I attended this event in 1992 and was there for Sigel's 150 and out. The best remembered subplot of that evening was that Zuglan ran 148 against Ray Martin in his very next match.
Other noteworthy things form that memorable event:
On the night before the player's meeting, there was a short exhibition given by Mike Sigel and a 24-year old named Johnny Archer, who had won the world nine ball championship not long before that. It was part of a benefit for the National Leukemia Society, and most in attendance, myself included, had never seen Archer play before. It took place on the ground floor of Rusty Staub's restaurant on 47th Street. Also in attendance were Nick Varner, Loree Jon and Sammy Jones, and Jerry Orbach.
Mosconi and Caras were sitting together in the front row as Sigel made his run. Mosconi would not be alive for the 1993 event, dying just a few months later.
At the same time Sigel was making his run, Dallas West was also in the midst of a big run, and Dallas ran over 100 himself. Trying to keep tabs on both runs was quite a chore.
Zuglan was no cinderella story. It was known that he was playing great straight pool coming into that event, and none other than Grady Matthews had predicted that he would win the event.
In the next afternoon, Dallas West and Mike Zuglan met each other in the losers bracket final, with West winnng easily. I didn't see the match, but heard through the grapevine that Dallas got out in two innings.
After the women's final was played, and prior to the onset of the men's final, there was an exhibition given by Mike Massey. None of the fans and almost none of the pros in attendance had ever seen Mike's show, and the crowd and his fellow pros went nuts when Mike did some of his stuff.
Yes, it was quite an event.
