onepocketchump said:
Mark,
I am feeling frisky and I feel it's time to come back to the pool world with my own identity after a long absence. You and I have other business to discuss which would probably be best handled in person so I am going to try my best to play in your event and display at the league event if possible.
Everyone else has said it and I will echo them, thanks for all that you and your staff are doing for pool.
I would like to give the recagnition too the few old great players that are still alive. These are the players and hustlers who made pool what it is today.
And I can say the had more heart and balls then todays players. A lot off them are gone but thier are still some left.
And this is a one pocket site not a tournement site. In case people have forgotten. And these players had more balls and heart then any players off the day.
The wore made off stell not cotten candy. And the had o make thier living by winning not by playing in tournemets. If these players would be in thier prime todays players would be on wefare.
And these players went all around the country playing. Not looking for were the next tournement is. And its like every top player today if they are not getting backet they wont even play.
And the great remaining players are Eddie Kelly Ronnie Allen Jack Cooney. Mashall Carpenter Buddy Hall Grady mathues Billy Incandona Allen Hopkines he is still one off the younger ones. And me not the most skilled but the smardest.
But this is a very short list left. Soon it will even be shorter. BUt these were the real players. And how I no that these are the real players. Just ask them. And the all no each other too. !0 years from now thier mite be 3 or 4 left.
And the new crop will come in. And one more thing I want everyone too no. And see. Todays players play almost play twice as much as the players before.
None off us played as much as the players today. The wake up in thier sleep playing. If we played all those houers we would have been unbeatable.
But the players today play 3 or 4 times as much pool as the players from before. If we played that much we would have went broke paying the time.
And all the time the spend practicing and playing. They ahould play a lot better then they do.
Just take a look at how much more players play today. Its like thier is a tournement every week. If they would get paid by the houer playing they would all be millionares.
And out off all the players I havant seen one real Hustler Not one. Thier all players and thats all they want too be. Everery player is a shooter no more movers or real one pocket players.
I need to get this out. Soo 100 years from now people will see how much the game and the different types off people changed. The have become gentlmen.
NO more Corn Bread Red No more Detroite Whity No more Earl Schriber No more Butter milk.
No more Bugs No more Johnn Everlino No more Hubert Cooks No more Louie Roberts No more Minasota Fats No more Jersy Red
the players today are still good but the caracters and personalities have changed.
And no more old fashioned pool rooms were women were scared todeath too come into.
No more Eddie Taylors No more Rags Or Cannon Ball Even Preacher Red. Its alltogether a different breed off players. And Nobody cared if they had a million or were broke. Because they new they could always get a game.
I wrote this too show these people that they will not be forgotten and thier contrabution to pool will never make the mark that they did. Today they live for the tournements. Or they would all be looking for a job.
Maybe a counterman in a pool room who knowes what else they could do. BUt the older they get the more they will see thier is a up side and a down side. Snd when you are young you think thier is no down side but thier is.
Good Health and thanks too all the great old time players. This is for you. I havant forgorren you people. You were part off my life and the times and memories belong to us.
Nobody can have what we had. And I take my hat off too each and everyone off you. Live a long healthy and enjoyable life.
AB Middler MArk You could be in this clas too. Especialy with the age. And I no you love pool or you wouldnt be doing this. THanks for everything you have done to help pool. You are a clasy man.
