Who was that 3 Cushion Player?

CueCaps said:
Who was that 3 Cushion Player in the Billiard Segment of the Video?
I bought this VHS tape a long time ago and recently Bought the DVD version.
The 3 Cushion Player made about 6 shots in a row. The film seamed "un-cut"/edited...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land

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Alton - Cue Caps
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I haven't seen it in many years but I think I remember reading that it was actually a pool player, Willie Mosconi, who did the Disney stuff!
 
CueCaps said:
Who was that 3 Cushion Player in the Billiard Segment of the Video?
I bought this VHS tape a long time ago and recently Bought the DVD version.
The 3 Cushion Player made about 6 shots in a row. The film seamed "un-cut"/edited...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land

Thanks for viewing
Alton - Cue Caps
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Here is a post from 1999 in the newsgroup rec.sport.billiard by Robert Byrne...

The demonstrator in the old Disney short called Donald Duck in
Mathmagic Land is the late Romie Yanez, a very good three-cushion player
who used to own a billiard room at 401 South Main in Los Angeles back in
the 1960s, where such champions as Bill Hynes, John Fitzpatrick, Al
Gilbert, and Gus Copulus used to play. Robert Byrne ​
 
Bob Jewett said:
Here is a post from 1999 in the newsgroup rec.sport.billiard by Robert Byrne...

The demonstrator in the old Disney short called Donald Duck in
Mathmagic Land is the late Romie Yanez, a very good three-cushion player
who used to own a billiard room at 401 South Main in Los Angeles back in
the 1960s, where such champions as Bill Hynes, John Fitzpatrick, Al
Gilbert, and Gus Copulus used to play. Robert Byrne ​
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Ah, Thanks for correcting my mistake there Bob. Should have left that one to the 3C experts, but I did read that somewhere.
 
CueCaps said:
Who was that 3 Cushion Player in the Billiard Segment of the Video?
I bought this VHS tape a long time ago and recently Bought the DVD version.
The 3 Cushion Player made about 6 shots in a row. The film seamed "un-cut"/edited...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land

Thanks for viewing
Alton - Cue Caps
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" Everybody and their sister is buying a Cue Lathe - Jimbo "

Alton I like that quote of Jimbo, you use in your sig. About 20 years ago I asked my buddy Joe Blackburn why he wasn't building cue, just doing repairs. He replied' Shit, Every swinging Dick who took wood shop in high school is building cues! Why bump heads with that?" I've always remembered that one!
 
Got it..

Thanks Mick56 and Bob.
Thanks Sherm..
Thanks for that sweet bit of history..

Romie Yanez...
Impressive Movie clip.
I am glad Disney had that.

After all these years of wanting to know..

Have a great Sunday Az'er's..:)
Alton
 
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