Straight Pool High Run

[tjmckinn]

Hi everyone,

Anyone know what the actual high run in Straight Pool is? I know Willie Mosconi ran 528 but I read somewhere that another man ran 600 or more in some record book? I can't find his name but I remember reading it years ago. Any truth to it or does anyone know the real high run?

Thanks!

Travis McKinney

 

[kollegedave]

Travis, I too have heard that Mosconi's run was only the highest "confirmed" run, but that he and others ran more. Although, who ran more and how much they ran, I don't remember. There is this old guy in my pool room that is always talking about how good Ralph Greenleaf was, and it may be from him that I heard someone (Greenleaf) ran more than Mosconi. Anyway, you are not the only one with this notion that there are higher runs than Mosconi's...I too have heard the same thing and I too cannot remember where.

kollegedave

Hi everyone,

Anyone know what the actual high run in Straight Pool is? I know Willie Mosconi ran 528 but I read somewhere that another man ran 600 or more in some record book? I can't find his name but I remember reading it years ago. Any truth to it or does anyone know the real high run?

Thanks!

Travis McKinney

 

[Williebetmore]

Hi everyone,

Anyone know what the actual high run in Straight Pool is? I know Willie Mosconi ran 528 but I read somewhere that another man ran 600 or more in some record book? I can't find his name but I remember reading it years ago. Any truth to it or does anyone know the real high run?

Thanks!

Travis McKinney

I believe Mosconi's high run was 526 during an exhibition. It was probably on an 8 foot table (not 9 or 10ft.). Mike Eufemia of NYC is said to have run 600 some balls, but it is a lot more controversial (no one doubts Willie's record)

 

[Bobby]

Hi everyone,

Anyone know what the actual high run in Straight Pool is? I know Willie Mosconi ran 528 but I read somewhere that another man ran 600 or more in some record book? I can't find his name but I remember reading it years ago. Any truth to it or does anyone know the real high run?

Thanks!

Travis McKinney

Mosconi's 526 is verified as the official high run
and many witnesses attest to it, but it was on an 8ft
table. Eufemia ran 625, I'm not sure what size table,
but it is my understanding that although there were
many people who saw it happen, there wasn't any one
person who saw it from beginning to end. I've asked
a few old pro's and they said that they have no
doubt that he ran 625.

Greenleaf rarely tried to attempt a high run, he
would run 125 and out often in exhibitions and then
put on a few trick shots. I think he did once run 276
on a 5 x 10 with very tight pockets which to me is
more impressive than 500 with bucket pockets on
a small table. Mosconi I believe has the high run
on a 5 x 10 with 353.
Thomas Engert of German has a verified high run of
491 on a 9ft table.

Babe Cranfield is said to have run over 600 on a
9ft in practice and 420 on a 5 x 10 but I don't
think either run is verified.

 

[deadstroke32]

Mosconi's 526 is verified as the official high run
and many witnesses attest to it, but it was on an 8ft
table. Eufemia ran 625, I'm not sure what size table,
but it is my understanding that although there were
many people who saw it happen, there wasn't any one
person who saw it from beginning to end. I've asked
a few old pro's and they said that they have no
doubt that he ran 625.

Greenleaf rarely tried to attempt a high run, he
would run 125 and out often in exhibitions and then
put on a few trick shots. I think he did once run 276
on a 5 x 10 with very tight pockets which to me is
more impressive than 500 with bucket pockets on
a small table. Mosconi I believe has the high run
on a 5 x 10 with 353.
Thomas Engert of German has a verified high run of
491 on a 9ft table.

Babe Cranfield is said to have run over 600 on a
9ft in practice and 420 on a 5 x 10 but I don't
think either run is verified.

I once hear that Reyes ran something like 600 and some thing about 2 or 3 years ago .How true was it i don't know but THAT"S LOT OF BALLZ" But i'll still try him some ..

 

[ajrack]

I once hear that Reyes ran something like 600 and some thing about 2 or 3 years ago .How true was it i don't know but THAT"S LOT OF BALLZ" But i'll still try him some ..

A friend of mine saw Mike Euphemia play 4-5 times a week for many months and told me he usually ran at least 300 almost every day...

 

[mjantti]

A friend of mine saw Mike Euphemia play 4-5 times a week for many months and told me he usually ran at least 300 almost every day...

Some experts have said that Eufemia could've been the most talented shotmaker ever. Running 300 almost every day proves their point, whew !

 

[Bobby]

Some experts have said that Eufemia could've been the most talented shotmaker ever. Running 300 almost every day proves their point, whew !

