Judge George Rood, The Old Trapper

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I am putting this here and in the Cue Gallery section about 91 year old George Rood, the man who beat Mosconi. This is in the new "Just Talkin' Cues" column on my web site. I call it a "Talk Column" for lack of a better term.

It's the first letter featured. Please take a look.

http://www.palmercollector.com/RoodPage.html

Thanks,

Chris
 
Nice job Chris!

Chris...Excellent article! Can't wait for more! Keep up the good work! BTW, one teeny typo...East High Billiards is KNOWN. Great job...wonder what that cue is worth in the 'historical' market???:D

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
Very fine article, Chris... I have been fortunate to be able to play one pocket with George Rood almost every day for the past year and a half until I had to move to Boston for a job. I will tell you a little story about a game I played with George last summer. We were playing one pocket on a 9 foot Diamond at Airway Billiards in Dayton, Ohio where George lives. It was George's break. He made a ball on the break and ran out! He then made a ball on the next break and ran out again! On the third break, he made a ball but only ran six on me! Now I know this might sound like a fishing story to some, but I saw it and it was me that he beat. This happened just last summer when George Rood was ninety years old. He is a true Living Legend and it is my pleasure to know him and to play him.
 
One thing George is most proud of is a session he played in Norfolk. He was playing straight pool with a obviously lesser talanted player and the weight was 50 no count. George had 11 consecutive runs of 100 or more! This guy is probally the best player you never met and deserves all the accolades comming his way. Meeting him at the DCC should be on everyone's priority list.I will try and arrange for George to visit the AZ'ers room if everyone would like. Thanks again to Chris for the fine article on George.
 
SPINTHEBALL said:
One thing George is most proud of is a session he played in Norfolk. He was playing straight pool with a obviously lesser talanted player and the weight was 50 no count. George had 11 consecutive runs of 100 or more! This guy is probally the best player you never met and deserves all the accolades comming his way. Meeting him at the DCC should be on everyone's priority list.I will try and arrange for George to visit the AZ'ers room if everyone would like. Thanks again to Chris for the fine article on George.
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Hey Guys, I just did a conversion on that $700 a rack 9 ball in 1947.

In today's dollars, it was $6086 a rack. The total loss was about $80,000 in that set with Rags.

Since the bad students on A-Z are not too interested in history, I am going to have to use a National Enquirer strategy. I will start a new thread in the main section about $6,086 9 ball. Look for it.

Chris
 
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