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I know I'm a little green when it comes to the great players from times gone by, but I'm an avid reader of American pool history and enjoy finding out new tidbits.
In researching Cole Dickson on Google this morning, I came across this website ---> HERE.
There is some great content on this website, but what caught my eye was the chronological portfolio of games played. That must have taken a lot of time to create.
You must admit, this is an incredibly interesting gambling résumé. Oh, the asterisks mean he was asked to play by those players but declined.
Al Hogue, Denver, Grand Junction, Colo, 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Al "Little Al" Romero, Seattle & Los Angeles, 8-ball. He played tough and very slow.
Alvin "Titanic Thompson" Thomas, Dallas, late 60s, he made a bet but changed his mind after I called.
Andy Olguin, Amarillo, Texas, 70's, 8-ball & tossing quarters to a line
Bakersfield Bob Hernandez, Amarillo, 70's, he beat me twice; I won the cash in the end. 8-ball & arm wrestling
Benny "Goose" Conway, Wichita, 70's, deal was to give half his money back playing 8-ball; I was stuck
Bernard "Pots & Pans" Rogoff, 60’s FL & 80’s NV, I won with a mop handle; he used a regular cue
Bernardo "King Kong" Chavez, Los Angeles, late 60's, 8-ball, late 70's, Las Vegas, 8-ball
Bill "Weenie Beenie" Staton, VA / West VA, FL 60’s, he took advantage of me & quit winner twice
Bill Milke, Madison, Wis, 70's, 8-ball
Bill Stack, Jackson, Mississippi, 70's, 8-ball
Bill Stigel, Tampa. Fla, 8-ball
Billy Incardonia, Cincinnati, 70's, I won in 9-ball, he won in 1-pocket in Vegas several yrs after I retired.
Billy Ray Sudan, San Jose, Missouri, Okla City, 70's, 8-ball and 9-ball with the call 8 (won big)
Billy Stroud, Tulsa, OK, 70's, one-pocket on a bar table
Billy Weir, Clovis NM, Longdale OK & Denver, 8-ball. He beat the pros though, in ring 9-ball
Bob "Bob Ogburn" Osbourne, Hialeah, FL, 1965: beat Bob playing 8-ball on a 4 1/2 x 9 (All Tech) bar table
Bob Smith, red-headed, Toledo, OH, 70's, I won playing 8-ball & Omaha John won playing 9-ball
Bobby Leggs, in his club in Indiana playing 8-ball, 70's, Bobby quit after losing 8 games for $50.
Boston Shorty, Larry Johnson, Las Vegas, 70’s *
Buddy Dennis, Baltimore & Okla, 60’s & 70’s. 8-ball & one-pocket
Buddy Hall, nice guy but short $ at the time, 70’s *
Canadian Pete, Michigan City, IN, 8-ball, he hung around with Jockey. They took turns donating.
