Mosconi 9 Ball open 1989 Program

Jeff

Jeff

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Just acquired another program. Not a Johnston City but still very nice.

Willie Mosconi 9 Ball Open held at Hard Times Billiards Bellflower Ca. 1989

32 pages with a nice interview with Mosconi (one page of that interview is below)

Article on Thomas Wayne, Al Romero, and Cue makers of LA

Also an article about Nick Chelikas by our own "Jay Helfert"

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Nice program! Willie neglects to mention that Crane's 309 was on a 5 x 10. I believe the record still stands. I'm guessing that Willie's subsequent runs of 322, 355, and 365 were on 4-1/2 x 9's. His 526, of course, was on a 4 x 8.

Doc
 
Wow i feel old now, I remember going there to see him. I think Buddy Hall was there too and Cowboy Jimmy Moore were there on that trip also, I saw Earl there but I think that was before 89.
 
gulfportdoc said:
Nice program! Willie neglects to mention that Crane's 309 was on a 5 x 10. I believe the record still stands. I'm guessing that Willie's subsequent runs of 322, 355, and 365 were on 4-1/2 x 9's. His 526, of course, was on a 4 x 8.

Doc
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The official records in the BCA rule books don't mention anything after Crane's 309, as I recall, until the 526. I'll try to remember to look again. At least one of Mosconi's 300+ runs was said to be on a 5x10. In "The Hustler and the Champ," I think Mosconi's practice run of 700+ is described, but Cranfield's 768 in practice was higher. And some feel that Eufemia's 625 should be officially recognized. Sadly, there seems to be no history/records committee any longer nor any mechanism to record pool feats.
 
I found out yesterday that "Jay Helfert" was the director of that tournament.



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I don't have a copy with me, but IIRC in his autobiography "Willie's Game" Mr. Mosconi credits both the fact that the table was small (8 or 8.5', I don't recall which) and had large (5"+) corner pockets with part of his success in the 526 run.
 
Bob Jewett said:
I think Mosconi's practice run of 700+ is described, but Cranfield's 768 in practice was higher. And some feel that Eufemia's 625 should be officially recognized. Sadly, there seems to be no history/records committee any longer nor any mechanism to record pool feats.
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Those runs are theoretically possible, but I'm skeptical that they ever occurred. Of course very high runs could be accomplished with new cloth and bucket pockets.

Doc
 
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