Dave White was a good player also. I believe he lived behind Q Masters some time ago...
US Open 9-Ball -- info on early events?
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When i first started to go to the US Open, there were 3 QMasters, one on Sewells in Norfolk, the current Q Masters and a third one i cant recall where but all 3 where shown in the Open Program along with directions to the rooms-so it wasn't a 'moving' thing-They co existed.
Thanks for the info. There were some other typos as well.
It had about a 6-table tournament room with approximately a ten seat grandstand right? Tiny place.
The data my friend and myself were able to gather has first scoreline for the final match appearing at 1990. And it says, 11-10 Varner over Sigel
Hmmm. This website (note that this is not Accu-Stats, just a similar name) has Varner winning in 1990 with Archer second: https://sites.google.com/site/accustatmatches/Home/us-open-9-ball-championships
Yes, even Wikipedia (which is at times not as reliable source as one could suppose) lists J.A. as a runner-up. Apparently, back then getting correct info was very hard. Time to re-check and update my data.
I have had pretty good luck getting info out of the National Billiard News. Here is the tournament chart derived from the results for 1982 that Barry Behrman sent in. Orthography seems not to have been part of the deal. It sort of looks like the mistakes are due to the info being spoken over a telephone. "Lumpy" Lassiter? A name you probably can't read on the chart is Tony Giawmmentteo. What are the chances?
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Here's the NBN that has the results for the 1982 Open. It has a bunch of pictures.
www.azbilliards.com
National Billiard News – January 1983 - News - AZBILLIARDS.COM
National Billiard News - January 1983
And Mike Seidel?
I'm pretty sure that's the correct spelling or at least it's not Sigel. Seidel seems to have been a player and promoter at about that time. Maybe from Florida. If Sigel had been there, he would have been mentioned in Behrman's write up and he wasn't.
Gary Nolan...Dave favor.
A couple names not heard too often these days.
A couple names not heard too often these days.
Only if Bob transcribes the confusing match results listing into the right locations on the blank chart.
Strange that Sigel did not enter in '82. He was 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd in '80, '81, '83, '84 (if my info is correct).
Here are the winners/runners-up in the first seven events, which is as far as I've gotten:
Oct 1976 --- Mike Sigel 11 -- 1 Pete Margo
May 1978 -- Allen Hopkins 15 -- 11 Steve Mizerak
Jan 1979 --- Louie Roberts 15 -- 11 David Howard
Oct 1979 --- Steve Mizerak 11 -- 10 JIm Rempe
Oct 1980 --- Mike Sigel 11 -- 7 Ray Martin
Dec 1981 --- Allen Hopkins 11 -- 6 Mike Sigel
Nov 1982 --- David Howard 10 -- 4 Mike Zuglan
Edit, added:
Dec 1983 -- Mike Sigel 11 -- 10 David Howard
Nov 1984 -- Earl Strickland 11 -- 10 Mike Sigel
Nov 1985 -- Jimmy Reid 11 -- 5 Mike LeBron
Nov 1986 -- David Howard 11 -- 9 Allen Hopkins
Nov 1987 -- Earl Strickland 11 -- 7 Jim Rempe
Nov 1988 -- Mike LeBron ?? -- ?? Nick Varner
The first eight events were at 6214 Sewells Point Road in Norfolk. That location expanded to include the numbers 6208-6218 Sewells Point Road. In 1984 the event was at the nearby Quality Inn Lake Wright in Norfolk.
The first was not exactly called "The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship," but it was counted for the series in later announcements.
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