the presence of one of those guys not to mess with and thank goodness he is a nice guy. LOL, I've seen many times when he was not nice and you wanted to be in another country !!! But, my father pointed to a person and said to me, thank man there, he's a good person, the one you want to know in this whole place. The man was Jim Rempe who he was pointing to. I'm sure Jim Rempe has met so many thousands of people and that was so long ago, no way Jim Rempe would remember, but, it so stands out for me personally as my father had only stated that phrase to me about 20 times in his whole life that he actually would make the statement without really knowing Mr. Rempe. It was told to me that my father went down a day earlier before the tournament started and just started talking to different players, lol. I'm sure no one was going to ask him to leave, lol, as again, one look at my father, and you knew he was old school hard working man that when once a conversation started, my father was easily accepted. I did shake hands with Mr. Rempe as I won a raffle of a chain link jim rempe by meucci cue and got to approach a table and make a selection of the cues remaining. Mr. Rempe carried himself with self respect and honor and seems my father admired that presence in a hurry the day he went down to check out the players, lol. It's amazing, but, such a blast to have this little peek, so small of a window, that Mr. Rempe was a bridge to for a father and son without even knowing it. God bless you Mr. Rempe and the reason we were in Reno was my father was taking Leukemia treatments. Twenty Four Years later, he is still working at age of 80, tough dude I tell ya. lol. Whatever and however Mr. Rempe gave a little time to my father in some conversation really was impressive to my father. Best Wishes to Mr. Rempe and his family always.
Wedge, appreciate your follow through on an update as my father does in fact remember Mr. Rempe as " that man who shoots pool in reno" lol.
Sorry to ramble, just a precious moment in our lives on the rare occasion for my father to converse on something outside of working together.
Wedge, appreciate your follow through on an update as my father does in fact remember Mr. Rempe as " that man who shoots pool in reno" lol.
Sorry to ramble, just a precious moment in our lives on the rare occasion for my father to converse on something outside of working together.
Or Wedge did it in post 9 of this very thread which was the point I was trying to make somewhat sarcastically.
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ya jimmy won many until sigel came along and became the winiest ever! Always remember win sigel was hot back in mid 80s won world 14.1 title and did a exhibition against rempe to 150 or 200 and sigel need like 2 balls and rempe ran whole set out at like from -2. Is that awesome or what? Always liked jim humble and consider him greatest tournament player standing even over sigel! He was always at top in placing in tourneys even later in his career. Sigel did not hold that edge like jim did!