The best shot of the match is at 28:39.
Johnny Ervolino
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The best shot of the match is at 28:39.
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Ervolino cue 1990 match
Samsara was a sponsor and the more i look the more
It looks like Johnny is using a Samsara cue.
Samsara was a sponsor and the more i look the more
It looks like Johnny is using a Samsara cue.
Just a bump for this match. Ervolino vs. Strickland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_v0a2X1aU
Good commentary for the most part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_v0a2X1aU
Good commentary for the most part.
Bob - The shot at 59:00 - foul? Looked like it, to me. That seemed to be the consensus of the commentators, although they debated it for a while. One consideration: despite the belief of the commentators, I’m not sure that the CB is frozen. Maybe it was. Just not possible to be sure of that, when viewing the video.
Great line, I've had it in my AZB signature for almost a decade and a half.
Maybe the cue ball was frozen. It has to be declared. I didn't notice the ref (who was not always on top of things), inspect the the pair. Further, if the cue ball is frozen another ball is nearby and you have to avoid hitting the cue ball again after that third ball gets involved.
But Grady had a special rule for that event so you shouldn't try to apply the current rules to that shot.
First time in NYC...still didn’t have to shave...
..standing in the mezzanine of Ames’ just a little while before the building got demolished.
...looking straight down on a carom table on the main floor....
...watching Johnny Ervolino play 3-C...I can still hear his distinctive voice.
And the guy at the circular check-out counter hearing one more sob story...saying...
...:Aint no pity in the City...aint no pity in the City.”
..standing in the mezzanine of Ames’ just a little while before the building got demolished.
...looking straight down on a carom table on the main floor....
...watching Johnny Ervolino play 3-C...I can still hear his distinctive voice.
And the guy at the circular check-out counter hearing one more sob story...saying...
...:Aint no pity in the City...aint no pity in the City.”
Some good footage here. Ervolino was a great scholar of the game of straight pool, and this is footage of Johnny more than ten years past his playing prime. Here's what Grady Matthews, another gone but not forgotten legend of the game, had to say on AZB on the occasion of Johnny's death in 2005.
Enough said.
Enough said.
It's not the cue, it's the stroke. It's always the stroke.
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I frequented Paddy's 7-11 in the early 1960's and observed Ervolino with his ever present sidekick, Brooklyn Jimmy.
Johnny was always sharp looking, Jimmy not so much, with the Racing Form sticking out of his back pocket.
Jimmy would try to line up the backers and the match-ups for Johnny.
Ervolino was considered the best straight pool player at the 7-11, but he had to give weight to just about everybody for serious cash.
If he won, after the backer gave Johnny his cut, Brooklyn Jimmy would be begging him to leave the 7-11 and head over to Aqueduct to play the horses.
Usually, they would be back at Paddy's the next night trying to do it all over again.
They needed each other, Johnny and Jimmy. But Aqueduct was the eventual winner.
Johnny "went away" for a few years...I think it was for some credit card scheme or B&E...not sure.
I saw him about 15 years later playing straight pool for $100 a game with Bob The Artist at the Golden Cue in Queens.
Johhny's gravelly voice was unmistakable, but he had aged considerably.
The dapper Ervolino was only a shadow of his former self.
But that delicate stroke, just gently moving whitey, was still alive and well.
Johnny was always sharp looking, Jimmy not so much, with the Racing Form sticking out of his back pocket.
Jimmy would try to line up the backers and the match-ups for Johnny.
Ervolino was considered the best straight pool player at the 7-11, but he had to give weight to just about everybody for serious cash.
If he won, after the backer gave Johnny his cut, Brooklyn Jimmy would be begging him to leave the 7-11 and head over to Aqueduct to play the horses.
Usually, they would be back at Paddy's the next night trying to do it all over again.
They needed each other, Johnny and Jimmy. But Aqueduct was the eventual winner.
Johnny "went away" for a few years...I think it was for some credit card scheme or B&E...not sure.
I saw him about 15 years later playing straight pool for $100 a game with Bob The Artist at the Golden Cue in Queens.
Johhny's gravelly voice was unmistakable, but he had aged considerably.
The dapper Ervolino was only a shadow of his former self.
But that delicate stroke, just gently moving whitey, was still alive and well.