New York City/State Straight Pool Tournaments of the early 1960's

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I met a guy back in 1975. I believe his name was Rick.
He told me that he had come in second place in the New York 14:1 tournament.
He didn't say if it was city or state.
I'm starting research just to see if I can find out any information about these old tournaments.
I found out that Danny DiLiberto had won both tournaments.
Does anyone have any information, even the slightest, on these tournaments?
Thanks.
 
The National Billiard News (Earl Newby, publisher, editor) started in the mid 1960s. Not always perfect coverage, but probably the best you'll find.
 
they were state tournaments and straight pool. up state i believe. i think pat might have come in close in a later one also. not sure. ciscero murphy won a few times. before he was allowed to play in pro's.
and i think jimmy cattrano won. jack colivito and frank mcowen won like a couple times.
there was a northeastern one as well so i might be blending in the two.

danny won a couple times in florida after he moved down there.
my friend onofrio laurie won a couple times but that was before my time. i dont know anything about way back before the 60's
 
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Back in the 1960s into early 70s many states and cities had 14.1 title tournaments. The Northeast and mid west were dominant areas for this. Even Boy’s Club of America had city and state pool title tournaments. As well as Collegiate local and national title tournaments. The back of the Minnesota Fats Pool Book lists many of these tournament winners - I believe that the book was first published in the 60s- it is still available.
 
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mikemosconi said:
.... The back of the Minnesota Fats Pool Book lists many of these tournament winners - I believe that the book was first published in the 60s- it is still available.
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I think those results were taken from the BCA rulebook which were updated every year or two.
 
I would have to guess that Mike Eufemia played in those NY events.
 
sjm said:
I would have to guess that Mike Eufemia played in those NY events.
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The only "Rick" I can think of from that time that might have finished high was Rich Riggie.
 
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they were a little before mikes time i think. and mike choked all the time if any pressure was on him. so as great as he was and probably the best of them all he did very poorly in tournaments, although he did win some good ones. and ran over 200 almost every day in practice.
no one in history could run balls like him.
 
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maha said:
they were a little before mikes time i think. and mike choked all the time if any pressure was on him. so as great as he was and probably the best of them all he did very poorly in tournaments, although he did win some good ones. and ran over 200 almost every day in practice.
no one in history could run balls like him.
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Mike's run of 625 was reportedly in 1960, although I heard 1961 from another source, but the early 1960s were certainly not BEFORE Mike's time. Yes, Mike could never reproduce the big runs under the pressure of competition, just like Nagy, and, to a lesser extent, Cranfield. They were, perhaps, the three best "practice room players" of that period.
 
i guess i was off on his time period. but he didn't travel from the city much back then. as far as i knew. when the golden cue became the spot he was there all the time, later on he even went out west a little.

brooklyn johnny was the best all around player in new york then. but he screwed so many people over and over, so stayed broke and owed the real bad guys some big cash and they sent him to vegas to ceasars place to deal blackjack and pay them back. and no pool or gambling or a swim in e lake mead. took him many years to get out and come back to pool. many forgot what a creep he was and just oggled over how good he was.
 
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Wondering if George Mikula was a 14.1 tournament player in the 60s into 70s. I met him in 1990 and he was not active in tournaments then but was giving lessons. Where did he rank compared to Eufemia, Murphy, and Nagy?
 
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Wondering if George Mikula was a 14.1 tournament player in the 60s into 70s. I met him in 1990 and he was not active in tournaments then but was giving lessons. Where did he rank compared to Eufemia, Murphy, and Nagy?
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He was a small notch below those, but George did run over 300 balls. He was George "Ginky " San Souci's mentor at Chelsea Billiards in the 1990's.
 
L.S. Dennis said:
Johnny Irish, and NY Joe Bachelore before he moved to the west coast?
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Johnny Irish had the reputation for being able to play his "A" game on almost no sleep. Definitely a useful skill for a hustler. He reportedly ran a twelve-pack against Irving Crane in a 9ball action match.
 
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sjm said:
Mike's run of 625 was reportedly in 1960, although I heard 1961 from another source, ...
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Here is what Mike Eufemia said in his unpublished manuscript on how to play pool...

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