Who Doesnt Jay Know
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No problem Neil. Bucky is one of the many gifted road men who made pool so great for so many years. He was (and is) a hallowed name in Midwest pool circles. He got the same kind of reverence as Boston Joey back East and Toby Sweet in the South. It took a player the caliber of Dallas West or Jeff Carter to get the measure of Bucky Bell. Not too many qualified to do that.
Flying Dutchman, you are a brave man. Hard rockers on one side and country hicks on the other side. With a game room in the middle. Both just looking for a fight.
My Uncle Jim owned the TeePee & JimBo's back then. Again not the safest place to be. I am sure we must have meet back then. I was in my late teens and just a banger. Now I am older and still just a banger. Thanks for bring back some memoiries.
Larry
bumper pool players
jay,
Back in the 60s there was some high action in Dallas on the bumper
tables. The best players were Marcus Collyer, Walter Getty (Woppy),and Cripple Timmy. They all played pool also at the Cotton Bowling Palace, but
the word was they were the best bumper players in the country. I think
Marcus moved to Houston and played around there for a while. Just
wondering if you ever ran across them.
jack
jay,
Back in the 60s there was some high action in Dallas on the bumper
tables. The best players were Marcus Collyer, Walter Getty (Woppy),and Cripple Timmy. They all played pool also at the Cotton Bowling Palace, but
the word was they were the best bumper players in the country. I think
Marcus moved to Houston and played around there for a while. Just
wondering if you ever ran across them.
jack
Here's a couple of my Bucky stories....
About 15 years ago Bucky was in St. Charles, Il, for a big 9ball tournament....I didn't know him at that time - didn't know what he looked like....I wasn't in the tournament, I was just there hoping to talk some 9ball players into playing me One Pocket, lol....so I see this skinny older league-playing looking guy practicing, and I ask him if he wants to play some One Pocket (figuring he'll probably say no) well this was Bucky, and he said yes, and we had a good session for a few hours, and broke out even....then, a year later, he was at the U.S. Open One Pocket tournament in Kalamazoo and we happened to draw each other - so yeah, Bucky plays One Pocket, and...
Bucky plays 3cushion billiards pretty sporty......a couple of years after playing him that One Pocket match, I passed through Cincinatti and stopped in the pool room where he was hanging at, or managing - I forget....Gary Spaeth (may he r.i.p.) was there that night and asked me to play, but I politely declined, lol....so anyway, they had a billiard table there and I didn't know if Bucky could play billiards, and he didn't know if I could play billiards, so we played some for $100 a game - it was a fun session....anyway, those are my Bucky Bell stories.
- Ghost
Cool stories! But you didn't say who won. :wink::wink:
I was in there in the early 70's and saw the big games going on at Bumper Pool, but to me it was one big gaff that I avoided. I heard about Woppy and Marcus, but that was just not my game. There was another guy who beat everyone later on - I think his name was Tommy something. Still around in Texas last I heard.
local champions
Ben Kats out of starkville miss. beat every chamd that cane through!
Ben Kats out of starkville miss. beat every chamd that cane through!
SQUAT! Jay doesn't know SQUAT!
I don't know Squat, so he can get the eight! :wink:
Nature Boy.......There's a lot of people on the forum that like to boast about winning, in a lot of their posts - sometimes it's the truth, sometimes not....:boring2:...
I don't choose to do that, but since you asked...it was pretty much of a push between Bucky and myself...
We broke even gambling at One Pocket....he won when we drew eachother in the One Pocket tournament....and I won the 3cushion session.
- Ghost
Jay, we had a conversation a while back about Rush Out Red. He just goes by his name (Calvin) now. You told me to tell him Hi for you. I mentioned your name and told him I talked to you and he gave a big ol smile. He said you were a good guy and a good pool player. Just thought you would like to know. He's like 78 now and is still hitting them pretty good. He still plays in some of the Midwest One Pocket tournaments in Olathe.
Matt
Matt
Woppy was my best bud. WE hit a lot of spots back in the 60's. He was looking for bumper pool action, which was pretty much dying out.
Everywhere we went, all I had to do was send Woppy in about 30 mins. ahead of me...he would have Mother Theresa ready to bet high...He was one of a kind. Do you know he is a born again preacher now...and happy as a hog in heaven...Great guy, I love him.
SJD
Ardell "Blackie" Leisur! Don't ask me how I know his first name, somehow I just remember it. It was such an unusual name. And his last name is closer to my spelling I'm pretty sure. I saw him play first at Johnston City and then later on in St. Louis. He had slick black hair, ala Elvis. He was actually one of Louie's early mentors. Probably the best player in St. Louis when Louie was starting out.
He was one of the boys at Johnston City, meaning he wasn't just a tournament player. Blackie would gamble and was well known by all the hustlers. He always managed to cash in the tournaments and no one appeared too anxious to play him. I don't think he was considered one of the top players but right there with the next group. Still better than most shortstops.
I only saw him gamble downtown at the old poolroom that was upstairs. This was way back in the late 60's. He was playing a younger guy who I think was Surfer Rod. I don't remember who won. I was kind of looking for action myself back then. He would be very old today, well into his 80's. I guess he passed on.
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
Frank Fischer...didnt he have a cue he built with tape on the joint? Called it the Mystery cue...
Mark Tadd used to carry a cue with black tape covering the entire butt and the joint. I have no idea what was up with that. It was just too weird. I never even bothered to ask.
Jay, Here's one for you... Probably in the Guiness Book of Pool World Records for being banned from more pool rooms than any other player. Jack Hines? He spent some time in Fort Smith, AR when I lived there. Never met a nicer guy! NOT!!!
Also, how about Jeff Melton? Curtis Payne? Curtis spent some time in Ft Smith, also. He ran with Buddy for awhile back in the 80's, if I remember right. Last I played with him, he had two packs of Camel Non-filters sitting on the table to get through the match... his enhaler was sitting on top of them.
Bob
Also, how about Jeff Melton? Curtis Payne? Curtis spent some time in Ft Smith, also. He ran with Buddy for awhile back in the 80's, if I remember right. Last I played with him, he had two packs of Camel Non-filters sitting on the table to get through the match... his enhaler was sitting on top of them.
Bob