Cole Dixon, Las Vegas, I won 4G's in 1-pocket; he cut balls in from everywhere but he didn't win
Country Calvin Harcrow, Longview, TX, double-kiss (proposition shot) long bank from opposite corner
Cross-eyed Ray, Atmore, Ala, 60's, 8-ball
Dallas Joey Torma, Denver, 8-ball,Omaha John put up all his cash, spotted Joey in 9-ball & won
Dallas West, Rockford, Illinois, late 70’s, beat him sober then had to beat him both drinking
Dan Louie, Seattle/Port Angeles, 70’s, 8-ball, 9-ball with the 8 & straight pool w a broom handle
Danny "Handsome Danny" Jones, Florida/Baton Rouge, 60's/70's, 8-ball & tossing quarters to the spot
Danny Medina, Denver & Las Vegas, 70’s & early 80's, 8-ball and one-pocket
Dave "Cadillac Dave" Piona, Oregon & Willard, OK, 70's, 8-ball
Dave Matlock, Ponca City, Ok, 70's, 8-ball; I never lost a race to 15 & would have won the bet @
Denny Searcy, Houston, Okla & NC, 60's&70’s, all games, cue/broom/chop-sticks/bumper pool
Dick "San Jose Dick" McMoran, Dallas, late 60's, 8-ball; his backer pulled a gun on me after I won in 8-ball
Dick Lane, Houston, late 70's, 8-ball
Dick Miles, Utah & Las Vegas, 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket on a bar table
Doc "The Poet" White, Albuquerque, Canyon City, Colo, 8-ball, I ran 8 racks and won, he got one shot)
Don "Portland Don" Watson, Deland, Fla, 60’s & Alabama, late 70’s, one-pocket
Don "Waterdog" Edwards, Denver, 70’s, 8-ball/ straight pool, all sized tables, ran 98 balls & won 100 to -1
Don Willis, Akron, Ohio, 70's *
Donnie Folks, Bartlesville, OK, 8-ball; Omaha John beat him playing 9-ball on a snooker table
Earl Strickland, 6-0-1, Houston/Okla, 70’s/80’s, 8-ball, last-pocket/tossing qtrs, he beat Omaha John 9-ball
Eddie "Champagne Eddie" Kelly, Baltimore/Fredrick, MD, 60’s, asked him to play over the phone *
Eddie "Detroit Whitey" Beauchene, Las Vegas, Nev, 70’s, I had him brain-dead shooting one-pocket.
Eddie "The Hat" Burton, South Carolina, 60's, 8-ball
Erman Bullard, Tulsa & Okla City, late 70’s, Omaha John beat Erman playing 9-ball after I won at 8-ball
Ernest "Nubby" Morgan, Las Vegas, 70's, 8-ball and one-pocket on bar table
Fat Randy, Tulsa, 70's, 8-ball
Felipe "Mexican Phil" Valdez, Denver, 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket on a bar table
James "Fountain Inn Red" Willis, South Carolina, 8-ball
Gene "The Machine" Cooper, Port Angeles & Sacramento, 70's, 8-ball, one-pocket & pitching quarters
George "Tacoma Whitey" Michaels, Tacoma & Seattle,70's, one-pocket & 8-ball; sore loser
George Brunt,Milwaukee,70’s,8-ball; tripled the bet, played last pocket, I won every game, $300 per
Grady Mathews, Amarillo, 70’s/80's, won 1-pocket on bar table/3-cushion billiards, lost on big table
Greg "Big Train" Stevens, Galveston, TX, 1966, 8-ball, Wichita, KS locals kept losing while waiting for Greg
Harry "Poochie" Sexton, Detroit & Flint, Mich, 60's & 70's, 8-ball
Ismael "Morro" Paez, San Jose/Las Vegas 70’s, 8-ball; last-pocket 8-ball
Jack "Frisco" Cooney, Okla City, 70's, hustled me for a spot playing 1-pocket but would not play even
James "Junior" Norris, Wichita Falls, Texas, 70’s & 80’s, 8-ball, 9-ball & 6-ball
James "Youngblood" Brown, Stockton, CA & Chicago, late 60's, 8-ball Denver, last-pocket 8-ball
James Christopher, Houston, 60’s/ColoSprings 80’s, one-pocket, 8-ball & last pocket 8-ball
Jay "Swanee" Swanson, Atlanta, 70's, 9-ball on a bar table
Jeff Carter, Omaha & Madison, WI, 70's, 8-ball. I won every game in a short set for $300.
