Youngest Person to Run 100 Balls

[jay helfert]

I forget where I read this, but mosconi ran his first 100 at the age of 9 years old. I remember being amazed not so much for the physical aspects at that age as much as the mentality behind a 9 year old navigating through all those patterns.

I was pretty amazed reading this thread and this wasn't already definitively mentioned, as I was under the impression this was as widely known as his running 526.......

Rg

I guess Willie has this record also. Just heard from a friend of Steve's that Miz did it at age 11. My mistake on that one. I thought he told me age 12.

 

[lunchmoney]

I forget where I read this, but mosconi ran his first 100 at the age of 9 years old. I remember being amazed not so much for the physical aspects at that age as much as the mentality behind a 9 year old navigating through all those patterns.

I wonder what size table he got his hundred on. Willie had run somewhere in the area of 50 balls on a ten footer when he was just seven years old. Must have been amazing to watch given the quality of the equipment versus today's standards.


Lunchmoney

 

[lunchmoney]

I guess Willie has this record also. Just heard from a friend of Steve's that Miz did it at age 11. My mistake on that one. I thought he told me age 12.

Any idea of Steve had some sort of professional coaching back then or was it just incredible talent?

Lunchmoney

 

[jay helfert]

Any idea of Steve had some sort of professional coaching back then or was it just incredible talent?

Lunchmoney

His dad was a fine player and former New Jersey State champion. And his father's good friend was none other than a certain William Mosconi! That's right, Willie was Steve's mentor in pool.

 

[charley2]

Wonder how young Dallas West, Lassiter, Cowboy, Weeny Beany, Varner, were when they ran there first 100?

 

[jay helfert]

Wonder how young Dallas West, Lassiter, Cowboy, Weeny Beany, Varner, were when they ran there first 100?

Beenie started pool relatively late in life. He was in his 20's when he got hooked. Of this bunch, I would guess Dallas was the youngest, because he was playing in his Dad's poolroom at age 8. I'm sure the rest could do it as teenagers. Of course Jimmy Moore and Lassiter grew up playing on ten footers.

 

[sjm]

In the days of the 5 x 10 foot table, young players not only were permitted but really needed to do something to deal with the fact that there were so many shots they couldn't reach. Rather than making them use the bridge on countless occasions, they were permitted to stand on a milk carton as they shot, and the young Mosconi, by written accounts, always played this way. I don't know whether runs achieved in this manner were considered official runs as far as the record books were concerned.

 

[jay helfert]

In the days of the 5 x 10 foot table, young players not only were permitted but really needed to do something to deal with the fact that there were so many shots they couldn't reach. Rather than making them use the bridge on countless occasions, they were permitted to stand on a milk carton as they shot, and the young Mosconi, by written accounts, always played this way. I don't know whether runs achieved in this manner were considered official runs as far as the record books were concerned.

No, there is an asterisk next to their name, and if you look down below it says "milk carton run".

Hey if you don't believe me just check the BCA rule book. It's right under the part that says "push shots" are now legal.

 

[cuejoey]

Mike Bandy of Joliet, Illinois ran over 100 balls 15 or more times by the time he was 16-18 years old. Mike is about 51 y/o now. The midwest certainly knows Bandy. His team won the Master's BCA in Vegas-May 07 for the "umptenth????" time. Mike's a family/working man.

Does he own a business now in Joliet ?

 

[cuejoey]

I forget where I read this, but mosconi ran his first 100 at the age of 9 years old. I remember being amazed not so much for the physical aspects at that age as much as the mentality behind a 9 year old navigating through all those patterns.

I wonder what size table he got his hundred on. Willie had run somewhere in the area of 50 balls on a ten footer when he was just seven years old. Must have been amazing to watch given the quality of the equipment versus today's standards.


Lunchmoney

i thought i read somewhere he played on 8 foot tables.

 

[sharandrew]

What about Jimmy Caras ... he played as a youngster any one know his feats??

 

[deanoc]

I used to have a picture of little Willie Mosconi about 6 or so years old lying on the 10 foot while shooting,apparently he did more than stand on milk crates. It was a newspaper article,and is now in the Glenn Family Collection along with the cue that Willie ran the 526,and a ton of the best pool stuff in the world.