Sorry Jay, I really don't mean to derail this thread, but I wanted to post this one about Bucky Bell. I was playing him a race to 50 straight pool , he gave me 15 balls, so I figured I had an even chance to win. He runs 25, I run 16, he is running a few and leaves himself this for a break shot. I figure he is going to play safe. He cuts it in and breaks out the rack. How he got the cb that far over, I still don't know. I tried for an hour the next day, and can't come close. The man had one of the best strokes out there. From there he ran out the game.
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I don't think I did, if I did go there, it wasn't a regular hangout for me. I spent a lot of nights in the Flying Dutchman. Made good money out of the Teepee Lounge for a few months.
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
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
SQUAT! Jay doesn't know SQUAT!
Cool stories! But you didn't say who won. :wink::wink:
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
The old timers in St Louis talk about Blackie Lasseur. I'm guessing Jay knew him since he knew Louie.
Frank Fishcer hung out there a lot too, and at times Tony Ellin would come in to play the bar boxes. Anyone remember Frank?? We took a few road trips together.
Frank Fischer...didnt he have a cue he built with tape on the joint? Called it the Mystery cue...