Jerry Brock, Mobile, Ala, 70’s, 8-ball, last-pocket 8-ball & one-pocket
Jersey Red, Jack Brett, NJ / Las Vegas 60’s / 70’s *
Jim "King James" Rempe, Houston, 60's, 8-ball when he was reigning champion
Jimmy "Cowboy" Moore, Albuquerque, 70’s, 1-pocket; we both had nice slip strokes back then
Jimmy "Fly Boy" Spears, Houston/Tenn, 70's, 8-ball; I had his number & won a lot over the yrs
Jimmy "Hippie Jimmy" Reid, Las Vegas, 70's *
Jimmy "The Hippie" Reid, Las Vegas, 70’s *
Jimmy "The Phily Flash" Fusco, Detroit, Mich, 70’s, one-pocket but he didn't play long
Jimmy Marino, Washington, PA, 60's or 70's, 8-ball and 9-ball
Jimmy Mataya, Lansing/Las Vegas, 60’s thru early 80’s, 8-ball when he was reigning champion
Jockey "Norman Howard", Detroit, put a msg on my windshield in Mich City, IN, "bet more was here"
Joe "Tracy Joe" Salazar, Las Vegas, 70's 8-ball & one-pocket
John "Mexican Johnny" Vasquez, Miami, El Paso, TX, 60’s & 70’s, 8-ball & one-pocket
John Henry, all night club outside Chicago, late 60's (9-ball) & Oklahoma, 70's, 8-ball
Johnny Irish, Miami with cue & broom handle, "64" or "65" playing 8-ball at the Calypso, Miami Beach
Junior Brown, Wichita, Kansas, 70’s, 8-ball
Junior Sweatman, Miss & Birmingham, late 60's, 8-ball & 9-ball (played 2 days alternating opponents)
Keith McCready, Port Angeles/Houston/LA,70's, I won 8-ball/tossing qtrs; he won 9-ball/1-pocket
Larry "Iceman" Hubbart, Baton Rouge & ColoSprings 1980, 8-ball & last-pocket 8-ball
Larry "The Prince of Pool" Lisciotti, Miami, 60's, after I saw him play in NYC, I won playing 8-ball
Leonard "Bugs" Rucker Chicago, 70’s, we played "dirty" 8-ball where he shot my ball in and #
Lewis "Junior/Lefty" Goff, Florida border town, all-night club, 70’s, one-pocket
Lou "Machine Gun" Butera, Los Angeles, 70’s *
Louie "St. Louie Louie" Roberts, across border, Orange, TX, 70’s, 8-ball & with a spot in 9-ball
Louis "Little Hand" Bramlett, Texas 60's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Luther "Wimpy" Lassiter, Jack & Jills, VA, late 60’s *
Marcel Camp, Miami, 60's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Mark "Mark Tadd" Tademy, SLC, 80's after I retired, I use to give him a ball in 1-pocket; he learned cheap
Mark Haddad, UT, 2005 after I retired, he had me stuck 26 games at a nickel per game, I doubled ^
Marshall "Squirrel" Carpenter, Las Vegas, 70’s, 1-pocket, I hop the rack, bank them in & run out
Michael "Geese" Gerace, DC, 60's, proposition shots, Oregon, 70’s, one-pocket
Mike "Tennessee Tarzan" Massey, TN & LA, 70’s, we visited some but never played for money *
Mike Sigel, Little Rock/Denver,70’s, 8-ball for a nickel? I say "sure." he comes back, wants odds *
Nick Varner, nice gentleman, Owensboro, KY, 70’s *
Norman Hitchcock, Dallas, Okla City & Longdale, Okla, 70’s, 9-ball & 8-ball
Old man Bill Amadeo, Miami Beach, Anchorage & Houston, Texas, 8-ball & one-pocket
One-eyed Tony Howard, Okla City, 70's, 8-ball, I think I ran 8 racks on him; I won every game for sure
Pete "Cheyenne Pete" Trujillo, Denver/Cheyenne, 70's, 8-ball but I lost playing golf on a snooker table
Peter "Rabbit" Linhard, Las Vegas, 70's, one-pocket; I improved a lot since I first met the "Rabbit"
Pittsburg Mike, Pennsylvania & Okla City, 70’s
Railroad John, Atlanta & Fayetteville, NC, 8-ball & last-pocket 8-ball
Rich "The Hat" Geiler, Salem, Seattle, 70’s, 8-ball, had me 14-9; I kicked my ball in & ran 6 racks to win
Richard Riggie, Baltimore, MD "64" or "65" I beat Richard playing 8-ball on 4x8 bar table.
