I was playing in a tournament a few weeks ago and struck up a conversation with a couple of guys while I was waiting for my first match. As we were trading stories they both told me about a player who was known for getting a running start and hitting the cue ball on the break. They claimed he could hit it with astounding accuracy and the rack would explode. Has anyone ever witnessed anything like this? I think it would be a cool thing to see.
If you live long enough you will see everything. I actually knew one, there were probably others. He was a pretty good Florida player from Palm Beach. He was really an experience to play.
Often he would shoot balls turning his head and not looking, take breaks to do deep breathing exercises in the middle of a match. He played in a straight pool tournament once and played a match that took so long the place had emptied out. There was maybe a dozen of us who stayed around to see the outcome.
And yes he would run at the table and break the balls. I once saw him start running from outside the pool room. I don't think it was a technique he used often. At times he would slow down his play to the point it was unbearable.
Anyone who knows or knew him, don't know if he is still alive, knows what I am talking about. He was good friends with Jimmy Reid.
If you look up the book by Johnny Holiday about straight pool something like "Position play for high runs". He wrote a few others.
He had the rights to Holidays books and you could order them from him. I think he wrote the introduction.
He actually has two names.. excuse my spelling but his real name if Danny Christiani but he changed it to Danny Christian. I'm going to add, he was/is one of the nicest guys you would ever meet.
