`Mountain Man`

[vagabond]

I ran into Mountain Man in Peoria.This is the third time in 13 or 14 years I ran into this highly successfull Roadie.He has endless list of his victims on the Green felt.Besides playing good pool he is a good story teller and a nice man.I always liked about his savy in managing his money that was won on the Greenfelt.He is a young man but has severe health problems and can`t play pool anymore. During this meeting I had a picture taken with this great Roadie.I may not see him anymore. Finally I learned his true first and last name but I do not want to anounce it on the internet ( IRS might be reading this).
Mountain Man,it was pleasure and honor to have met you.

TED HARRIS and Leonard Bludworth may add few stories about the `Mountain Man``

 

[Billiard Architect]

Which Mountain Man is this. Is this the same one that put his head through the cig machine when Buddy was playing him?

 

[OldHasBeen]

Which Mountian Man?

From what I can tell - There are more "Mountian Men" than Mountians. We have one here in St. Louis, but that is Arty Clemens (AJ), (Critter) from Bloomington IN.

TY & GL

 

[Mike Templeton]

From what I can tell - There are more "Mountian Men" than Mountians. We have one here in St. Louis, but that is Arty Clemens (AJ), (Critter) from Bloomington IN.

TY & GL

That's true, OHB. The one that I know's first name is Steve. He has more last names than Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mike

 

[Mike Templeton]

That's true, OHB. The one that I know's first name is Steve. He has more last names than Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mike

Now that I think about it, I do know another one. His first name is Eddie with a ton of last names as well.

Mike

 

[vagabond]

His first name is Eddie with a ton of last names as well.



Mike

That is his true first name and a fellow southerner now lives in Virgina.

 

[vagabond]

Which Mountain Man is this. Is this the same one that put his head through the cig machine when Buddy was playing him?

Not him
Vagabond

 

[cuesmith]

Now that I think about it, I do know another one. His first name is Eddie with a ton of last names as well.

Mike

The one I know is Steve Edwards. He lived in the Hamilton Ohio area for a while. I took him on the road once and he busted me backing him against the young (16 year old) Johnny Archer! No one knew Johnny then but I knew by the time the session was over that he was going to be a champion. lol

One of the funniest things I ever had a pool player tell me came from Mountain Man. He claimed his parents had a Casino in Reno. Later in the conversation he let it slip that they had 12 slot machines! I told him that the gas stations had more than that! He said they had a casino license to operate them so it was a Casino. Hard to argue with that logic!


just more hot air!

Sherm

 

[JimmyB500]

The one I know is Steve Edwards. He lived in the Hamilton Ohio area for a while. I took him on the road once and he busted me backing him against the young (16 year old) Johnny Archer! No one knew Johnny then but I knew by the time the session was over that he was going to be a champion. lol

One of the funniest things I ever had a pool player tell me came from Mountain Man. He claimed his parents had a Casino in Reno. Later in the conversation he let it slip that they had 12 slot machines! I told him that the gas stations had more than that! He said they had a casino license to operate them so it was a Casino. Hard to argue with that logic!


just more hot air!

Sherm

Yes. Steve is the Mountain Man that most people have had dealings with. I ran into him 3 or 4 times in the Carolinas back in the seventies and eighties. He was very good at small time hustling. Let you get forty or fifty ahead, and then his partner would try to get a couple of side bets and Steve would try to raise the bet and then his play would start to improve. When I played him, I was trying to stall and he was doing the same thing. He would get a spot shot and try to two rail it and pretend it was luck. I wondered how he played for big money. By the way Sherm. You can get rich running a dozen slot machines......

 

[vagabond]

The Mountain Man I am talking about has 7-9 long,Gray, unkempt beard and wears cloths that are not necessarily clean all the time.

 

[Mike Templeton]

The Mountain Man I am talking about has 7-9 long,Gray, unkempt beard and wears cloths that are not necessarily clean all the time.

I think that's Eddie. He was in the Carolinas and Tn. for a while in the late 80s to early 90s. Last I saw him, he was in West Virginia.

Mike

 

[Hal]

The Mountain Man I am talking about has 7-9 long,Gray, unkempt beard and wears cloths that are not necessarily clean all the time.

That sounds like the one that I first mentioned a while back that got all this mountain man conversation started.

 

[JAM]

The only "Mountain Man" I have heard about is an old-school player from the Carolinas named "Steve." He's a bar-box specialist, and what a lot of folks may not know is that he favored the big cue ball. He's from the era of Bucky Bell, another oldie, but goodie!

JAM

 

[vagabond]

The only "Mountain Man" I have heard about is an old-school player from the Carolinas named "Steve." He's a bar-box specialist, and what a lot of folks may not know is that he favored the big cue ball. He's from the era of Bucky Bell, another oldie, but goodie!

JAM

` steve`s true name is Eddie.I was told that he has very short time to live and hence he may be telling the truth.I have not seen Bucky Bell for many years .Bucky was a nice man besides a good road player.He may still be around Lansing,MI.

 

[cuesmith]

` steve`s true name is Eddie.I was told that he has very short time to live and hence he may be telling the truth.I have not seen Bucky Bell for many years .Bucky was a nice man besides a good road player.He may still be around Lansing,MI.

Bucky is in the Cincinnati area, has been for many years. He's been a player rep for me for about 15 years.

just more hot air!

Sherm

 

[JimmyB500]

Jam, that is exactly who I was talking about. His true name may be eddie. I just know that a fellow who lived with him in Atlanta always called him Steve EDwds. I am very sorry that he is ill. He also had problems with his legs a long time ago......