Robert "Detroit Bob", Detroit, Phoenix, Las Vegas, late 60's, late 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Ronnie Allen, Baton Rouge/ColoSprgs 70’s/80’s, masse' cue ball in a circle, break out the 8 & win
Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wonderone, Miami, outside Houston & Denver *
Sam Blumenthal, Jacksonville, 60's, 9-ball: lost with the 5 & the snap on big table; won even on bar table
Samuel Trivett, Weenie Beenie's place in Alexander, VA, 60's, one-pocket on a big table
San Diego Dave, 70's, ColoSprgs, 1-pocket, I won 2G's, as I was driving away in a snow storm +
Scott "The Shot" Smith, Denver & Colo Springs, 70's, 8-ball
Scott Kitto, Iowa/Vegas, 70's, Scott accidentally hit Dominquez in the head with the cue ball
Sebastion "Chino" Franko, Los Angeles & Denver, 70's, 8-ball
Steve Cook, Tampa, 79 or 80, 8-ball/1-pocket; he beat me for a wk, a ball skidded & I came back big
Steve Mizerack, Las Vegas/Port Angeles, WA, 70’s *
Steve Oaks, Kokomo, Indiana, 70's, 8-ball
Terry Bell, Littlerock 70’s/Colorado Sprgs 80’s, 8-ball, he never called a bet, even on a big table *
Tommy "Staten Island" Halliday, New Jersey, 1964 or 1965, 8-ball
Tony "Fargo" Ferguson, Tulsa, 70's, 8-ball and pitching quarters
Utley "UJ" Puckett, Fort Worth, 60’s, 8-ball/1-pocket, he steered me into his friend, & said, "I just want half"
Walter "Woppie", Dallas & Oklahoma, late 60's & 70's, bumper pool and 8-ball
Walter Glass, North Carolina, late 70's, 8-ball
Warren "Monk" Castanza, Houston, Las Vegas, 70’s, 8-ball & 9-ball
Willie Mosconi, Omaha, Neb, 70’s *
Willie Munson, Milwaukee, 70’s, 8-ball, he relieved George Brunt & kept me in action
In researching Cole Dickson on Google this morning, I came across this website ---> HERE.
There is some great content on this website, but what caught my eye was the chronological portfolio of games played. That must have taken a lot of time to create.
You must admit, this is an incredibly interesting gambling résumé. Oh, the asterisks mean he was asked to play by those players but declined.
Al Hogue, Denver, Grand Junction, Colo, 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Al "Little Al" Romero, Seattle & Los Angeles, 8-ball. He played tough and very slow.
Alvin "Titanic Thompson" Thomas, Dallas, late 60s, he made a bet but changed his mind after I called.
Andy Olguin, Amarillo, Texas, 70's, 8-ball & tossing quarters to a line
Bakersfield Bob Hernandez, Amarillo, 70's, he beat me twice; I won the cash in the end. 8-ball & arm wrestling
Benny "Goose" Conway, Wichita, 70's, deal was to give half his money back playing 8-ball; I was stuck
Bernard "Pots & Pans" Rogoff, 60’s FL & 80’s NV, I won with a mop handle; he used a regular cue
Bernardo "King Kong" Chavez, Los Angeles, late 60's, 8-ball, late 70's, Las Vegas, 8-ball
Bill "Weenie Beenie" Staton, VA / West VA, FL 60’s, he took advantage of me & quit winner twice
Bill Milke, Madison, Wis, 70's, 8-ball
Bill Stack, Jackson, Mississippi, 70's, 8-ball
Bill Stigel, Tampa. Fla, 8-ball
Billy Incardonia, Cincinnati, 70's, I won in 9-ball, he won in 1-pocket in Vegas several yrs after I retired.
