jrhendy
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In the early sixties, before Charlie moved to Orange County and became a big time gambler and Keith McCready's stake horse among other things, he hung around a bowling alley in Pasadena called Bahama Lanes that had had a pool room in it. He hustled a little pool and cards.
He was called The Ape for a reason. He was a very imposing guy in person. I got him down playing nine ball with $3 on the five and $5 on the nine. I had him stuck a hundred or so when he dogged an almost straight in $$ ball in the side pocket. Charlie played with a house cue. He stuck that cue in his mouth several inches from the tip and pulled it down and broke the end off the cue. Then he tossed the cue down and bit me for $20.
I was happy to give it to him and get out of there. Years later I had dinner with Charlie a couple of weeks before he passed when he bought a Cadillac from a friend of mine. He was on his way to Vegas and he showed us some socks he had on you could hide several thousand dollars in.
He truly was one of pools characters and won and went off or some big scores.
He was called The Ape for a reason. He was a very imposing guy in person. I got him down playing nine ball with $3 on the five and $5 on the nine. I had him stuck a hundred or so when he dogged an almost straight in $$ ball in the side pocket. Charlie played with a house cue. He stuck that cue in his mouth several inches from the tip and pulled it down and broke the end off the cue. Then he tossed the cue down and bit me for $20.
I was happy to give it to him and get out of there. Years later I had dinner with Charlie a couple of weeks before he passed when he bought a Cadillac from a friend of mine. He was on his way to Vegas and he showed us some socks he had on you could hide several thousand dollars in.
He truly was one of pools characters and won and went off or some big scores.