Johnny Ervolino, an amazing straight pool player in
his own right, used to play with Eufemia daily back
in the 60's. He told me that Eufemia played
absolutely flawless straight pool patterns, so perfect
that it was almost boring to watch after awhile.
And he confirms that yes, Eufemia ran over 300 many,
many times.

Eufemia just couldn't handle tournament pressure,
otherwise he surely would have been a champion.

 

[poolmouse]

Some experts have said that Eufemia could've been the most talented shotmaker ever. Running 300 almost every day proves their point, whew !

I think long runs can be attributed more to superior table management than to shot making. The late George Mecula (NYC) was another great practice player who, like Eufemia, managed the table well enough to not need superior shot making.


Poolmouse

 

[hustlefinger]

Johnny Ervolino, an amazing straight pool player in
his own right, used to play with Eufemia daily back
in the 60's. He told me that Eufemia played
absolutely flawless straight pool patterns, so perfect
that it was almost boring to watch after awhile.
And he confirms that yes, Eufemia ran over 300 many,
many times.

Eufemia just couldn't handle tournament pressure,
otherwise he surely would have been a champion.

And I believe it was Johnny Ervolino who once said --- "It's not how many you run. It's who you run 'em against."

Rick

 

[plafortune]

high run

Hi everyone,

Anyone know what the actual high run in Straight Pool is? I know Willie Mosconi ran 528 but I read somewhere that another man ran 600 or more in some record book? I can't find his name but I remember reading it years ago. Any truth to it or does anyone know the real high run?

Thanks!

Travis McKinney

high run in straight pool of 625 by mike eufemia.mosconi ran 526.

 

[tjmckinn]

high run in straight pool of 625 by mike eufemia.mosconi ran 526.

That's what I read as well; can you tell me where you found that record? I'd like to verify it for my own satisfaction!

Thanks everyone for all your info!

I'm working on my high run of 626 HA! So far I've only made 90 But I'm getting there.

Travis McKinney

 

[VitoCorleone]

Few years ago, the 625 record was written down in the Guinness Book. Don't know if it is still in there, but it definitely has been.

 

[Wally in Cincy]

Mosconi's 526 is verified as the official high run
and many witnesses attest to it, but it was on an 8ft
table. .....

FWIW

8' table.

Springfield OH.

I think former champ George Rude still owns that table.

 

[fast larry]

FWIW


To Wally who posts on ccb and attacks me at will.
You don't have the guts to tell a lie about me on az becasue you know I will not let it stand and come back to to defend. Instead you drop a lie on ccb because you know I am not on that board. Do please tell the truth, what you did shows what a slime bag you are. You have been doing this kind of crap to me for a very long time slime bucket. Wally I would never send Guido after you, a little insignificant nobody loser like you is not worth my time or Guido's either. The world is full of a holes and you are the a hole leader. Everyone has an opinion and everyone has an a hole and you have both on your forehead.

It was said on ccb that I got on pm's and was hacking my lessons. I don't even do pm's, my pm is not even on. If I ever discussed a lesson on a pm it was because somebody asked me a question on my lessons. I am booked solid on lessons now up till June. In my home town, I do not seek new students. Right now I have all I want. You can't be my student when your only qualification is you have a C note to lay on the table. To be my student now you must be worthy and show potential. I am now turning away all unworthy students who come to me and sending them to Scott Lee. If somebody produces such a pm, they made and procuced that pm which is easy to do. Wally, did any one tell you what a pm means, private message, private and to reveal any contents of a private message, means you are a scum bag. People of honor, people who have rules of behavior do not do that, but you have no rules of behavior, do you bottom crawler.

I wrote you I was going to have Guido break your legs, what a lie that is. I do not have other people do my dirty work, If I wanted your legs broke, I would break them my self. I am a lover, not a fighter, I do not attack people nor do I think physical violence is the path to go.

I do have a big ass problem with you and your speading of lies and bull s*** like this scumb ball brains. How about you get off my a**, go brush your tooth and crawl back under your rock maggot. You sir, make me want to puke, you are indeed a true bozo with papers and blue ribbons. I also hear you can't run 3 friggen balls in your best wet dream either from a variety of sources.

Your ccb post:
Wally_in_Cincy
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Re: Ask the Cue Maker - NOT! [re: tateuts]
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Quote tateuts:
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Really? He PM's me saying he's going to send some Guido to break my legs

Wally~~not skeered. But fairly amused.

P.S. LOL at *kindergarten


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Re: Ask the Cue Maker - NOT! [re: 9balldude]
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Quote 9balldude:
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He's hard to ignore

Fast obviously likes starting this crap because it feeds his ego to have folks responding to it.

I met Blud out in Vegas in August and he seemed like a pretty good guy. I wish he would quit climbing down into the gutter with Fast.