Billy Ray Sudan, San Jose, Missouri, Okla City, 70's, 8-ball and 9-ball with the call 8 (won big)
Billy Stroud, Tulsa, OK, 70's, one-pocket on a bar table
Billy Weir, Clovis NM, Longdale OK & Denver, 8-ball. He beat the pros though, in ring 9-ball
Bob "Bob Ogburn" Osbourne, Hialeah, FL, 1965: beat Bob playing 8-ball on a 4 1/2 x 9 (All Tech) bar table
Bob Smith, red-headed, Toledo, OH, 70's, I won playing 8-ball & Omaha John won playing 9-ball
Bobby Leggs, in his club in Indiana playing 8-ball, 70's, Bobby quit after losing 8 games for $50.
Boston Shorty, Larry Johnson, Las Vegas, 70’s *
Buddy Dennis, Baltimore & Okla, 60’s & 70’s. 8-ball & one-pocket
Buddy Hall, nice guy but short $ at the time, 70’s *
Canadian Pete, Michigan City, IN, 8-ball, he hung around with Jockey. They took turns donating.
Cole Dixon, Las Vegas, I won 4G's in 1-pocket; he cut balls in from everywhere but he didn't win
Country Calvin Harcrow, Longview, TX, double-kiss (proposition shot) long bank from opposite corner
Cross-eyed Ray, Atmore, Ala, 60's, 8-ball
Dallas Joey Torma, Denver, 8-ball,Omaha John put up all his cash, spotted Joey in 9-ball & won
Dallas West, Rockford, Illinois, late 70’s, beat him sober then had to beat him both drinking
Dan Louie, Seattle/Port Angeles, 70’s, 8-ball, 9-ball with the 8 & straight pool w a broom handle
Danny "Handsome Danny" Jones, Florida/Baton Rouge, 60's/70's, 8-ball & tossing quarters to the spot
Danny Medina, Denver & Las Vegas, 70’s & early 80's, 8-ball and one-pocket
Dave "Cadillac Dave" Piona, Oregon & Willard, OK, 70's, 8-ball
Dave Matlock, Ponca City, Ok, 70's, 8-ball; I never lost a race to 15 & would have won the bet @
Denny Searcy, Houston, Okla & NC, 60's&70’s, all games, cue/broom/chop-sticks/bumper pool
Dick "San Jose Dick" McMoran, Dallas, late 60's, 8-ball; his backer pulled a gun on me after I won in 8-ball
Dick Lane, Houston, late 70's, 8-ball
Dick Miles, Utah & Las Vegas, 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket on a bar table
Doc "The Poet" White, Albuquerque, Canyon City, Colo, 8-ball, I ran 8 racks and won, he got one shot)
Don "Portland Don" Watson, Deland, Fla, 60’s & Alabama, late 70’s, one-pocket
Don "Waterdog" Edwards, Denver, 70’s, 8-ball/ straight pool, all sized tables, ran 98 balls & won 100 to -1
Don Willis, Akron, Ohio, 70's *
Donnie Folks, Bartlesville, OK, 8-ball; Omaha John beat him playing 9-ball on a snooker table
Earl Strickland, 6-0-1, Houston/Okla, 70’s/80’s, 8-ball, last-pocket/tossing qtrs, he beat Omaha John 9-ball
Eddie "Champagne Eddie" Kelly, Baltimore/Fredrick, MD, 60’s, asked him to play over the phone *
Eddie "Detroit Whitey" Beauchene, Las Vegas, Nev, 70’s, I had him brain-dead shooting one-pocket.
