One Pocket hall of fame Country's Cue Value (for a friend)
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Makes me think there should be somekind of billiards history museum
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no offense but those pics are pretty bad bro.
no offense taken ,the pics were sent to me I will try to get better ones
like stated this is for someone I know ,I dont know the (History ) of the cue
I was telling my friend today I thought there was a guy who had a cue museum. I swore I read it or saw it some ware
What City was Country from ? Years played ?
you may be thinking of the Glenn family in Arizona that has a huge collection and talked about creating a museum to display them. do not know if it ever happened.
I’m interested at 750$ let me know
Google Charles Martin, he is in the One pocket Hall of Fame
he was a black hustler from new york city area and harlem. played near pro speed and bet high. few knew him or even what he looked like, except for those he took off and some pros. won big in detroit and got known by the pros there,
probably the best bar 8 ball player ever hustling.
probably the best bar 8 ball player ever hustling.
So far, it looks like NO one knows what they are talking about when it comes to, 'Country' whom hung around the 'Rack' in Detroit. He ws involved in some huge scores at the Rack.
His real name was, Charles Monroe. I knew him well. He was one of the Best Black Hustlers of all time. Great 'Lemon' player. One thing was stated correctly here, he was from the NYC/Harlem area..
He was a Big man, 6'3" maybe 225, but had this high-pitched soft-spoken voice of a 14-year-old girl.
We did business together around the Rack, and He had me and Paul Jones come to the East Coast around 70-71 to take off the 3C players from NYC/Boston to New Jersey.
The very first thing Country told me when we got there was, "Billy, make sure you win the first game, or the best you can do is break even with the East Coast players!"
IMPO, I doubt this cue ever belong to Charles 'Country' Monroe from NYC/Harlem that I knew.
His real name was, Charles Monroe. I knew him well. He was one of the Best Black Hustlers of all time. Great 'Lemon' player. One thing was stated correctly here, he was from the NYC/Harlem area..
He was a Big man, 6'3" maybe 225, but had this high-pitched soft-spoken voice of a 14-year-old girl.
We did business together around the Rack, and He had me and Paul Jones come to the East Coast around 70-71 to take off the 3C players from NYC/Boston to New Jersey.
The very first thing Country told me when we got there was, "Billy, make sure you win the first game, or the best you can do is break even with the East Coast players!"
IMPO, I doubt this cue ever belong to Charles 'Country' Monroe from NYC/Harlem that I knew.
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It could be possible his real name was Monroe as you state but he is in the One Pocket Hall of Fame as Charles Martin
For clarity, he is in the OnePocket.org Hall of Fame for Lifetime in Action.
Charles Martin
www.onepocket.org
Yes, his daughter went with Charles Martin — I figured she would know
And yes, he was definitely involved in the famous “The Rack” in Detroit, but he had a long career involving about everywhere across the country.