Ran into new stuff - to me anyway :grin:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/449532/Take-a-Cue/
Saw this short on TCM tonight
Charles Peterson, aka Missionary of Billiards, had a neat trick in straight shooting:
Stood a coin up on edge between to chalk cubes.
Shot the coin to the end rail and it came back between the two chalk cubes
Apparently he made several films with Warner Bros and MGM, but can't find anything on youtube.
Book for sale on ebay
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1935-BILLIAR...hot-Champion-CHARLES-C-PETERSON-/230880499276
And from The Cornell Daily Sun April 16, 1951
Charles Peterson to Explain, Demonstrate Billiards Tricks
Charles C Peterson, world famous trick shot billiards artist and holder of the red ball title for many years, will give an exlhibition of his skill in the Willard Straight Game Room at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. today. Peterson, who has cjven several exhibitions at Cornell, will demonstrate and explain the basic shots of the game, and also perform some of his trick shots. Sponsored by the National Billiards Council, under the sanction of the Association of College Unions, Peterson has been demonstrating his "cue tricks and tactics" at American colleges and universities for almost twenty years. Now 73, Peterson started play tournament billiards around the turn of the century, but a serious back injury forced him to retire from the tournament circuit and start practicing trick shots. During the past 40 years he has traveled to approximately 300 cities to give over one thousand exhibitions of his trick shots annually. During the war, Peterson visited about 500 military camps, service clubs, and veterans hospitals. He still includes the hospitals on his itinerary. Peterson has been called the "missionary of billiards"' because of his success in selling the game as a "respectable and entertaining" sport. He was a major factor in the revival of intercollegiate billiards tournaments.
Inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame
Banned Greenleaf
http://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_untold_stories/UntoldStories_GREENLEAF.pdf
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/449532/Take-a-Cue/
Saw this short on TCM tonight
Charles Peterson, aka Missionary of Billiards, had a neat trick in straight shooting:
Stood a coin up on edge between to chalk cubes.
Shot the coin to the end rail and it came back between the two chalk cubes
Apparently he made several films with Warner Bros and MGM, but can't find anything on youtube.
Book for sale on ebay
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1935-BILLIAR...hot-Champion-CHARLES-C-PETERSON-/230880499276
And from The Cornell Daily Sun April 16, 1951
Charles Peterson to Explain, Demonstrate Billiards Tricks
Charles C Peterson, world famous trick shot billiards artist and holder of the red ball title for many years, will give an exlhibition of his skill in the Willard Straight Game Room at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. today. Peterson, who has cjven several exhibitions at Cornell, will demonstrate and explain the basic shots of the game, and also perform some of his trick shots. Sponsored by the National Billiards Council, under the sanction of the Association of College Unions, Peterson has been demonstrating his "cue tricks and tactics" at American colleges and universities for almost twenty years. Now 73, Peterson started play tournament billiards around the turn of the century, but a serious back injury forced him to retire from the tournament circuit and start practicing trick shots. During the past 40 years he has traveled to approximately 300 cities to give over one thousand exhibitions of his trick shots annually. During the war, Peterson visited about 500 military camps, service clubs, and veterans hospitals. He still includes the hospitals on his itinerary. Peterson has been called the "missionary of billiards"' because of his success in selling the game as a "respectable and entertaining" sport. He was a major factor in the revival of intercollegiate billiards tournaments.
Inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame
Banned Greenleaf
http://www.billiardsdigest.com/new_untold_stories/UntoldStories_GREENLEAF.pdf