Eddie "The Hat" Burton, South Carolina, 60's, 8-ball
Erman Bullard, Tulsa & Okla City, late 70’s, Omaha John beat Erman playing 9-ball after I won at 8-ball
Ernest "Nubby" Morgan, Las Vegas, 70's, 8-ball and one-pocket on bar table
Fat Randy, Tulsa, 70's, 8-ball
Felipe "Mexican Phil" Valdez, Denver, 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket on a bar table
James "Fountain Inn Red" Willis, South Carolina, 8-ball
Gene "The Machine" Cooper, Port Angeles & Sacramento, 70's, 8-ball, one-pocket & pitching quarters
George "Tacoma Whitey" Michaels, Tacoma & Seattle,70's, one-pocket & 8-ball; sore loser
George Brunt,Milwaukee,70’s,8-ball; tripled the bet, played last pocket, I won every game, $300 per
Grady Mathews, Amarillo, 70’s/80's, won 1-pocket on bar table/3-cushion billiards, lost on big table
Greg "Big Train" Stevens, Galveston, TX, 1966, 8-ball, Wichita, KS locals kept losing while waiting for Greg
Harry "Poochie" Sexton, Detroit & Flint, Mich, 60's & 70's, 8-ball
Ismael "Morro" Paez, San Jose/Las Vegas 70’s, 8-ball; last-pocket 8-ball
Jack "Frisco" Cooney, Okla City, 70's, hustled me for a spot playing 1-pocket but would not play even
James "Junior" Norris, Wichita Falls, Texas, 70’s & 80’s, 8-ball, 9-ball & 6-ball
James "Youngblood" Brown, Stockton, CA & Chicago, late 60's, 8-ball Denver, last-pocket 8-ball
James Christopher, Houston, 60’s/ColoSprings 80’s, one-pocket, 8-ball & last pocket 8-ball
Jay "Swanee" Swanson, Atlanta, 70's, 9-ball on a bar table
Jeff Carter, Omaha & Madison, WI, 70's, 8-ball. I won every game in a short set for $300.
Jerry Brock, Mobile, Ala, 70’s, 8-ball, last-pocket 8-ball & one-pocket
Jersey Red, Jack Brett, NJ / Las Vegas 60’s / 70’s *
Jim "King James" Rempe, Houston, 60's, 8-ball when he was reigning champion
Jimmy "Cowboy" Moore, Albuquerque, 70’s, 1-pocket; we both had nice slip strokes back then
Jimmy "Fly Boy" Spears, Houston/Tenn, 70's, 8-ball; I had his number & won a lot over the yrs
Jimmy "Hippie Jimmy" Reid, Las Vegas, 70's *
Jimmy "The Hippie" Reid, Las Vegas, 70’s *
Jimmy "The Phily Flash" Fusco, Detroit, Mich, 70’s, one-pocket but he didn't play long
Jimmy Marino, Washington, PA, 60's or 70's, 8-ball and 9-ball
Jimmy Mataya, Lansing/Las Vegas, 60’s thru early 80’s, 8-ball when he was reigning champion
Jockey "Norman Howard", Detroit, put a msg on my windshield in Mich City, IN, "bet more was here"
Joe "Tracy Joe" Salazar, Las Vegas, 70's 8-ball & one-pocket
John "Mexican Johnny" Vasquez, Miami, El Paso, TX, 60’s & 70’s, 8-ball & one-pocket
John Henry, all night club outside Chicago, late 60's (9-ball) & Oklahoma, 70's, 8-ball
Johnny Irish, Miami with cue & broom handle, "64" or "65" playing 8-ball at the Calypso, Miami Beach
Junior Brown, Wichita, Kansas, 70’s, 8-ball
Junior Sweatman, Miss & Birmingham, late 60's, 8-ball & 9-ball (played 2 days alternating opponents)
Keith McCready, Port Angeles/Houston/LA,70's, I won 8-ball/tossing qtrs; he won 9-ball/1-pocket
Larry "Iceman" Hubbart, Baton Rouge & ColoSprings 1980, 8-ball & last-pocket 8-ball
Larry "The Prince of Pool" Lisciotti, Miami, 60's, after I saw him play in NYC, I won playing 8-ball
Leonard "Bugs" Rucker Chicago, 70’s, we played "dirty" 8-ball where he shot my ball in and #
Lewis "Junior/Lefty" Goff, Florida border town, all-night club, 70’s, one-pocket
Lou "Machine Gun" Butera, Los Angeles, 70’s *
