fred bentivegna
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Thanks, Jay
Thanks, Jay
Thanks for chipping in, Jay. These King stories definitely need verifiers. That's why I am wondering why SJD and JH havent chimed in yet. They are from California in the 70s, and they are both high on Ronnies bite list. He must have related some King stories to them at some time or another. The photo of Ronnie with King in E Robins book is a classic.
Beard
Here's a little treat for the boys, out of E Robins Winning One Pocket p 247 is a photo of the wonder dog and Ronnie.
Thanks, Jay
jay helfert said:Freddie, I saw Jerry and King in action day after day back in the 60's at Ye Billiard Den. By the way, Jerry could play pool. He was a decent shortstop, but he kept his game under wraps pretty good.
King could give any other "smart" dog the five and the break! He could run out a rack of nine ball, picking up the balls in order and dropping them in the nearest pocket. Jerry would break the balls and say, "Run out King" and that was it. King could add! I swear to God. Jerry would say, "Give me two balls that add up to 15" and King would do it. Then Jerry would say do it again, and King would pull two more balls out that added up to 15.
Then the topper was when Jerry said to someone pick a number. Maybe they would say ten, and Jerry would have King pull two balls that added up to ten. Don't ask me how he did it. I have no idea other than that King knew the balls just as good as we do. He recognized numbers and knew how to add, at least up to 15. I never saw him go for a higher number or more than two balls. I suspect he could do it with three balls if necessary.
If Jerry had a drink sitting on a table and he was playing pool, he could ask King to get his drink for him. King would gently take the glass (or cup) in his teeth and bring it over to Jerry. Jerry would have King pay the bill and tell him to bring back the right change, telling him how much he had coming back. If the counter person gave King the wrong change he wouldn't move. He would wait until he got the right amount. So King knew about money and pool balls, that's for sure.
Jerry would tell King to open his wallet and take out ten dollars, a five and five ones. King would do it without fail. Like Freddie said, this dog was one of a kind. Nothing King did surprised me after a while. It was like he had a human brain.
Thanks for chipping in, Jay. These King stories definitely need verifiers. That's why I am wondering why SJD and JH havent chimed in yet. They are from California in the 70s, and they are both high on Ronnies bite list. He must have related some King stories to them at some time or another. The photo of Ronnie with King in E Robins book is a classic.
Beard
Here's a little treat for the boys, out of E Robins Winning One Pocket p 247 is a photo of the wonder dog and Ronnie.