But one thing I found very strange was the twitching bridge hand on some shots.
We all should twitch so good.
But one thing I found very strange was the twitching bridge hand on some shots.
But one thing I found very strange was the twitching bridge hand on some shots.
Cool footage -- I wonder what AP's intent was for this video?
http://aparchive.com/metadata/US-Billiards-Champion/08e4f2dbe0bfc9be6b9f05e0f9f30265
-Sean
But one thing I found very strange was the twitching bridge hand on some shots.
It looks like Willie's putting on body english with just his bridge hand. Maybe it developed in his later years.Do you think it could have been age ? That’s why earl Strickland wears those crazy things on fingers. He said he just can’t keep his bridge steady any longer.
Right, sure, and Joe DiMaggio probably could not hit modern day pitchers and Rocky Marciano would get knocked out in the first round, Babe Ruth? Maybe would just be a minor leaguer- you must be very young, and a lot to learn about the past greats in sports history. Did you ever pick up a golf club from even -say 1970? Hand that to today's golfers and ask them to shoot a 68! What all those past sports greats did should never be denegrated with whatever rationale you are using for your judgement. Just my 2 cents too!
As I remember Willie and Rex Williams were doing exhibitions across the US at that time. It was for a liquor brand.
I was at the one they did at the Denver Athletic club and it was on a 5x10.
Willie really had no chance playing snooker with Rex.
Bill Stroud
It was Smirnoff and the Black Velvet $20,000 Challenge.
Winner $15,000, loser $5,000. 17 days, six cities. Mosconi won all six games of 14.1 and seven of the 18 snooker matches to get the cheese.
Lou Figueroa
It was Smirnoff and the Black Velvet $20,000 Challenge.
Winner $15,000, loser $5,000. 17 days, six cities. Mosconi won all six games of 14.1 and seven of the 18 snooker matches to get the cheese.
Lou Figueroa
I vaguely recall a story from that exhibition that at one venue the cloth on the snooker table went on wrong side up and Rex lost that time.As I remember Willie and Rex Williams were doing exhibitions across the US at that time. ...
I believe that Mosconi would get smoked by modern day players. Just my 2 cents.
Right, that's why it took 60 years to break his recordI believe that Mosconi would get smoked by modern day players. Just my 2 cents.
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Right, that's why it took 60 years to break his record
It's a 5x10 and only 30" high. American snooker table. Probably a compromise for Wllie.The table looks like it might not even be a 5x10. ...
If anything, it’s American Snooker.Folks:
While searching through the AP (Associated Press) archives for any news articles (as Lou Figueroa mentioned) with interviews of people who witnessed Mosconi's 526 in 1954, I stumbled across this footage. It is not attributed or attached to any particular news article that I can see, unless I'm reading the AP Archive wrong. It looks like it was raw footage with no audio (has only static throughout, like you'd hear when first placing a phonograph needle into the leading track for a song on a vinyl LP). It looks like it was raw video-only footage intended for a later voice-over, as was the case with news at the time.
You'll see Willie shooting a couple shots on a standard pool table, then at 0:17 (17 seconds in) you'll see Willie's now shooting on a 5x10 snooker table (you'll recognize the rounded pocket corners) but with darker-than-normal colored cloth and standard-color snooker balls. He appears to miss, and what appears to be his opponent, a snooker player, takes over and pockets a long shot down the rail. (This appears to be a VERY permissive table for a shot like that, although it's certainly NOT a 6x12 table.) More shots of Willie making shots on this table ensue.
Cool footage -- I wonder what AP's intent was for this video?
http://aparchive.com/metadata/US-Billiards-Champion/08e4f2dbe0bfc9be6b9f05e0f9f30265
-Sean
Yeah, that doesn't look like a snooker profile cushion.If anything, it’s American Snooker.
Folks:
While searching through the AP (Associated Press) archives for any news articles (as Lou Figueroa mentioned) with interviews of people who witnessed Mosconi's 526 in 1954, I stumbled across this footage. It is not attributed or attached to any particular news article that I can see, unless I'm reading the AP Archive wrong. It looks like it was raw footage with no audio (has only static throughout, like you'd hear when first placing a phonograph needle into the leading track for a song on a vinyl LP). It looks like it was raw video-only footage intended for a later voice-over, as was the case with news at the time.
You'll see Willie shooting a couple shots on a standard pool table, then at 0:17 (17 seconds in) you'll see Willie's now shooting on a 5x10 snooker table (you'll recognize the rounded pocket corners) but with darker-than-normal colored cloth and standard-color snooker balls. He appears to miss, and what appears to be his opponent, a snooker player, takes over and pockets a long shot down the rail. (This appears to be a VERY permissive table for a shot like that, although it's certainly NOT a 6x12 table.) More shots of Willie making shots on this table ensue.
Cool footage -- I wonder what AP's intent was for this video?
http://aparchive.com/metadata/US-Billiards-Champion/08e4f2dbe0bfc9be6b9f05e0f9f30265
-Sean