Mike Zuglan vs Ray Martin - 1992 US Open 14.1 Championship Premiere tonight

[azhousepro]

We are premiering the Mike Zuglan / Ray Martin match from the 1992 US Open 14.1 Championship tonight at 8pm est. This was the event where Zuglan had 150 ran against him by Mike Sigel. He gets in a little more offense this time.

 

[Flakeandrun]

Martin has such a weird stance/bridge

 

[jeagle64]

Foul at 8:50?


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[Flakeandrun]

Foul at 8:50?


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100% a push shot (in the modern context) and yes, I agree it should be a foul - but I was reading in another thread whereby the ruling was something along the lines of, smooth through the ball, not two sounds etc then it doesn't matter in tournaments during this time (maybe remembering wrong, but it seemed like some conflict on this between west and east coast Americans?)

In my eyes, a push shot is unacceptable in all forms and contexts.

 

[AtLarge]

Those who know Zuglan only for his role in running the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour can get a pretty good sense here of what a great player he was.

 

[bbb]

Foul at 8:50?


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yes for my eyes

 

[Texas Carom Club]

100% a push shot (in the modern context) and yes, I agree it should be a foul - but I was reading in another thread whereby the ruling was something along the lines of, smooth through the ball, not two sounds etc then it doesn't matter in tournaments during this time (maybe remembering wrong, but it seemed like some conflict on this between west and east coast Americans?)

In my eyes, a push shot is unacceptable in all forms and contexts.

push shot is the dumbest nit picky foul of em all. gives no advantage to anyone only punishes for bad luck

 

[BD23]

I really like watching MZ shoot. If I could copy and paste his play...

 

[sjm]

I attended this event and watched this match live. Grady Matthews was making a private book on the event and had Zuglan as the favorite for the title, narrowly over Sigel.

Mike Zuglan was a feared player by this point, certainly not under the radar. Twice in this event, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. As we all know, Sigel ran 150 and out on him, but less known is that Dallas West beat him in two innings in the semifinal.

 

[JusticeNJ]

I attended this event and watched this match live. Grady Matthews was making a private book on the event and had Zuglan as the favorite for the title, narrowly over Sigel.

Mike Zuglan was a feared player by this point, certainly not under the radar. Twice in this event, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. As we all know, Sigel ran 150 and out on him, but less known is that Dallas West beat him in two innings in the semifinal.

That West/Zuglan is a great match and great commentary by Johnny Ervolino, who called some of Dallas's patterns many balls ahead! It's a cool view into "old school" 14.1 style play.

 

[sjm]

That West/Zuglan is a great match and great commentary by Johnny Ervolino, who called some of Dallas's patterns many balls ahead! It's a cool view into "old school" 14.1 style play.

Thanks for sharing, for I never saw the semifinal. I saw Mike in the hallway shortly after the match, however, and he told me he lost in two innings.

Ervolino knew as much about straight pool as anyone of his era, and he and West were counted among the game's finest pattern players. Must have been a great match for watching and listening.