Louie "St. Louie Louie" Roberts, across border, Orange, TX, 70’s, 8-ball & with a spot in 9-ball
Louis "Little Hand" Bramlett, Texas 60's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Luther "Wimpy" Lassiter, Jack & Jills, VA, late 60’s *
Marcel Camp, Miami, 60's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Mark "Mark Tadd" Tademy, SLC, 80's after I retired, I use to give him a ball in 1-pocket; he learned cheap
Mark Haddad, UT, 2005 after I retired, he had me stuck 26 games at a nickel per game, I doubled ^
Marshall "Squirrel" Carpenter, Las Vegas, 70’s, 1-pocket, I hop the rack, bank them in & run out
Michael "Geese" Gerace, DC, 60's, proposition shots, Oregon, 70’s, one-pocket
Mike "Tennessee Tarzan" Massey, TN & LA, 70’s, we visited some but never played for money *
Mike Sigel, Little Rock/Denver,70’s, 8-ball for a nickel? I say "sure." he comes back, wants odds *
Nick Varner, nice gentleman, Owensboro, KY, 70’s *
Norman Hitchcock, Dallas, Okla City & Longdale, Okla, 70’s, 9-ball & 8-ball
Old man Bill Amadeo, Miami Beach, Anchorage & Houston, Texas, 8-ball & one-pocket
One-eyed Tony Howard, Okla City, 70's, 8-ball, I think I ran 8 racks on him; I won every game for sure
Pete "Cheyenne Pete" Trujillo, Denver/Cheyenne, 70's, 8-ball but I lost playing golf on a snooker table
Peter "Rabbit" Linhard, Las Vegas, 70's, one-pocket; I improved a lot since I first met the "Rabbit"
Pittsburg Mike, Pennsylvania & Okla City, 70’s
Railroad John, Atlanta & Fayetteville, NC, 8-ball & last-pocket 8-ball
Rich "The Hat" Geiler, Salem, Seattle, 70’s, 8-ball, had me 14-9; I kicked my ball in & ran 6 racks to win
Richard Riggie, Baltimore, MD "64" or "65" I beat Richard playing 8-ball on 4x8 bar table.
Robert "Detroit Bob", Detroit, Phoenix, Las Vegas, late 60's, late 70's, 8-ball & one-pocket
Ronnie Allen, Baton Rouge/ColoSprgs 70’s/80’s, masse' cue ball in a circle, break out the 8 & win
Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wonderone, Miami, outside Houston & Denver *
Sam Blumenthal, Jacksonville, 60's, 9-ball: lost with the 5 & the snap on big table; won even on bar table
Samuel Trivett, Weenie Beenie's place in Alexander, VA, 60's, one-pocket on a big table
San Diego Dave, 70's, ColoSprgs, 1-pocket, I won 2G's, as I was driving away in a snow storm +
Scott "The Shot" Smith, Denver & Colo Springs, 70's, 8-ball
Scott Kitto, Iowa/Vegas, 70's, Scott accidentally hit Dominquez in the head with the cue ball
Sebastion "Chino" Franko, Los Angeles & Denver, 70's, 8-ball
Steve Cook, Tampa, 79 or 80, 8-ball/1-pocket; he beat me for a wk, a ball skidded & I came back big
Steve Mizerack, Las Vegas/Port Angeles, WA, 70’s *
Steve Oaks, Kokomo, Indiana, 70's, 8-ball
Terry Bell, Littlerock 70’s/Colorado Sprgs 80’s, 8-ball, he never called a bet, even on a big table *
Tommy "Staten Island" Halliday, New Jersey, 1964 or 1965, 8-ball
Tony "Fargo" Ferguson, Tulsa, 70's, 8-ball and pitching quarters
Utley "UJ" Puckett, Fort Worth, 60’s, 8-ball/1-pocket, he steered me into his friend, & said, "I just want half"
Walter "Woppie", Dallas & Oklahoma, late 60's & 70's, bumper pool and 8-ball
Walter Glass, North Carolina, late 70's, 8-ball
Warren "Monk" Castanza, Houston, Las Vegas, 70’s, 8-ball & 9-ball
Willie Mosconi, Omaha, Neb, 70’s *
Willie Munson, Milwaukee, 70’s, 8-ball, he relieved George Brunt & kept me in action