Mosconi: The Basement Tapes

haystj said:
How cool would it have been to hang out in a basement room watching Mosconi shoot some straight pool?

I love it when around 20 minutes he makes a nice shot and says "Not bad for an old guy".

What a classy guy, and what a stroke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ur8yIFhBy8
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From everything I read and heard, Mosconi was a bit arrogant and a perfectionist.

Indeed, his stroke was amazing and he kicked some serious 14.1 knowledge,
but IMO I would not have wanted to be friends with the dude.

I respect his game and legacy, hence my avatar dedicated to him.
 
Very nice, this one hasn't been on Youtube very long.

What I like about this, for the sharp-eyed, is Mosconi appears to be playing with the inlayed Rambow cue that he ran the 526 with. This is comparing it with several other sources, including the Smithsonian article with the Glenns', the Pool and Billiard article by Charlie Ursiti, as well as the tape of his match with Jimmy Caras in Pennsylvania in the early 90s. It's interesting that after the 80s, he apparently stopped using his Bushka in favor of this older Rambow, which he appears to be using here. Great piece of history here. There's woefully little video history of the old stars of this game, and this is one.
 
Wonder if he realized what it was worth and decided it wasn't worth someone taking it.
 
KAP1976 said:
Wonder if he realized what it was worth and decided it wasn't worth someone taking it.
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Actually, I think his inlayed Rambow that he ran 526 with would probably be somewhere equal in value with his well-used Bushka, though hard to tell. It ended up with the Glenn family, with no disclosure of price that I'm aware of.

Then, of course, there is his second, unused Bushka, that I haven't heard where it ended. All interesting questions.
 
I think it is interesting that in this video he mentions his high run as 609....
 
sammylane12 said:
I have read that he could run 100 balls left handed. To me, that is other worldly.
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To me, the greatest thing about Mosconi is this: in retirement he traveled the country, 300 days out of the year, and in every room he played in the eye-witness accounts were all the same: in one or two innings during a match he'd run a 100 balls. If he had missed at 50 or 70 and then took off on a run, he'd turn to the crowd and ask, "Would you like to see a 100 ball run?"

And then continue the run and do it.

Lou Figueroa
 
lfigueroa said:
To me, the greatest thing about Mosconi is this: in retirement he traveled the country, 300 days out of the year, and in every room he played in the eye-witness accounts were all the same: in one or two innings during a match he'd run a 100 balls. If he had missed at 50 or 70 and then took off on a run, he'd turn to the crowd and ask, "Would you like to see a 100 ball run?"

And then continue the run and do it.

Lou Figueroa
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And, unlike some of the pocket/equipment police we have these days, he did it on whatever table the joint had. I guess after an early career of 10 footers, they all became easy.
 
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