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L.S. Dennis

L.S. Dennis

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Would you buy a used car from either one of these guys? Between the two of them they had enough pool knowledge to fill an encyclopedia! Extra credit if you can name them both. It's a slow night and like I said it's just for fun! (Bob J. will know at least one of these guys, he had one of his first pool lessons from him as did I way back in the day)
 

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jay helfert said:
Tugboat Whaley is the first guy, not sure about the second one. I knew most of the old timers but he doesn't look familiar.
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Jay, the other guy pictured was Dorothy's husband Jimmy Wise. Like Tugboat, he was a veritable fountain of knowledge on all pool things related. If I'm not mistaken didn't you play Dorothy an exhibition at one time in one of your old billiard rooms?

On Tugboat, the last time I spoke to Tug is when I found him laying on one of the back tables in Cochran's around 1964 or so one afternoon. He remembered me from the first lesson I took from him at Jimmy and Dorothy's Sequoia Billiards in Redwood City way back in the day. When he saw me the first thing he said was "you still blasting?" I wish I had paid more attention to what he was trying to teach me back then. I believe he went on to ref some of the Johnston City tournaments at some point.
 
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jimmyco said:
I like your stories, L.S. Dennis.
You create a sense where the reader feels immersed, as if they are there also.
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Thank you for that! It's nice for some of us geezers to take a trip down memory lane from time to time. Dorothy Wise became something like a pool room mom to me, I remember her scolding me more than once when I was just a kid and would say 'shit' when I missed a shot. I will always remember her saying from behind the counter "Dennis, watch your language!" (in a motherly way) she taught me at a young age about proper pool hall etiquette.
 
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L.S. Dennis said:
Jay, the other guy pictured was Dorothy's husband Jimmy Wise. Like Tugboat, he was a veritable fountain of knowledge on all pool things related. If I'm not mistaken didn't you play Dorothy an exhibition at one time in one of your old billiard rooms?

On Tugboat, the last time I spoke to Tug is when I found him laying on one of the back tables in Cochran's around 1964 or so one afternoon. He remembered me from the first lesson I took from him at Jimmy and Dorothy's Sequoia Billiards in Redwood City way back in the day. When he saw me the first thing he said was "you still blasting?" I wish I had paid more attention to what he was trying to teach me back then. I believe he went on to ref some of the Johnston City tournaments at some point.
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I brought Dorothy to my room in Bakersfield to put on an exhibition. She needed an opponent for her Straight Pool match so I elected me. I really thought I could beat her since I was running 30 and 40 balls practicing.

So the day game and she was terrific, entertaining the crowd and telling some good pool stories. Then it was time for our match to 100. It started off slow but when I ran two racks (28 balls) she got serious. She locked me up with some clever safeties and ran something like 42 or 44 and out to beat me 100-49. She got my respect that day.

Tugboat did in fact referee at Johnston City from the mid to late 60's.
 
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