You gotta be kidding me......:grin:
I knew Shawn, he ran with Eugene Browning for a while, played great 8 ball on the short track, but he played good on anything. I think he got involved in a religious sect of some sort, his girlfriend was into it big time. He was a little strange.i think his name was Shawn Azaris or maybe splled differently from Alaska, Mark Griffin might know him.. anybody ever heard of him?
Bob Brandolino was a student at Southern Indiana University and was an entrant to Johnston City in 1965. SIU was relatively near Johnston City and it appears that the college pool champ there was entered into the JC tournament for a number of years -- that may have been a Jansco promoted idea, I do not know, but the Jansco brothers were excellent at involving the local community (i.e. the tournament opened with a match between two local mayors several times).Brandolino, name just came to me. When I started college in 68 he had left the yr before, I heard he was putting together 14.1 runs in the mid two hundreds, tho never heard much else about him during my yrs there. His first name could of been John, I'll try and find out, but I know that name doesn't lie within this thread.
His first name was Bob
Yeah, Tony Campbell could def play, would bet it up too.Funny the post above is from tennessee... I remember Tony Campbell years ago was spotting a guy in Soddy Daisy the 6 out. The guy he was spotting could play. Tony moved well and got the bet up and then took it off. Playing 7 ahead he gets even and then runs 6 on a crappy valley bar table. Breaks plays safe gets ball in had and the set is over.
Its funny many people dont know his real speed still. Another sneaky player i met is Rodney Meeks he was w Tony in Mboro Billiards. I tried to play him years ago and Tony told me he was a good kid and didnt have a chance. A couple years went by and I saw him at jobs so instantly jumped on him. We played 9 ball on one of the diamonds and he ambushed me lol.
So to get even I thought i would get him to play one pocket. He said sure and within 4 hours at 200 a game i was 10 games down. Kid can play one pocket like crazy. I then found out he got hurt at work and was really playing alot. Its crazy how some people have natural talent like that and catch on to pool so quickly.
Tennesse is full of good hidden playes. Chris Purhil, Tim Miller there are a ton of them. Always action in TN
I knew Shawn, he ran with Eugene Browning for a while, played great 8 ball on the short track, but he played good on anything. I think he got involved in a religious sect of some sort, his girlfriend was into it big time. He was a little strange.
I think that Irvine must teach pool in their school systems. At one time during the early 90's you could go to a tournament in central Ky, and there might be 20 players there from Irvine. Most of them could run out too. Never had any dealings with Ed Eversole But his boy Vadis(sp?)
had plenty of gamble and he could play some.
Just for the record. I never played Gulhassey in my life. Never played a game of pool, in Kerrvillie Tx. I saw him one time in Victoria Tx with Big Brad Motko in early 80's but never played. I think Brad was from Ohio I think. But we never played.
I traveled with Brad for a brief period in that orange van he used to drive. He knew how to make and SAVE money on the road. We won some serious scores and parted ways on good terms. He was a really good bar table player, played with a 6 Point House Cue if I remember correctly.
I've played more than half the players on this thread and actually ran across one of my old "spot books" that mention many by name. Vernon Elliot was the best out of all of them, I played him for 12 hours in Indianapolis back when I was 19....we played to a complete "draw," however, I didn't want to go back for "seconds".....I later found out who he was, we were playing "push out" rules and he moved like a ghost. I had a head ache for hours after we finished from trying to figure out where to push out to.....he was a champion one pocket and bank pool player.
I don't remember CJ but did you play Antonio Lining when I had him over here circa 1995 I know we didn't go to dallas but was it you he played in kansas? memory fails me
Just for the record. I never played Gulhassey in my life. Never played a game of pool, in Kerrvillie Tx. I saw him one time in Victoria Tx with Big Brad Motko in early 80's but never played. I think Brad was from Ohio I think. But we never played.