Cochran's was a social thing, with all players of merit attending on weekends. They came from as far away as a couple of hundred miles and many didn't even need a room for the weekend. They stayed up.
During my second of three times around Cochran's I worked in Oakland for an outfit called Friction Materials Oakland. It was considered to be a pretty good job, with benefits and a future. It was demanding physical work.
I'd go to work on Friday morning at 7am and I got off at 4pm. I'd go home, clean up and go across the bay to Cochran's. Most of the time I stayed up the entire weekend and went to work on Monday morning. Then at 4pm
I'd go to sleep. That's 81 hours straight and I did it on the natch most of the time.
I literally improved sometimes while I was gambling. I'd have a talented player do something on me that I had never seen before and it would come up again in a long match and I'd do it to him better than he had executed it.
It's hard for me to believe that there are no pictures from the 7-11 era in NYC, the Cochran's time in san Francisco, the Tropicana Bowl or Daisy Mae period in LA. I'd sure love to have some to add to my "History Of Pool" show. If anyone has some please contact me.
During my second of three times around Cochran's I worked in Oakland for an outfit called Friction Materials Oakland. It was considered to be a pretty good job, with benefits and a future. It was demanding physical work.
I'd go to work on Friday morning at 7am and I got off at 4pm. I'd go home, clean up and go across the bay to Cochran's. Most of the time I stayed up the entire weekend and went to work on Monday morning. Then at 4pm
I'd go to sleep. That's 81 hours straight and I did it on the natch most of the time.
I literally improved sometimes while I was gambling. I'd have a talented player do something on me that I had never seen before and it would come up again in a long match and I'd do it to him better than he had executed it.
It's hard for me to believe that there are no pictures from the 7-11 era in NYC, the Cochran's time in san Francisco, the Tropicana Bowl or Daisy Mae period in LA. I'd sure love to have some to add to my "History Of Pool" show. If anyone has some please contact me.
