type of game they played
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tjk1911 — 10 years ago(June 29, 2015 09:41 PM)
From "The Music Man":
Well, either you're closing your eyes
To a situation you do now wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of a
pool table
in your community.
Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in River City.
Why sure I'm a billiard player,
Certainly mighty proud I say
I'm always mighty proud to say it.
I consider that the hours I spend
With a cue in my hand are golden.
Help you cultivate horse sense
And a cool head and a keen eye.
Never take and try to give
An iron-clad leave to yourself
From a three-rail billiard shot?
But just as I say,
It takes judgement, brains, and maturity to score
In a baulk line game,
I say that any boob kin take
And shove a ball in a pocket.
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stevielanding — 10 years ago(November 09, 2015 10:29 PM)
The Willie record you speak of is much more impressive. It was an exhibition. He sank 526, and he did not miss on the 527th. The exhibition was over. There was no point in going on. Willie was paid to show up and play, and when the time was up, he left.
Mairzy doats and dozy doats, but liddle lamzi nothing. -
bmodica — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 08:08 PM)
Mosconi was a sour, dour man. He never gave instructions for fear he'd be giving away some big secret which may come back to bite him. I read his autobiography, and it made me want to wash my hands later. If he really did just walk away from this exhibition, on an 8' table not 9', it wouldn't surprise me.
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mp390a15 — 12 years ago(May 04, 2013 10:06 PM)
They were playing "Straight Pool".AKA "14.1 Continuous". It's the granddaddy and greatest game in pocket billiards in many's opinion.
"The problem with Socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money"..Margaret Thatcher -
jrl0726 — 10 years ago(July 04, 2015 08:58 AM)
Straight pool is considered the ultimate test of pocket billiards. Its played by the best players. Games like 8 & 9 ball are fast and more conducive to lesser players and 9 ball because of it's short length of play is perfect for TV.
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FilioScotia — 10 years ago(July 26, 2015 02:23 PM)
Like Eddie I once thought I was a pretty good pool player until I ran into a guy who wanted to play 3-cushion billiards for ten dollars a game. Five games later I had lost 50 dollars and I was out the door heading for home. Never again. Billiards demands the highest level of skill, and takes years to master.
Like someone else here said, no pocket billiards player can beat a skilled cushion billiards player. Ain't gonna happen, not in real life anyway. That's why I could never believe pocket pool-shark Eddie picking up 3-cushion billiards so fast he could beat an experienced expert player like Findley. It was the only false note in an otherwise great movie, IMO.
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lmdave — 10 years ago(August 05, 2015 01:14 PM)
What they said.except Straight Pool is usually played to 125. That's what they played in this movie.
You don't want to break, because it's random and leaves the next player with many open shots. That's why Eddie barely taps the corner ball on the break and makes it come back to the rack.
Like they said, you leave the last ball and cue in a position to where you can make the shot and break the next rack. My Dad (RIP) was a big fan of this movie and taught me all the rules and we'd play Straight pool in my house when I was growing up, but we'd play to a smaller number.
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stevielanding — 10 years ago(November 09, 2015 10:43 PM)
Pretty good.
On the break, tap the corner ball, have two balls hit the cushion and then come back into the rack which will hopefully means your opponent has no shot.
The runs as you point out occur when somebody gets an open shot and they continue when the shot on the last ball is used to break up the new rack. They usually end when the randomness of the breaks puts you behind the proverbial 8 ball.
Amateurs think they are good when they can sink the ball they are shooting at. Pros can call where the cue ball will end up.
Mairzy doats and dozy doats, but liddle lamzi nothing.