Story about Mosconi
Story about Mosconi
Squirrel told me a story about Willie a while back, thought I'd pass it along.
His backer sent him to Willie's pool hall, in NY city I think he said, to see if he could get Mosconi to play some 1P. Of course Willie refused to play 1P whenever asked, but Marshall figured he'd try anyway.
Marshall usually always watched a guy play first, just to get an idea of how strong he played. He watched Mosconi play 9-ball against some guy for about 12 hours, and in that entire time, Willie only missed 4 shots. Played near perfect, game after game, hour after hour. So he thought to himself, how the hell am I gonna beat this guy? He never misses. He called his backer and told him, are you sure you want me to play this guy? Backer tells him, yeah, but he doesn't know 1P, just don't ever give him a shot!
But in the end Willie refused to play and when others in Willie's pool hall started trying to chide Willie into playing, he got pissed off and kicked Marshall out and banned him. Willie had a temper on him.