Tommy Parker Cue?

nwtflogan

nwtflogan

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maybe im postin in thewrong place but i have a older gentleman that wants me to try and sell his tommy parker cue he purchased new about 40 years ago from him personally, apparently he was quite a player and was mentioned in the billiard digest a few times, ive searched and cant find any info anywhere about this cue or him personally so any help would be appreciated
 
still searchin,,,,,,,,,,,, anyone in the northern ohio area remember this guy , guess he was up there back in the 60's
 
Tommy was friend of mine & is from Cleveland,Ohio.Tommy was a great straight pool player & a consistent 100 ball runner w/runs in the 300's. He died several years ago. I don't think I ever had one of his cues but he did some repair work for me. Jay Helfert probably remembers Tommy from his excursions on the road.
 
that is what i heard from this gentleman as well, his runs were up there with a few of the greats , and he knew him pretty well, and talked highly of his skills, he said the cue is fairly rare and is in like new condition from the day he got it over 40 years ago, 4 pointer, ill have it tomorrow to get some pics i just wish i could get some more info on him and how many and how he made his cues, sounds like he was a heck of a shot, !
 
where do you think i could find some info on him, especially if he made some cues back in the eaqrly 60's there werent a bunch of cuemakers around that were known for shootin pool were they!
 
so daniel who is this jay helfert, im really interested in this cue and history, if i found some info not much willie mosconi taught him how to play pool is that right?
 
Hi, I'm from Cleveland and knew Tom Parker quite well. He was a great straight pool player and ran over a hundred balls very often...even higher. He was a real gentleman and willing to help young players with their game. I have one of his cues that I bought in the late 60's. It has 4 points with 4 veneers (black, red, green and natural), with black onyx diamonds at the tip of each point, maple forearm, black linen wrap and cocobolo butt. His cues were called Monarch. I asked a couple good cuemakers if they could repair it since one of the tips of the veneers chipped out. They refused and said to play with it as it is. Is your cue similar to what I described?
Curly
 
i havent seen it but no just 4 points from what im told, any reason they couldnt repair it? sounds like his work and game were .............well fantastic, this is so neat to here about this
 
nwtflogan said:
i havent seen it but no just 4 points from what im told, any reason they couldnt repair it? sounds like his work and game were .............well fantastic, this is so neat to here about this
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I guess the cuemakers were afraid of what they may run into to repair the missing chunk of the veneer. The cue isn't that valuable from what I guess. PM me with your email if you want to see a pic of the cue.
Curly
 
i have talked to a couple guys on the net about him now and they beg to differ on the cues he made. apparently there were not alot and gettin one of his is about impossible, not that they are a szamboti but i guess his work was fantastic, just didint make the big time!
 
I knew Tommy Parker very well. I grew up in Cleveland when he played and I even bought one of my first cue from him. Tommy was a great strait pool player like the others are stating but his cue making ability was just ok. My cue did not last very long as it started loosing its pieces like the other fellows which might be the kind of glue he used. I think that Tommy was a class act as a pool person, always wore a suit and was soft spoken for his very tall frame. I used to practice with him back 30 some years ago. There were many gentleman in Cleveland that were of the old school back when I was growing up. There was Leo Wineburger, he played in the world open strait pool tournaments, Buddy Wallace had a very high run and win in a prestigious strait pool tournament, Chuck Morgan played Bugs to a standstill in banks back when Bugs was unbeatable, Hank Demzouski, he and his 3 sons all played strait pool in all the tournaments that were available back in the day. John Ashley, a great black strait pool player who was killed in a car accident in the late 60s, this man was my inspiration with my middle ball play. These are just a few players I remember as a kid. They all played great strait pool.
 
he sounded like a heck of a guy, this cue is supposed to be like new the day he bought it from him, he should be here to see me in a bit so well see and im sure ill get soem of the history
 
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