and during Mosconi's run, there were two times the ball bounced back out of the pocket, and both times the ball was put back in the pocket.
It was an exhibition after all.
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It was an exhibition after all.
On 154.
There is absolutely no credible evidence of this, *none* -- just one anonymous guy relating hearsay.
Lou Figueroa
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The Pat Fleming rack
John has now completed his 6-day session at Leather Pocket Billiards in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His runs (in chronological order) of 100 or more balls on the Gold Crown table with 4 7/8" corner pockets, 5 ¼" side pockets, and using a Perma-Rack racking template were as follows:
[Plus, he "warmed up" on a Predator table with 4¼" corners on Mon. May 16 (runs of 119 and 126) and Tues. May 17 (none of 100 or more).]
Wed. 5/18/22 (attempts for about 6.1 hours) -- 170, 199, 154, 186, 224
Thu. 5/19/22 (attempts for about 5.5 hours) -- 103, 106, 140, 192, 238
Fri. 5/20/22 (attempts for about 9.5 hours) -- 117, 346 (questionable racking at 322), 294, 196, 181, 120, 112, 294
Sat. 5/21/22 (attempts for about 4.5 hours) -- 137, 120, 180
[Plus, he "warmed up" on a Predator table with 4¼" corners on Mon. May 16 (runs of 119 and 126) and Tues. May 17 (none of 100 or more).]
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No way to sugarcoat this. Straight up cheating.
You take a ball and put in on the spot. then you take your rack and pull in down until it touches, but does not move the ball.
rack all the balls, take the ball off the spot and put it in the center back of rack. remove the rack.
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You're focusing on the front of the rack, on the spot. You could be focusing on the back of the rack and you move it into position and pre-existing marks and that's it, that's where the rack goes.
If you want to go high tech I could make you a rack with a tiny laser. It would be just for 14.1 with no front ball in the rack and you can focus it directly over the spot. There's numerous ways to take all the human error out of this it's just a matter of whether you choose to or not.
The template has to some degree done that but it doesn't apply to 14.1 for the simple reason that unless last ball is actually overlapping one of the balls you'll still be able to rack them even though with any rack on the planet that ball would actually be interfering. I don't think the template should be used for 14.1 for that reason.
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Not on Jaysons 714 high run. There was a template and then a rack was put down and a line was drawn around the rack with a black sharpie. So if any break balls are touching the black outline they would be considered in the rack area and spot up table, to note no balls were within 3 inches of the black rack outline on his World Record run.
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Thanks for the clarification. I realize with the template with a ball that close to the rack would almost be unplayable unless of course you wanted to play it off the rack which is very doable. But what you described is probably the ideal situation the template gets the balls absolutely tight and perfectly positioned, and the outline make sure you stay within reasonable margins. Thanks
tomatoshooter
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Just draw a line on the table and be done with it. Why is the alignment mark obscured when we are aligning? Spots suck. Lateral line at the foot string, longitudinal line along the long string, and maybe another lateral line through the last row of balls. This would also help ensure the rack is not slightly rotated.
Your welcome. On another note the template was an idea to make it so the balls can not be racked high or low or sideways. Also the balls can be racked faster than a regular rack and also it doesn't wear the cloth out from sliding the rack up and down to rack the balls.
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