But she wasn't there. I believe there's a written report from the time that even describes the shot he missed. And then there's his autobiography.
WHY did Willie Mosconi miss ball #527?
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They are comfy for sure. Had several pairs of 'cords' / (brown and tan) were the hot set up waaaaaaay back when.
Snot was the only way to get a crease that would stay in those pants:grin:
...and they made good soft car wash rags when the time came for a new pair.
Tramp- you know a lot of stuff.
Read His Autobiography
Read his autobiography "Willie's Game" by Willie Mosconi & Stanley Cohen. He describes what took place and keep in mind this was his second exhibition of the day, he had just driven hundreds of miles to reach his destination, he hadn't eaten lunch, and arrived late so he didn't even get to practice or learn the cloth or rails.
He only was allowed to play on a Brunswick pool table because he was under contract with Brunswick for many years, as were other touring pros, and he was prohibited from playing on any tables that weren't Brunswick tables. Ergo, the pool hall where he was performing his second exhibition that day he pocketed 526 balls, i.e., straight pool or 14:1, only had a Brunswick table in a 4'x8' size and so that was the only table he was permitted to play on despite that there other larger size pool tables at the pool hall. But since those larger tables were not Brunswick pool tables, Willie wasn't permitted to even stroke a pool ball on those tables since even hitting one ball on a pool table that was not Brunswick would have violated Willie's contract with Brunswick.
If you know much about Willie, which you will after reading his autobiography, Willie was a man of his word and the notion of breaking a contract was the last thing he'd do. But don't ever cross the man because he had a bad temper and wasn't hesitant to let it show. Anyway, if you really want to know what happened with his run of 526 balls, read his autobiography. After all, who would know better what took place and why than Willie.
Read his autobiography "Willie's Game" by Willie Mosconi & Stanley Cohen. He describes what took place and keep in mind this was his second exhibition of the day, he had just driven hundreds of miles to reach his destination, he hadn't eaten lunch, and arrived late so he didn't even get to practice or learn the cloth or rails.
He only was allowed to play on a Brunswick pool table because he was under contract with Brunswick for many years, as were other touring pros, and he was prohibited from playing on any tables that weren't Brunswick tables. Ergo, the pool hall where he was performing his second exhibition that day he pocketed 526 balls, i.e., straight pool or 14:1, only had a Brunswick table in a 4'x8' size and so that was the only table he was permitted to play on despite that there other larger size pool tables at the pool hall. But since those larger tables were not Brunswick pool tables, Willie wasn't permitted to even stroke a pool ball on those tables since even hitting one ball on a pool table that was not Brunswick would have violated Willie's contract with Brunswick.
If you know much about Willie, which you will after reading his autobiography, Willie was a man of his word and the notion of breaking a contract was the last thing he'd do. But don't ever cross the man because he had a bad temper and wasn't hesitant to let it show. Anyway, if you really want to know what happened with his run of 526 balls, read his autobiography. After all, who would know better what took place and why than Willie.
Jay, I figured you sharked him. :grin:
Gotta believe the guy. Why? Because I want to...
Had to have been Fats.
There sure is. The Springfield News and Sun had an article a day or two after the event. Somewhere I have a low quality Xerox copy -does anybody remember Xerox machines - of the published item.
I could dig it out if you are interested...
FWIW - it was known for years that he missed. People mostly considered
it to be some odd quirk that he 'misremembered'
Dale
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Couldnt have been, there was no reports of Fats going to the hospital to have a cue removed from his chest !
"I have no doubt he will be a future world champion"... totally called that one didn't he?
Yeah how many 11 year olds run 41 on a 5x10?
One thing that's interesting is that his high run at the age of 11 was 41 (on a 5x10). A comparison point is some of the young snooker players who have completed perfect games of 147. Judd Trump made a 147 in competition at the age of 14. The point is that while Mosconi was a wonder back then, cue sports seem to have elevated some. The first 147 did not occur in snooker until 1934 and the first "recognized" one did not occur until 1955. The first 147 in competition did not occur until 1966, nearly 100 years after snooker was invented (about 1875). Here is Luca Brecel making a 147 in practice at the age of 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgPuJhXnRHY
At 3-cushion billiards Ceulemans won his first 10 world championships with averages under 1.4. These days such a performance is unlikely to get you out of the group phase and players have lost matches with averages over 3.0. In Hoppe's day any average over 1.0 was remarkable and Hoppe held the record with a tournament average of 1.16 (standard rules).
here is the truth
I heard it from some trusted sources
that he actually missed the shot because:
"...his tip got so worn out that after 526 consecutive strokes not a bit of the tip was any longer there remaining..."
and Mr Mosconi had to hit the cue ball with a naked ferrule which resulted in missing the shot #527.
The above is the longstanding proof of the official theory developed back then,
that, in official play, no tip can survive more than 526 consecutive strokes at the cue ball.
To this day this theory is still so much true, since nobody was able to prove it wrong otherwise :wink: :smile:.
I heard it from some trusted sources
that he actually missed the shot because:"...his tip got so worn out that after 526 consecutive strokes not a bit of the tip was any longer there remaining..."
and Mr Mosconi had to hit the cue ball with a naked ferrule which resulted in missing the shot #527.
The above is the longstanding proof of the official theory developed back then,
that, in official play, no tip can survive more than 526 consecutive strokes at the cue ball.
To this day this theory is still so much true, since nobody was able to prove it wrong otherwise
:wink: :smile:.
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No Pocket
Willie missed ball # 527 because there was no pocket where the last ball went.
Geeeze.. Not rocket science here. :grin: LOL
Willie missed ball # 527 because there was no pocket where the last ball went.
Geeeze.. Not rocket science here. :grin: LOL