Video Jimmy Caras Willie Mosconi

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dmgwalsh

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This has been uploaded before, but I tried to get a better version of it. I sent the vhs to a guy in New York who does work for Pat Fleming and he turned it into a dvd and did the best he could. I then converted it to an MP4, maybe not the best way to do it, but take a look.

Straight Pool Match from Chicago in the 60s







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCdJ08_M3Y&feature=youtu.be
 
I really enjoyed this match. Thats the fastest I have ever seen Jimmy play. He must have been in dead stroke. What a sour puss that Willie was.
A person watching this with no knowledge of pool would say that guy Willie wasn't very good.
Thanks for posting.
 
Despite the audio difficulties, it was a pleasure to see two of the greats at the table. A shame ABC doesn't see fit to do this today.
 
Wow, this is hilarious! Love the ref! loll. So true about today's prima donnas. lol

Thanks for uploading!
 
Great video. It's amazing to me that refs in 14.1 matches would yell every shot; often as the player was aiming. How distracting.

At the 24:30 point they state Mosconi would turn 50 in a few weeks, so that places the video at early June 1963. Caras was 53.

Interesting that they state at 8:00 that Caras and Mosconi were "co-holders" of the 14.1 world record, one of them having pocketed 127 balls in 1949 in Kansas City. But Mosconi's 526 run was in 1954, nine years before this match was played.

According to the Inflation Calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com), the winning prize of $3,500 would be worth about $26,000 today. The losing prize of $1500 would be worth about $11,000.

There is a good perspective of the pocket tightness at 29:53. Appears to be <4.5" corner pockets.
 
jeffj2h said:
Great video. It's amazing to me that refs in 14.1 matches would yell every shot; often as the player was aiming. How distracting.

At the 24:30 point they state Mosconi would turn 50 in a few weeks, so that places the video at early June 1963. Caras was 53.

Interesting that they state at 8:00 that Caras and Mosconi were "co-holders" of the 14.1 world record, one of them having pocketed 127 balls in 1949 in Kansas City. But Mosconi's 526 run was in 1954, nine years before this match was played.

According to the Inflation Calculator (http://www.usinflationcalculator.com), the winning prize of $3,500 would be worth about $26,000 today. The losing prize of $1500 would be worth about $11,000.

There is a good perspective of the pocket tightness at 29:53. Appears to be <4.5" corner pockets.
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I believe it was a different record. It would be the high run in a 125 point match. Each started out at -2 and ran out running 127 to win a 125 point game.
 
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