the pic of efrin smoking at the table in a tournament caught my eye. other pics here: https://www.aol.com/articles/20-photos-pool-halls-billiard-130042817.html
some cool pictures of yesteryear
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That article is shit. Pics pirated from reddit and clearly by AI.
The first picture has icons of Americana that are not acknowledged.
Crap, I say.
The first picture has icons of Americana that are not acknowledged.
Crap, I say.
Iwishiwasrich
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I was watching Keith McCready and Alex Pagulyan in a match on YouTube and Alex was smoking. I had seen Keith smoking in a match and Buddy and Nick varner. Everybody smoked in the 60's 70's and 80's .
Iwishiwasrich
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Yeah that article is crap.
Nobody beats my friend Jerry.
He could play with a cigarette and the ash down to the butt and not spill a drop.
He could take a drag in mid-stroke.
And a beast in all games.
He could play with a cigarette and the ash down to the butt and not spill a drop.
He could take a drag in mid-stroke.
And a beast in all games.
ai from aol, you really can't expect Hemingway. (still got some free internet CDs)
to be honest, I didn't read it. I just thought the pictures were cool.
As I always say: any pool is better than no pool!
that picture was taken from, the 1986 Clyde Childress Memorial Tournament.
From a selection of photos, that have been around a while.
From a selection of photos, that have been around a while.
Regardless of its source, the picture is a meaningful trip down memory lane.
Pro players were always associated with cigarettes and alcohol. As we found out in the mid-1990s, sponsors of pro pool saw amateur pool players and pool fans in that same light. A major sponsorship was secured by the WPBA in the mid-1990s with Gordon's (best known for its gin and vodka) and, a year later, Camel cigarettes became a major sponsor of the men's Professional Billiards Tour.
As we now know, neither of these sponsorships lasted for long.
Pro players were always associated with cigarettes and alcohol. As we found out in the mid-1990s, sponsors of pro pool saw amateur pool players and pool fans in that same light. A major sponsorship was secured by the WPBA in the mid-1990s with Gordon's (best known for its gin and vodka) and, a year later, Camel cigarettes became a major sponsor of the men's Professional Billiards Tour.
As we now know, neither of these sponsorships lasted for long.