Morgan said:
Here's a list of "where are they now".....I've been out of pool since the mid 90s just curious what ever happened to these characters...
1. Rooster --- I believe the real name is David Slaughter from Virginia
2. Tire Man --- from Greensboro played really good one pocket
3. Spivey ---- from High Point was part owner of Baker's in Greensboro
4. Is Baker's still in business? I spent alot of time there when I was in college at UNC....lot's of action...
5. Don Wrenn....Don's Billiards in Greensboro in the downtown area....had a really nice collection of Balabushkas
I remember Rooster. He came to Baltimore one time to play in a ring game, and there were two other players there named Turtle and Geese. I remember thinking how funny it was to have this ring game with a Rooster, a Turtle, and Geese.
Turtle was from Maryland, a town that begins with a "W" which will probably come to me after I finish writing this post. He went on to start his own line of cues which today is Philippi Cues.
Baker's in Greensboro ain't there no more, but I remember the original one. They advertised as having the best hot dogs in the State of North Carolina. It was most definitely THE action spot in Greensboro in the '70s and early '80s.
We went to Greensboro about 3 years ago, and we were told there were only three pool rooms in the town. I cannot remember the name of the one that we were at. They had advertised a tournament, and so we came. It turned out that Raleigh was having a tournament the very same weekend, and everybody was in Raleigh.
The folks at the pool room in Greensboro kind of felt bad that we had traveled all that way. So they told us that they would like to have the tournament if we would agree that they could lower the entry fee, so that maybe they could get 20 players. Of course, we agreed. My counterpart won the tournament which paid expenses. The next day, we went to Raleigh to see the tournament in progress. Tony Watson, Earl Strickland, and several other notables were in the house. Tony Watson, of course, was in action.
We were told about another pool room in Greensboro, but they said that it was in a bad neighborhood and that we should be careful, especially at night. It may have been the Colloseum, but I can't remember.
JAM