CaliRed
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Mexican Johnny played these three games, and could win even over anyone at, bank pool, One pocket, and Nine ball. And If you put Bugs in there with Cannonball Lefty, and Johnny, it would be Bugs giving up a ball in banks and One pocket to both players. But he did not have to win. And if Bugs would play them Nine ball, Johnny and Lefty would both win. On a bar table Johnny would win. One-handed in all three games. On a 5 x10 Johnny and lefty would win getting a ball. In Nine ball it would be Lefty and Johnny. Johnny and Lefty on a 5 x10, again it would be a coin toss in all three games. And Freddy would play anybody banks and One pocket on a 5 x 10. He would have been very hard too beat. Like I said before, Freddy was the best white banker in Chicago. But most players that came would play Nine ball and One pocket. Nine ball was the weakest game in Chicago.
Johnny might be number one in beating the most people playing pool then any other player in life. And he played real good one-handed and on a bar table. But out of the three players, Bugs was the better bank pool player, and the better One pocket player. Canadian Pete was right behind these players. Pete was the better nine ball player. Of course I don't want to leave out Chicago Young Blood (Javenly Washington) he was great in all three games.
With all the great bankers they had in Chicago, I have never seen anything like it anywhere else. If someone would come to Chicago to play banks they could have won a lot of money. It was the best bank pool action in the whole country. In One pocket they could have gotten plenty of action too. With Bugs, Cannonball, Mexican Johnny, Canadian Pete, Cincinnati Clem, Pony (Isadore Rosen), and even Joe Procita. And their were others.
Bensingers was the most feared pool room in the country. Freddy I don't know if you knew. But I was the person that took out the two old 4 ½ x 9's and put in Gold Crowns. I even put eight of them in the back when I knocked out the back wall. But that was around the time you had the Four Bees Club. And then Bob Siegal took over Bensingers and destroyed our home. That was the end of a great pool room. But we spent our time and youth in there. And we had lots of great memories and characters. And nobody can take your memories. Not even Sugar Shack.
Those benches were for your dreams and sleeping under the pool table. You liked that better then your own home. And if they would have been open all night. I don't think you would have ever gone home because Bensingers was your home. And I know you loved that real pool room atmosphere, and that would be hard to duplicate. Have some great dreams about yesteryear. It was your life. And nobody can take that away from you.
Mexican Johnny played these three games, and could win even over anyone at, bank pool, One pocket, and Nine ball. And If you put Bugs in there with Cannonball Lefty, and Johnny, it would be Bugs giving up a ball in banks and One pocket to both players. But he did not have to win. And if Bugs would play them Nine ball, Johnny and Lefty would both win. On a bar table Johnny would win. One-handed in all three games. On a 5 x10 Johnny and lefty would win getting a ball. In Nine ball it would be Lefty and Johnny. Johnny and Lefty on a 5 x10, again it would be a coin toss in all three games. And Freddy would play anybody banks and One pocket on a 5 x 10. He would have been very hard too beat. Like I said before, Freddy was the best white banker in Chicago. But most players that came would play Nine ball and One pocket. Nine ball was the weakest game in Chicago.
Johnny might be number one in beating the most people playing pool then any other player in life. And he played real good one-handed and on a bar table. But out of the three players, Bugs was the better bank pool player, and the better One pocket player. Canadian Pete was right behind these players. Pete was the better nine ball player. Of course I don't want to leave out Chicago Young Blood (Javenly Washington) he was great in all three games.
With all the great bankers they had in Chicago, I have never seen anything like it anywhere else. If someone would come to Chicago to play banks they could have won a lot of money. It was the best bank pool action in the whole country. In One pocket they could have gotten plenty of action too. With Bugs, Cannonball, Mexican Johnny, Canadian Pete, Cincinnati Clem, Pony (Isadore Rosen), and even Joe Procita. And their were others.
Bensingers was the most feared pool room in the country. Freddy I don't know if you knew. But I was the person that took out the two old 4 ½ x 9's and put in Gold Crowns. I even put eight of them in the back when I knocked out the back wall. But that was around the time you had the Four Bees Club. And then Bob Siegal took over Bensingers and destroyed our home. That was the end of a great pool room. But we spent our time and youth in there. And we had lots of great memories and characters. And nobody can take your memories. Not even Sugar Shack.
Those benches were for your dreams and sleeping under the pool table. You liked that better then your own home. And if they would have been open all night. I don't think you would have ever gone home because Bensingers was your home. And I know you loved that real pool room atmosphere, and that would be hard to duplicate. Have some great dreams about yesteryear. It was your life. And nobody can take that away from you.