Yep, I believe Mosconi was right. The ref is not supposed to re-rack the balls. This is not the only time a ref goofed.
He is also right about Jersey Red playing the wrong safety. The correct safety there is pocket the ball and then shoot the ball just above the corner ball and send an object ball to the foot rail while sticking the cue tall in the rack. That shot puts the opponent on the defensive.
The current rules allow a rerack if the 14 balls have not been disturbed and the 15th ball needs to spot. If that is not allowed then you run into these scenarios:
I wonder if ABC/Disney/ESPN have the full match somewhere in their vaults. I tried looking once but it was hard and it looked like if I did find something they wanted great, steaming piles of money to see it, like I'd have to be a production company. Does anyone here know somebody there?
I remember that too. I sort of recall an orangish color, maybe when he was playing in Sacramento.
The fourth guy might have been Willie Elder who was Mosconi's road man.
I have wondered that myself. I've also wondered if the Wide World of Sports tape of Lassiter vs. Eddie Taylor, something like 1965 or 1966 still exists somewhere. Still remember watching it back then; it got me into pool. Lassiter won.
Yep, believe he painted a regular white ferrule with red fingernail polish. Not sure about the black ferrule material.
I heard Danny DiLiberto talk about that once. He roomed with Wimpy on the road for a while. I thought he said it was red lipstick. If anybody runs into Danny at an event maybe they could ask him.
