Who Would You Vote In To the 1Pocket HOF
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Hey, I agree with Lou :thumbup:
John Henderson is highly respected in the one pocket community. He is known as an all around nice guy who does a lot to promote 1 pocket. He is the reigning Super Senior 1 pocket champion. He has been in action forever. He has an excellent record in the Northern California monthly tournaments, competing against top players half his age.
I know he has 100 times better chance of getting in the Hall of Fame than I do.
With all due respect John Henderson is at least 1000 times more qualified than Lou.
Gosh, I did not know it was so close in time to his death. Thanks for the update.
The article on Strawberry on OnePocket.Org is a wonderful read. I have referred to many of your articles quite often.
For those who want to check out D.C.'s own Strawberry, here is a cool pool read: http://www.onepocket.org/StrawberryHOFpage.htm
That is a great pick.
Steve Booth has done some good write ups on other inductees. I would certainly like to learn some more about Cecil's game. I did not have a chance to see him play. Danny is VERY complimentary of Cecil's game. I think he believes, that the pool playing community underestimated the quality of Cecil's game.
kollegedave
Dave, I think Cecil was from LA. He could really play and in his day beat Efren in the finals of a tournament. Unfortunately, he had more than his share of demons and was widely known to resort to finding chemically induced solace. Circa late 90's he had a job here in St. Louis for awhile at, of all things, a company that produced breathalyzers.
Lou Figueroa
John plays great for someone his age. He plays pretty good for any age.
He promotes 1pkt.
He had(?) a periodical promoting pool.
He is still at 1pkt.org as a respected member
John plays great for someone his age. He plays pretty good for any age.
He promotes 1pkt.
He had(?) a periodical promoting pool.
He is still at 1pkt.org as a respected member
JH is a fine player and I mean no disrespect in that regard.
However, when compared to others mentioned so far in this thread, like: Clem, Johnny Irish, Frost, Johnny Vives, Harold Worst, Wimpy, McCready, Cecil Tugwell, Pagulayan, and James Walden, my personal feeling is that he's a bit further on down the list.
And oh by the way, probably most of the guys in the HOF didn't have any clue what a onepocket.org was before getting into the HOF, much less being active members.
Lou Figueroa
nice cheap shot though
Busdriver Ronnie, Tom Wirth, Pete Fusco, Nick Varner
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Would like to hear some Tom Wirth stories. I know JAM was around when Tom Tom was in Baltimore/DC area.
Jason
Buddy is in.
Varner is in.
Jimmy Fusco is in but not Pete.
Don't know much about Tom Wirth's playing days.
Don't know Bus-driver Ronnie, though I've heard the name.
Lou Figueroa
Bus Driver Ronnie and Tom-Tom Wirth are both from my neck of the woods, and both are definitely one-pocket specialists. It is their best game, though back in the day, players played all games.
Bus Driver Ronnie used to engage in action from time to time in one-pocket. Like other one-pocket geniuses, he'd have to give up too much weight to get played. However, he had a good fan base who enjoyed putting him in the box. The railbirds would gather around and sit for hours watching Bus Driver Ronnie destroy his prey.
I first met Tom-Tom Wirth coming in a local tavern that only had one table. It was my hangout. I wasn't that good of a player back then, and they were engaged in partner games. When my name was called on the list, nobody would be my partner, but the stranger who walked in that nobody knew (Tom-Tom) spoke out and said, "I'll be your partner." I looked at him very serious and said, "We're playing for a dollar each," thinking he's back down, but he didn't and said, "No problem." I only had a few dollars in my pocket and worried that I wouldn't have enough money to last the night, but I decided to give the stranger a chance, anyway. Heck, I had to have a partner to play, and nobody wanted me.
Well, Tom-Tom and I got up the table, and he was running from everywhere. We held the table a while, and I stuffed my pockets with dollars. I really liked this guy at this juncture. :grin-square:
We immediately became good friends, and he took me over to the pool room in town with the big 9-footers. I was mesmerized from then on in with pool. He introduced me to another one-pocket mechanic named Michael "Geese" Gerace. Both Geese and Tom-Tom were the best one-pocket players in that pool room. I don't know who I'd pick as the best, but I guarantee you that neither one of them wanted to play each other. There was a lot easier action around. :wink:
Tom-Tom went on to continue his one-pocket journey, entering tournaments, getting in action, and traveling a bit. Geese went the road agent route and liked to leave town quite often. Though one-pocket was his best game, he was forced to play 9-ball on the road. He's win a few and lose a few. Western Union was a phone number that was well known back in the day when on the road.
Tom-Tom won the One-Pocket tournament at the Capital City Classic which, at that time, was run by Strawberry. I can't remember the year. I want to say 2000, but I may be off a year or two. He also gave lessons.
Kid Dynamite can add some more color to Bus Driver Ronnie's one-pocket legacy. I'm buddies with Bus Driver Ronnie, but I was usually with the side that was playing against him, so we didn't get to know each other until many years later when I ran into him at the U.S. Open. What a treat! We just picked up like it was 20 years earlier and chatted on the rail about everything. Nice guy, family man, and a damn good one-hole player.
Bus Driver Ronnie used to engage in action from time to time in one-pocket. Like other one-pocket geniuses, he'd have to give up too much weight to get played. However, he had a good fan base who enjoyed putting him in the box. The railbirds would gather around and sit for hours watching Bus Driver Ronnie destroy his prey.
I first met Tom-Tom Wirth coming in a local tavern that only had one table. It was my hangout. I wasn't that good of a player back then, and they were engaged in partner games. When my name was called on the list, nobody would be my partner, but the stranger who walked in that nobody knew (Tom-Tom) spoke out and said, "I'll be your partner." I looked at him very serious and said, "We're playing for a dollar each," thinking he's back down, but he didn't and said, "No problem." I only had a few dollars in my pocket and worried that I wouldn't have enough money to last the night, but I decided to give the stranger a chance, anyway. Heck, I had to have a partner to play, and nobody wanted me.
Well, Tom-Tom and I got up the table, and he was running from everywhere. We held the table a while, and I stuffed my pockets with dollars. I really liked this guy at this juncture. :grin-square:
We immediately became good friends, and he took me over to the pool room in town with the big 9-footers. I was mesmerized from then on in with pool. He introduced me to another one-pocket mechanic named Michael "Geese" Gerace. Both Geese and Tom-Tom were the best one-pocket players in that pool room. I don't know who I'd pick as the best, but I guarantee you that neither one of them wanted to play each other. There was a lot easier action around. :wink:
Tom-Tom went on to continue his one-pocket journey, entering tournaments, getting in action, and traveling a bit. Geese went the road agent route and liked to leave town quite often. Though one-pocket was his best game, he was forced to play 9-ball on the road. He's win a few and lose a few. Western Union was a phone number that was well known back in the day when on the road.
Tom-Tom won the One-Pocket tournament at the Capital City Classic which, at that time, was run by Strawberry. I can't remember the year. I want to say 2000, but I may be off a year or two. He also gave lessons.
Kid Dynamite can add some more color to Bus Driver Ronnie's one-pocket legacy. I'm buddies with Bus Driver Ronnie, but I was usually with the side that was playing against him, so we didn't get to know each other until many years later when I ran into him at the U.S. Open. What a treat! We just picked up like it was 20 years earlier and chatted on the rail about everything. Nice guy, family man, and a damn good one-hole player.