To borrow an old cliche, Blud has forgotten more about cues than Larry will ever know.

This was posted by a different person:




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Re: Ask the Cue Maker - NOT! [re: tateuts]
02/29/04 09:58 PM (24.104.74.216) Edit Reply Quote



I couldn't believe FL. He says he won't post anymore and he comes right back with 10 more posts. I can't wait to see him at Valley Forge. If he's as good as he says he is, he should win the trick shot competition easily because everyone will quit rather than face him.

DG - we should all go to watch his match and root against him
THIS IS FL, ROOT FOR WHO EVER YOU WISH, ITS A FREE COUNTRY. BET ON MASSEY TO WIN. DO NOT BET ON Me, I AM COMING OUT OF 4 YRS OF RETIRMENT AND AM STILL MEDICALLY DISABLED. ALL I HAVE SAID AND PROMISED I WILL DO IS COME IN LAST. ALL I WANT TO DO IS RETURN TO PLAY AND GET BACK INTO THIS. I AM GOING TO PLACE POORLY FOR A FEW EVENTS, I EXPECT THIS, I HAVE MENTALLY ACCEPTED THIS, SO WHEN I DO REJOICE AND TRY TO RUB MY NOSE IN COMING BACK SIMPLY TO PLAY. I am coming into this event with almost no practice or preparation. Most of these shots I have never mastered. I don't do them in my show and most of them i don't even like. I will take me some time to master them and get back up to speed. PERHAPS IN A YEAR, I CAN BEGIN TO COMPETE ONCE MORE AND PLACE WITH FAVORABLE RESULTS. I VIEW THESE TWO EVENTS COMING UP AS WARM UPS FOR ME, I AM POINTING TO THE YEAR END WORLD EVENT, I WILL BE READY FOR IT AND WILL DO WELL THERE. At lease I have the guts to play, somebody ask Scott Lee why he does not have the guts to play and never has, can it be he does not want to expose what he has or does not have?
Those are the ones you should root against, the ones who are afraid to play, not the ones who have the courage to play.

hERE IS WHAT TATEUS THINKS OF AZ:
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Re: New forum suggestion: [re: whitewolf]
03/01/04 12:30 PM (63.198.247.252) Edit Reply Quote



They already have a trash board - here it is:

A - Z Billiards, Home of FL (Fanatics and Lunatics)

THIS IS FL; And this one from the great tetti one: Look I repeat, I do not use pm's to hawk lessons, this is a lie, which is why I come back on to expose that lie>


03/01/04 03:23 PM (63.198.247.252) Edit Reply Quote



Jimmy,

FL is in a class of his own*.

What I particularly find amusing is he PM's us offering to give us lessons - geez! At least our guys blow you off then leave you alone.


Chris


* Kindergarten

THIS IS FL, YES CHILDRED, ALL THE ABOVE BULL SHE YIT IS NOTHING BUT KINDE GARTEN CRAP, GROW UP KIDDIES, GO PLAY POOL, THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS WASTE OF TIME.

Wally and Tateus, the two grand master bozos of ccb, they are the grand dragon bozos, and wally is the head ubangi bozo of the bunch. They just can't let it ride, they have to keep this s going, that does make me wonder about their stablity. Wally sits behind a desk at a pool hall for minimum wage all day long bored with nothing to do so we know his problem. What do you do out in California Tateus, pick fruit amigo.

 

[tjmckinn]

Guys, I started this thread to talk about the high runs in Straight Pool - please start your own thread if you want to fight. This forum is getting more disappointing everyday.

Travis

 

[senor]

Guys, I started this thread to talk about the high runs in Straight Pool - please start your own thread if you want to fight. This forum is getting more disappointing everyday.

Travis

Personal high run of 99...unfinished run playing to 100. It was a bucket table, though. We don't play much 14.1.

 

[fast larry]

Personal high run of 99...unfinished run playing to 100. It was a bucket table, though. We don't play much 14.1.

OK. your right, I am off this thread, no problemo, Wallys high run 2, Tateus 1.
FL< 274, WHOS THE BOZO NOW.

 

[crawdaddio]

If it has nothing to do with this thread, please don't post it.
Anyways, 625 is A----LOT of freakin' balls!
I can't wait 'till I can run 50!
-David
-still trying

 

[mjantti]

I think long runs can be attributed more to superior table management than to shot making. The late George Mecula (NYC) was another great practice player who, like Eufemia, managed the table well enough to not need superior shot making.


Poolmouse

Yes, you are right. Table management and playing straight pool patterns is more important than superior shotmaking. If you play straight pool "right", you don't need any recovery shots, all the shots are easy. I've also heard that Eufemia couldn't perform at all in tournaments which is an incredible shame for such a talented player.