R. A. Dyer Mask Marvels

Johnnyt

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Does R. A. Dyer the author of Hustler days and many more pool books come on AZ? He's the one that wrote the artical in BD on ST. Jean and Greenleaf. He also mentioned the Coca Cola Masked Marvels in it. I'd like to know if he has a list of who the Masked Marvels were. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
Does R. A. Dyer the author of Hustler days and many more pool books come on AZ? He's the one that wrote the artical in BD on ST. Jean and Greenleaf. He also mentioned the Coca Cola Masked Marvels in it. I'd like to know if he has a list of who the Masked Marvels were. Johnnyt


Johnny,
I'm impressed! You really are on this, aren't you? I really wish Coke would have gotten back with us.

Another tip may be to try and contact Mike Shamos of the Billiard Archive, who has a column in Billiard Digest. He may have some info.
 
Terry Ardeno said:
Johnny,
I'm impressed! You really are on this, aren't you? I really wish Coke would have gotten back with us.

Another tip may be to try and contact Mike Shamos of the Billiard Archive, who has a column in Billiard Digest. He may have some info.
OK I'm on it...thanks. Johnnyt
 
Terry Ardeno said:
Johnny,
Talk about a "pool detective"! Wow!! :D

It's part of my Dads history. He played a few of them and knew a couple of them. I know he told me who they were 50 years ago but I forget or more likely I wasn't interested enough at the time to file it away. Johnnyt
 
Masked Marvels

I have been told by several of the oldtimers that there were Masked Marvels all over the country. They said the company picked very good regional players (so the travel costs were kept low) to put on the Masked Marvel show at rooms in their own and neighboring states. Danny D and others have told me that most of the stories of the really famous guys like Caras and Mosconi being Masked Marvels is just a fishermans tale.

I am not stating that I know any of the above as fact except that it is what I have been told by those who should have known themselves or knew others who did. So, some of it is based on third-generation story-passing and tales do change with each passing. However, I have never been given any evidence to the contrary and the stories I have heard are both consistent with one another and believable.
 
Jerry...You're quite correct about none of the top "sponsored" players being Masked Marvels. Brunswick was paying these gentlemen pretty well, and wanted all the publicity they could get out of them. IIRC there were 10 Masked Marvels, spread out across the country. I still think Mike Shamos, or Victor Stein might have some more info on the MM's...:D

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Jerry Forsyth said:
I have been told by several of the oldtimers that there were Masked Marvels all over the country. They said the company picked very good regional players (so the travel costs were kept low) to put on the Masked Marvel show at rooms in their own and neighboring states. Danny D and others have told me that most of the stories of the really famous guys like Caras and Mosconi being Masked Marvels is just a fishermans tale.

I am not stating that I know any of the above as fact except that it is what I have been told by those who should have known themselves or knew others who did. So, some of it is based on third-generation story-passing and tales do change with each passing. However, I have never been given any evidence to the contrary and the stories I have heard are both consistent with one another and believable.
 
I KNOW Joe Procita was one of the Masked Marvels. Andrew St. Jean may have had a stint as well.
 
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