10' was definitely the standard before the smaller 9' tables became popular.
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The 9ft was a agreeed upon compromise between the 10fts used mostly in the northern US where as the 8fts were used as the more standard tables un the Southern US.
It amazes me the vast expanse of knowledge that is evident between the people like the King Cobra knowing because it has been their life and enjoyment and sometimes means of support and the posters here that seem to be in shock or whatever it is I can't explain it. If you don't know you think it never happened.
Well fellows dats the fax jax.
And I hope whoever wins deserves every cent.
Did I just say that?
Nick
Well fellows dats the fax jax.
And I hope whoever wins deserves every cent.
Did I just say that?
Nick
AZB flash back:
"These little 9 foot tables....what a joke"
..."this isn't real pool"
"I'd ride a horse uphill in the snow to get to a real pool hall with 10 foot tables"
"No kiddie pool for me...where are the real tables?"
"9 foot tables are a joke, no real player would spend a penny a rack to play on those things!"
Maybe but the DCC draws a good crew. Need to be proficient with the bridge.
My high run goal is 666.
Maybe that'll get me the "help" I need...
pj
chgo
Maybe that'll get me the "help" I need...
pj
chgo
According to Charlie Ursitti's records of all the pool championships (which are somewhere online), 10-foot tables were used in championships through the 1940s and then in the 1950s the change was made to 9-foot. His records do not state the table size for the events up to 1950 but 10-foot was the standard size at that time. For 1950 he has:
From this it looks like the change was made exactly on the decade change.
Mosconi ran 141 on a 10 foot table!
No one goes out of their way to go to the DCC just yo play on the 10'
They play on it because it has an event for money on it.
I often post this link on AZB because it's still so relevant to our daily discussions. Here's what Irving Crane had to say in 1969:
The Frail Gray Man with the Strong Pool Cue
Irving Crane, who is one of the best straight pocket billiards players in the world, could be the now slightly aged prototype of the original 97-pound
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5.5”, is that accurate? I’ve heard the pockets were bigger, but I’ve never read that they were that big. Also haven’t heard that the pockets used to be 4 inches. Not disagreeing since I wasn’t there, just a bit surprised.I often post this link on AZB because it's still so relevant to our daily discussions. Here's what Irving Crane had to say in 1969:
The Frail Gray Man with the Strong Pool Cue
Irving Crane, who is one of the best straight pocket billiards players in the world, could be the now slightly aged prototype of the original 97-pound
One real advantage of 14.1 now vs then is cloth/balls...you do not have to slam into a rack to open it up.
I often post this link on AZB because it's still so relevant to our daily discussions. Here's what Irving Crane had to say in 1969:
The Frail Gray Man with the Strong Pool Cue
Irving Crane, who is one of the best straight pocket billiards players in the world, could be the now slightly aged prototype of the original 97-pound
That is pretty neat!
Lololololololololol.
“Any meatball can throw a run of 100 at me”
I guess I’m not even at “meatball” level yet. I could throw a solid 32 at him on my best 14.1 day
I guess I’m not even at “meatball” level yet. I could throw a solid 32 at him on my best 14.1 day
I agree those pocket numbers are suspicious. Perhaps he was exaggerating. I haven't seen anything to suggest that the old championship tables had 4 inch pockets. Based on how 14.1 has always been played with the need to cheat the pockets for position, that seems unlikely.
I think there has never been a strict standard on pocket size for pool tables. There seems to be no record of pocket sizes for any tournament I've seen prior to very recent tournaments.
The current WPA pocket specs are 4.5 to 4.625 inches. The BCA has a separate spec for "recreational" tables that is 4 1/8 to 5 1/8.
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That is a correct statement and it applies to all professional events in every sport. Regarding that year's 14.1 event the list of participants included some of the top players in pool and I suspect the reason an English snooker player was the only man to run 100 is because he is used to playing on a big table. I also suspect if you were to work a miracle and somehow revive players from the past like Greenleaf, Ponzi, Mosconi and Crane who grew up on a 10' table and put them up against today's players in a tournament on a 10' table the final 4 would be Greenleaf, Ponzi, Mosconi and Crane simply because they are familiar with that game on the big table.