I heard of a guy in "The Villages" in Central Florida that might be able to run a few..........name is "Preacher"??? Over 80 I heard!!!
The oldest guy to run a hundred balls?
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Fast Lenny said:
knot a knock but I watched him play in Vegas towards the end play alot of 1P and he would lose his CB alot and get very angery, I believe I saw him and Cardone in the same flight from Reno to Vegas after Gradys 1P tournment, i was in the back of the plane, I know it was Ervolino 100%, i'm 90% sure he was with Cqrdone point is I have for better or worse a good memorie, and as I said not a knock he didnt have a chance of running 300, I think even 100 was impossible at that point, he would lose his temper quickly when playing, he was one hell of a player and a great pool player and had everyones respect. But 300 I wish it was true.
Perhaps if Cardone sees this he'll clear it up
Fatboy said:
When Ervolino played at Amsterdam Billiard club in about 2002 (he would live part of the year in NYC quite near the club), while in his late sixties, he was playing straight pool every weekday for hours. I'd guess he would run 100+ twice a week back then, and could do it even on a tightish table.
Yes,i heard of him running 100's regularly in his last years and the 300 balls was in the 21st century i am pretty sure of that.RIP Johnny.sjm said:
sjm said:
I remember Dave, with all his gyrations and contorted faces. It was like it pained him to play pool. He cracked me up every time I saw him play. I think I saw him first at Johnston City.
ghostball said:
Hi Raymond!
You have to be the best "over 70" player alive today. You should go to Derby City and take on Squirrel at One Hole. I don't think he can beat you. In fact, I'M IN!!!
I'd like to see you anyway. I know you are still a handsome devil. Dinner's on me champ. It is fun to see so many old time players there. I promise you some good memories, especially at the HOF banquet. You could tell stories about all these guys.
rayjay said:Jimmy Moore ran 103 on his 80th birthday at Doc & Eddies pool hall in Albuquerque....he wrote the note on the photo himself.
Thanks for this. I suspect he did it a few more times before he passed away at about age 90 or 91.
Fatboy said:
LIAR, I was only 86! I ran 100 once. It only took me four innings to do it too.
sjm said:
Yes..Feeney was his last name. I haven't seen him shoot, but was told he still plays strong. I'm not sure how old he is.
Blackjack said:
Many years ago I was in Albuqurque with old man Fez from Las Cruces and he took me to intoduce me to the Cowboy. As you say, they were both fartin dust.
They started telling the lies and practicing 14.1 and of course Jimmy had beaten everybody on the planet and Fez wasn't getting to shoot and getting irritated about it.
Finally Jimmy says, to the efect, well you didn't really expect to shoot did you? Fez all irritated said, "why hell no, we ain't playin for nothin! I should have bet you $20. You never beat a living human for over $5.00 a game in your whole ovrly glorified life anyway".
This went on for quite a while and near busted a gut laughing at the pair of them. For two guys who loved each other so much, they never, never stopped baggin on each other. It was fun though.
ironman said:
Fez was a very very good friend of mine. He was a fixture in El Paso for many years. Last time I saw Fez he was about 90-91 years old (2004) and he would repeat the same story over and over for as long as he talked to me and Bobby Madrid. He was still driving his car - I'm not sure if he knew where he was going, but he always seemed to make it to the pool halls almost every day.
Fez did the road with Cowboy Jimmy Moore, and he also had many stories of how he was instrumental in starting the Sunland Park Race Track and Casino in Sunland Park, New Mexico. He was also a very good prizefighter back in the day. I would love talking with Fez for hours - he had so many stories and would relay the history of pool from the 30's and 40's and 50's.
I'm not sure if Fez is still alive - I didn't see him when I lived in El Paso last year . Maybe if LPAC reads this he could ask his dad. Last I heard, Fez had moved in with his daughter whom I believe lived in Albuquerque or Santa Fe - I'm not sure.
It's funny that you would bring up Fez on Thanksgiving - I spent Thanksgiving Day with Fez one year back in the late 1980's. I miss him a lot.
Blackjack said:
I inquired about him about a year ago and he was alive in assisted living in Las Cruces. I love that guy and he taught me a lot back in the early 80's. He infact was the first to bring me to Texas from Colorado. We had a blast.
For an old guy, he could come with it at times and played well for the money.
Evrytime I hear the name Jimmy Moore, I think of Fez. They loved each other, but they loved to disagree more than anything else. It was entertaining.
How about Jimmy Caras or Irving Crane? Crane died a few years ago at 87, I think and Caras at about 90. Anyone with any info on either one?
ironman said:
I completely agree with you, Lewis.
In 1988, Cowboy Jimmy Moore beat Keith McCready on a bar box at 9 ball at the Showboat Hotel (one of the Heubler Bar Box Tourneys). Cowboy was 77 years old.
Jimmy was so proud of that victory and I believe it was the only time he bested Keith.
I believe that its wiser to not measure age - measure HEART.
Cowboy Jimmy Moore had a heart as big as all outdooors.
