WTF,
Have you not heard of a guy named JASON MILLER,won the derby city all around,SHANNON MURPHY,FRANK RUBY,RYAN STONE,JOE BROWN.
My guess is that LWW is Marty lol.
WTF,
Have you not heard of a guy named JASON MILLER,won the derby city all around,SHANNON MURPHY,FRANK RUBY,RYAN STONE,JOE BROWN.
How about? James St Jean circa 1940's out of Mass. or Dave "the face" Lippner Queens NY from the seventy's. TJ Laflamme out of Maine. Mike Ufiemia out of Queens NY. Wendell Weir, Norm "farmer" Webber, Roger Boucher out of Mass. All talented players under the radar.
Harry "Poochie" Sexton from the Detroit area. Out of great respect the late "Poochie" should be part of this thread. In his early days he ran with Buddy Hall. He told me once that Buddy told Pooch that he could give him the eight, and Poochie respectfully said that "He probably could." Not a whole lot of weight from Buddy. A GREAT nineball player! Didn't play the other games though, other than maybe straight pool. When breaking, he'd set the cueball almost at the headstring and bridge off the backrail (LONG stretch). He would come out of his shoes, cueball crushing the 1, flying straight up in the air a foot or two or three, then squatting it in the center of the table. Over and over and over again. Position play was maestro-like. A fierce competitor that truly enjoyed watching his opponents "crack." (He told me so) A big, big heart too, though. Miss him. Maybe some of the old timers has a story or two about a player many of you haven't even heard of.
I think his first name was Don can't remember his last nametireman, onepocket player from north carolina during 80s-90s
I'm not going through the whole thread again but has anybody mentioned Ron "Julio" Casanzio from Rochester, NY? I may have myself back in the thread somewhere but Ronnie deserves to be mentioned if not.
Arthur John Clemons, know him very well, definitely a bubble off plum but a very good player.I think in may be Art Clemmens, if we are thinking of the same person. Usually has a beard, paranoid, best game is one hole? I think he is currently in the St. Louis area.
In the early to mid nineties a fellow rolled into OKC with a local racehorse trainer. Who knows what his real name was but he went by Rusty, supposedly from Kentucky, which would actually make sense judging by who he was running with. He carefully uncovered his true ability as necessary. At the time I would guess he was fifty-ish, maybe 5'9", kind of stocky. Ring any bells for anyone?
I do not know if he has been mentioned or not, but around my area, Sam Kolesnik comes to mind. Most know him as Big Sam. He certainly knows his way around a table.
Braden
I know exactly who the horse trainer is (or was... not sure if he's still alive or not) and he definitely was the money. I just never believed that the player's real name was Rusty.i remember something about a horse trainer...but i thought he was the backer...?
Around 2000 I was palying at Plush Pocket in Northridge. The topic came up about “monster” road players. Two names stood out as most notable - Jack Cooney and Vaughn Lucas. I was all ears, since I had never heard of either until then. Lo and behold, a month or so later a guy walks into the Plush Pocket on a Friday night and all the tables were going full blast. I was on a table all by myself, and so the guys - who carrying a 2x4 case just like most of us did - came over and asked if he could join me. I never saw him before, but had a gut feeling to be careful. He was a good-sized fellow who looked to be part Black or part Samoan. It was late and told him I only had time for one set of 9-ball, race to seven, no wager. All the time we played I was trying to figure if he was hustling me. He shot exactly the same speed as I did. Exactly, although I won the set 7 to 5.
The next day I came back to the pool hall my friend asks me if I knew I had been playing Vaughn Lucas the night before. Bingo! That’s when I knew that Vaughn had been setting me up for a later match - no doubts some “cheap sets."
Punch line to the story came about three weeks later when my friend - who traveled all over to catch the action - reported that went down to Hard Times and watched a 9-ball match - a hill-hill match, race to eleven - between Vaughn and Parica. That told me everything about Vaughn’s real
speed, although Parica nipped him.
Kenny V
I do not know if he has been mentioned or not, but around my area, Sam Kolesnik comes to mind. Most know him as Big Sam. He certainly knows his way around a table.
Braden
Vaughn was my dad. I commented on this thread along time ago and forgot about it and saw the thread tonight, went to the last page and found this post. Great story, thanks for telling it, my dad passed away in 2002 so it's always good to hear a story about him. If I remember correctly that was the tournament when my dad ran 9 racks on somebody. I was in HS then and into my own stuff so I didn't really understand how good he was, now that I play I realize how well he really played. I've within the last year dedicated myself to pool in his honor and I can only hope that I could be talked about in the same breath with my dad some day. If only I was into pool then like I am now maybe I'd be farther along but I'm enjoying the journey and enjoying the stories my dad left behind. Thanks again for the story.