Pray for Cole Dickson

[Badbeat13]

My thoughts and prayers go out to all of Cole's family and friends. It's probably to early to think about, but hopefully he'll be honered one day with a memorial tournament like a lot of the good guys/greats that have annual tournaments in remembrance of them. RIP

 

[wincardona]

Larry Schwartz, Jimmy Mataya, and myself visited with Cole the week before he passed and shared some time with our friend, I remember him saying many times that ...every things all right.
He would say that often as we were speaking, totally unrelated to what we were talking about I guess it was his way of telling us that he was at peace with himself. I really can't say that it made me feel good or sad, maybe a little of both. We went out to eat and then other times we went out to the casino, just wanting him to get out and be a part of something...like old times and I was glad to see him enjoying himself ...all along knowing that he was struggling with life. the last day we were there ..before we left we said to Cole that we were leaving, and he had this look on his face like a little boy and said...I guess i'm not going with you guys today,right?' We kinda knew that we wouldn't ever be seeing him again, however, I said to him that I would see him in Vegas for the US Open One pocket championships...he said yea,ok.

Rest In Peace my friend,
Bill Incardona

 

[JAM]

Larry Schwartz, Jimmy Mataya, and myself visited with Cole the week before he passed and shared some time with our friend, I remember him saying many times that ...every things all right.
He would say that often as we were speaking, totally unrelated to what we were talking about I guess it was his way of telling us that he was at peace with himself. I really can't say that it made me feel good or sad, maybe a little of both. We went out to eat and then other times we went out to the casino, just wanting him to get out and be a part of something...like old times and I was glad to see him enjoying himself ...all along knowing that he was struggling with life. the last day we were there ..before we left we said to Cole that we were leaving, and he had this look on his face like a little boy and said...I guess i'm not going with you guys today,right?' We kinda knew that we wouldn't ever be seeing him again, however, I said to him that I would see him in Vegas for the US Open One pocket championships...he said yea,ok.

Rest In Peace my friend,
Bill Incardona

Gosh, Billy, I am so glad you were able to spend some quality time with him. What you have written is sad, but in some ways, it is also uplifting to know that he was surrounded by those who love him. I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[jay helfert]

Larry Schwartz, Jimmy Mataya, and myself visited with Cole the week before he passed and shared some time with our friend, I remember him saying many times that ...every things all right.
He would say that often as we were speaking, totally unrelated to what we were talking about I guess it was his way of telling us that he was at peace with himself. I really can't say that it made me feel good or sad, maybe a little of both. We went out to eat and then other times we went out to the casino, just wanting him to get out and be a part of something...like old times and I was glad to see him enjoying himself ...all along knowing that he was struggling with life. the last day we were there ..before we left we said to Cole that we were leaving, and he had this look on his face like a little boy and said...I guess i'm not going with you guys today,right?' We kinda knew that we wouldn't ever be seeing him again, however, I said to him that I would see him in Vegas for the US Open One pocket championships...he said yea,ok.

Rest In Peace my friend,
Bill Incardona

Your a good man Billy and so is Jimmy and Larry. I wish I had been with you.

 

[THE PICK]

Cole had the perfect pool player name. Like a gunfighter from the old west.

 

[DogLoop]

I spoke to Laurie yesterday, and I knew it was bad. I'm lost. Three of my closest friends in this year 2013, it is really heartbreaking. I guess I have a couple more close friends, but not many.

I remember the first time I met Cole. He had just gotten back from Hawaii, and he was with Richie Florence, another great 9-ball player as well. Cole come in the Billiard Palace, and there was a bar across the street. Cole was about 4 years older than me, but I had a phony ID card, so I could get in the bar.

Richie and Cole proceeded to walk across the street from the bar to Vern's place, which was Billiard Palace. I was like star-struck at the time, and I followed in suit, just trying to see what they would say and what they would do. Cole had these blue jeans on with a white rope as a belt. First pool player I've ever seen wear that. It was sort of real flashy watching him play, and that's all I wanted to do, just sit and watch him, every move he made.

They were all in the pool room, cutting up. Larry Lisciotti was there, another one of my good friends that we have lost. Cole and Richie won about 30 grand. I think that's at the time when Richie beat Fats and Cole just beat everybody he played.

I started missing school, just so I could be around Cole. Every time he spoke, everyone would listen. Cole was like an icon in the pool world. After we met, we became very good friends. We did a lot of things together, went dove hunting in Yuma, played golf together, played baseball together, everything. I remember beating him out of a car playing over-the-line baseball. :grin-square:

The one thing I liked about Cole the most is that if he had 2,800 and 3 cents in his pocket and he made a game, it would all play, every penny, just like the way I used to do it. That's where I learned it from.

Whatever had to do with gambling, we would do it. I loved Cole, always will, and I never will forget him. I know Cole, Larry Lisciotti, Ronnie Allen, New York Blackie, Fats, they're all trying to match up right now in heaven or cutting up about old pool stories.

Rest in peace, Cole. We'll all be there sooner or later, and we can start it all over again.

Tap, tap, TAP !!!