The PPBPAA -- the players strike again -
09-14-2020, 03:13 PM
Under the heading of the more things change, the more they stay the same, here is an item I noticed in Ursitti's records of pro pool. Anyone want to guess what year this was?
New cue-Schmelke custom Bocote merry widow
Best of the bunch- The Mighty Lucasi Cocobolo
Back up cue - Troy Downey
I woke up.
Triangles tips and Masters chalk are good enough.
Willie said “I will only say this...when I beat Ralph, they would say it was because he was drinking....but every time he beat me, he was drinking too.”
The Truth: If you have a stroke the gear don't matter... If you don't have a stroke the gear won't help.
The above quote by Softshot
1940, just an educated {or uneducated} guess. Bennie Allen had just become the first US snooker champion, otherwise, I don't understand him as president, since his hey day was 35 years or more earlier. Ok 1936 . I was thinking about that time for some reason I can't remember and then figured it was because of Benny Allens win. Oh wait now I remember that was the year Jack Doyle got busted for gambling and closed his room. Thats why I changed my mind , I should have known that wouldn't be a factor.
Last edited by book collector; 10-08-2020 at 09:45 PM.
Ok 1936 . I was thinking about that time for some reason I can't remember and then figured it was because of Benny Allens win. Oh wait now I remember that was the year Jack Doyle got busted for gambling and closed his room. Thats why I changed my mind I didn't think he would be an honorary with that stigma, I should have known that wouldn't be a factor. ?
Ok 1936 . I was thinking about that time for some reason I can't remember and then figured it was because of Benny Allens win. Oh wait now I remember that was the year Jack Doyle got busted for gambling and closed his room. Thats why I changed my mind I didn't think he would be an honorary with that stigma, I should have known that wouldn't be a factor. ?
New cue-Schmelke custom Bocote merry widow
Best of the bunch- The Mighty Lucasi Cocobolo
Back up cue - Troy Downey
I woke up.
Triangles tips and Masters chalk are good enough.
Willie said “I will only say this...when I beat Ralph, they would say it was because he was drinking....but every time he beat me, he was drinking too.”
The Truth: If you have a stroke the gear don't matter... If you don't have a stroke the gear won't help.
The above quote by Softshot
The wayback machine of Charlie's website is missing a few sets.
When I looked on the wayback machine I could not find any files, just links pointing at a different scribd account which was closed. Did you find any of the scans of Billiard Magazine (1913-1935)?
When I looked on the wayback machine I could not find any files, just links pointing at a different scribd account which was closed. Did you find any of the scans of Billiard Magazine (1913-1935)?
Bob--I did not locate the Billiard Magazine PDFs anywhere on the internet archive or elsewhere. I'm betting they exceeded the maximize file size for scraping. I emailed Deno to see if he still had them and did not receive a response yet. I'll continue to ping him (looks like he's some sort of city councilman in Chicago now).
