Pool: Sport or Game -- Leroy Neiman (RIP) Knew the Answer

lfigueroa said:
LeRoy Neiman, celebrated American artist, passed yesterday. You can read his obit here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/a...ic-painter-of-sports-dies-at-91.html?_r=1&hpw

And if you look to the left of the story, under Multimedia, you will see an interactive feature that will let you view The LeRoy Neiman Mural that is to be installed at The Sports Museum of America as a "salute to sports." If you push the slide bar underneath to just past 3/4 of the way down the mural you might be surprised to see what is included :-)

Lou Figueroa
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I saw a origonal he painted in a house in bev Hills once, it was the Ali one, man it was something else. Had to be worth a mil or 2. RIP he was amazing, i love his work.
 
lfigueroa said:
LeRoy Neiman, celebrated American artist, passed yesterday. You can read his obit here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/a...ic-painter-of-sports-dies-at-91.html?_r=1&hpw

And if you look to the left of the story, under Multimedia, you will see an interactive feature that will let you view The LeRoy Neiman Mural that is to be installed at The Sports Museum of America as a "salute to sports." If you push the slide bar underneath to just past 3/4 of the way down the mural you might be surprised to see what is included :-)

Lou Figueroa
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Hi Lou
I know the 14.1 is coming up are you going to try and make it?
Ray
 
TomHay...You're close, but incorrect. Lawn billiards was very popular centuries ago. So popular, in fact, that the landowners (gentry) were worried that their serfs (slaves) would not go work in the fields...so they outlawed the game to be played by anyone but royalty. That led to the townsfolk taking the game indoors, and eventually up on a tabletop, so that they wouldn't be discovered. The rest is history.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

TomHay said:
Billiards was actualy a lawn sport that was brought to the inside by Kings and Royalty.
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ghostball said:
Hi Lou
I know the 14.1 is coming up are you going to try and make it?
Ray
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Hi Ray

Thanks for the shout out.

I'm thinking about it. Right now I'm trying to work out about a half dozen upcoming trips, so I can't say for sure. I'll send you an email to discuss further.

Lou Figueroa
 
Scott Lee said:
TomHay...You're close, but incorrect. Lawn billiards was very popular centuries ago. So popular, in fact, that the landowners (gentry) were worried that their serfs (slaves) would not go work in the fields...so they outlawed the game to be played by anyone but royalty. That led to the townsfolk taking the game indoors, and eventually up on a tabletop, so that they wouldn't be discovered. The rest is history.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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Scott,
Thanks for the correction. I enjoy the History and if I did not learn proper I like to know.

I used to have a collection of Front pages of newspapers from the days of the Civil War. Every one of them had a Billiards write up on Front Page, not headlines but a nice write up.
 
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